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.
可能老外会觉得故事套上传说什么的很新奇，又是发生在加拿大华人身上的故事，在我看来还是挺老套的，小姑娘虽然是亚洲面孔，已经是白人内里，不太能产生共鸣。
“红化”不是指来月经啊。是指释放被束缚的女性能量。
留下你的缺陷，留下你的情绪，留下你的愤怒，留下你的力量，然后跑去看妈妈禁止的音乐会吧。
其实还是好莱坞式的听从内心、认识自我、完成成长的老套路，结尾也还是好莱坞式的和解。但很难得有这种东亚女性视角的动画片，细节也做的很到位，牵妈妈的手走过竹林那段太美了。好莱坞永远理解不了东亚家庭的羁绊……愤怒的妈妈太可怕了！
表达太强了，还能戴着可爱表相的隐喻，神了……从第一句就开始咬指甲揪头发抠地板了😅导演果然是大陆走出来的女孩子，每个东亚小孩都会感同身受，控制，期望，同化，冲突，无论和解与否，亲情的羁绊是世界上最无奈的东西。就这片子不应该抓住东亚市场，放映个3个月？→看了看评论，我对国人的期望还是太高了
疫情期间想找点娱乐，屏幕分享和你一起看的这个电影。还找了好多你没接触过的类型，想疫情之后躺沙发一起欣赏，没想到，这居然是最后一个电影。设想的那么多美好，没能去实现。
不负期待，满意收获！皮克斯的三维动画技术真是太出色了，毛绒绒的巨型红色小熊猫实在是太可爱了，萌到爆炸！作为有电影院情怀的影迷，从2012年《勇敢传说》至2021年《夏日友晴天》，除了国内没引进的2015年《恐龙当家》外，每部皮克斯动画电影长片都有去影院观影（或初看或重温或多刷），可惜如今又要多一部2022年《青春变形记》了。P.S.：英语原声版观看完毕，准备和小朋友们再看一遍台配国语版。
可能改变世界的最后还是女性吧，可能改变中国的还是女性吧
2022-03-17
因为建国后不许成精，所以小熊猫全家移民加拿大的故事
三星给制作 故事逻辑太差了 还都是刻板印象
窒息的东亚亲子关系很真实，永远无法让父母满意的子女。即使遇到困难（变成熊猫）也不敢告诉妈妈的小孩，让人难受（抹泪。但小熊猫也太可爱了吧！
我不太懂为什么美国的学生总要追求他们崇尚的一种【cool】，特立独行、不合群、敢于和老师家长说不就是cool，而成绩好数学天才还懂乐器懂跳舞为什么就不能是cool？朋友叫她保留红熊猫原因是【反抗妈妈才是你真的自己】 这样的三观在我看来不太能接受…妈妈行为固然不对 过分禁制孩子的天性 但是你自己从没有在妈妈面前说过心里话吐露过自己的内心最渴求 顺从家长的反面不一定是反抗 还有协商和交流——这两母女最缺的就是内心的交流 迪士尼这次没有把这个讲好 实属可惜。然而还是觉得电影很好看 小熊猫好可爱 我也想要一条尾巴！
2.中国家长（近两年对女性对家庭贡献的再发掘）母亲，对子女的控制欲
11.3 故事写的也太棒了吧！！！相信每一个传统中国人好孩子都感同身受吧。小熊猫激萌。。。
这部片子估计男女之间打分差异会较大，因为里面所讲的母女关系、女孩成长、闺蜜情谊都是非常微妙且独特的，也只有女性才能更有体会吧，否则看起来就是一部青春励志卡通片。并且导演把这些点处理得很符合动画片的形式，纵然里面的母亲对女儿有很多管控过度的错误行为，但片子并没有采取批判的方式，而是通过母亲暴走之后露出脆弱的一面，让女儿和母亲之间身份互换完成双方的成长，这是最赞的一点！我自己也有一个这样的母亲，因此也塑造了追求完美的我，希望我也能释放出自己的小熊猫，与它和平共处。
ABC自我认同感的阵痛，熟悉又无熟悉，认同又无认同。
这应该是《寻梦环游记》和《心灵奇旅》后又一强作了，而作为华人家庭更深有感触和能获得共鸣，这应该也是皮克斯对女性成长和性隐喻探讨最大胆和脑洞的一次了。主题嘛依然遵循“做自己”永恒不变的宗旨少了些许新鲜劲，但故事做得是真顺滑和有趣呀。
属于是东西方文化糟粕大融合了（…… 但依然，fxxk disney for 不让此片上院线
咱雅洲人，谁能不共情，谁没体会过里面的一件两件事情，就是好奇外国人会喜欢吗？
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