DIRK GENTLY IS BACK
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I have to say that I didn't much care for the books and thought the pilot episode was actually better than the book. I thought Addams writing was going downhill during the later HHGTTG books and, although there were some inspired moments in the two Dirk Gently books, they were a shadow of his best stuff.
But the pilot episode was clever, funny and very well cast. It's a great basis for more of the same and new adventures by different writers. I hope the series (or whatever it turns out to be) will be as good or better than the pilot.
But the pilot episode was clever, funny and very well cast. It's a great basis for more of the same and new adventures by different writers. I hope the series (or whatever it turns out to be) will be as good or better than the pilot.
Tonyblack said:
I have to say that I didn't much care for the books and thought the pilot episode was actually better than the book. I thought Addams writing was going downhill during the later HHGTTG books and, although there were some inspired moments in the two Dirk Gently books, they were a shadow of his best stuff.
But the pilot episode was clever, funny and very well cast. It's a great basis for more of the same and new adventures by different writers. I hope the series (or whatever it turns out to be) will be as good or better than the pilot.
But the pilot episode was clever, funny and very well cast. It's a great basis for more of the same and new adventures by different writers. I hope the series (or whatever it turns out to be) will be as good or better than the pilot.
I decided to completely forego the comparisons and surprisingly i also rather enjoyed it right from the start.
Although indeed missing some girth(apart from not smoking a single cigarette so far 
) Stephen Mangan is well cast.
I hope this isn't considered 'spoilery',but the line was too good to pass up for this topic :http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4480&p=207323#p207323.
Looking forward to another new episode on monday the 12th,before that the first one is repeated twice on BBC4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d8jmz/broadcasts/upcoming
Although indeed missing some girth(apart from not smoking a single cigarette so far
) Stephen Mangan is well cast.I hope this isn't considered 'spoilery',but the line was too good to pass up for this topic :http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4480&p=207323#p207323.
Looking forward to another new episode on monday the 12th,before that the first one is repeated twice on BBC4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d8jmz/broadcasts/upcoming
