Post #156527 by tikibars on Tue, May 3, 2005 5:04 PM

Just saw it.

Good, not great.

Neither mind blowing nor disapointing.

There were a few elements that I really liked, such as how Slartibartfast was played as this shy, sort of socially inept character - there was no reason to play him that way, but it added an interesting dimension to him. The guy who played Zaphod was a hoot too. I dug all the in-jokes, such as having the television Marvin robot suit make a cameo, as well as cameos by the TV Arthur Dent and, briefly, the face of Douglas Adams. The Vogons looked really great. Very nice puppet work. The inside of Magrathea was very cool.

But I can also see how newcomers might not get it, especially if old-time hardcore fans are only feeling lukewarm about the whole thing.

Nice set-up for the sequel at the end...