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适闲居... ... ... ... January, 2007 广州禁摩出奇效，各地区应当予以推广并举一反三之...... 个人而言，广州禁摩是近期一个大新闻，比之是否开挖武则天、开国元老过世等新闻重要多了。为什么？这种方式正是我们斗升小民期待已久的、可以彻底解决广州地区飞车抢夺问题的最好解决方法！用时任广州市公安局交警支队支队长刘敬军的话说，这种罪恶之车“极大地扰乱社会治安秩序，危及人民群众的生命财产安全”。还好有党和政府为广大老百姓撑腰，及时解决了从80年代末90年代初开始出现的这种恶性事件！让广大老百姓可以平平安安地度过我们的21世纪！各地区应从南到北，由东向西推广开来！把摩托车这种作案工具从中国摸掉！应当关闭现在所有的摩托车厂！并把摩托车归入管制范围，最好和枪支弹药一样！这样一来，全国就不会再有任何飞车抢夺的问题了！
我看，这种解决方法的确是高瞻远瞩，一劳永逸。更可以推广到多如牛毛的各种问题上去。看看，如：
“煤矿透水”，那就简单了，所有的煤矿全部停止开采！
“瘦肉精”，停止销售所有的猪肉，大家改吃其他的！
“交通事故”，所有机动车辆停止上路！
“电脑病毒”，查缴所有电脑！
“酒后驾车”，不得销售任何含酒精的饮料！（对不起，突然想起来，机动车辆已经不能上路了，这条作废！）
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这样一来，很多困扰老百姓的很多社会问题都将在短期内得到充分解决！中国必将在短时期内顺利实现和谐社会！
万岁！
December, 2006 Paul A. Samuelson简介（转自诺贝尔网站）"In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics," wrote Paul Anthony Samuelson, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "with interests that range from mathematical economics down to current financial journalism. My real interests are research and teaching... " His work in economic theory has been in modern welfare economics, linear programming, Keynesian economics, economic dynamics, international trade theory, logic choice and maximization. In terms of economic philosophy, Professor Samuelson calls himself "a 'modern' economist... in the right wing of the Democratic New Deal economists." He was born in Gary, Indiana, in 1915. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Chicago University in 1935, and the degrees of Master of Arts in 1936, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1941 from Harvard University. He was a Social Science Research Council predoctoral fellow from 1935-1937, a member of the Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 1937-1940, and a Ford Foundation Research Fellow from 1958-1959. He received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Chicago University and Oberlin College in 1961, and from Indiana University and East Anglia University (Eng.) in 1966. He was awarded the David A. Wells Prize in 1941 by Harvard University, and the John Bates Clark Medal by the American Economic Association in 1947, as the living economist under forty "who has made the most distinguished contribution to the main body of economic thought and knowledge." Even while a graduate student at Harvard, he had already won international renown and had made significant contributions to economic theory. Confronted by contradictions, overlaps, and fallacies in the classical language of economics, he sought unification - and clarification - in mathematics. In his first major work, Foundations of Economic Analysis, published in 1947, he demonstrated that this approach worked. He told economists that they had been practicing "mental gymnastics of a peculiarly depraved type," and that they were like "highly-trained athletes who never run a race." He was not claiming mathematics as the cure-all or end-all of economic analysis, but he was insisting that mathematics was essential to an understanding of what economics was all about. His Economics: An Introductory Analysis, first published in 1948, has become the best selling economics textbook of all time. The textbook has sold more than a million copies and has been translated into French, German, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic. It is now in its fifth edition. "The book's emphasis on different themes has changed with the changing of the nation's economic problems," wrote Business Week in 1959. "The first edition was dominated by the end-of-the-war worry that widespread unemployment would return... later editions put growing stress on fiscal and monetary controls over inflation. In the later editions Samuelson has worked toward what he calls a 'neoclassical synthesis' of ancient and modern economic findings. Briefly, his synthesis is that nations today can successfully control either depression or inflation by fiscal and monetary policies... Some economists feel that Samuelson's book... is really his greatest contribution. It has gone a long way toward giving the world a common economic language." He was co-author of Readings in Economics, published in 1955, and has co-authored numerous other works in the field. His latest book is Linear Programming and Economic Analysis, written in collaboration with Robert Dorfman and Robert Solow and sponsored by a grant from the Rand Corporation. Mathematical economics is applied to practical problems in international trade, transportation and marketing, competitive strategy in business and