| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Better Than Life (Red Dwarf) ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Better Than Life (Red Dwarf)
"Better Than Life" is the second episode from ''Red Dwarf'' series two,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =British Sitcom Guide — Red Dwarf — Series 2 )〕 and the eighth in the series run.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =TV.com — Better Than Life summary )〕 It was first broadcast on BBC2 on 13 September 1988. Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye, this episode introduces the total immersion video game "Better Than Life", which features in both the first and second ''Red Dwarf'' novels.
==Plot==
The post pod arrives 3 million years late, which, as Holly observes, is about average for second class mail.〔(RED DWARF Series 2 Episode 2, "Better Than Life" ), PlanetSmeg. Retrieved 30 November 2012〕 Among the usual bills and junk mail is the "Better Than Life" total immersion video game. Rimmer receives a large tax bill from Outland Revenue, along with a letter from his mother informing him that his father is dead.〔Howarth & Lyons (1993) p. 53.〕 Although he knew his father (and in fact, everyone he knew on Earth) is already long dead, seeing the news in writing upsets him, mentioning that he looked up to the man. However, he stated that he loathed him, due to his strict requirements for his kids to get into the space corps to make up for his failure to get on the corps. (Rimmer wound up emancipating himself at age 14.)
To cheer him up, Lister and the Cat invite Rimmer to play "Better Than Life", where everyone's deepest desires come true. Everything is going well; the Cat has got himself two girlfriends, Marilyn Monroe and a mermaid (top half fish, bottom half woman). Lister is rich enough to eat caviar-covered vindaloo and play golf. Rimmer, who has a physical form in the game, leads an admiral's life with drinks and parties, while Lister enjoys golfing around the lavish golf courses.〔Howarth & Lyons (1993) p. 54.〕 Rimmer meets his dad, whom says that he is a "total smeghead". Rimmer is very puzzled by this as he always wished for his father's respect, but the Cat chimes in and says that it is part of ''his'' imagination. In spite of this knowledge, the event brings out Rimmer's feelings of inadequacy, and his neurotic mind, subconsciously unable to accept nice things are happening to him, rebels against him, and he quickly becomes unable to control his negative imagination.
He soon ends up back as a hologram, with a wife (Yvonne McGruder, who earlier in the game, had a liaison with him), seven kids (said liaison resulted in pregnancy), a mortgage and an unsympathetic Outland Revenue Collector (who demands ₤18,000 and threatens to break his legs and thumbs). This continues until the others find themselves caught up in his nightmare, buried up to their necks in sand, smeared with jam and about to be eaten by ants. The game ends, which comes as a great relief to everyone. Ironically, as they are calling Rimmer out for his "messed up brain", Rimmer gets a letter informing him that he passed the astro-navigation examination and will be promoted, causing Rimmer to believe his life is turning around. When they get back to their quarters, the tax collector emerges from a locker, causing the crew to realise that the game is not over. He then proceeds to break Rimmer's thumbs.〔
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Better Than Life (Red Dwarf)」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|