Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Douglas Adams

mikejuk writes "Today's Google Doodle celebrates the fact that today would have been Douglas Adam's 61st birthday. For any fans of Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy this isn't to be missed. The interactive doodle takes us aboard the Heart of Gold spaceship where the towel — the essential travel item for any intergalactic voyager sits on the console besides the, also very necessary cup of tea, which is also a reference to a Dirk Gently novel, The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. There are lots more tributes hidden including Marvin — the real one not the one in the film, a Babel Fish and more. Have fun exploring but make sure you click on the search symbol to find out more about Douglas Adams and his work."

Film?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm glad no one has ever made a HGTTG film. They would have screwed it up.

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I was so upset at the reminder of his death...

[Dexter Herbivore]

that I threw myself at the ground and missed. On the bright side, I now know how to fly.

Re:No, he's 49

[Dexter Herbivore]

By using Google [google.com] to find it.

Re:Wow...

[Erbo]

No, only the ones that promise excitement and adventure and really wild things.

Re:Film?

[rilister]

"Getting a movie made in Hollywood is like trying to grill a steak by having a succession of people coming into the room and breathing on it."
Douglas Adams

Re:No, he's 49

[filthpickle]

He decided that it was a waste of time. You wouldn't comprehend anyway.

Re:Marvin

[Beardo the Bearded]

See, the TV and movie Marvin are the same. Marvin keeps getting all his parts replaced, given that he's several times older than the universe itself.

New chassis, new interface, new hydraulics, everything's been replaced several times in different tech levels and different planets...

(except for one bank of painful diodes on the left side. )