I'm gonna have to dissent. I did, in fact, read the books, hear the radio play, and see the TV series... but I didn't like the movie. The movie was the only version that made me think "I'm not laughing at this. Something is wrong."
One thing I didn't like was the lack of narration. There was some, but not nearly as much as in all the previous versions. Showing a Vogon constructor fleet hovering over the Earth is pretty cool, but describing the ships as "[hanging] in midair exactly the same way that bricks don't" is very funny. The movie just didn't have enough *words*.
Another thing I didn't like was how Zaphod Beeblebrox was turned into a complete idiot. In previous versions, he's always been basically an irresponsible lout, but this movie had way too many scenes of him acting like a child and having to be physically kept from pressing any buttons.
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Date: 2005-10-14 05:46 am (UTC)One thing I didn't like was the lack of narration. There was some, but not nearly as much as in all the previous versions. Showing a Vogon constructor fleet hovering over the Earth is pretty cool, but describing the ships as "[hanging] in midair exactly the same way that bricks don't" is very funny. The movie just didn't have enough *words*.
Another thing I didn't like was how Zaphod Beeblebrox was turned into a complete idiot. In previous versions, he's always been basically an irresponsible lout, but this movie had way too many scenes of him acting like a child and having to be physically kept from pressing any buttons.