The script was based directly on DNA's writings for the MOVIE.
DNA said he did not want to just put the books on film. He wanted to adapt the story to film much in the same way that the other formats are tailored for each particular media type (He didn't really set out to do it that way years ago he said it just sort of happened). You should listen to the original radio series or the records. They are ALL different from the books.
Anyhow I like the idea this will be different. It fits the series exactly. If you do not think so, read the introduction in "The More Than Complete Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy." DNA tells the story of how all the versions are different.
Do you know if he had anything to do with the movie script before he died.
It's not the script, it's the casting (and the cgi).
It is off-putting. I thought LOTR had the same look and feel as I saw in my mind's eye when reading the book, irrespective of deviations from the text. Same for the first (best) "Dune."
This preview tells me this is NOT DNA's THG.
Make Dent older (and more disheveled), Marvin more like an art-deco mechanical man, Zaphod with side-by-side heads and I might look into it.
The script is not the issue. The look and feel are. I won't be seeing this one (and I suspect most THG fans won't either).
Can you spell "B A T T L E F I E L D E A R T H"?