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Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency
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RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency
(December 5, 2008 at 3:05 am)Darwinian Wrote: What, do you mean that thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic?

Yes. And I've just finished listening to The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, having read the book years ago...

I grew up with h2g2 and it sort of shaped the way I thought, a bit like a third parent. When I was 11 or so I used to record every episode from the radio and then play them back over and over again. And when the TV series began (which was pitifully short) I nearly exploded with excitement.

I think that h2g2 is to me as the Bible is to you..

I've always said that if I ever won enough money on the lottery I would turn the rest of the books into a tv series and do it properly. Not like the movie which was very disappointing and not really in the true style of D.A. even though he did write most of the screen play most of the characters were totally miscast.

If they do get around to making The Restaurant at the End of the Universe then DON'T give it to Disney!

Anyway....



Let me know when you want episode 2...

Oh, and it's Gently and not Gentry, or, if your really want to annoy him then Svlad Cjelli.

Right. Gently. I don't know why I was thinking Gentry. Isn't that an American country music artist? Nevermind. It has been years since I read it. I liked the first one, though not nearly as much as the Hitchikers series. The second one I didn't care so much for but it had it's moments.

I had the British version of the first 'movie' which I believe was actually the TV series on VCR tape years ago but the tape fucked up in the machine and I have never seen it on DVD. It was a sad disapointment.

The second and most recent movie, the American one (HG2TG) was much better but the book itself is much more funny. I probably read each of the four in that series twenty times when I was in high school.

I think it would actually be quite a challenge to put on film in a way that represents the books well.
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Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by Daystar - December 5, 2008 at 12:07 am
RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by Darwinian - December 5, 2008 at 3:05 am
RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by Daystar - December 5, 2008 at 12:08 pm
RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by Kyuuketsuki - December 5, 2008 at 3:53 am
RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by Daystar - December 5, 2008 at 12:12 pm
RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by allan175 - December 5, 2008 at 4:44 am
RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by allan175 - December 5, 2008 at 12:11 pm
RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by Tiberius - December 5, 2008 at 2:32 pm
RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by Kyuuketsuki - December 6, 2008 at 6:51 am
RE: Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency - by Tiberius - December 6, 2008 at 8:21 am



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