The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has been repackaged in many forms. Writer Douglas Adams began the science fiction franchise as a radio sitcom, which then became a series of novels, a 1980s British TV series and even a text-based adventure game. While The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and successive novels received critical acclaim and a large fan base, 20 years ago one such iteration, Garth Jennings’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, was subjected to a panning it didn’t deserve.
Like the book, the radio series and TV show, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie begins in much the same way. Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) is trying to prevent the demolition of his house, while his friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) is trying to save himself and Arthur from the impending demolition of Earth itself. As this already paradoxically absurd and mundane adventure builds steam, collecting along their intergalactic hitchhiking journey the president of the galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell) and Arthur’s crush Trillian (Zooey Deschanel), Arthur finds himself ripped away from his morning cup of tea into the infinite possibilities of the universe, all while still wearing his pajamas.
