Protraph Lack of good storyline.

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

FountainPen Sorry I cannot recommend this silly movie which tries to be a meaningful thingie but which fails utterly. There are some slightly tittilating segments, hence my 4/10 rating, but the flick is vastly over-rated, at least here on the IMdB.

Winston Taylor I first listened to the BBC radio broadcast and loved it. Later I read all the books in the series and became a fan for life.This series follows the books and radio broadcast almost word for word but as someone pointed out earlier, like most books, your own imagination makes it better, provided you have one. I must say though, being a long time fan, a friend bought me this series on two VHS cassettes which included a paper back copy of the 1st book and have to say, I did enjoy it.The movie that was made in 2005 was a huge disappointment so if you want to watch it, instead of reading or listening to it. I definitely recommend this series.

MartinHafer In the early 1980s, Public Broadcasting here in the USA aired this BBC mini-series based on the Douglas Adams books (more books came out later, after the series). I loved it and I think it was mostly because I was a teenager. I tried watching it again, decades later, and found I hated it. In fact, I couldn't even get through the DVDs and gave up about halfway through the shows. Much of it is because the special effects were significantly WORSE than the 1970s version of "Dr. Who"--especially Zaphod's horribly animated extra head. Much of it was because I no longer found it funny. And, much of it may be because my tastes have changed. While I still love sci-fi, back then I'd watch ANYTHING....but today I am a bit more discerning. Regardless, I really wanted to like this series but couldn't get through it--though I tried.

dapplez The essence of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that it is a stiletto sharp political and social satire. If you read the original "Gulliver's Travels," by Jonathan Swift, you will see a remarkably similar approach.This TV series retains the essence of that satire found in the original radio series and subsequent book. While I enjoyed the original radio series immensely, when I listened to it again more recently, I found it a bit rushed, and liked the pacing in the television version better.The extras disk with the DVD version provides an explanation of how the "computer graphics" were done in that 1981 pre-CGI age: by artists. What they accomplished was amazing and highly aesthetic.The preceding review by In descending order... makes some good points about the order of the Douglas Adams opuses. I assume, being British, he has more first hand knowledge than I. But I think he may be a bit off. I think what he considers a subsequent radio series was, to my understanding, a dramatized audio book, and one with additional material beyond any of the books, from what I can recall. But perhaps it was broadcast in Britain.And I think the original three books were revised when they were printed together as an anthology.So it is a bit of a mess to say which is the definitive version. Short of reading the book, I would say this BBC TV production is my favorite. It really holds up well to repeated viewing. But you should still read the trilogy; it is a masterpiece that deserves a place in a college 20th century literature curriculum.But one thing can be said definitively: The 2005 movie version is an abomination that bears no semblance to the artistic concept of the author.As Paul Newman used to say, "Why settle for hamburger when you can have steak?"