I am very interested in him as a writer, and the two shows back to back were a great showcase. Dirk Gently, played by Stephen Mangan, and Nathan played by Robert Sheehan are very similar loveably annoying and gobby characters, even with the same build and hairdo. However Dirk Gently seems more or less asexual, while Nathan is polymorphously perverse.
Dirk Gently was more of a freewheeling association of events arising from Douglas Adams' work than a cut-down version of any of his plots. I thought it made dramatic sense if you were constantly comparing it to the original - for instance when the monk didn't appear, they were on Monk's Road. Everything was different, but you were expected to kind of know what was missing. Also - he went to Barbados like me! hence proving that everything is connected.
I was wondering if anyone has watched last night's episode of Misfits in response to me blogging so enthusiastically about it? I think it was very good, but I am not sure it would have worked if viewed as a stand-alone episode. It is more like Gauda Prime - highly charged in context. I think if you do want to watch Misfits, it's really worth going back to Season 1. I am honestly telling you there are values in there, which are not expressed by the characters, but against which the characters express themselves. Also Simon is the hot.
Something thast struck me about this episode that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else - I have been reading
toddalcott's scene-by scene review of The Shining. Much of the episode was set in an imaginary hotel, which was very similar to the Overlook Hotel. A lot of the action took place in what looked a lot like this bathroom (pic NSFW).
I will continue to blog about Misfits for a while longer I am afraid, as the Christmas Special is on Sunday. OMG. The teasers and the trailer are very tantalising. Simon is going to kill Jesus! He is frickin' unstoppable.
