Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
人类世，以及我们所经历的，我们所吸收的，我们所窥见的，我们所幻想的，我们所践踏的，我们所扭曲的。War，war never changes，巴别塔到核冬天地下世界，草泥人到丑陋的枷锁巨兽，古埃及到特斯拉电弧，兵马俑到E.T.养殖，其实这个世界从古至今从未改变。飘着走的“瘟疫医生”有点《血源诅咒》里梅高的奶妈既视感（9.6/10）
奥古斯丁说，“不要因为追求理解而失去了祂”。值得一看，但基本没看懂。以下是胡说：一种令人作呕的人文主义关怀（？），以通天塔的坍塌作为开篇，然后把整个故事放在《圣经》（或《神曲》）的故事框架中，让一个无名小卒去炸毁地狱，以这个小人儿（但丁）的视角勾勒出地狱的场景。地狱，是一个朋克到极致的工业社会，阎王爷是电脑里的娃儿（《喜马拉雅星》？），然后管理者是睾丸变成乳房的四腿哺乳动物，受惩罚的当然是由💩幻化而成的打工人了。打工人命如草芥，因工伤而死也无人问津，还时不时要去听一听巨婴领导的训话（？）。后面就没看懂了…..龙纹身的女孩儿把婴儿大蛞蝓献祭给了格格巫，格格巫又用魔药创造了宇宙，最后不忘像《太空漫游》致敬一下，砖头一样的iPhone在看着你，诞生出了尼采的超人～大致的意思是“毁灭吧，世界！”。
太牛逼了 神一样的作品。美术相当牛逼、定格动画+真人拍摄 并且有深刻的内核。看完只觉得不明觉厉。大腿拍紫………
地狱游记，把恶心和美感努力做着融合，还好时长可以接受
人类用科技毁灭了自己，变异人类和生物以及畸形到已发工作的科技交织在一起，把地面世界变成了地狱，残留的人们躲在了天上苟活，终于有一天，天上的人们决定派出使者探索和彻底消灭地狱，探索者付出努力却败在终点之前，原来这个世界已经没有新的可能，时间已经停滞，炸弹永不能起爆。探索者被抓住解剖，解剖者无意中发现了探索者体内的新生命，被护士救下送给掌管生命的神灵，神灵用这个生命制成墨粉，在现世以外又重启了一个世界，尽管重启的世界中人们依然会互相倾轧，但却让现世重新出现生机产生生命，进而时间开始流动，炸弹终于启动，一切噩梦终结。而天上的人们始终注释着这一切，仿佛一开始送探索者的目的就是希望用他的生命去启动这一切。
美术不论是阴森逼仄还是流光溢彩，想象力细节都拉满了，三十年的制作周期带来的是纯正的科幻片黄金年代的质感（台词都没有，剧情没啥好说的，有几场戏实在是给我恶心坏了...
定格/粘土动画做成这样已经很牛逼了，作为猎奇向的动画也非常出类拔萃。
emmm行叭 埋汰版黑石碑 我感觉我在做梦但其实我清醒的 我以为这是废墟但我看到了我自己
画质和音乐及两者之和谐好评。
。。。用网文的思路去看顿时就好理解了，上古战争灭世，天魔横行奴役三界，为了推翻魔道人类不断派遣修士，结果被魔头挖出元婴，翻手间创世灭世（doge）
看了前两部分，还是不错的。属于那种有隐喻但没必要细究跟着电影走自由遐想就行的默片。
杰尼斯真是德国90后的杰出代表啊，德国男色的标杆啊！这片从英德两国两个小翻译的视角解读了大战前夕，让我想起那部一战前夕的剧，以英德两国两个小机要秘书的视角反映的战前局势，最终他们改变不了历史的滚滚车轮，终将踏上战场，那部剧结尾，两个小机要秘书换上各自国家军装那一刻，泪崩😭 这一部结尾虽然没给这幕，但是想想都难受不行，英国小翻译肯定是要去皇家空军了…德国小翻译在祖国与信念之间抉择，更煎熬…
这部片的风格，太符合我的系统了
年度最节食的片，广大胖友们的刚需片，在你深夜刷吃播抑制不了口水时，可以点开来看看
We are living in hell, we are the devil
手术台上的钟表越走越慢、中世纪风的乌鸦医生握着婴儿飘进迷宫、结满蛛网的石像眼球转动，爆炸是宇宙的尽头也是开端……虽然总体风格脏乱cult，但有好几个意象我都超喜欢。
想看明白那是挺难的，没几十年精神分裂的功底是不行的，不过确实如人所说，挺牛逼的！
。。。用网文的思路去看顿时就好理解了，上古战争灭世，天魔横行奴役三界，为了推翻魔道人类不断派遣修士，结果被魔头挖出元婴，翻手间创世灭世（doge）
我又可以說出那句話了
真抽象，充满了各种宗教元素，话说国外真的喜欢化用圣经故事
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