In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the
Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy has
already supplanted Frank Herbert’s Dune as the minimum standard of which
adaptations of much loved radio-plays / novels / 1980’s TV series’ can be
created. It has many omissions and contains
much
that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, similarly it takes prime
position over the older, more pedestrian works (Lord of The Rings – Animated
Feature, Van Helsing, The Lost World) in two important
respects…Firstly it was very
expensive – overly dressed and over acted (looking at you Malcovitch) – it was
not worth the ¬£6.30 (which was paid back to Q in snacks and the colonel’s
finest). Secondly, it has the words “based on” in the title sequence. A damned
lie, although the objectives and character descriptions are (to a point) based
on Douglas Adam’s work, the film is a hash of editing and Hollywood shmuckery.
It has a disapointing ending and mindless story diversions. There are NO
characters, and if you happen to come to the film new to the whole HHG thing,
then you won’t get the sudo-intelligence that reigns throughout. It’s zany, and
British – but Hollywood all the way to the zesty, bitter lemon of an
ending.