C3PX said:

...neither one could hold a flashlight to the original BBC Radio 4 plays, or the books, or the computer game, or even the towel for that matter!

Oh I agree with you there. The BBC TV series...well...kind of sucks. But in a good way - I find it very enjoyable. Sure, there was plenty wrong (the casting of Trillian, in particular), but I always come back to watch it again every several years. And the DVD is phenomenal.

And I was pleasantly surprised by the movie.

Quick tangent - was/is anyone a member of H2G2.com? I wasted a few years of my life there (before I decided to waste them here instead).