本劇集是BBC 2臺(tái)2000年正式推出的以青年人為題材和對(duì)象的系列情景喜劇,創(chuàng)意和編劇均由Steven Moffat一人擔(dān)當(dāng)。三男三女的主要人物構(gòu)成很容易使人聯(lián)想到當(dāng)時(shí)正走紅(其實(shí)已經(jīng)在走下坡路)的《Friends》,因此很有不少根本沒(méi)看過(guò)本劇的媒體人士和評(píng)論家想當(dāng)然地將本劇稱(chēng)作英國(guó)版的《Friends》,而在那些有幸欣賞過(guò)本劇的觀眾們看來(lái),《Coupling》在情節(jié)設(shè)定、人物表演、喜劇元素的設(shè)計(jì)和表現(xiàn)等諸多方面所達(dá)到的水平,要比《Friends》高幾個(gè)檔次。相比之下,《Friends》只能說(shuō)是一部“業(yè)余”水平的好作品而已。當(dāng)然總體來(lái)說(shuō),英劇的水準(zhǔn)本身就高于美劇,這和英劇注意保持創(chuàng)意、編劇一體化是分不開(kāi)的,美劇的創(chuàng)意一般也就為最初幾集編劇,以后主要的編劇工作都是由其它編劇根據(jù)最初的角色設(shè)定來(lái)自由發(fā)揮,編劇隊(duì)伍的構(gòu)成也是不斷變化,老的走新的來(lái),造成美劇情節(jié)連貫性差甚至前后矛盾,故事往往缺乏深度,人物性格平面化,缺少發(fā)展。這都是題外話(huà)了。
《Coupling》的主要人物包括優(yōu)柔寡斷、性格不成熟的帥哥Steve,Steve的莫逆之交、舉止語(yǔ)言古怪、總也找不到女友的Jeff,頭腦簡(jiǎn)單、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位對(duì)Porn、特別是lesbian 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Jane,Steve的繼任女友、Jeff的同事、曾經(jīng)非?!安涣b”(包括和Jeff還有Patrick)過(guò)的Susan,Susan的莫逆、對(duì)衰老和肥胖極度敏感的美容師Sally三位女士。在第一集中,Steve決定“再次”和女友Jane分手,結(jié)果卻被Jane三言?xún)烧Z(yǔ)引誘到洗手間親熱;Patrick想把和Susan的關(guān)系再進(jìn)一步,卻被告知根本不存在什么“關(guān)系”; Susan在洗手間碰到匆忙出來(lái)買(mǎi)Durex的Steve,向他表示好感,兩人訂下約會(huì)以后Steve鉆進(jìn)隔間繼續(xù)……。本劇的主線包括Steve和 Susan之間逐漸正式起來(lái)的關(guān)系,Jeff尋找艷遇過(guò)程中的種種意外以及后來(lái)和上司發(fā)展出來(lái)的一段關(guān)系,Patrick和Sally之間若有若無(wú)到若即若離再到情深難舍的感情發(fā)展,還有Jane在事業(yè)和異性關(guān)系中的各種奇事,等等。
本劇在情節(jié)設(shè)計(jì)中所達(dá)到的精致和完美程度讓人嘆為觀止,而六位當(dāng)時(shí)并不算大明星的青年演員的所展現(xiàn)精湛演技更是具有頂尖演員的水平,無(wú)怪乎播出之后立刻走紅大洋兩岸,在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC網(wǎng)站可以領(lǐng)略到其受歡迎的程度。2002年底,第3季播畢,故事情節(jié)基本告一段落。美國(guó)NBC看到這部“英國(guó)版《Friends》”在英美兩地均廣受歡迎,覺(jué)得正好可以搬來(lái)做2004年終于要關(guān)張的《Friends》的接班人,于是2003年大張旗鼓地決定翻拍美版《Coupling》。美國(guó)的fans本來(lái)以為這是件好事,沒(méi)想到NBC的翻拍愚蠢地采用了全臺(tái)詞照搬的方法,雖然個(gè)人沒(méi)看過(guò),不過(guò)也可以想象到有多惡心,結(jié)果只播出一集Pilot就因?yàn)榱R聲太大而整個(gè)計(jì)劃擱淺(這點(diǎn)上美國(guó)佬是值得學(xué)習(xí)的,不象中國(guó)有些搞影視的罵聲越大越要上)。在這里http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看到這個(gè)計(jì)劃的尸體,還有一些徹底走了味兒的劇照。
2003年底,本劇獲得英國(guó)喜劇獎(jiǎng)(BCA)最佳電視喜劇獎(jiǎng)。BBC已經(jīng)在2004年正式開(kāi)拍并播出第4季,不過(guò)Jeff這個(gè)人物將不再出現(xiàn),而代之以新角色——經(jīng)營(yíng)Sci-Fi書(shū)店的Oliver,由Richard Mylan扮演。從已經(jīng)播出的幾集來(lái)看,應(yīng)該說(shuō)在更換主要角色之一的背景下,基本保持了前3季的水準(zhǔn),但是同時(shí)也流露出對(duì)前3季中成功情節(jié)進(jìn)行拷貝的跡象,希望這僅僅是偶然。
Two's company, three's a crowd... so what do you do with six? On average, men and women think about sex every six seconds. Shorten that to every second, and you've got Coupling. It's more than just a one night stand!
