The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Άργησα πολύ αλλά την είδα!

ΑΠΙΣΤΕΥΤΗ ταινία!!!!

Παραθέτω το εξής απόσπασμα που για μένα ήταν η κορυφαία στιγμή του έργου:
Σε κάποιο σημείο στην αρχή ακόμα της ταινίας, κι ενώ όλα δείχνουν ότι οι ήρωές μας πρόκειται να πεθάνουν στο διάστημα, το κινητό ενός εκ των δύο καλεί έναν αριθμό και από αυτό ακριβώς το γεγονός δημιουργούνται στο διάστημα μια φάλαινα και μία γλάστρα με πετούνιες(!!!)

The Book: It is important to note that suddenly, and against all probability, a Sperm Whale had been called into existence, several miles above the surface of an alien planet. Since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity. This is what it thought, as it fell;
The Whale: Ahhh! Woooh! What's happening? Who am I? Why am I here? What's my purpose in life? What do I mean by who am I? Okay, okay calm down calm down get a grip now. Ooh, this is an interesting sensation. What is it? Its a sort of tingling in my... well I suppose I better start finding names for things. Lets call it a... tail! Yeah! Tail! And hey, what's this roaring sound, whooshing past what I'm suddenly gonna call my head? Wind! Is that a good name? It'll do. Yeah, this is really exciting. I'm dizzy with anticipation! Or is it the wind? There's an awful lot of that now isn't it? And what's this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'! That's it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me? Hello Ground!
[Dies]
The Book: Curiously the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias, as it fell, was, "Oh no, not again." Many people have speculated that if we knew *why* the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.

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Man no more knows his destiny, than a tea leaf knows the history of the East India Company.