The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase (Original BBC Radio Series)
by Douglas Adams
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Author: Douglas AdamsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged
Published: 2008-10-14
ISBN: 160283511X
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Book Reviews of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase (Original BBC Radio Series)
Book Review: From somebody who was introduced to the series from the recent movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I'll start it off saying: I was introduced to the series to the (now in my opinion horrible) movie adaptation of the book adaption of this. I saw the movie a few years ago and I loved it. Then at my library I said the TV series, I thought (at that point) that because it was older it was going to be bad, but to my surprise it was great! But I didn't think that was the end, so I borrowed the first 2 books in the series; loved them.
Then I came to this;the original.
I expected it to be god awful since I (at the time) thought radio dramas were horrible BUT since it was HGttG I thought I'd give it a go, a boy was I wrong.
This version in my opinion is the funniest and the best acted incarnation of the series.
The series takes place as an unsuspecting humans friend saves him from his home that has been destroyed by a bunch of aliens -who are basically a bunch of raving bureaucrats- and they are traveling through the galaxy, pretty much trying to survive(I won't go any further into the main plot because I don't want to spoil it, and someone else has probably already covered it)
The performance by Peter Jones by the book was GREAT(even though he did the voice in the TV series, I think he did better here) and the other actors did to.
A lot of jokes were taken out of this in the book for some reason or another and there is only 1 that I agree with(Replacing the Hagunenon Admiral with Disaster Area, though the Hagunenons were still awesome), the other omissions I dislike. The way it feels imagining the actors/characters doing things is much better than seeing them in a TV series(or movie). The presentation -though not very realistic- in my opinion fits the series much better than the other versions. I also preferred the voice of Trillian better in this than I did the actor in the TV series. This Series is great for if you just want to sit and listen to something, or are on the go.
It's really funny how the plot makes so little sense, while making so much sense.
If you're a fan of (which I am) the books, or 80's TV series, pick this up somewhere!
Even if you're a fan of the movie I'd recommend this(even though some people who like the movie probably won't like this).
Summary of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase (Original BBC Radio Series)
The BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatization!Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.
Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!
Presented Fully Dramatized on 3 CDs.
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