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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 29 Jan 2020

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      Man people are actually mad about this to a degree that's kind of baffling to me, in defense of a version of HHGG that, as a fan, I don't really recognize You know HHGG was the original edgelord nihilistic science fiction thing right It starts with everyone on Earth dyinghttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1222246557228994560 …

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      The funny thing I haven't seen people really talk about is that Rick and Morty is, for better or for worse, 100% a modernization of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Everything people don't like about it is what they wouldn't like about Douglas Adams if he were new
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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 29 Jan 2020

      "HHGG isn't about 'Nothing matters, so be an asshole', it's about 'Nothing matters, so let's have fun adventures'" Uhhh... no? HHGG is really snarky about the idea of fun adventures, there are repeated jokes about how everything cool has been turned into corporate tourist traps

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 29 Jan 2020

      Ford is an extremely jaded cynical asshole and the whole society of hitchhikers he's part of is the same way It's Adams transplanting the bitter cynicism of being a backpacker in Europe to a science fiction setting

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        1. Leonard C Suskin‏ @Czhorat 29 Jan 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          Even the end of creation is a tourist trap, which Zaphod Beeblebrox is jaded enough to just blow off seeing to leave early when he's *right there*. He dismisses it as "Just a gnab gib".

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        2. Baal Ska Tov‏ @mssilverstein 29 Jan 2020
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          Yeah, I think you're right on all the substantive points, which is why I can't figure out why I still feel like there's something missing. They're clearly interpretations of a similar ideal, but perhaps, not identical ones.

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        3. Leonard C Suskin‏ @Czhorat 29 Jan 2020
          Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect

          I think that what we like about HHGttG is at least party craft? The tone remains consistent and light throughout, even when crazy stuff is happening. It's legitimately funny. It's a very pleasant and not difficult read. Adams is FUN enough that you don't notice the bleakness

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        1. Matt McIrvin‏ @mattmcirvin 29 Jan 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          Adams adapted the third novel from an unused Doctor Who treatment, but he found it really hard going because these characters weren't motivated to do anything the Doctor would do, like save the universe. He had to railroad them into accidentally committing heroics.

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        2. Matt McIrvin‏ @mattmcirvin 30 Jan 2020
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          ...I don't actually watch Rick and Morty so have no opinion about it, but someone else described it as a power fantasy. I do think HHGTTG's saving grace is that it's about being powerless and coping. Arthur and Ford have no power, and scrape by any way they can.

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        3. Matt McIrvin‏ @mattmcirvin 30 Jan 2020
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          Zaphod is the President of the Galaxy, but has no real power--though his immense privilege could be used to do good if he gave a shit, which he doesn't. So he's probably the worst of the lot.

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        2. Commodore Jeep-Eep‏ @EepJeep 30 Jan 2020
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          This is damning in an odd way, but now I also want an Adult Swim adaptation of HHGTG.

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        3. Ian Kacprzak‏ @IKacprzak 30 Jan 2020
          Replying to @EepJeep @arthur_affect

          That's just Futurama.

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