Hitchhiker’s Movie UK Trailer
As a fan of the Hitchhiker’s Guide (on radio, books and TV) I was disappointed by the Internet trailers with their very out-of-place music and accents. However as Russel Beattie notes:
Speaking of American vs. British versions, I saw a site the other day which had UK trailers, which instead of ending with music ripped off from Men in Black, uses a version of the music found in the original TV show, which is actually quite catchy (and strange sounding). Nice to know that the movie is keeping in line with the original’s cross-Atlantic schizophrenia.
Indeed, the UK trailer seems much better indeed, and truer to the spirit of the low-budget but faithful BBC TV adaptation.
12 March 2005 10:26 am
March 18th, 2005 at 7:20 am
Okay, that wasn’t half as bad as the trailer I saw. But still - I’m *incredibly* pissed off at the fact that they chose to be politically correct and chose an Black guy for the role of Ford Prefect. That is _so_ wrong - I mean, you have this image of a lousy depressed mate from Blighty of Ford, and they screw it ALL up by putting some unheard of dude who talks in an accent that is HARDLY British. As a matter of fact, the one reason the trailer wasn’t too bad was because the voice-over was funny - otherwise, it would have sucked.
I still say, the movie SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS! x-(
B@^#%^#$ are transgressing Douglas Adams’ memories. Sheesh, man. Why can’t the just bloody let the books be?
Sorry, kinda got carried away =)
March 18th, 2005 at 6:44 pm
I hate to say this, but the Trilogy in Five Parts is now a tad over-rated. In its time, it was path-breaking, especially since Adams was about 12 and a bit (OK, 25!) when he wrote the first volume.
But now, for genuinely witty and reasonably literate (read: dumbed-down referential humour that even I can get!), read Terry Practhett’s Discworld novels.
J.A.P.