My 12-year-old has now seen the “Hitchhiker’s Guide” movie twice. Not having gone in with the same, possibly unreasonable expectations I had, he enjoyed it wholeheartedly. (I did too, but I still felt somewhat disappointed when the lines spoken weren’t as funny as they lines I had been expecting)
Today it came up and he asked what other versions there had been. I told him about the radio shows and the TV show and the books, and casually mentioned I had the shows on DVD. His eyes lit up, and he started watching these 30-year old shows with painful-to-watch special effects. He loves ’em.
I also mentioned there was a video game, and gave him the link to the BBC’s flash version. That was 5 hours ago. It delights me no end to know that my son, who favors fast-paced, ultra violent, dazzlingly exciting shoot-em-up games is now completely, frighteningly intent on getting that damn Babel fish in his ear, just as I was many years ago.
Soon he’ll ask to borrow the books, and I’ll have him forever…
The initial show of the new series, broadcast on Saturday, featured a kissogram, a naked Physician along with a “sexed up” Tardis.Throughout the special 65-minute episode, The Eleventh Hour, in which Physician Who had 20 minutes to save Earth from aliens known as the Atraxi, his new companion, Amy Pond, was revealed as a kissogram dressed in a skimpy policeman’s outfit, complete with mini-skirt and handcuffs. In 1 scene, Amy, played by the actress Karen Gillan, told the Dr that her kissogram repertoire also included nuns and nurses’ outfits. Come across out a lot more at Sci Fi Fan.