*** HHGTTG on BBC2 Tonight ***

**plenderj** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:02 AM

HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxt

On BBC 2 tonight @ 11:20

Set your recorders !

**Ianpbaker** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:03 AM

not bad, but no-where near as good as the books.

**plenderj** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:05 AM

I dont think its going to be, but its worth a look anyway.

**Ianpbaker** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:06 AM

is it a new series or are they re showing the old 70's series ?

**plenderj** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:09 AM

I believe its a new series.
But im not sure.

Either way I wouldnt miss it for the world.

I remember when I read the Dune series of novels, and then saw the movie. God it was awful, but I still appreciated it like.
And I saw the remake of the movie. 3 x ~95minute videos.

Really kicks ass. They changed the story in parts a little ... but in a good way. Makes it more enjoyable.

**Ianpbaker** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:13 AM

Just looked at the beeb's web site and it is the old 70's series. it is quite good, has all the regulars in it Zaphod etc... but it doesn't hold too true to the books much though

**InvisibleDuncan** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:29 AM

It's based on the original radio series rather than the books (which were also based on the radio series).

It's a shame Douglas Adams had to die before the BBC got around to showing these again.

**Ianpbaker** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:33 AM

Duncan - according to the beeb, that's why theyre re-showing them, as a tribute to him.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/whatson/2dontmiss/

**InvisibleDuncan** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:42 AM

Yeah, I guess that accounts for the timing.

**plenderj** · Jul 30th, 2001, 06:46 AM

Is it as funny as the "trilogy" ?

**Ianpbaker** · Jul 30th, 2001, 07:00 AM

sorry if i'm taking this in the wrong context, but there was 4 books
(5 if you include mostly harmless, With arthur dent's daughter)

HHGTTG
So long and thanks for all the fish
Life, the Universe and Everything
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

**plenderj** · Jul 30th, 2001, 07:10 AM

Yeah but ya know the hardback version ;

Code:

The HitchHiker's Guide to The Galaxy
        A trilogy in 5 parts

**InvisibleDuncan** · Jul 30th, 2001, 08:34 AM

Originally posted by plenderj
Is it as funny as the "trilogy" ?

Well..... no, I don't think so. That doesn't mean it wasn't very funny, though, just not as funny.

Zaphod's second head looks really bad and Trillian is played by the hopelessly squeaky Sandra Dickinson (despite being English and squeak-free in the books), but apart from that I really enjoyed it.

Mind you, it was a hell of a long time ago and I was more easily amused in those days. Hell, I used to be entertained by Blake's 7.

Incidentally, I had to mess about with the name Dickinson on this post because the anti-swearing software asterisked it out.

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