设定有点意思。像是结界崩溃以后的哈利波特世界,人类和神奇动物共存。
狂欢节街上牛鬼蛇神横行,难民们一波波逃离大陆,被拍死在沙滩上,影射欧洲难民潮不言而喻。
男主,苏格兰场的雷斯垂德,在调查一宗以难民为对象的连环杀人案,凶手被起名(开膛手)杰克。(福尔摩斯风)
女主,难民出身,被卖到大户人家做女佣。大户人家干着非法的难民生意,有一个恨嫁的妹妹。盼星星盼月亮盼隔壁搬来一个达西先生,结果是羊头人!(这对本来是傲慢与偏见设定,但后来发展越来越呼啸山庄了)
政府话事人,名义上叫总理,但是议会辩论怎么看都是英式的。(总理叫押沙龙,那么铁定要悲剧罗?)
右翼反移民势力在街头鼓吹排外,在议会内部密谋,暗潮汹涌,一触即发。
而各路难民虽然表面上逆来顺受,但黑暗背后似乎又在酝酿着什么。
导演的想象力和雄心壮志可见一斑,大有接班《权力的游戏》的架势。
不过夜间场景太多而且多用自然光,不是OLED电视不开HDR的话黑乎乎一片很难看清。
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名词解释:剧中生造了很多词所以看起来颇费力,以下来自:
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/08/carnival-row-explainer-guide-to-characters-backstory
Humans. You know them. Same as they ever were—greedy, prejudiced, vain, jealous, petty, scheming, and capable of incredible grace. (人类,没啥要解释的)
Fae. Everyone who is not a human in this universe is referred to as a “creature” or, less kindly, “critch.” You’ll hear a number of nonhuman slurs on Carnival Row as it grapples with its central allegory of immigration and the refugee crisis. The fae folk, or faeries, are pretty recognizable for anyone with a passing familiarity with fantasy. Wings, ethereal beauty; you know how it goes. You may also hear them called “pix.”(pix,一切非人种族,包括flyer 精灵, black raven黑乌鸦之类)
Fauns. You will also hear these creatures called “critch,” or the even more vulgar “puck.” The goat-legged, horn-headed folks are, with a few exceptions, of the serving class.(puck,牛头人)
The Pact. It might be a spoiler to tell you more about these folks, but suffice it to say that (1) they are the enemies of the fae, and (2) a homonym of their name is, perhaps, a clue to what kind of creatures this ruthless human force might be tied up with. They read onscreen as 19th-century Cossacks. (协约国,pix的敌人,类似哥萨克的设定)


狂欢命案 第一季Carnival Row(2019)

又名:狂欢节谋杀 / 仙境谋杀 / A Killing on Carnival Row

主演:奥兰多·布鲁姆 Orlando Bloom/卡拉·迪瓦伊 Cara Delevingne/大卫·吉雅西 David Gyasi/卡拉·克罗姆 Karla Crome/因迪拉·瓦玛 Indira Varma/塔姆金·莫钦特 Tamzin Merchant

导演:Jon Amiel/吉尔莫·德尔·托罗 Guillermo del Toro编剧:吉尔莫·德尔·托罗 Guillermo del Toro/特拉维斯·比彻姆 Travis Beacham/彼特·卡梅隆 Peter Cameron/René Echevarria

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