Seeing as how the movie went on after the credits finished (you did watch it right through to the end of the credits, right?)-- I'd say the makers of the movie knew just about when to quit....
Not that it didn't have the potential to be a 5-part trilogy like the Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy series-- but it would be mainly going over familiar territory with a few new ideas added here and there, again like the H2G2 series.
And even Douglas Adams acknowledged the demand for endless sequels to the H2G2 series, which he tried to "kill off" at the end of every part, was due to there being nothing like the satirical sci-fi (serious enough to be satirical, farcical enough to funny) he wrote at the time H2G2 came out.
Of course, as can be seen from the relatively unfunny adaption of H2G2 into A Hollywood movie, this is something that takes talent to execute properly-- even when the formula is extremely well worn. But FAQATT doesn't really have a new/big idea of its own to keep it going as some kind of drama/series...
I mean, I'm quite sure the writers never really thought through the mechanics/consequences of the time editors, etc.... certainly not to the extent Douglas Adams thought through the gimmicks of the improbability drives,etc..
If you care enough to go around telling people you don't care... you obviously care.
If you care enough to go around telling people you don't care... you obviously care.
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avortac
9 years ago
What do you do, just copypaste your own replies to multiple threads as supposedly unique posts?
"Not that it didn't have the potential to be a 5-part trilogy "
There is no such thing as a "5-part trilogy", because the very word "trilogy" points to EXACTLY THREE PARTS.
The word you are looking for is "pentalogy".
Hang on, didn't we just do this?
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