Talk:Trillian (character)

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[edit] Trillian's heritage

In the 1st book on chapter 4, page 39, it state that "She was a slim, darkish humanoid, with long waves of black hair, a full mouth, and odd little knob of a nose and ridiculously brown eyes...she looked vaguely Arabic. Not that anyone there had ever heard of an Arab of course."

I merely skimmed over the article, but I don't believed this is mentioned about her book character, if someone could make sure of it it would be dandy.

No, it's not in the article as of right now - if you'd like to add it though, feel free. It'd probably fit in best in one of the paragraphs covering the books. --JohnDBuell 04:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

We could use an image of her from the movie in the article.

Until the movie is out on DVD (and I don't feel like scanning the photos from the making of book, partly because of Touchstone's copyrights, and partly because of the moiré patterns that would appear), an image from the TV show will have to do. --JohnDBuell 20:44, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

there are lots of trailers/promotional shots of the movie though - not sure about copyrights though (clem 21:58, 15 May 2005 (UTC))

They're all Copyright 2005 Touchstone Pictures - but the movie version of Marvin in his article comes from their promo materials. I don't know enough about 'fair use' to be able to say one way or another. And don't forget we also _could_ use copies of the images from the Illustrated Edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide book and/or the comic adaptation. Maybe. --JohnDBuell 22:17, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Just a note, and a bit belatedly, but speaking as someone who does use the Buena Vista publicity site extensively (for research, not for images), here's what I know. The agreement when one signs up with them (providing access to members of the press, including webmasters) is for free use as long as it is in connection with promotion of the film, reviews, etc. So interpret that as you wish. I think *probably* an image for comparison would be allowed, and definitely one of Zooey Deschanel's Trillian on the movie page would be allowed. Hope this helps. Aleal 02:19, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The DVD is due in September, so a screenshot could be put into use at that time. --JohnDBuell | Talk 02:02, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The selected picture is typical Hollywood, isn't it? A hard face and a gun! T.

Please reconcile the chosen picture with the opening of this article, which states:

Physically, she is described as "a slim, darkish humanoid, with long waves of black hair, a full mouth, and odd little knob of a nose and ridiculously brown eyes."

i.e. Find a better picture or don't bother providing one!

92.10.16.237 (talk) 19:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

It's a perfectly valid picture. OK, it doesn't match Adams' description, but she's hardly the first character in TV/film that doesn't match a written description. It's called artistic licence. Ged UK (talk) 19:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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[Zaphod is] directly responsible for her nickname

Did this get established before the radio version of Mostly Harmless? I don't remember this. Morwen - Talk 16:20, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

In the movie version, she took the nickname "Trillian." In the first book, she's called Trillian until Arthur addresses her by her full name - same with the first radio series and the TV series. We _could_ put a note in about this.... --JohnDBuell | Talk 22:06, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Hgg zooey.jpg

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