government, industrial production, and defense planning. Such complex problems of choice can now be analysed by the mathematical economics which Professor Samuelson has developed. He came to M.I.T. in 1940 as an Assistant Professor of Economics and was appointed Associate Professor in 1944. He served as a staff member of the Radiation Laboratory from 1944-1945, was Professor of International Economic Relations (part-time) at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1945. He was appointed Professor at M.I.T. in 1947 and is now an Institute Professor. He was a Guggenheim Fellow from 1948-1949. Professor Samuelson has served widely as a consultant. He worked for the National Resources Planning Board from 1941-1943 (in charge of war-time planning for continuing full employment); the War Production Board and Office of War Mobilization and Reconstruction in 1945 (economic and general planning program); the United States Treasury, 1945-1952; the Bureau of the Budget in 1952; the Research Advisory Panel to the President's National Goals Commission from 1959-1960; the Research Advisory Board Committee for Economic Development in 1960. He was a member of the National Task Force on Economic Education from 1960-1961 and has been a consultant to the Rand Corporation since 1949. He is an informal consultant for the United States Treasury and the Council of Economic Advisors. He is also a consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank. He was Economic Advisor to Senator, candidate, and President-elect Kennedy and was the author of the January 5, 1961 "Samuelson Report on the State of the American Economy to President-elect Kennedy." His consultation for the government has brought him national recognition as an economic advisor. In 1965 he was elected president of the International Economic Association. Contributing in 1958 to a symposium sponsored by the Committee for Economic Development on "What is the most important economic problem to be faced by the United States in the next twenty years?" Professor Samuelson answered, "The threat of inflation." "The history of the twentieth century," he wrote, " - America's century! - has been pretty much a history of rising prices... inflation is itself a problem. But the legitimate and hysterical fears of inflation are - quite aside from the evil of inflation itself - likely, in their own right, to be problems. In short, I fear inflation. And I fear the fear of inflation. Avoiding inflation is not an absolute imperative, but rather is one of a number of conflicting goals that we must pursue and that we may often have to compromise. Even if the military outlook were serene - and it is not - modern democracies must expect in the future to be much of the time at, or near, the point where inflation is a concern. Our greatest economic problem will be to face that concern realistically, to weigh inflation's quantitative evil against the evils of actions taken against it, to develop methods of adjusting to the residue of inflation which attainment of the 'golden mean' might involve. The challenge is great but the prognosis is cheerful." In an interview in 1960 with U.S. News World Report, Professor Samuelson talked about a new kind of inflation - what he called "cost-push." As contrasted to the familiar kind of inflation - where too much spending power pulls up prices and wages - cost-push inflation is "a force that operates year-in and year-out, whenever we are at high employment, to push up prices. It's a price creep, not a price gallop; but the bad thing about it is that, instead of setting in only after you have reached overfull employment, the suspicion is dawning that it may be a problem that plagues us even when we haven't arrived at a satisfactory level of employment." In his report to President-elect Kennedy in 1961 on the state of the American economy, he wrote: "Various experts, here and abroad, believe that the immediate postwar inflationary climate has now been converted into an epoch of price stability. One hopes this cheerful diagnosis is correct. However, a careful survey of the behavior of prices and costs shows that our recent stability in the wholesale price index has come in a period of admittedly high unemployment and slackness in our economy. For this reason it is premature to believe that the restoration of high employment will no longer involve problems concerning the stability of prices. "Economists are not yet agreed how serious this new malady of inflation really is. Many feel that new institutional programs, other than