Originally posted by: greencapt
Nope- The dramas and book end with a firefight on Magrathea between our heroes and some space cops, an explosion, some shenanagins and then:
No 'we're back on the new Earth and everyone is alive again and now we can be a happy couple together- the end' stuff. The point of the tale(s) in general are to point out the ridiculous and pointless nature of human existence in the most amusing and non sequitor way possible.
Nope- The dramas and book end with a firefight on Magrathea between our heroes and some space cops, an explosion, some shenanagins and then:
No 'we're back on the new Earth and everyone is alive again and now we can be a happy couple together- the end' stuff. The point of the tale(s) in general are to point out the ridiculous and pointless nature of human existence in the most amusing and non sequitor way possible.
Right, but the film DOES that, just not as bleakly as the novels, and Earth comes back in the novels anyway even if it is for different reasons.