I had always imagined Marvin as C-3PO w/ a different personality, so seeing Marvin in the trailers surprised me. That said...
"In one corner a robot sat humped, its gleaming brushed steel head hanging loosely between its gleaming brushed steel knees >In one corner a robot sat humped, its gleaming brushed steel head hanging loosely between its gleaming brushed steel knees" Later: "Marvin turned and lifted his flat-topped triangular red eyes up towards him. " Of course, none of that means much, because Douglas Adams wasn't known for consistency. In the beginning of the first book (Chapter 9, according to the link), Author talks about his digital watch. Yet, in Mostly Harmless his daughter takes apart his non-digital one. At 10:00 AM 3/3/2005, you wrote: >Subject: hitchhiker's guide trailer (another one!) >From: Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:36:33 -0600 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=16267&forumid=5#149041 > >Vogon ships: > >"On this particular Thursday, something was moving quietly through the >ionosphere many miles above the surface of the planet; several >somethings in fact, several dozen huge yellow chunky slablike >somethings, huge as office buildings, silent as birds. They soared >with ease, basking in electromagnetic rays from the star Sol, biding >their time, grouping, preparing." >.... >"The great ships hung motionless in the air, over every nation on >Earth. Motionless they hung, huge, heavy, steady in the sky, a >blasphemy against nature. Many people went straight into shock as >their minds tried to encompass what they were looking at. The ships >hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't." > > >Heart of Gold: > >"Beneath it lay uncovered a huge starship, one hundred and fifty >metres long, shaped like a sleek running shoe, perfectly white and >mindboggingly beautiful. At the heart of it, unseen, lay a small gold >box which carried within it the most brain-wretching device ever >conceived, a device which made this starship unique in the history of >the galaxy, a device after which the ship had been named — The Heart >of Gold." > > >http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book1.html >(Odds are good that with the collective geek factor assembled here >we've purchased in combination enough copies of HHGTTG to distribute >to everone in Luxembourg. So don't go busting my chops about >copyright.) > >-Kevin -- Jeffry Houser, Web Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> -- When did Reality Become TV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149061 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
