More details of the forthcoming Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy film are emerging; as well the news that Martin Freeman is to play Arthur Dent, hip-hop artist Mos Def is to play Ford Prefect, Zooey Deschanel is to play Trillian and Bill Nighy is to play Slartibartfast. I really hope the producers do a good job of translating Douglas Adams’ work for the big screen, although my fear is that much of the dry humour and personality that Adams injected into his work will be lost as Hollywood applies its thick coating of gloss to the story. The fact that screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick has re-written Adams’ screenplay does not bode well.
‘If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine’
Well I’m back; with a new name, new design, and an experiment in DIY blog hosting. Yes, this site is being served from my trusty iMac DVSE over my not-lightening fast Blueyonder connection. Not sure what the implications of this are yet, but I guess I’ll find out sooner or later. Just don’t expect 100% uptime as I forgetfully turn my computer off on the odd occassion.
Next week, George Bush will announce proposals for manned missions to the Moon and Mars. Of course, he’s doing this for the good of humanity and not to score brownie points ahead of this year’s Presidential election, that would be downright sneaky.
In true web geek fashion, here’s an unordered list of things I did over the Christmas and New Year period:
