Rambling

Well, I finally got around to watching the trailer. Dammit. I'm gonna have to see it, won't I? I have so many objections to it, but it still looks like it's going to be good. Would it have been SO hard to cast a Brit as Ford Prefect? Or at least someone like Don Cheadle, who can fake it? Everybody knows that Paul Bettany is the PERFECT Ford Prefect. Why couldn't they get him? I doubt they even tried.

So I suppose you can make the case that Ford is an alien, therefore why should he have a British accent any more than any other accent. (The obvious answer is because he spent most of his ten years on Earth in the UK.) But how can anyone say that about Trillian? She is British. And Zaphod hangs out with a whole bunch of Brits, so don't you think he would've picked up the accent? Or, wouldn't the babble fish translate everything into your accent?

What I can't complain about is Arthur Dent. He is so perfect. They cast the guy from Love Actually who was a stand in for a porno. Martin Freeman. But Mos Def as Ford? And Sam Rockwell as Zaphod? (I mean, I can totally appreciate him for some of his work, like Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, but HE IS SO WRONG FOR ZAPHOD!!!) And Zooey Deschanel as Trillian? And isn't it slightly suspect that EVERY other cast member (with the exception of John Malkovich) is British?? (Also, is it just me, or is a disproportionate amount of the cast also in the Harry Potter movies? (Which, by the way, managed to keep everybody British!) I mean, is there like a small pool of British actors to choose from, and Harry Potter has so many characters that they needed them all? Love Actually also makes a nice showing, with Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, and Alan Rickman (also in Harry Potter). It's just something to ponder.)

Jason Statham would've made a nice a good Zaphod, I think. A much different one than Sam Rockwell is playing him as, but more what I imagined him as. But I suppose he hasn't broken in to comedy, yet. Give it time, give it time. Or my new favorite Brit, Hugh Laurie (Dr. House from "House"). He is without question the hottest man over forty on tv today. The hottest man over thirty is Goran Visnjic (Luka from "ER"). Speaking of ER, Noah Wyle is in talks about staying on for another season. Yay! Now we just have to get Carter a good girlfriend. Not this social worker girl. I don't like her. But he needs to find someone and settle down. I have finally resigned myself to the fact that he and Abby are never getting back together, and it would just be weird if they did. That ship has sailed. Also, Abby and the med student? I want Shane West to see some action. I mean there's the Neela possibility, but at the beginning of the season, I really felt Abby was gonna get together with him. Besides, Neela and Gallant are sort of an item. You know, long distance relationship type thing. I know he's going to be in tonight's episode, but I wonder if this means he is back. I hope he is, I like Gallant.

Anyway, I just got notice that I owe $2400 in rent. (I don't.) Must to go straighten that out.