I meant dated in the sense that it had that old BBC shot-on-video sets-made-out-of-hand-carved-styrofoam look. It was pretty faithful to both the radio and book versions.
I agree Trillian was miscast, though I suppose what I found compelling about the TV series was the illustration of The Guide itself. And I liked the actors playing Arthur and Ford. Simon Jones had the perfect demeanor: confused, annoyed, and just barely polite.
Two years ago I went to see a play directed by Mark Wing-Davey, who played Zaphod. It was absolutely brilliant; not funny or anything you'd expect from Hitchhiker's, but visually stunning. Wing-Davey was sitting around in the lobby after the performace; I suspect I was the only (or close to the only) person to recognize him. Maybe if he'd been wearing the second head...
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Date: 2003-07-04 07:18 pm (UTC)I agree Trillian was miscast, though I suppose what I found compelling about the TV series was the illustration of The Guide itself. And I liked the actors playing Arthur and Ford. Simon Jones had the perfect demeanor: confused, annoyed, and just barely polite.
Two years ago I went to see a play directed by Mark Wing-Davey, who played Zaphod. It was absolutely brilliant; not funny or anything you'd expect from Hitchhiker's, but visually stunning. Wing-Davey was sitting around in the lobby after the performace; I suspect I was the only (or close to the only) person to recognize him. Maybe if he'd been wearing the second head...