Dirk Gently TV show

[dbskyler]

So BBC America has started advertising "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," and based on the ad, it looks terrible. I'm guessing that it's been shown in the UK already, so if you've seen it, is it any good?

I am a huge Douglas Adams fan, and I've read the books, so in my opinion, a good adaptation would have the same sense of humor as the books. The ad looks like it's for an actual detective show of some sort -- it's emphasizing corpses and cops, ugh.

EDIT: It turns out this is a brand new TV show, not a rebroadcast of the series that appeared in the UK. Whole new opportunity for it to be as terrible as the ad is promising!

Comments

[eve11]

I've heard from friends that it has very little to do with the source material. They compared it to the new Star Trek franchise (which they don't like because it guts the original).

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Rats, that's what I was afraid of. Certainly the ad seems to have very little connection with the source material.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Just found out that this is a brand-new show, not the one that was broadcast in the UK. It's being co-produced by BBC America, and it's premiering in October. That means it really might be as terrible as the ad is promising!