Tag: 1981

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: From Radio to TV

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: From Radio to TV

    British viewers may not blink twice, but it is always interesting for this Yank to note the privileged billing given to screenwriters in BBC programs. The opening credits for the 1981 serial The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy prominently hail “By DOUGLAS ADAMS” directly below its dramatically rocky logo, overshadowing the cast, directors, and producers.…

  • They don’t make PG movies anymore like Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark

    They don’t make PG movies anymore like Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark

    In order to catch up on the overwhelming backlog of movies I intend to cover here on this blog, this blogger is forced to cover Raiders of the Lost Ark with only a few disconnected observations: The 2008 DVD reissues of the classic Indiana Jones trilogy have terribly designed menus; it looks like everything’s been…