Last night Kim and I went to go see the screen adaptation of HHGTTG(The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy). _[Insert generic statement about what a big fan of the series I am, blah blah blah]_ It certainly wasn't a bad movie, but I'd be hard pressed to say that it was particularly good. Yes, a lot of the elements of the book(s) were there. Yes, I understand that Hollywood movies are generally an hour and a half, so you can't put in everything. That said, I think they went a little nuts with the editing. There were so many places that had a punchline without the buildup, so many places where the dry British wit so evident in the book just wasn't there. However, there were a couple of nice nods along the way. One was using the original BBC radio show theme music when introducing the Guide. The other, of course, was showing Douglas Adams' face right at the very end. Oh, and the "Lightsaber reference":http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/lightsaber5.htm was pretty funny too.

Zooey Deschanel = best eyes ever Sam Rockwell = a good choice for Zaphod Alan Rickman = "pwn3d":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn3d the movie

Also, the whole evening was free, courtesy of the bad players at the Desert Diamond, where I made a brief stop while waiting for Kim to get off of work. Thank you, set of 4s vs agressive player with top pair!