You can play the infocom game on line at the BBC, complete with GRAPHICS!! Well, stills, but they are superb, and in line with the style of the award-winning visuals by Rod Lord from the early 80's tv series.
check it out:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml
/*edit: I forgot to say... if you register on the bbc site, you can save your progress in the game */
And about the movie... I am still undecided. Hitchhiker's aside, the filmmaking itself is very unconventional. Sort of Terry Gilliam-ish, but not so dark. And that’s my big disappointment actually, that Hammer & Tongs (the brilliant-in-their-own-right production duo who made the movie) didn't go far enough into el-darko weirdness. In that respect, it does capture the tone of the original radio series: weird and brilliant, but essentially fluffy. Adams' books became deeper and more thoughtful, but less laugh-out-loud funny, as they went on. I think that's why most people liked the first two or three instalments better than the last two. They were more plot and gag driven that the latter ones.
[ 05-05-2005, 10:34 PM: Message edited by: jsalsb ]