When a couple gets together, it's never just the two of them - they also bring baggage - and Susan (Sarah Alexander) and Steve (Jack Davenport) are no exception. Their baggage is a crowd of best friends and exes who talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...
Susan Walker is a beautiful go-getter with an uninhibited attitude who used to date Patrick Maitland (Ben Miles), the sextet's charismatic, cocky player, London's king of conquests - a guy who's just too cool to worry about being smart. Attractive Sally Harper (Kate Isitt) is a beauty therapist who is Susan's unashamedly vain best friend, who aggressively battles aging with heavy doses of moisturizer and men - including Patrick.
Meanwhile, Steve Taylor, while getting together with Susan, can't seem to shake loose from his vivacious and slightly vacuous ex-girlfriend Jane Christie (Gina Bellman), a woman supremely confident in her ability to seduce anyone of either sex, and who refuses to be dumped unless she's the one doing the dumping. Jeff Murdoch (Richard Coyle) is Steve's "porn buddy" who is, in equal parts, obsessed and bewildered by actual sex; charming in his way, but with an uncanny ability to say the wrong thing at the worst possible time. He works in the same office as Susan, with whom he had a disastrous and unsuccessful one-night fling.
Coupling has been honoured with the prestigious Silver Rose of Montreux, Best TV Comedy Award, and is recent winner at the 2003 British Comedy Awards.
With a new guy on the scene, a baby on the way, commitment in the air, and love on the horizon, the dynamics of the six friends are definitely changing.
At the end of last season Susan and Steve discovered they were pregnant (well, mostly Susan), confirmed bachelor Patrick and Sally finally admitted their true feelings for each other, and poor Jane was left on her own, once again.
But it's not all doom and gloom for Jane. As the new season opens, things are looking up. There's this guy called Oliver, who has his eye on her. Is it possible that lifetime loser in love Oliver might just get somewhere with lifetime loser in love Jane? Trouble is, his apartment is a little "un-edited" and his living room has lost the battle with magazine nudity...
Susan and Steve are now well and truly an item. So why is he dreaming about being executed by a fetus with an axe?
