Comment by ceejayoz

Picking the right name is also important to blending in. For example: Ford Prefect.

Tom Noonan in the short film, yes.

> He’s dressed like someone told “hey you have to try to blend in” and didn’t really know how.

Blend with what? It (the alien) didn't believe these "meat" sentient beings existed when the story starts! It had to be told during the conversation. It thought there must have been machines somewhere who were the real sentient beings. How can anyone attempt to blend in with something one doesn't believe exists?

I understand the adaptation changes this, because there's no other way of working with human actors and also staying within budget. I understand the decision; I'm just saying it misses the mark and makes the story way less funny.

The way I envision this story is a couple of aliens, much like the scenes with the Simpsons aliens, hovering in a spaceship near Earth, discussing humans, with only one of them having actually seen a human. It doesn't work if both have seen them.

All in my opinion, of course, taste and sense of humor are completely subjective.