主演:傑克·達文波特 吉娜·貝爾曼 莎拉·亞曆山大 Kate Isitt 本·邁爾斯 理查德·柯伊爾
《冤家成雙對 第三季》是由知名导演Martin Dennis 执导的一部美劇,傑克·達文波特 吉娜·貝爾曼 莎拉·亞曆山大 Ka 等倾情出演,该片讲述了: 本劇集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人爲題材和對象的 系列情景喜劇,創意和編 劇均由Steven Moffat一人擔當。三男三 女的主要人物構成很容易使 人聯想到當時正走紅(其 實已經在走 下坡路)的《F riends》 ,因此很有不少根本沒看過 本劇的媒體人士 和評論家想當然地將本劇稱作英國版的《Fr iends》,而在那些 有幸欣賞過本劇的觀衆 們看來,《Coupling》在情 節設定、人物表演、喜劇元素的設計和表現等諸多方面所達到的水平,要比《Friends》高幾個 檔次。相 比之下,《Friends》只能說是一部“業余” 水平的好作品而已。當然 總體來說,英劇的水准本身就高于美劇,這和 英劇注意保持創意、編劇一 體化是分不開 的,美劇的創 意一般也就爲最初幾集編劇,以後主 要的編劇工作都是由其它編劇根據最初的 角色設定 來自由發揮,編劇隊伍的構成也是不斷變化,老的走新的來,造成美 劇情節連貫性差甚至前後矛盾,故 事往往缺乏深度,人物性格平面化,缺少發展。 這都是題外話了。 《Coup ling》的 主要人物包括優柔寡斷、性格不成熟的帥哥Steve,Steve的莫逆之交、舉止語言古 怪、總也找不到女友的Jef f,頭腦簡單、外表性感的 “donkey” Patri ck三位對Porn、特別是le sbian porn非常熱中 的男士,以及 Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Ja ne,Ste ve的繼任女友、Jeff的同事 、曾經非常“不羁”(包括和Jeff還有Pa trick)過的Susan,Susan的莫逆、對 衰老和肥胖極度敏感的 美容師Sall y三位女士。在第一集中,Steve決定“再次”和女友Jane 分手,結果卻被Jane三言 兩語引誘到洗手 間親熱;Patrick想把和 Susan 的關系再進一步,卻被告知根本不 存在什麽“關 系”; Susan在洗手間碰到匆忙出來買Dure x的Steve,向他 表示好感,兩人訂下約會 以後Steve鑽進隔間繼續……。本劇的主線包括Steve和 Susan之間逐漸正式起來的關系 ,Jeff尋找豔遇過程中的種種意外以及後來和上司發展出來的 一段關系,Patr ick和Sally之間 若有若無到若即若離再到情深難舍的感 情發展,還 有Jane在事業和異性關系中 的各種奇事,等等。 本劇在情節設計中所達到的精致和 完美程度讓人歎爲觀止,而六位當時 並不算大明星的青年演 員的所展現精湛演技更是具有頂尖演員的水平,無怪乎播出之後立刻走紅大洋 兩岸,在IMDB 、AMAZON和BBC網站可以領略到其受歡迎的程度。2002年底,第3季播畢,故事情節基本 告一段落。美國NBC看到 這部“英國版《Fri ends》”在英美兩地均 廣受歡迎,覺得正好可以搬 來做2004年終于要關張的《Friends》的接班人,于是 2003年大張旗鼓地決定翻拍美版《Cou plin g》。美國的fans 本來以爲這是件好事,沒想到NBC的翻拍愚蠢地采用 了全台詞照搬的方法,雖然個人沒看過, 不過也可以想象到有多惡心,結果只播出一集Pil ot就因爲罵聲太大而整個計劃擱淺(這點上 美國佬是值 得學習的,不象中國有些搞影視的罵聲越大越要上)。在這裏http: //www.nbc.com/Coupling /可以看到這個計劃的屍體,還有一些徹底走了味兒的劇照。 2003年底,本劇獲得英國 喜劇獎(B CA)最 佳電視喜劇獎。BBC已經在2004年正式開拍並播出第4季,不過Jeff這個人物將不再出現,而代之以新角色——經營Sci-Fi書店的Oli ver,由Richard Mylan扮演。從已經播出 的幾集來看,應該 說在更換主要角色之一的背景下,基本 保持了前3季的水准,但是 同時也流露出對前3季中成功情節進 行拷貝的 迹象,希望這僅僅是偶然 。 Tw o's company, t hree's a crowd... so what do y ou d o with six? On average, men and wome n think about sex every six seconds. Shorten that to eve ry second, and you 9;ve got Co upling. It' s mo re than just a one night sta nd! When a c ouple gets t ogether, it's never just the two of th em - they also bring baggage - and Susan ( Sarah Alex ander) and Steve (Jack Davenport ) are no exception . Their baggag e is a crowd of b est friends and exes wh o talk abo ut all aspects of sex and relati onships o n their never-ending quest to find true love. