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.
是不是还在渴求知音，希望有人心有灵犀？事实上，你自己都无法和自己做到心有灵犀，你会向自己挥舞拳头。终究爱是自私的，我难以容忍另一个人代替我来爱你，爱也是无私的，终究我还是希望你能够幸福。因为设定无法给当事人参与选择的机会，因此带来了足够的个体化的情感张力，让自我价值和感情价值的平衡与争夺非常纠结，扮演小世界的上帝带来了无尽痛苦。另外，老生常谈的哲学问题，什么才能定义一个人，是物质构成是记忆是情感？或许我会选择另一种退而求其次的观点认为未来也不可能移植记忆与情感。
然后被想念或者遗忘
不以故事和场景迷人，只有细致入微的感情~适合心平气和时慢慢的品味
评论里一片哭唧唧…我倒觉得没什么，其实对方爱着的，就是那个“你”呀…只不过“你”换了一个容器罢了。PS：平时一直觉得这个演员有点装。这次终于选对剧本了
是一个值得探讨的科幻点子没错，可是很多戏剧冲突源自不合理的剧情安排，这么一想就略出戏，影片渲染的情绪显得略矫情……另外感觉是不是有一批小时候喜欢看王家卫片子的老美长大当上导演了…
如果“我”是值得信任的
7.5 制作稳定的软科幻，当我爱你的时候，是我的记忆还是我的肉身还是我们在一起的感觉让我确定我爱你
对于什么都拥有的人来说，这是个梦幻结局了，不管是自己还是自己所爱的人以及其他负有责任的人和事。对于大洋彼岸的很多人来说，能得到一个安静优美的、衣食无忧的临终之所已经是莫大奢望。
文本简单又简短的电影，全程靠阿里的表演在支撑，但不是件坏事。超越了伦理的一次探讨，包括如何接受“逐渐被遗忘”，和如何接受镜像面对一个一模一样的“你”。
全片最值得探讨的地方是男主的那个噩梦，克隆人不是机器人，是人的复制品，片中的男主展现出来的都是温柔善良，所以他的复制品也是如此多愁善感善解人意，可人心易变，男主其实曾经不喜欢小孩，也在女主对他的冷遇期出过轨，那谁能保证他的克隆人会一直完美下去？这简直是凄美包装下的玻璃渣。
3.5，科技乐观主义片。过去在讨论“什么定义了我是我？”时，主流观点之一是“回忆”。在记忆和情感、喜好都可以共享传送的设定下，克隆人的确就是生命的延续了，只是对原来的那个人就不太公平了。男主演技佳，本体和克隆人的微表情区分绝了。这片结局没有任何反转、黑化，Cameron本身就是很不错的人呀。这部片是我今年看过的第三部用书架上有很多相同的书表现情侣是soul mate的电影了。还有，小狗才是最好的！
是不是一个梦
身怀绝症之人要如何延续自己的身体机能、记忆以及情感，要如何学会告别，这部电影给出了一份答案。在冷感科幻的氛围里，平静温柔地讲述了男主做出最终决定的这一过程。想起了黑镜中的某一集，只是那是站在逝去亲人那一方的角度来看待问题的，但感情同样动人。
构思好，节奏慢，而且看上去有点故意慢。。。
沉浸而克制，整部剧作还是欠些许火候，只是，最后一秒还是没绷住。
我将再次展开我的翅翼
Look at me in the eyes and tell me you love me.
他家人如果知道真相后会心碎死。永远不知道真相才可以
各方面都似曾相识又都四平八稳的一部小清新科幻片。《天鹅挽歌》把对立面从人类与克隆人当中抽离出来，而把人类自身的情感与回忆这最难断舍离的一部分作为最强大的对立面来对抗克隆人取代自己，从宏观经济方面转换到个人情感方面，这就让这片子显得更加贴近个人，更能感同身受。我们最宝贵的就是自身的情感和回忆。这一点和斯派克·琼斯当年的《她》也异曲同工的地方。
聚焦於很小的切口上去展示這頗具顛覆性的設想，不置入太多的批判，只是讓兩個他去互相感知對方。男主內心的糾結與傷感，仿生人害怕被淘汰的恐慌，整個作品的命題，我們活著是為了他人還是自己？ 太棒了。
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