Did anyone see The Hitchhiker's Guide The Galaxy on BBC2 last night? I thought it was a bit shit really. :ok:
Here's the review I did of it on Poop Gang:
Show: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Year: 1981
Episode: 1
Okay, let's get this straight before we start: I loved the books and I loved the radio series. But when it came to watching the TV series, something didn't sit right for me. The start was great, with Arthur lying in the mud and saying, "I'm game, we'll see who rusts first." But then came Ford Prefect. Everything about him was wrong. For one, he was a totally different actor to the one who played Ford in the radio series, and his voice was too light and airy and wishy-washy. His outfit was awful, too. A garish pinstriped suit. Not nice.
It also strayed slightly from the radio series, but the parts which it strayed from weren't impossible to convert to the screen.
Now, The Vogons: they weren't too much different to how I'd imagined them to be; big green ugly bastards who just sit there and dictate their horrible deeds. In this respect, I guess the series was pretty good. Here's hoping that Zaphod Beeblebrox and Trillian aren't too different.
2/5
--Will Scott