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.. . Su san Walker i s a beautiful go-ge tter with an uni nhibited att itude wh o us ed to date Patrick Maitland (Ben Miles), the sex tet's ch arismatic, c ocky player, London's king of conquests - a guy who39;s just too cool to worry a bout being s mart. Attractive Sally Harpe r (Kate Is itt) is a beauty therapist who is Susan ';s unashamedly vain b est friend, who a ggressively battles aging wi th heavy doses of moisturizer and men - in cluding Patrick. M eanwhile, Steve Tayl or, wh ile getting togeth er with Susan, ca n't seem to shake loose from his vivacious and sl ightly vacuous ex-girlfriend Jane Christie (Gina Bellman), a w oman supremely confident in he r ability to seduce anyone of either se x, and wh o refuses to be dum ped unle ss she's the on e doing the dumping . Jeff Murdoch (Rich ard Coyle) is Steve 39;s & quot;porn b uddy&q uot; who is , in equal parts, obs essed and bewildered by actual sex; charmin g in his way, but wi th an uncanny ability to s ay the wron g thing at the worst possible time. He works in the same office as Susan , wit h whom he had a disastr ous and unsucces sful one-night fling. Coupl ing has been ho noured with the prestigio us Sil ver Ros e of Montreux, Best TV Comedy Aw ard, and is recent winner at the 2003 British Com edy Awar ds.< br/> With a new guy on the scene, a baby on the way, commitment in the air, and love on t he horiz on, the dynamics of the six fr iends are defi nitely chan ging. At the end of last s eason Susan and Steve di scovered they were pregnant (w ell, mostly Sus an), confirmed bachelor Pa trick and Sally finally admitted their true feelings fo r each othe r, and poor Jane was left on her own, once again.< br/> But it39;s not all doom and gloom for J ane. As the new se ason o pens, th ings ar e looking up. There 39;s this guy cal led Oliver, who has his eye on her . Is it possible that lifetim e loser in love Olive r might just get somewhere with l ifetime loser in love Ja ne? Trouble is, his apartment is a litt le "un-edited&quo t; and his living room has lo st the b attle with mag azine nudity... Susan and Steve ar e now we ll and truly an item. S o why is he dreaming about being ex ecuted by a fetus with an axe? Meanwhile Sall y and Patrick ar e settling into t heir new relationshi p. But since th e dawn of time, men and women have been falling in love - and men have been trying to get home straig ht afterwards. Can falle n playboy Patric k ever find his way back from th e en chanted glade of his on e true love an d get a decent night 9;s sleep? 想到那个神出鬼没的 东西,印颜的心又剧烈跳动起来,“本来,昌长老感觉能按住那条大尾 巴,可是,不 知怎的,它突 然又厉害起来, 然后,那小冥 兽,好像鬼魅一般,借着地利,连着抹了西才他们的脖子,昌长 老没办法,才完全放开了身体 的封印。”