Hi Michael,
But you’re okay, right? It didn’t turn out to be an Alien situation?
Nah, I'm good, As said, it's been a bunny, not a raccoon.
ROCKET: Don't call me an alien...no, wait...
And I’m jumping at HGWells.
Haha good guess. To your credit, you inserted the British accent before I mentioned it, so that's some score points for you!
Aah, but Wells is arguably not exactly someone on whom the term "inconspicous" would fit...
Ooooh…I understand. I should keep calm, then? Since he already brought the towel?
Yeah, no panic. He's just on a stop-by. And, you know, never travel without a towel!
No idea if that’s from Guide or not. Been way too long. And I only know the movie / basic plot. Sorry!
Yep, Ford Prefect is Arthur's BFF and expository sidekick who introduced him to the greater universe besides Earth when it got boom'd!
Also too bad, don't know the film but, as I heard, is by far not on the level of the books. I'm afraid some of the allusions/jokes/ramlbings will be lost on you then.
I read the first book and listened to an existing (german) audiobooks versoin of the first four novels (I can shoot you a link should you so wish). I'd say the first two novels are good even though quite crazy. Three and four are less so - they're gettign too messy in the absurdity department for my understanding and have some lengths, stilll some fun though..
And nothing to be sorry about, I firmly expected some people would be lost in the sauce wit this one (just like Clark), but I felt like I had to write it anyways.
Oh, he’s … um…temporally traveling.
Yep, that's what the definition of hitchhiking is: temporally traveling with someone else.
See? Only…does HG have time traveling?
Depending on which HG you talk, yes and...yes, sort of, but not via the book...
Also, HG with both in Hitchhiker’s Guide and Herbert George. Fun!
See, just had the same thought!
And, you know, fun fact: "The Time Machine" is, even if the title may imply otherwise, actually not much about the time-traveling itself. It's rather a criticism of social circumstances in England around the time it was written. The Lc authors didn't make a whole lot of homework there....
If he had a car, he could get familiar with female hitchhikers?
Some like these...?
LOIS: Let's swap seets, farm boy! I'll show you the appropiat edriving speed in the city!
CAT: Could I join you for a ride? You will not regret it...
MAYSON: Clark, your driving abilities are...expandable. I'm afraid I have to arrest you for breaking a few laws on the way.
...
"Anyway, I was hoping that you, as a local off-worlder, might be able to contribute some perspective?
Shhhhhh!
Well, what can I say, subtlety is not exactly his strong suit. Just look at the very typical name he chose for his undercover visits.
I mean, come on, everyone who would have closely observed the crazy stuff going on on this planet for the last few decades wouldn't call us harmless...
"Not that it was immediately clear that you were a Kryptonian. I mean, at first I thought you were just a human with good flying skills,
There's a backstory for that!
Clark knew he shouldn't do this but couldn't resist. "Humans can't fly, sir!"
Well, that's Clark for you. He can't resist to edit a colleague's copy.
But it states that Lois Lane is frequently flying off buildings and out of planes and landing safe and sound…?
ULTRAWOMAN: Hi there...
(LOIS: ...Wait, what do you mean sound? I'm *not* screaming for Superman. No, you must have hear...somehting else. Yeah, a cat, that must have been it!)
Ford broke into a manic smile. "Not by default, that's true, but there are always people with talent.
Like a certain reporter who has a talent for getting into trouble...
LOIS: Oh come on now, Clark is a little clumsy, but he's not that bad...
I have this friend, Arthur, who did it quite well a few times as long as he didn't concentrate on doing it right, and his ex-girlfriend was a total natural talent in flying..."
Okay? Also…/points at Peter and Wendy Darling/
OK that's mostly an insider you won't get without knowing at least up to HGG Part Three. Um, long story short, in HGG, one can "learn" to fly if they are so distracted that they forget to fall. And, yeah...that happened to the MC. Also, he has a GF in part IV, Fennchurch, who, for some reason, is bad at staying grounded. The couple caused some confusion for everyone in the british media and aircraft industry.
Oh? That’s not nice, Clark.
CLARK: Being Superman means saving everyone. Even if that means saving them from themselves. Oh, AND it includes saving Superman's alter ego from getting exposed, too!
Hey, that’s “professional caregiver”.
ZAPHOD: Given my position as President of the Galactic Union, I felt it necessary to check out how far it is with the professionalism of the Kryptonian caregivers. It was just a misunderstanding!
/points at backup disk/
Hmm…what if they stored backups of planets in disk shape for easier storage? Could explain Flat Earth theories
SLARTIBARTFAS: No, I'm busy. I have no time to build you another Krypton! And I'm not allowed to give you the hard-drive copies of the construction plans either, they are property of the Magratean Planetary Construction Inc.
(Aaand I realize you probably don't get that referrence either...ah, too bad)
SLARTI: Oh and also, of what use would be a planet without any Kryptonians to populate it?
/forshadows ER pointing at Lois/
Ah, that still wouldn't be..a whole lot if they aren't super busy. And since we'd have half-Kryptonians then, would that count?
Actually, Jokes Aside, the implication is they could bring back the actual Krypton, including all of its inhabitants. They somehow did that with Earth in Part IV. Though I have to admit, I kinda didn't get how exactly the timey-wimey worked out there, though I'm not even sure IF it was actually explained... (maybe the ship with the infinite unlikelyness-drive was involved? Not sure...)
Just a lot of fun indeed.
Well, I tried. And I didn't even brought Lois in for more shennanigans.
Also, very cute. I had fun. Not your usual fare. But very weird fun
"Very weird fun" is a very fitting description for that book series, indeed. Same goes for writing this one. It just...wanted to be done. And goo to know you enjoyed it, even if you didn't get all the in-jokes.
Thanks for commenting!
Nick
