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Are the Vogons based on English culture?
As I have argued elsewhere, Adams didn't particularly depict or satirise national stereotypes; his satire was social observation which happened to be written by a British author for a British audience....
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Are the Vogons based on English culture?
The wikipedia page gives many clues and references:
The Vogons' behaviour turns out to be "full of very human—and specifically English—flaws and tendencies"1 to the point that Amanda Dillon ...
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Why the very different release formats for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
According to IMDB, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was shot "Super 35."
If you look at the illustration from Wikipedia's article on Super 35, you'll see that the full film frame is formatted ...
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