娱乐英语流媒体成为突破传统中电视剧.docVIP

小编给你一个美联英语官方免费试听课申请链接： /test/waijiao.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 美联英语提供：娱乐英语 流媒体成为突破传统中的电视剧 At some point during Netflix’s “Sense8” — a gorgeous, ridiculous series about eight strangers scattered across the world who use a psychic connection to aid one another in fights and at one point have a virtual orgy — I had to ask myself: What am I watching? Netflix台的《超感猎杀》(Sense8)是一部精彩而又荒诞的电视剧，讲述分布在世界不同地方的八个怪人，他们使用心灵感应互相帮助，进行战斗，还搞了一场虚拟的放荡狂欢。我看到一半，不禁扪心自问：我到底是在看什么？ I didn’t mean that the way I usually do when reviewing a baffling show. I meant what, in a definitional sense, was this maximalist, supersized, latticework story? A mini-series? A megamovie? To put it another way: Is Netflix TV? 我的意思不是说这部剧集过于令人费解。而是说，这个实行最大主义、长度超长，情节错综复杂的故事到底应该怎样定义呢？迷你剧？超级电影？或者换个说法，Netflix电视剧吗？ On the one hand, sure. These days, when newspapers have video-production studios and you can watch “The Walking Dead” on your phone, “TV” is a pretty inclusive club. On the other hand, streaming shows — by which here I mean the original series that Netflix, Amazon and their ilk release all at once, in full seasons — are more than simply TV series as we’ve known them. They’re becoming a distinct genre all their own, whose conventions and aesthetics we’re just starting to figure out. 从一方面来说，的确如此。如今，报纸都有了视频制作工作室，你可以在手机上观看《行尸走肉》(The Walking Dead)，“电视”是一个包罗万象的俱乐部。从另一方面来说，流媒体播放剧集——我在这里是指Netflix、亚马逊等网站以整季形式一股脑推出的原创剧集——已经不再是我们所熟悉的电视剧了。它们成了自成一格的类型，我们都是刚刚才开始摸索它们的传统与美学。 In TV, narrative has always been an outgrowth of the delivery mechanism. Why are there cliffhangers? So you’ll tune in next week. Why are shows a half-hour or an hour long? Because real-time viewing required predictable schedules. Why do episodes have a multiple-act structure? To leave room for the commercials. 在电视里，叙事都是由播放机制决定的。为什么要有悬念？为的是让你下周接着看。为什么节目都是半小时或一小时？因为实时观看需要可以预计的时间计划。为什么一集里要有多重结构？这是为了给放广告留出空间。 HBO series like “Deadwood” — which jettisoned the ad breaks and content restrictions of network TV — have been compared to Dickens’s serial novels. Watching