The whole point is that it is not meant to be serious, it looks just as daft as the original tv series and as funny as the radio series. Incidently i still have a copy of the first three titles on audio cassette, these arent off the radio but were released as an audio book back in the 80s (must get them remastered)... The fourth one (so long and thanks for all the fish) is knocking about in paperback somewhere, so i am a bit of a fan of hitchhikers.. i missed the last edition on the radio last year but have heard it since... Expect more movies by the way cos Douglas Adams did write more of this before his sad death....