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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Arrgh!!
As someone who listened to the original radio show whilst doing my newspaper round, bought the books on the day of publication, bought the LP, the radio scripts & the CD's of the radio show (I didn't buy the towel). This was recognisable as being based on the works of DNA but (and this is a sodding huge BUT) without the jokes.
Where was "its unpleasantly like being drunk, what's unpleasant about being drunk, just ask a glass of water" "I feel like a military academy, bits of me keep passing out" which should have been in the first 15 minutes, & there were many many more.
I hope one day to meet those responsible for this, preferably in a dark alley.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Has Jackson actually read the books properly
I watched the Fellowship & could live with the changes. The Two Towers made my heart sink too many alterations & additions, yes additions I can understand cutting the story to fit but shovelling lumps of extraneous storyline in that is not in the book WHY? extra elves at helm's deep WTF! Why cut bits that those familiar with the books are expecting to add garbage that no-one expects I can't explain. The Return of the King was for me the last straw, the Return of Jacksons Ego more like. Why they saw fit to change dialogue from the original, in some cases only a few words & in others changing the speaker of the words.
This is Peter Jacksons LOTR not Tolkeins, I haven't checked but the credits should show "inspired by JRR Tolkein" because this is not his work.
I will stick with the BBC 4 version, which While abridged is true to Tolkein & the pictures are better on radio.
Trinity Tales (1975)
A 70's reworking of the Canterbury tales
Its not been shown for years, even with satellite TV's penchant for repeats, the Canterbury tales reset as a collection of misfits head for Wembley & the rugby league cup final. The years have dimmed my memory but I thoroughly enjoyed this series, probably Bill Maynard's most watchable work. Yet another gem by Alan Plater.