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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I'll go further than Jon. Although the budget for special effects was only a nickle ninety-eight, the TV show nailed it. The actors had their roles down pat and the writing was so stellar (no pun intended) that the pitiful make-up and sets were easily overlooked. The big-budget Disney movie sucked. Marvin, especially, was a let-down on the big screen. He was cute. Marvin should not be presented as cute. In the TV show he was big, clunky, and looked perpetually depressed, which is how the Paranoid Android should look. I also didn't care for the liberties the movie took with the established story line.
BTW, have you listened to the radio series? As I'm sure you know, the radio series predated even the books.
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The radio show was my introduction and, showing my age, I even managed to record the programmes on to audio cassettes. That's when you could let your imagination conjure up the characters. Those cassettes almost got exhausted with the number of times I listened to them. Then along came CDs and I was bought the complete set as a present.
Unfortunately, I still make people cringe by going to the bar and slipping in a request for a pan-galactic gargle blaster in the middle of a list of drinks.
No matter how good or how faithful an adaptation is (even LOTR), it never manages to beat that original magic act performed by your brain.
So, I'm off to read some more Vogan poetry!