Dirk Gently - US Series

[Tuna]

Has anyone seen this?

The UK series was quite fun, and quietly Twilight Zoney in nature, but the US series seems to have gone completely under the radar (though a BBC America production) and be a series-long story arc. Is it going to turn up in the UK? Is it any good?

[meehaja]

It's on Netflix I think? It's quite good

[Shilvers]

meehaja said:

It's on Netflix I think? It's quite good

This.

Currently on Netflix and definitely worth a watch.

[defblade]

I've just watched it over the last week or so. Now upset that series 2 doesn't exist yet!

It was very, very good IMO, quite weird in a Douglas Adam's kinda way, as it should be, but bears little relation to the books IIRC
Lots of very strong, very strange, characters and the most dangerous kitten ever

[IanH755]

As with the Hitchhikers Guide series, his books just don't work as well when they're made into visual entertainment which is a shame as I'm a massive Douglas Adams fan and nothing I've seen is even close the wierdness of a DG/HGTTG book.

[Tuna]

IanH755 said:

As with the Hitchhikers Guide series, his books just don't work as well when they're made into visual entertainment which is a shame as I'm a massive Douglas Adams fan and nothing I've seen is even close the wierdness of a DG/HGTTG book.

Are you saying you've seen the series, or is that a critique of DA adaptions in general?

[gareth_r]

H2G2 books? Pah!

Nothing beats the (radio) original.

[Morningside]

I was utterly pissed off they killed the UK version. If they had given it time I think it would have been a classic.