What's this?! I feckin' loved Dirk Gently, but then again I loved Douglas Adams. The BBC have actually put out some pretty decent TV recently, and Misfits was great (although Channel 4) so this whets my appetite!So, apparantly, the BBC are going to do an hour-long special based on Douglas Adam's Dirk Gently mysteries. I presume that it'll be made into a series if it does well. Howard Overman, who did Misfits, which is a quality slice of television, is going to be writing it.
Yay or nay on this?
I reckon casting Dirk is going to be tricky. Having the Misfits writer doing it is good since I really enjoyed that, and the key to the writing really is just making sure you don't spoil anything, since Adams has written all the brilliance already. But actually capturing the insanity that is Dirk is another matter entirely.What's this?! I feckin' loved Dirk Gently, but then again I loved Douglas Adams. The BBC have actually put out some pretty decent TV recently, and Misfits was great (although Channel 4) so this whets my appetite!
I suppose we'll have to see, though. I wonder if the humour will translate that well to screen - the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a radio play to begin with and yet was terrible in visual form (though admittedly that might be more to do with Disney getting their mits on it rather than any conversion failure).
He's only got two books to go on though, so if he gets a series he's going to be writing his own original story lines, which could be utterly rubbish compared to the original books, perhaps.I reckon casting Dirk is going to be tricky. Having the Misfits writer doing it is good since I really enjoyed that, and the key to the writing really is just making sure you don't spoil anything, since Adams has written all the brilliance already. But actually capturing the insanity that is Dirk is another matter entirely.