conventional fiscal and monetary policies, must be devised to meet this new challenge. But whatever the merits of the varying views on this subject, it should be made manifest that the goal of high employment and effective real growth cannot be abandoned because of the problematical fear that re-attaining prosperity in America may bring with it some difficulties; if recovery means a reopening of the cost-push problem, then we have no choice but to move closer to the day when that problem has to be successfully grappled with." In this report to President-elect Kennedy, Professor Samuelson made certain minimal policy recommendations "that need to be pushed hard even if the current recession turns out to be one that can be reversed by next summer at the latest." He urged strong support of pledged expenditure programs, including: increasing defense expenditures and foreign aid on a basis of merit and need, vigorously pushing educational programs, high priority for urban renewal and health and welfare programs, highest priority on improving unemployment compensation, acceleration of useful public works and highway construction programs, help for depressed areas programs, and natural resource development projects. To stimulate residential housing, he recommended reducing mortgage rates, mortgage discounts, insurance fees, and extension of maximum amortization periods, and a step-up in the Federal National Mortgage Association mortgage purchasing program. In monetary policy he specifically urged more reliance upon short term issues (to nudge a reduction in long term rates), and decisive actions to improve our international balance of payments position. On the question of unemployment levels, Professor Samuelson made these comments in an interview with U.S. News World Report in December, 1960: "I think, without question, that unemployment of more than 6 per cent is something to be concerned about. You don't push the panic button, but you don't relax and enjoy it either... I myself don't believe in a numbers game in which you give a maximum tolerable percentage, because I think, truly, it does vary with the times... I would hesitate to specify the figure today, but I will say this: it would be, in my mind, less than a 4 per cent figure - that is, for the period ahead. I would not, realistically, think we could hope for a 2 per cent figure in the near future, as certain European countries have been able to do. But I do think that if we are pretty zealous in this matter and insist upon getting low figures - say, 3.5 per cent - then our very success in accomplishing that may lead to a new epoch just beyond when we could hope to go below 3 per cent... " A further question in the interview asked what degree of responsibility the government has to insure high employment. Replied Professor Samuelson: "I think I would say simply that the American people have expressed the choice that it is their concern to see that large departures from high employment will not be tolerated... I never look upon the government as something in Washington that does something to us or for us. I think of public policy as a way in which we organize our affairs, and so I do think it is part of fiscal responsibility and monetary-policy responsibility to be discontented with the sort of unemployment we had in the prewar decade, and with the sort of exuberant booms leading to crises and panics that we have had throughout the history of our capitalistic system." Summing up, he made this prediction for the decade: "I think the '60s will give us the potentiality of very good growth. More and more of our social problems of the past are, in fact, being licked. So I would face the '60s not complacently, but optimistically." Professor Samuelson has been active in a number of honorary and professional organizations. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Philosophical Society and the British Academy; he is a member and past President (1961) of the American Economic Association; he is a member of the editorial board and past-President (1951) of the Econometric Society; he is a fellow, council member and past Vice-President of the Economic Society. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is the author of hundreds of articles in journals and magazines. He lives with his wife and six children (including triplet boys) in Belmont, Mass. 重读 Economics by Paul A. Samuelson & William D NordhausPaul A Samuelson是20世纪以来的经济学泰斗。他一生活的荣誉无数，1970年，因改进分析方法在经济理论中的应用而获诺贝尔经济学奖。他是美国麻省理工经济学系的创始人之一，但最令人叹服的是他的一本历经50多年依旧主导经济学最前沿的经济学入门教科书 – Economics.
