A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGTTG) (2005) Directed by: Gareth Jennings Written by: Douglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick Based on:    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams Starring: Martin Freeman, Yasin Bey (as Mos Def), Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Helen Mirren, Warwick Davis, Anna Chancellor, Bill Nighy, John Malkovich The Book : The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. More popular, certainly more successful than the Celestial Home Care Omnibus , better selling than Fifty-Three More Things to do in Zero Gravity , and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes and Who is This God Person Anyway? On April 29, 2005, one day after its London premiere, the long-awaited film adaptation of Douglas Adams' sci-fi comedy novel  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ...

Hi, Dear Reader, and welcome to another installment of Bloggin' On, the blog-within-a-blog where I don't write reviews (at least, not full-blown ones) or delve into politics. Think of this section of A Certain Point of View as the department of "stuff" or "miscellaneous essays" touted on the blog's home page. Well, I usually write my blog posts in the morning, but I'm off to a late start today. Right now, it's mid-afternoon here in my corner of Florida; the temperature outside is 65℉ (19℃) under partly sunny skies, which isn't too bad, all things considered. It's nice and cool without being bone-chillingly cold, although it is advisable to wear long-sleeved button-downs or light jackets if you're going to venture outside (I hardly ever do, although I should) on days like this. If I do decide to go out for a stroll, I need to do it before the sun sets; as the day's light dies and gives way to night, the temperature will dr...