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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"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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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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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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The grossout sight gags from R&M as an Adult Swim cartoon certainly give it a different tone Although I think people are also kind of remembering HHGG as more innocent than it actually was because rose-colored glasses
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Yeah, but I think that's a significant one! Horror/trauma is a different reaction to cynicism than absurd indifference.
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That's exactly what got me thinking about it though The first big thing in HHGG is Arthur having to deal with this profoundly detailed experience of the trauma of the Earth being destroyed and no one else giving a shit, even Ford
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And even when it's showing the depths of his despair the narration can't resist getting a few digs in against Arthur and what a basic dude he is, that when he tries to think of all that no longer exists it's just brands and shit It's a LOT like the way R&M treats Jerry
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There was some really specific stuff he was getting at, this cultural cringe about white British middle class provinciality He ends up channeling the Earth's destruction into "They've taken down Nelson's Column! They've finally taken it down and there won't even be an outcry!"
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