From: Harriet Monkhouse hflysator@jarriere.demon.co.uk
Jacqui wrote:
Is on BBC 2 (UK) tonight.
And very nice it was to see it, though I'd rather they'd paid tribute by rebroadcasting the radio version. For one thing, it's a lot longer.
I heard that they were planning to.
We almost need someone from Blakes 7 to pop their clogs and maybe the BBC might repeat it. Although they do have a habit of repeating old series, but only the episodes I've seen.
For another, the actors look better. Though I did enjoy seeing the
Its quite worrying when you can recognise actors that were in the radio series and not the TV series before they utter a word. Although it took me a few minutes to realise it was Trillian in Casualty last Friday.
Nic
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Nic wrote:
Its quite worrying when you can recognise actors that were in the radio series and not the TV series before they utter a word. Although it took me a few minutes to realise it was Trillian in Casualty last Friday.
You mean the real Trillian? Began to remember why the television version annoyed me so much last night when we got the pretend Trillian. I'm sure the actor in question is beautiful, charming and devastatingly intelligent, but she's just not Trillian.
Ford Prefect isn't really Ford Prefect, either, but that doesn't bother me so much, as he seemed a plausible alternative to my own visualisation (which happened to be Michael Keating - think "Ol' Janx Spirit").
Of course, Arthur is Arthur (except that Arthur is really me), but it irritates me when he keeps pulling faces which aren't Arthur at all. That never happens on the radio.
And it really bothers me when Marvin's voice comes out of a robot which looks nothing like Marvin. I suppose I ought to be able to accept that, as I can imagine Marvin being really depressed about not looking like Marvin too.
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