Meanwhile Sally and Patrick are settling into their new relationship. But since the dawn of time, men and women have been falling in love - and men have been trying to get home straight afterwards. Can fallen playboy Patrick ever find his way back from the enchanted glade of his one true love and get a decent night's sleep?
binge watching了前三季,打算補(bǔ)第四季的時(shí)候才回憶起當(dāng)年為什么看完三季沒(méi)有往后追了……因?yàn)閾Q人了?。?!想起馬普爾小姐也是因?yàn)橥瑯拥脑驁?jiān)決不看4-6季。所以這次,還是不想補(bǔ)第四季!反正就此結(jié)束也還算美好,終成正果的雙向告白,惴惴不安的人生新篇,以及幼稚小孩的惺惺相惜,雖然有時(shí)候笑他們白癡,大多數(shù)時(shí)候又很羨慕,最起碼when they f**k up their lives they do it hand in hand.
我也好想好想有個(gè)可以一起做蠢事,一起哭泣一起取暖一起哀嘆失敗人生的好朋友啊T.T
這部劇在我的電腦里默默躺了大半年,最初是為了學(xué)英音,好看的英劇并不多。我不喜歡肥皂劇,大名鼎鼎的Friends硬是沒(méi)看過(guò)。唯二看過(guò)的美劇是欲望都市和權(quán)力的游戲。
于是,在幾乎劇荒的時(shí)候,才翻開(kāi)電腦找到這部劇。一季季看過(guò)來(lái),竟然也能找到共鳴。三男三女各自八卦,每個(gè)人的特點(diǎn)(或者說(shuō)缺點(diǎn))都無(wú)比鮮明:Jane婊,Sally作,Susan渣,Jeff智障,Steve巨嬰,Patrick濫交。但終究討厭不起來(lái),還會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)有些小可愛(ài)。
Susan永遠(yuǎn)一副大女主的姿態(tài),有事業(yè)有思想有態(tài)度,對(duì)感情拿得起放得下,是我一直很羨慕但又無(wú)法成為的那種女生。故事的開(kāi)頭,Steve和Jane分手,Susan和Patrick分手。與Jane反復(fù)死纏爛打相比,Susan干脆利落,毫不在意,甚至根本不承認(rèn)那是relationship,還順手在廁所勾搭上了Steve,讓見(jiàn)過(guò)了大風(fēng)大浪的Patrick瞬間有點(diǎn)懵,于是喜提‘渣女’桂冠(非貶義)。
Jane則屬于有點(diǎn)讓人神煩的女生,典型的持靚行兇,強(qiáng)盜邏輯,自我中心,里面的人或多或少都有些煩她。現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中我應(yīng)該是不會(huì)跟這種女生做朋友的。但她骨子里又是善良的,忽閃著一對(duì)大眼睛,永遠(yuǎn)需要人陪。可能她只是太孤獨(dú)。
至于Sally,一開(kāi)始并沒(méi)有太喜歡她,永遠(yuǎn)焦慮皮膚細(xì)紋屁股大,面霜一天要涂好幾層,感覺(jué)永遠(yuǎn)神經(jīng)兮兮的??吹胶竺嬖絹?lái)越發(fā)現(xiàn),嗯,是我本人。Sally其實(shí)長(zhǎng)得不差,內(nèi)心卻總是敏感自卑缺愛(ài)。在她第一次見(jiàn)Patrick的時(shí)候,他找她要電話(huà),她卻給了Susan的電話(huà),因?yàn)橛X(jué)得不可能有人跟自己要電話(huà),導(dǎo)致Susan和他在一起了。后來(lái),他們經(jīng)歷了朋友、炮友、開(kāi)放關(guān)系,最后終于成為正經(jīng)的情侶。但因?yàn)镻atrick太花心,Sally也一直不放心。后來(lái)在Patrick的櫥柜里,Sally發(fā)現(xiàn)了一枚戒指,還大聲質(zhì)問(wèn)Patrick這是送給誰(shuí)的。Sally就是骨子里一直覺(jué)得自己不配被愛(ài)呀。印象最深的一個(gè)情節(jié),第三季最后一集,Patrick表白成功,本來(lái)是happy ending, Sally卻誤以為自己因以前的約會(huì)對(duì)象懷孕,悲涼地說(shuō),‘There is nothing in this world so good that I can’t screw it up.’ 想起了我曾經(jīng)最喜歡的《暗涌》:害怕悲劇重演,我的命中命中,越美麗的東西我越不可碰。
