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."

Re:maths?

[Anonymous Coward]

"Maths" is what we in the UK call Mathematics. It's not an error.

Re:maths?

[Anonymous Coward]

The british say "maths" as opposed to the US "math". After all, it is short for "mathematics" not "mathematic".

You're wrong there

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:perspective.

[duncanatlk]

I thought the radio series predated the books?

Re:Previews make it look like an action flick

[NaugaHunter]

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" [go.com].

Other sizes/formats, go through the movie's site. [go.com]

Re:My Verdict

[rokzy]

he's a link troll, probably amigoro in a new user name, or some other pathetic twat with nothig better to do than try to get ad views with fake articles.

stay away from mithuro.com

Mod parent down.

[MyLongNickName]

You continually post links trying to get your google page rank up (note how the link doesn't go directly to your website).

Look at his post history. Judge for yourself. Mod into oblivion.

Re:perspective.

[NeoSkandranon]

I second Pratchett. Even when his stories aren't pure humor (Night Watch, Men at Arms, etc, IMHO) they're still good reads, with plenty of humor and oddity masterfully injected.

Re:Fun Game!

[Anonymous Coward]

Did everyone on earth but me and Paul Verhoeven miss the entire point of that movie? It was a parody of jingoism, you're not supposed to take it literally.

Didn't that part where Doogie Howser shoots up the bug and says "as you can see, you can remove 3 of a bug's limbs and it will still be 60% combat-effective" get that point across? I mean shit, people.

Re:maths?

[Anonymous Coward]

Indeed. Even here, in Quebec, we say "maths". In french. English Canadians say "maths" too.

It's mathematics, not mathematic. Hence, maths.

Another BBC Review??

[E IS mC(Square)]

If that was a BBC review, what is THIS [bbc.co.uk]?

Re:Fun Game!

[halowolf]

And Prisoner: Cell Block H (or was that Australian?)

If the show had Lizzy and B, the guards were always called screws and the prisoners were constantly getting their hands burnt by the steam iron in the laundry, then yes it was Australian.