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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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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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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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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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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...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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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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This is damning in an odd way, but now I also want an Adult Swim adaptation of HHGTG.
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That's just Futurama.
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