幸好Sally和Patrick結(jié)局還算不錯(cuò)??赡芤?yàn)镾ally的關(guān)系,我也挺喜歡Patrick的。(不由嚇了一跳,這可是最容易被當(dāng)作渣男的類(lèi)型)。當(dāng)然Patrick的渣主要在于性伴侶過(guò)多,或許曾經(jīng)還有出軌。但在他確認(rèn)了the one后,也顯示出浪漫和深情的一面。此處應(yīng)該有警告,珍愛(ài)生命,遠(yuǎn)離渣男。但人無(wú)完人呀。哪怕是高帥善良的Steve,也但太懦弱沒(méi)擔(dān)當(dāng),跟他在一起會(huì)特別累。幸好她碰到的是大女主Susan,她只需要一只聽(tīng)話(huà)的小奶狗就行了(中間也因?yàn)闅獠贿^(guò)分了兩次)。希望最后當(dāng)上爸爸的Steve能成熟一點(diǎn)。Jeff說(shuō)話(huà)總讓人尷尬,總是活在自己的腦洞中,卻又異常單純專(zhuān)一,笨拙得可愛(ài)。
所謂對(duì)的人,并不是優(yōu)秀的完美的人,而是行為是否合拍,志趣是否相投,你拋出去的梗他是否能接住,你的小情緒他是否能捕捉。她若愛(ài)你,你在同事面前大跳脫衣舞她依然愛(ài)你。他若不愛(ài)你,你美若天仙風(fēng)華絕代主動(dòng)求歡依然不愛(ài)你。
感情才是真正沒(méi)道理的。與其理性算計(jì),愛(ài)才是最勇敢的事情,至于結(jié)果,Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
舍不得看完啊,jeff絕唱季ToT...Steve對(duì)toilet的那段演說(shuō)真他媽笑死我了, blessed pot哈哈哈!fortress of solitude哈!哈!哈!和之前對(duì)靠墊和lesbian spank的一樣醍醐灌頂?。。∽詈笠患哪嵌蜸ally的表白真是邊哭邊笑還被虐?。。?!
Steve, Patrick, Jeff是真愛(ài)三人組?。?!
S03E07
結(jié)局真的是巨感人,sally說(shuō),自己為patrick瘋狂的時(shí)候也真的好感動(dòng)啊。
Steven Moffat is such a genius.
好看死了!
記得這個(gè)還沒(méi)看完 于是晚上又偷偷翻出來(lái)看 大半夜的 笑慘我了。。。jeff咋這么搞呢。。。每次看他都會(huì)笑翻。。steve慷慨激昂的長(zhǎng)篇大論~~~雖然中途小虐了一次 最后還是很歡樂(lè)啊~patrick和sally 治愈了~~話(huà)說(shuō)可能最后一集的名字叫做perhaps,perhaps,perhaps,所以我聽(tīng)主題曲就更有感覺(jué)了。。。
后兩季不比第一季
Jeff大抽抽 哇咔咔
看了許多遍之后,每回都有不一樣的感覺(jué),這一季我最喜歡的是patrick和sally之間,最后一集最后一段實(shí)在太耐人了,又哭又笑的,我看了好幾遍?。?!
音像店門(mén)關(guān)上,背后是一個(gè)spiderman,我的心輕輕滴碎了~
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偶的Jefferson啊,偶真是耐死你啦!
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經(jīng)典!
ep06有Hotel Babylon兩主演哦~
哈哈哈哈哈哈
你們就到處亂來(lái)吧= = 反正我只要能看到傻兮兮的Jeff就夠了??
每次到了季終就會(huì)更精彩。聽(tīng)說(shuō)第四季沒(méi)有jeff了,不要這樣哇!
不知道為什么到結(jié)尾竟然想哭。。。