[MD] Empiricism for dummies

[MarshaV]

Wow!  In my next life I want to be a female, Cambridge-educated, 
theoretical physicist, who paints.



At 03:44 AM 1/22/2009, you wrote:
>Craig, Matt,
>
>But that DVD is the re-mastered / re-edited TV produced version ?
>"Best for fans" undoubtedly, second only to the Radio recodings,
>scripts and the books themselves .... but my recommendation was not to
>a "fan". Though even fans argue about the editorial decisons.
>
>I still say, for a feature length Hollywood potted-version, for people
>who are not fans or are otherwise unmoved by the originals, the film
>is actually surprizingly good, has some of the best "jokes" (well, not
>very funny thought provoking items) well produced with some great cast
>/ characterizations - as Matt notes - (Bill Nihy as Slartibartfast is
>my fave).
>
>Clearly it only contains less barely 10% of the material in the
>"trilogy" (of 5 or more books)
>
>BTW
>The only thing significant about 42 in the story is
>(a) it's the answer to a question ... so it's "wrong" anyway, and
>(b) it's a number ... so it's "wrong" again.
>(It contains no truth, useful or fundamental.)
>
>The only answer I will entertain is the question "How many roads must
>a man walk down, before he can understand ... (the way a woman like
>Marsha understands) ... ?"
>
>Most of that "deep thought" gag is about "what is the question" ...
>rather than the answer ... and that particular gag is only one
>over-rated among thousands in the trilogy. (A typically memetic
>problem, because it is easy to remember ... a number, even though it
>is worthless.)
>
>(I think MEL is right ... anyone approaching it other than from a
>"Cambridge college / intellectual / footlights / elitist" angle ...
>could easily feel excluded.)
>Ian
>Trading answers for questions.
>
>On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:31 PM,  <craigerb at comcast.net> wrote:
> >  [ian]
> >>The film of 3 or 4 years ago is in fact very good
> >
> > IMHO the BBC production now on DVD even better:
> > 
> http://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Simon-Jones/dp/B00005YUNJ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1232565278&sr=1-2
> > Craig
> >
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