Aw, man

[oxfordtweed]

If a second series of Dirk Gently doesn't happen, I will be very sad.

I know the odds of it happening are probably about the same as Jim showing back up in series 3 of Sherlock, so I guess it's time to start readying myself for disappointment.

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[glamjam]

Are there only 3 episodes? :(

[oxfordtweed]

Three, plus the pilot. It just ended yesterday, and now everything I like is back on hiatus until forever.

[rebeccasmask]

Ooh, there's a Dirk Gently miniseries? :D
-bb

[oxfordtweed]

Yes! It's got Stephen Mangan as Gently (which is an odd choice, but it works), and some ogre called Boyd as MacDuff (seriously. He's got at least four inches on Mangan, who is not a short man by any means). They've changed quite a bit of it around, because it was only two books, so even four episodes rather outlives the original series. MacDuff sticks around because detective shows just work better with pairs, and they've done quite a bit of shuffling to make everything recognisable but still unique stories. And it's been updated, because a TV show about a bunch of Macintosh fanboys just wouldn't really go over very well. It updates wonderfully, though.


I require icons.

[wedic]

It was very good, I reckon it could have been upgraded from BBC 4 to a proper channel. (Though I maintain it still looks like a Sherlock spoof - perhaps it's Stephen Mangan's hair).

Haven't seen the last one yet.

[oxfordtweed]

It actually does a really good job at adhering to canon. Not all of it made it in (I reckon they couldn't work out a way to fit in Norse gods having temper tantrums), and some of it did get shuffled about a bit, but it's very much what it should have been. :D

And while trying to avoid spoilers, I will say this: when watching this week's episode, keep in mind that they would have been filming at roughly the same time as Sherlock, making some things rather astoundingly coincidental. Appropriately enough.