在Amazon的网站上，我看到编辑是这么评价这本书的：首版于1948年的萨缪尔森教科书，迅速并延续地成为经济学理论课的权威教材。其修订版本继续其清晰，精确和有趣的现代经济学理论入门指导。Nordhaus目前成为该书主要的修订者，并使本书继续成为主流和前沿。（Samuelson’s text was first published in 1948, and it immediately became the authority for the principles of economics courses. The book continues to be the standard-bearer for principles courses, and this revision continues to be a clear, accurate, and interesting introduction to modern economics principles. Bill Nordhaus is now the primary author of this text, and he has revised the book to be as current and relevant as ever.）
短短的评价，自然不能概述50多年来萨缪尔森老先生为该书作出的巨大贡献。他的可贵在于，一个经济学大家，终其一生都从事着最为基础的经济学入门教育。50多年以来，Economics已经再版17次，现在看到的是最新的第18版，并翻译成了约40多种文字，足足影响了20世纪后半页的经济学基础教学，影响了几乎所有的经济学家、政治家、企业界领袖、更有许许多多像我这样的普通人。
而他，始终坚定地认为，他的成功在于偶然的因素，他说：“如果牛顿没有发明微积分学，那么莱布尼兹（德国数学家）或者那个可能叫丝密斯的人也会发现。如果我1948年出版的《经济学》没有把枪或黄油的选择理论引入微观经济学，其他地方的其他人也会那么做”。（If Newton had not invented calculus when he did, Leibniz or someone named Smith would have done so. If my 1948 Economics had not brought guns-and butter choices into elementary microeconomics, someone somewhere would soon have done so.）
重读萨缪尔森的Economics，毕竟需要一点勇气（毕竟是比砖头都大的书）。 November, 2006 HBO砸一亿美金打造罗马的荣耀 复制帝国史诗HBO Asia http://www.hboasia.com/rome/ HBO的年度全新史诗钜作“罗马的荣耀”第一季即将于11月27日在亚洲区首映。亚洲地区的播映时间是每周二晚上10点。 11月27日至11月29日连续三晚10点，“罗马的荣耀”第一集到第三集将以马拉松接力的方式强力放送。 第四集到第十二集则紧接在每周二晚上10点首播，隔周的周二晚上9点将会重播，敬请准时收看。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HBO砸一亿美金打造罗马的荣耀 复制帝国史诗 HBO斥资一亿美金打造的古装史诗影集“罗马的荣耀”第一季，将于27日晚上十点首播，希望在一堆科幻和情欲影集中杀出一条血路。 露点床戏 大胆煽情 “罗马的荣耀”的故事背景为西元前五十二年，罗马共和制已超过四百年，此时的罗马是最富强的城市，不过腐化骄奢的风气也在这帝国的核心里慢慢扩张，阶级制度无法跨越，司法和政治大权旁落，权力逐渐落在军方手里。当时凯萨历经八年征战及攻下高卢，准备带着大军回到罗马。 该片吸引人的地方就是细腻的刻画爱恨情仇和阶级对立，当然直接又大胆的情欲戏更是让人目不转睛，第一集一开始就有女上男下的露点床戏，劲爆的是，当女主人在偷汉子时，一旁的仆人竟在旁边扇风，这样的举动非但没有降温，反而让画面更火辣。还有幼子观看母亲全裸沐浴的情节，也让现场观看试片的记者大开眼戒。 场景写实 重现古罗马 影片中写实的场景和服饰也颠覆了观众对古罗马的印象，其实那时候的罗马拥有百万人口，是全球最大的城市，拥挤、吵杂、忙碌，富贵贫贱比邻而居，在城里可看到各色人种，和一般人古朴、到处是白色大理石的刻板印象大不相同。 服装、道具和布景工程的考究，也是该片引人入胜之处。主要场景在意大利的奇纳齐塔片场，面积广达五英亩，共有六个现场收音的摄影棚，号称全世界最大的布景。