Todd Brotzman (Elijah Wood) & Dirk Gently (Samuel Barnett)
Credit: Bettina Strauss/BBC America/Wired
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, was the creation of the late Douglas Adams – in two books.1 After his death, BBC America made a TV series.
Now there is another TV series related to the book & earlier TV series by not much more than the title ...
Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2016
Wired: The new Dirk Gently is nothing like the books – but it’s still a blast
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/dirk-gently-bbc-america/?mbid=nl_102316_p7&CNDID=
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1 Wikipedia: “Dirk Gently”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently / Holistic Detective Agency new Dirk Gently nothing like the books still blast makings new cult favorite crammed with weird ideas gore crazy set pieces few charming moments enjoy it stop thinking of it Douglas Adams adaptation BBC America show premiering based book duology Douglas Adams also created Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series basic concept holistic detective named Dirk Gently breezes around getting into weird situations ties all the threads together mixture of luck intuition TV show little in common Douglas Adams tone Douglas Adams Adams’ absurd wit stands out new show how American it all is new version Dirk Gently only British person U.S. city full of Yank archetypes snarky cops tattooed cultists badass bodyguards creepy shut-ins serial killers writer Max Landis wrote all eight episodes used Douglas Adams basic idea jumping-off point gonzo storyline creepy kidnappers indoor shark attacks bizarre diseases show will be about something completely different Douglas Adams books throw slew off-kilter ideas reader cram billion subplots into every episode wild spree works on its own terms don’t ever try to compare it work of the master first few episodes series delightfully perverse Electric Monk first Dirk Gently novel character save you the trouble of having to believe something believing it for you Douglas Adams creations often illuminate something of the weirdness and futility of humanity’s attempts to make sense of the universe clever storylines about Samuel Taylor Coleridge Norse mythology BBC America version rockstars bikers standard TV archetypes second Dirk Gently TV series in the past five years the first had minuscule fraction budget of this one aired minor UK channel written Misfits creator Howard Overman couple of Doctor Who writers new version throws a million dazzling science-fiction conceits at the viewer 2012 Dirk Gently show more of a weird detective show watching both Dirk Gently shows comparison Doctor Who Douglas Adams pilfered elements two Who scripts /
