| Douglas Adams got it at least partly right" "FORD:
They make a big thing of the ship’s cybernetics. “A new generation of Sirius Cybernetics robots and computers, with the new G.P.P. feature.” ARTHUR:
”G.P.P.”? What’s that? FORD:
Er… It says “Genuine People Personalities”. ARTHUR:
Sounds ghastly. DOOR:
Hummmm-ahhhhh… MARVIN:
It is. ARTHUR:
What? MARVIN:
Ghastly. It all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just don’t even talk about it. Look at this door. “All the doors in this spacecraft have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.” DOOR:
Hummm-yummmm…[shuts] MARVIN:
Hateful isn’t it? Come on. I’ve been ordered to take you up to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they tell me to take you up to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction, cos I don’t. FORD:
Excuse me, which government owns this ship? MARVIN:
You watch this door. It’s about to open again. I can tell by the intolerable air of smugness it suddenly generates… Come on. DOOR:
[Opens] Hummm. Glad to be of service. MARVIN:
Thank you the Marketing Division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. DOOR:
You’re welcome. Hummmm…[shuts]" |