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.
对原著整体剧情做了比较好的删减，爆米花效果还是可以的。问题就是前半段的鉴宝后半段的探险有点不搭。
鉴宝那部分特效很6，流畅到飞起，以为这样视觉冲击会让人忽略剧情。。。火车剧情是在致敬天下无贼？真的包着假的还是真的，洗白汉奸大可不必
典型的所有人都在为剧情服务，为反转和解密服务，但最后发现人不见了。
很多特效就像耍小聪明，毫无意义，完全可以靠快速剪辑达到更好的效果，但是要花心思和时间去打磨这几组快切镜头。特效就不一样了，花点钱外包就行，省时间和精力。目前这种有钱就能搞定的暴发户思想，短期在大陆影视行业很难根除
作為一部以闖關奪寶為基本敘事線的影片，其設置的關卡可謂名目繁多，摩斯電碼、天干地支、真偽文物、陰陽、八卦、圍棋無所不用其極，初看挺有意思，愈往後便愈令得觀眾審美疲勞。而且，主角父親何以斷定七歲即與其分離的兒子能够實踐如此複雜的解碼？（與其如此，寫一手諭“砸開佛頭”豈非更直截了當？）又何以預測日本人將來必定小白兔似的將佛頭完璧歸趙？（這關係到該片何以成其為一種民族主義或愛國主義的敘事。）從未同祖父謀面、又早早被父親拋弃的主角，又從何獲得達到業內頂尖水准的文物鑒定“家學”？（這裡則又是“高手在民間”的敘事套路。）一部必須講求縝密邏輯的推理電影，卻在諸多情節和行為的合理性問題上容不得細想，不能不說是種硬傷。2021年12月13日17:40於SFC廣州2號廳。
对原著整体剧情做了比较好的删减，爆米花效果还是可以的。问题就是前半段的鉴宝后半段的探险有点不搭。
最后竟然都下墓了，苦大仇深的守护者却要以轻飘飘的解谜来呈现出来，果真是障眼法了。
成熟的工业制作商业片，不能有太多的期待，但是也能及格。李现展现了标准的死鱼脸偶像演技，不可多有一丝丝的表情。雷佳音绝对及格，葛大爷到哪里都是你葛大爷。最后，留下了很多可笑的哲学问题（影评谈，短评不剧透）。
就是做局+解密+做局+解密的反复循环，没啥大毛病但也没啥大荧幕感，还是网大质感。
最讨厌醉汉了。没去电影院看。古玩圈水很深呀，一般人玩不起。直接上手触碰文物，连手套都不戴呀。中国人是很在意家庭背景的，清白很重要。雷佳音很适合演这种角色。葛优油嘴滑舌，当面一套背里一套，见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话。烤整猪，冒热气，好香呀。
一堆编剧凑出这故弄玄虚的戏，动作、悬疑、玄幻、情感等元素没一样玩出亮点。
如果说扬名立万是剧本杀，那么古董局中局就是密室逃脱。从许爸生前住所开始，墙壁内古董排列的摩斯密码FUGUI，馗市沈爷拍品阴阳子母镜，郑家村后山张僧繇的画，济公庙的观音像，地下室的假佛头，以及逃生通道。
郭导行活儿水平真的很高，希望未来能遇到更出色的剧本
2星。全程全员神游，都不知道在干嘛，甚至影片结束了，有几个人物都没交代清楚。细节非常之粗糙，类似给爸爸扫墓，突然就从脚底下翻起一块砖见到一封信这种比比皆是。最后，即便整体如此拉胯，李现的出戏依然很跳脱，全程木头人，配音也太假了。 当然，最扯的是佛头这个真真假假的大前提没说明白，导致最后揭晓谜底感觉有点脱裤子放屁。
就很轻松爽快地看完了，也不咋过脑。解谜的部分还是精彩的，完整度也很高，手松打个四星也不为过。
这个IP是咋回事，拍来拍去拍不好，这个电影版看着花里胡哨，但我怎么觉得我好像就跟没看过书一样，这情节都是什么鬼。
七分，可以一看的及格电影。
PS:有点为了李现来看的，结果妈的李现好油腻好普信好傻逼，他除了演青春的能好点，剩下真的油普信男啊！
还行，有些煽情大可不必。李现演的超出预期，为滤镜+半星！
最大的包袱整到最后其实是个最大的bug啊。。没看过原作马伯庸的作品应该不至于如此吧。。为数不多的几段古董特效倒是挺耐看，剧情前面还好点，进了郑家村就跟魔怔了似的撵着你往前赶的赶脚
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