The effects weren't bad for the period, actually. Ghostbusters was only second to "Temple of Doom" that year, when the mine cart chase was the pinnacle of special effects. Actually, the pinnacle was from the previous year when Lando drove the Falcon through the Death Star. But special effects didn't get back to that level of impressiveness until 1988 with "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and 1989 when they created the water creature from "The Abyss." So between 1984 and 1987, Ghostbusters and Indy topped the techno-side of moviemaking.
Yeah, I'm a special effects nerd.
As for the Guide, I didn't actually care for the movie too much, but that's because I read the book first. About half of everything in the movie doesn't even happen in the book. They were just trying to make it more audience friendly. When writing it, Douglas Adams actually intended for the first and second books to be the complete story (and both could have been made into one movie easily, since the first book is pretty short.) But, yeah, you should give them another try. They're incredibly random, but entertaining nonetheless. I make it a point to read them annually.
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Yeah, I'm a special effects nerd.
As for the Guide, I didn't actually care for the movie too much, but that's because I read the book first. About half of everything in the movie doesn't even happen in the book. They were just trying to make it more audience friendly. When writing it, Douglas Adams actually intended for the first and second books to be the complete story (and both could have been made into one movie easily, since the first book is pretty short.) But, yeah, you should give them another try. They're incredibly random, but entertaining nonetheless. I make it a point to read them annually.