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.
有此片在，之前的所有重口味动画都是小菜。有此片在，之前的所有深度动画都是小儿科。
这样一部电影，定位挺尴尬的其实。大的历史框架是不能动的，否则就变成架空历史了；虚构的人物只能在既定的框架里作有限的游走，创作空间相当狭窄，而观众对于最后的结局早就了然于胸；对历史人物的描写也处于暧昧地带，介于写实和虚构之间。那这样一来，作者对历史人物（比如张伯伦）的重新评价，其说服力就会大打折扣了。
虽然你是疯神，但是此刻在豆瓣上，你是我的神！
导演组肯定没少吃菌类食品，创意极佳，喜欢其中的工业质感
很喜欢任务人被抓住之后被医生开膛破肚深入挖掘血液四溅最后掏出一只虫子婴儿的场景。
看了历史老师的节目得以避险的“神”剧，老师评价“胡扯淡”！
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然而表达`叙事都过于玄乎，又没有《迷墙》的音乐性带来的流畅感，导致整体观感属于不喝酒看不进去，喝多了看容易吐
能耐着性子看完就很不容易，那有时间去思考在表达什么？！
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！”。
邪典版《2001太空漫游》。从血肉泥筑到废土朋克、机械生命到彩色异形，这是无比瑰丽之想象力创造出的恐怖美学集大成者。故事是混乱的、时间是混乱的、世界观同样是混乱的，在不知所云的咿呀低语中，没有一种生物能保持理智，又或许只有舍弃理智才能在这个疯狂的地底世界生存下去。
最后如梦初醒，才发现，哪里有什么疯神，在时间的尽头，仍然是无尽的痛苦和苍白
效果很牛逼，风格很诡谲
看到结尾我看了个寂寞到底讲了个啥？？就是独特画风恶心人？对比我还是喜欢之前那个独特画风狼屋的起码有剧情
如果是游戏cg，这款游戏我肯定会玩，但问题是电影，实在难以理解里面内容，跟装逼电影一线之差，可里面的怪物造型和定格形式去表现还是可以，看得出有想法...
很爽的一次噩梦参观体验，冲着30年再加一星
没完全看懂却无比震撼。
疯神正如其名，不是神没有这样的能力造出这样的世界，不是疯狂不会造出这样的世界
牛逼闪闪，充满想象力，也运用了几乎一切可以搭配的不同材质的绘画雕塑装置等艺术风格 以及大胆地真人与动画与不同像素级别的特效影像结合，从头到尾就是人类命运寓言
疯子才能拍出的电影，那些粘稠的，不死的，无尽的，不朽的记忆伴随着铁路碾碎一切的美好。不需要台词，记忆的腐蚀随着时间的回流交织在一起，可感知的时间回流剥离一切，在金属的撞击中于某个节点往覆循环，那些撞击声是你仅有能够保存下来的回忆。
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