Hitchhikers

[altariel]

Mr Altariel and I went to see The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy this afternoon (I had already been to see it earlier in the week with glitterboy1).

About ten minutes in, the bulb blew in the wondrous digital projector (advertised as such before the film started). The sound carried on. "D'you know," quipped Mr A., "this would make a good radio series."

I liked it, despite the daft bits. Mr A. liked the Vogons and Trillian but not nasty Mr Zaphod. Something for all the family, except perhaps the extremely confused five-year-old boy sitting next to us. Did Mr A. mention he liked Trillian? I think he may have.

Comments

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Trillian had to be better than the airhead squeaky-voiced original. And she was, very. I agree about the Vogons too, they were strangely likeable en masse.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

the airhead squeaky-voiced original

That wasn't the original. That was the TV Trillian. Radio Trillian (and indeed Book Trillian) had a nice, sensible-sounding voice. And even TV Trillian wasn't really an airhead, they just dressed and voiced her that way.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Ah. TV Trillian annoyed me profoundly.

I haven't listened to my old tapes from local radio for so long, but I've ordered the audio CDs from various places not the BBC shop this week--and the TV series DVDs too, having remembered hearing about the cool crossover scene in the extras.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Excellent icon.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I'm into crossover icons just now!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The Vogons lumbered very well. They reminded me of the Skeksis from The Dark Crystal. And the bits of Vogon bureaucracy were like Brazil.