Originally posted by Purpleyin
I think scifi has changed a lot over the years. The stories have become much more intense, special effects much more effects and in many ways much more character-based. The expectations of the viewing public are far different. Unfortunately, I don't think the rowdiness of HHG transfers well onto film without the appearance of campiness... It simply belongs to another era of science fiction. It's clever, funny but the characters are caricatures. There aren't a lot of monsters that we haven't already seen before and self-referential texts are a bit more passe now than they were in the pass. Conceptually of course, HHG is very clever but extremely hard to achieve.
HHG, IMO, suffers the same kind of problems that the Star Wars prequels do.. it is a text which belongs to a particular era having to compete with more contemporary developments. It doesn't mean I don't enjoy them but it means I've grown up and so have my toys.
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