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BBC Reviews Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
An anonymous reader writes "Now that the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has made its debut in London, reviews are now beginning to trickle in. The BBC's review can be summed up in one sentence: '... somewhere in the production process the crew has lost sight of the fundamental aspect of the books - they were immensely funny."
"Maths" is what we in the UK call Mathematics. It's not an error.
The radio show and books (so far as I've gone through them) agree with each other by and large all the way (I've heard a half-dozen eps of the original radio show, mind you, and they differed in about only one story arc to that point). All of the biggest notes are in there. From what I know the TV series wasn't THAT far off. This movie is VERY, VERY far off of ALL the other previous formats, to the point that it doesn't just change a story arc here and there... it reorganizes everything about the whole universe- including the way the characters percieve the Ultimate Question, which is something that's always been very near and dear to the series.
Apparently, you haven't seen the third trailer yet where the guide clearly defines that modern movie trailers require a main character, "In a world...", things blowing up, a girl in a bikini, physical violence, etc.
Quicktime, "large".
Other sizes/formats, go through the movie's site.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.