Talk:Arthur Dent
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"horrifyingly plausible explanation" ? Uh come on, it's funny but it's not plausible from any rational POV. pomegranate 22:46, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)
- How about this? Hig Hertenfleurst 21:17, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Well, it's quite an involved, specific comment, so I'd think it better if there was some kind of reference. The only real problem is, do "many people" think it's plausible? Like you, I'd assume so, but that's not really apt for an article. Perhaps something neutral like "It might be observed that...something something." Otherwise it's a fair and worthwhile observation. Up to you. pomegranate 01:45, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
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- I propose we apply the Gordion solution, and cut it out entirely, on the grounds that a remark like that really belongs at Golgafrincham rather than here. --Paul A 03:46, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Image
A picture of Arthur from the movie would help, guys.
- It would, but I'm not sure that the one included CAN be, without violating copyright. Screen shots would be ok, but the DVD isn't out until September. Usage off of another website, without obvious proof of permission, seems to me very shaky. --JohnDBuell | Talk 01:59, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Disambig page?
Someone has made note of two actual people named Arthur Dent - is it time for a disambig page? --JohnDBuell | Talk 00:46, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "cavemen"
So, in the first "body" section of this page, the word "cavemen" is used to describe the original dwellers of Earth. I myself would point out that the book (I cannot speak for the other bodies of work) stressed the fact that they were, indeed, not cavemen. I'd look it up, but my book is out on loan. I've changed this minor correction once, but it got "fixed" back...so I thought perhaps I'd bring it up here and something would actually get done about it.
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- But they WERE called cavemen, which I think was part of the joke. Even in the radio and TV series, Arthur and Ford have a conversation about messing up the program "through from the cavemen." --JohnDBuell 05:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
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- I guess this is an inconsistency as I've just been listening to RoTeotU on audio. There are a couple of places in the closing chapters where they're referred to as cavemen, only for the speaker (this happens twice with different characters involved) to be rebuked with "they're not cavemen. Do they live in caves? No, well..." or similar. Again, don't have the precise text to hand. IainP (talk) 08:40, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Arthur Dent the puritan should include reference to John Bunyan due to Bunyan's claim that his early life was influenced by two books. One of these two books is The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven by Arthur Dent. Bunyan's book Pilgrims Progress is one of the most widely read books in the English Language from 1650s till 1900. It is of importance that the reader be able to establish the importance this writer has in the making of our culture. My opinion is that since Bunyans book was so widely read, he undoubtedly influenced the up and coming society, so Arthur Dent being one of only two named worldly resources has indirectly had a tremendous amount of influence on our society's most common beliefs.
[edit] Flight
Shouldn't there be a notation of some kind about Arthur's experiences with flying?
- I'd say that the summary of plotlines dealing with the character are already sufficient without going into painstaking detail of every event in every book, including flying. --JohnDBuell 04:36, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
