The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

It's unfortunate that Garth Jennings' adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was such a commercial failure, because now instead of looking forward to more sequels based on the work of Douglas Adams, we have to settle for imitations like Gareth Carrivick's Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. That must also be why they have chosen to market this as "Shaun of the Dead meets Dr. Who", but I suppose if you're in the market for a quirky British sci-fi comedy, it doesn't look all that bad. Starring Anna Faris and Chris O'Dowd of The I.T. Crowd, the story is about three slackers (two geeks and a cynic) who accidentally get caught up in the intricacies of time travel while ...
Sean

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This Sunday marks the 31st anniversary of the first broadcast of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. What started as a BBC radio show soon inspired a computer game, a 2005 motion picture and everything in between. Now, the eponymous guidebook lives on in another form: The Amazon Kindle 2. Obviously, the e-book is more Earth-bound than it's galactic counterpart, but the similarities between it and Adams'

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You Brits really know how to do science fiction comedy. From "Red Dwarf" to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" to even "Doctor Who", you guys really get the science fiction comedy sub-genre. Moreover, the upcoming film Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel is attempting to enter that exclusive club of great sci fi comedy and judging from the trailer IGN recently posted, they may just get there. The film centers on three social outcasts trying to...
Omar Aviles

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