VIDEO: TV: SHOWS: REVIEW: Dirk Gently (2012) (UK)
5/5 stars from both of us. Clint: 9/10, Carolyn: 8/10. [7.7/10 on IMDB]
… The only Douglas Adams book I ever actually read was a Dirk Gently novel I read in 1987ish, not that I remember books I read in the 80s the way I remember movies watched in the 80s.
Anyway, it was nice to be reminded just what the hell that was all about.
I wish the British didn’t have such tiny series. Waiting 2 yrs after a series pilot to get just three more episodes is a bum rap. Do 26 of these, please! And that’s the problem I have with British TV. You can barely spend as much time on a series you love as a series you hate, because by the time you’ve watched enough episodes to really know the difference, it’s over anyway.
But yeah…. Complaints aside, this was awesome. Dirk Gently is kind of an asshole anti-hero, and the relationship between him and his reluctant partner has a really good on-screen [non-sexual] chemistry.
[Carolyn netflix/imdb ratings for each ep: #1:4.6/8, #2:4/8, #3:4.2/8]
LINK URL: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2303367
Claire's blog 
April 18, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Tom Wilk: “After the abomination that was the Hitchhiker’s movie, I’m surprised anyone had the stones to try and adapt anything from Douglas Adams again. I’ll have to check this out.”
Me: “I still think it was a good movie… It just didn’t stand out as special at all, and was basically a median movie….when it really should have been a top 5th percentile movie ( i.e. it was a letdown. )”