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.
令人惊喜的大手笔的改动！叙述方式变成了禁闭岛+穆赫兰道，精神内核则成了彻头彻尾的悲剧。这时候才意识到茨先生温柔善良到给遗作都留了一线光明的尾巴，创造出救世主般的外力（在现实中是大夫帮助男主逃出酒店，在幻境中是“我”拉男主回归理智）给了死局一种理想化的破解方式——保持了理智的同时“赢”了“棋局”。而电影版则是牢牢砌死永无出口的铁屋子，自我的维系与斗争的胜利只能二选一——非精神摧毁而不能赢。船上斗棋获胜是翻转整个设定的神来之笔，试问谁在读小说时没有幻想过博士大获全胜的爽文呢？图穷匕见之时才知道绝无爽文，只余绝望。果然是冷酷的编剧才能有立意极高的改编，如果戛然而止在灿烂阳光中就神作了。（小细节：警察局长认输后翻开棋谱，镜头给到一位大师，他的名字正是男主在船上的化名；而男主离开酒店时签的也是范列文）
1 恐怖片拍出了点喜剧片的感觉；2 人肉类道具做的挺好的，很有质感；3 结构不错，一是纪录片和现实互相关联，二是还埋伏着情感线，夫妻情，与贱夫妇的交往等的情感变化都玩的相当不错。推荐吧，难得有趣的恐怖片。
凑合看，消磨时间，可以看到对现在政治正确的反讽，基本也限于口嗨，想要得到更深入的思考，可能就是缘木求鱼了
里面看到了《异教峰》里熟悉的面孔。
自从吃了人肉，腰也不酸了，腿也不疼了，连性生活都和谐了
标题和内容相得益彰，题材太过于恐怖和暗黑了，心理承受力差着慎看
哈哈哈哈恐怖的部分太少了，素食主义者看了要骂人，看完胃口大开吃个小牛排压压惊
【20220527】法国人真敢拍，（极端）素食主义者跟一切狂热分子都让人讨厌，无论他们有多么政治正确----不过他们毕竟是草食性动物，肉质鲜美可以补偿我们这些杂食动物收到的惊扰。
法国人拍这种黑色幽默是真有一套。一开场就很抓人，节奏很快，跑上来10分钟就开始把ren大卸八块了。观影过程很流畅，及其紧凑，没有很浮夸的剧情。以往对法国电影是敬而远之的，但这部戏又让我路转粉。
弄清了vegan wine和传统wine，区别难道就是传统酿酒碾碎葡萄and昆虫？去追史蒂文不成功，举着菜刀，喊了句口号，把责任推给了is，可以的。第一次执行任务的“蔬菜”维尼，把自己绊倒那段太假了！（羊头那个也很假）多给一星是因为节奏真是一点不拖，看的津津有味啊。还有，那个朋克不是厌食症吗，最后打起人来战斗力力气很大啊。
《象棋的故事》告诉我们——最残忍的刑罚并不是对肉体惨绝人寰的摧残，而是让一个人明白什么是彻彻底底的孤独。就如同你站在月球上遥望远方那个水蓝色的星球，而张目四顾只有沉寂一片的惨白。这种孤独能给人最难以预测的成长。Ｂ博士与自己对弈的目的是超越了所有功利的。他只为了证明自己还活着，象棋是他在那个没有时间的空间里能够抓住的唯一东西，这种反人类的成长让天才也为之失色，如果我们不去理会这部作品的批判性，那么还有一个直击我们灵魂的问题，真理是否就藏在无尽的痛苦之中？
因为疫情被封城，我现在好饿呀，据说人肉类似猫肉，其实并不好吃。
3、关于打造爆品的思考：假如有一天断供了，是不是这盘生意就没救了？哈哈哈
我看的翻译版本一直出现黄秋生的名字...很出戏
在插叙和场景/记忆交替中最终走向主题的升华，即对二次世界大战的反思…
法国版人肉叉烧包，有点观影不适，还好法式幽默拯救了这部片子，打了4星但不推荐观看
太恶俗了，尺度超级大，竟然一直吃人肉，讽刺+脑洞大，看得有点反感，也讽刺了很多素食主义者的偏见
《肉罢不能》是一部很作死的法国电影。以至于鲁迅笔下的作死小能手阿Q同志与法国人相比都算是个弟弟。这片对于整天被某某明星在内的一帮鼓吹中国人吃素的傻逼恶心到不行的我们来说是部很爽的片子。以至于主角夫妇捕猎极端素食主义者的白左们时，引发观众情绪上的快感会冲淡很多血腥镜头带来的不适。但同时影片无时无刻流露出极右翼的种族主义思想又让人感到不安。有人可能会辩解道法国天生就是这么自由散漫，但拿人家的宗教信仰开玩笑真的合适吗？法国《查理周刊》恐袭事件的教训还不够深刻吗？
确实各种政治不正确，讽刺了一众极端的素食主义，动物环保，黑人，女权等。
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