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aka H2G2. By Douglas Adams. I cant believe that this hasn't been a topic before.

Hitchhikers gude to the galaxy is very literally one of the two most funny things i have ever had the privilege of encountering.

Talk about the original BBC Radio series, the books, the Tv series, the stage plays and the movie.

I love the BBC series. I have been listening to it not stop for about a week in a row now. The movie is also very genius. I cant see what everyone is complaining about, i thought it was adapted very intelligently to the medium. I have yet to see the Tv series though crying

My favourite character is Dent, Arthur Dent. For two fundamental reasons, first- he loves a nice cup of hot tea, and second- he spends the entire journey wearing pajamas and a robe heart But all the characters are really terrific. Ford is so sweet especially. Slartibartfast is also really great.

Really genius stuff from a very painfully brilliant and witty man mrgreen

lol you can make as many threads as you want XD doesnt bother me a bit. i coulda sworn we had one of these...

i watched it -sigh- my sister made fun of me pretty badly "wot is this its crap its crap" then she pitched a fit until she got to watch effing Narnia (even tho shed seen it) and i stormed off. i watched it like a week later in full. i too liked arthur dent cos the guy playing him was in hardware XD i thought he was funny in it.

havent read the guide yet tho O; this girl was going to send it to me but she never did XDD douglas adams worked with monty python XDD he HAS to be good

Hugh Laurie as Arthur?? lol. I cant see that, hes too crisp and solid, like sure of himself looking (does that make sense) the guy who played Arthur was squishy and soft and sort of confused ^_^. I thought he was the perfect Arthur just the way he was, thats only my opinion of course.

I also loved Ford black, that was genius. hee (the dark skin suits you) ^_^
Bill Nighy was wonderful as Slartibartfast. But i kinda missed the BBC way that Zaphod said "terrific" and how he was always sort of mumbling to himself.

Marvin is really great. hes so adorable and squee. I loved Rickman as him

I just adore the concepts of the restaurant at the end of the universe, "super intelligent shades of the colour blue", the babel fish. Douglas Adams was a genius. I wish i could come up with stuff like that crying

I just love this series so much 4laugh

lol like when he was george on blackadder and he was supposed to send a letter to save blackadder and he got drunk instead as an early celebration

;D i wondered why marvin sounded familiar for a bit and then i placed him

I spose i hadn't taken that into consideration. Because the only thing ive seen him do is House ... and Stewart Little.

yes. biggles, fetch the comfy chair.

nah i saw it not that long ago ;3 theres time for you yet

@watarrmelonz: omgggg. blackadder man. look up the episode Potato. >_> <_<

and you ought to watch it. hugh is brilliant at being daft

No, i dont think that will be necessary. All you should really do to make it up to yourself is go out and somehow obtain the first "Primary Phase" of the BBC radio broadcast, by whatever means. Or perhaps watching the movie first is best, if you enjoy it, then you will absolutely love the radio series. But whatever you do, it must be toward getting H2G2 into your life xp

Hugh Laurie as Arthur? Hmm. Interesting idea, but even knowing his ability to play bumbling idiots, it doesn't quite fit, to my mind. He's a bit too posh. Martin Freeman seemed a decent enough casting choice, to me.
I really liked the film - it was pretty different, but all the versions are significantly different from one another. Nothing will match up to the radio series, in my opinion. It's pretty definitive.