Teletunes was the BEST! I mean, where else would I have seen Skinny Puppy's "The Killing Game" video followed immediately by the "Fishheads" video? Damn, I loved that show.
The BBC television and radio series are both good. The special effects of the BBC television show are pretty poor in some places (Zaphods second, lolling head comes to mind), but they mostly used the same actors from the radio series in the television series. I didn't like the television show as much as I liked Red Dwarf though.
The radio series was actually done before Adams wrote the book, and there are a few jokes that didn't make it into the book, and some of the ideas are more raw and less refined. Some would say that nothing can beat the original radio series, not even the book. I'm still more familar with the book, and I actually enjoyed other stories in the quintilogy as much as the Hitchiker's Guide, but the BBC radio series is not to be missed.
To paraphrase someone who was much better with words than I am:
The books tend to work like this: 1) Set-up: Every creature speaks a different language, so nobody can understand one another.
2) Punchline: Because a universal translator is such a lame gimmick used in every sci-fi series, let's make the universal translator a fish that you put in your ear.
3) Over-the-top silliness: This fish proves that existence of God, and through this, proves that God does not exist.
The movie is big on 1 & 2, but not so much on 3. Even so, I liked a lot of it, and the new bits were fairly inspired hooks for a sequel, I thought. Also I liked seeing BBC TV Series Marvin in line on the Vogon homeworld.
Agreed.. it made me feel as if something was..missing. Good thing my geeky home mate has all the BBC episodes on tape so we could watch and laugh ourselves silly. Why do they have to go and ruin things by making movies out of them or using them in adverts?? GRRRRR damn uncreative marketing fools!!!
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The BBC television and radio series are both good. The special effects of the BBC television show are pretty poor in some places (Zaphods second, lolling head comes to mind), but they mostly used the same actors from the radio series in the television series. I didn't like the television show as much as I liked Red Dwarf though.
The radio series was actually done before Adams wrote the book, and there are a few jokes that didn't make it into the book, and some of the ideas are more raw and less refined. Some would say that nothing can beat the original radio series, not even the book. I'm still more familar with the book, and I actually enjoyed other stories in the quintilogy as much as the Hitchiker's Guide, but the BBC radio series is not to be missed.
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The books tend to work like this:
1) Set-up: Every creature speaks a different language, so nobody can understand one another.
2) Punchline: Because a universal translator is such a lame gimmick used in every sci-fi series, let's make the universal translator a fish that you put in your ear.
3) Over-the-top silliness: This fish proves that existence of God, and through this, proves that God does not exist.
The movie is big on 1 & 2, but not so much on 3. Even so, I liked a lot of it, and the new bits were fairly inspired hooks for a sequel, I thought. Also I liked seeing BBC TV Series Marvin in line on the Vogon homeworld.
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Yeah, Hill pointed that out...
Oh yeah, and CONGRATS TO YOU ON YOUR RECENT WEDDEDNESS!!
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