Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

reader4 One would think that if you were buying a DVD of "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy," you would be interested in watching "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy." "Not at all" was how much the BBC cared about this evident fact. The VHS tape was recorded at EP speed, and looked terrible! Now, on the 2-DVD set, it is still over-compressed and of mediocre quality.They could easily have done the transfer at 2-hour, hi-res format, putting the first four shows on Disk 1 and the other two plus some extras on Disk 2. This is what I was expecting when I saw it was a 2-disk set. Instead, to my horror, they crammed the entire 6 episodes onto a single DVD, at four-hour format, and the second disk consists completely of extras.So if you're most interested in seeing the same clips and the same interviews repeated again and again with slightly different editing, and sleep-inducing out-takes of actors blowing their lines and then saying the "F" word, this set is for you.Otherwise, I wish I could say, look elsewhere. Unfortunately, this is the only game in town.I can't believe it's now over $40! I felt ripped off when I paid $26! They should have made a version available with a single disk, for those of us who are actually interested in the program, rather than a bunch of souvenirs from the Douglas Adams Fan Club. That way, at least you'd know how poor the quality was going to be before you shelled out the ridiculously high price.To give the set its due, it does look better than I've ever seen it before, either on PBS or the VHS tape. I could read things in the computer graphics that I have never been able to make out before. And, with closed captioning, I was able to get a few lines that I'd never caught.And there is at least one interesting thing in most of the extras. The "Peter Jones Introduction," buried down at the bottom of the second screen, is the best of the lot, the only one that's good all the way through."The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" is the funniest show that's ever been on TV. It's really too bad that hoodwinking as much money as possible out of the public was the BBC's only goal, and that they have treated us and the program so shabbily.

jon-788-143011 OK a lot of posts here, show that the history of H2G2 is poorly understood, it seems mostly by anyone who first encountered the 2005 film. So, to simplify, this was a radio show, then a book, then another radio series, then the TV series, then two more books, then three more radio series and another book, then a film.So the TV series isn't an adaptation of the books, at most it and the first two radio series are substantially the same material, although it is a bit mixed up and it isn't entirely consistent (though it all was done by the author, so it is legitimate).The radio shows used most of the same cast (except for Ford Prefect) and are the best version of the story (although it is a very long story, 15 hours or so). The TV series is a good rendering of the first two series and the first two books, inevitably it has some omissions.The movie is pretty awful, and best avoided.

Steffen Hansen (zdephen) This is great... I'ts a bit low budget. But thats great!... I don't know if like the old ford best or the new one... They're both great. The only reason i didn't give this series full stars, is that the last episode made me a little sad... however, this peace is very old and actually follows the book very good. I love old movie styles! they don't use as much computer as now. Zaphod Beeblebrox's 2nd head is very very poor made... He is a genetic engineering between a man and a puppet! but i think it gives you some kind of nostalgic comfort. a lot of the old movies use puppets... and i intend to get them all!! I really liked this series and I think Ill go watching it again now...

Matthew Brench It is a common mistake to compare the mini series to the books, I must point out. The books, too, were really good and artfully written. However, they were not the original version of Douglas Adam's story. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was originally a radio show. The TV mini-series, while appearing cheesy and low-budget, is actually a great joy to fans, because the actors, script, and even most of the sound effects are exactly the same as the original radio show. Hence some of the odd appearance to things, hence Trillian's hair being a different color than the book said... but whatever. Regardless of your favorite medium of the story, it is a great one. Here's to hoping that the 2005 movie will be as good...