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.
One Last Kiss前奏响起的时候爆哭。连EVA都跟自己和解了，我们这些现实世界中的蠢货们还有什么理由不放过自己。看了那些分镜和背景画就理解为什么跳票这么久，但庵野你可以找新海诚啊？
从记忆中的美好褪色为如此精致繁复的画面
大家都不需要被补完 勇敢去依靠别人吧！！
所有的生命都被商品化
当一切结束英雄长大后，有种一个礼拜看完别人一生的怅然，到底不是陪着这个系列长大的那群人，所以看的过程少了些许激动，但终于明白喜欢凌波丽还是明日香的梗，可惜最后还是选了眼前的胸大的，未免过于现实
啊，下载后一直没急着看。虽然日本上映那段时间看过很多网评了，但还是会：嗯？啊？咿…（痞子真的做出了猜不到的结局，不过也挺好的…
“当时我觉得我喜欢上你了 可惜我比你先长大了”“你已经能在现实的世界而非幻想的世界站起来了”旧剧场版是拒绝敞开心扉因此拒绝人类补完，新剧场版是相信人与人之间能互相理解因此拒绝补完，现在的我和过去的我和解了，能继续前进了。对于那个年代的观众来说，这部剧场版是童年的终结。
结尾的意思大概是，少年的成长，漫画世界的结束。动画效果是没话说，精彩。
Can you give me one last kiss?
看到剧终的时候真的很不舍，这个结局很棒，感谢庵野秀明
哭晕我。
有幸看之前把庵野秀明制作这部的纪录片看完了。这一整部原来就是他跟自己和解，战胜自己的全过程；甚至所有场景，所有人物细节都是庵野秀明自己跑遍日本体验的，所有角色都是他自我的一部分。所有的所有都得到了最好的结局。
经过了序破Q的铺垫，故事来到了父子对峙，初号机与13号机大打出手，在各各他体，人类意志可以扭转命运的记忆里，绝望与希望碰撞，净化灵魂的第四次冲击出现，真嗣重新站立，碇源堂与唯重聚的空想破灭，没有EVA的幸福生活到来。
さようなら、すべてのevangelion
一直都讨厌碇真嗣，幼稚逼。今天发现我其实在讨厌自己。心智该成熟了。和谁在一起一点都不重要，大家都活得好一些，向前看就好。
没想到这部是这么的温柔，再见啦！配乐真好听
如果「真心为你」是终结，那「终」就是对这个系列的告别。庵野秀明拖着膨胀的二十世纪走到预言的新世纪，一切冲击都在重复中成为仪式，一切重复又在日常中萌发生机。世纪的福音无非是，我们驾驶着神赋予我们的武器（无论是Nerv还是Wille），弃绝做神的工作（创造天堂），也就是说，成长为人。
只能说基调真的超级天真温情，把所有角色和人伦都拆解了个明白且平易。看见曾经那么幽微逼仄矛盾晦涩地像一条永无止尽的黑暗甬道的青春有一天也可以这样倏忽到达另一个平台，很难说是什么心情。
等我啊，我也会等你……
最完美的告别仪式：和每个人告别，和童年告别，和曾经的遗憾告别，和无法痊愈的伤痛告别，和破碎的世界告别，最后，和那个不成熟的、脆弱的、无助的、不愿意长大的自己，一一告别。从最初的偏执与疯狂，到如今的温暖与真诚，庵野秀明的心境变了，背负着可悲宿命的孩子们再也不必说：你真恶心，而是变成：谢谢你曾经喜欢过我，我也曾经喜欢过你。当所有的EVA被一同刺穿，荧幕外的我们，似乎也完成了某种心灵上的补完。是啊，怎么可以一直逃避下去呢，不管是大人，还是少年，当电车进站之时，可别再发呆了，现在就出发吧，不管去哪里，不管背负着什么，不管是否孤身一人，不管你是否还有热血，不管你是否准备好去面对整个世界，请你一直不回头的走下去，因为那些闪亮而真诚的孩子们就在不远处等着你啊。谢谢你，碇真嗣，真的很高兴和你搭同一辆车，再见。
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