服装方面，总共需要四千件服装，还有一千二百五十双保加利亚制的草鞋、二百五十套锁甲衣，头盔、扣子和腰带等金属配件更是由金工大师手工打造，工作人员多达三百五十人。 除了HBO，英国BBC也参与制作，历时十四个月才拍摄完成，8月份在美上映时就让媒体及观众感到惊艳，美国时代杂志更以“让你无法自拔”来形容影集的丰富精彩情节。第一季共十二集，11月27日将在HBO频道播出。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 牛血浴 泥泞地 贵族演员大考验 “罗马的荣耀”主要演员皆为英国电视或舞台剧演员，台湾观众或许陌生，但在戏中精湛的演出让人印象深刻，尤其是演员口中的“bitch”、饰演朱利亚艾缇雅的宝莉沃克，更是让人又爱又恨。 戏中的艾缇雅是凯萨的侄女，出身高贵却以自己的身体甚至奉献出女儿的贞操来获得权势，在仆人的围观下也能大胆享受性爱，是剧中的关键人物之一，宝莉说：“我把它当作艾缇雅的表演和手段，我必须替她辩驳一下，艾缇雅不是个婊子，不过我很享受那种颐指气使玩弄男人的感觉啦！” 在第一集中，艾缇雅为了占卜儿子的安危，必须宰牛献祭，而她就站在公牛底下让倾泄的牛血淋湿全身，问宝莉洗“牛血浴”的感觉，她笑着说：“天啊！那真的冷死了！”“幸好宰牛和淋血是分开拍的，我不必真的淋牛血，他们倒下来的是樱桃口味的假血浆，事后我花了三个小时才洗干净。” 片中另一个灵魂人物就是饰演凯萨大帝的西亚朗辛德斯，他说别看凯萨骑着马很威风，“我只记得自己失声又发高烧，什么拉风事都不记得了！”西亚朗说，另一个可怕的经验就是穿着裙子在肮脏的泥泞中走路却要保持贵族的气度，有一场戏凯萨必须穿着一身绿，西亚朗心想：“我们要过圣派翠克节吗？”记者问他是否保留剧中的道具当纪念品，他笑着说：“我很想把刀子带走，但他们竟然只给我一个小戒指。” 其他男演员则对军事魔鬼训练记忆犹新，因为HBO请来陆战队退役军官来“操”他们，好让他们成为货真价实的“神鬼战士”，女演员们则对拍摄地意大利的美食和优闲气氛怀念不已。 《采访后记》苏活区特殊体验 “罗马的荣耀”对HBO来说真的很重要，花了一亿美金制作，必须要叫好叫座才行，为了达到宣传效果，HBO也砸下重金邀集全球记者到伦敦采访。 有趣的是，该片重现西元前古罗马风貌，但我们进行试片和访问的地点却是最新潮的苏活区，在苏活饭店里有一间非常时尚的试片室，斑点和鲜红色的牛皮制大沙发坐起来相当舒服，但暗灯后有些记者却坐立不安，因为我们看的是原始版本，三点全露还有血腥的屠杀画面让几名女记者有些尴尬，尤其是性爱戏，银幕上声嘶力竭，下面却是鸦雀无声，我的心中立刻浮现：“一定会被剪掉！”坐在我旁边的马来西亚记者事后说：“这些都是大家想看的，可惜马来西亚比较保守，一定会大幅删剪。” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1亿美金磅薄史诗钜作 HBO原创自制影集“罗马的荣耀” HBO最新的自制影集：“罗马的荣耀”即将于亚洲首映。本片是一部细腻刻画爱恨情仇、主仆关系、夫妻情深的史诗钜作。全片描述在这骚动不安的年代，两名罗马普通士兵的命运不知不觉卷入历史风暴，导致共和国陨落并且创建新帝国。 时值西元前 52 年，罗马共和创建至此已逾 400 年。罗马这时不但是全球最富庶的城市、拥有百万人口，更是帝国核心。共和政体的策略是权力共享，每个人私下虽然勾心斗角，但绝不让一人独掌大权。然而腐化娇奢风气，却渐渐动摇国本。统治阶级成为钜富，斯巴达的律己古风江河日下，社会团结荡然无存。阶级藩篱无法跨越、司法、政治大权旁落，军方渐渐握有大权。 经过八年征战，凯萨终于完成军事大业，攻克高卢，刻正班师回朝。他不但带回千锤百链、忠心耿耿的部队以及奴隶、黄金和劫掠的庞大财富，更打算挟民粹主义自重，展开激进的社会改革。贵族阶级心惊胆战，威胁只要他踏进罗马城一步，就要拿战争罪为由治他。这个微妙的权力平衡，掌握在元老院的庞佩麦格纳斯手上，他不但是凯萨的老友，也是他的合作伙伴和人生导师。 在此同时，凯萨麾下第十三军团的军旗遭窃，为了夺回这个团结象徵，陆西亚弗罗纳斯和提铎斯普罗这两名士兵衔命进入高卢荒野，却因此引发了连锁反应，把他们卷入古罗马的政治风暴。 “罗马的荣耀”透过弗罗纳斯和普罗这两名普通士兵精采铺陈出古罗马的划时代的历史事件。该剧特别描述当时罗马社会的贫富差距，这是同类电影所少见的，当中并穿插统治阶级以及历史上的重要人物。 该剧的创意副指导、编剧兼运行制作人布鲁诺海勒解释：“身为凯萨麾下第十三军团的成员，弗罗纳斯是忠心耿耿的,然而他对共和国的旧政治体系却仍怀抱情感，因此他被迫必须做出选择,其一是对权威十足，决心摧毁共和国的上级长官的个人忠诚，其二是跟随他自己内心深处的政治理念，这是该剧表现各种戏剧张力的主题之一。” “另一个要探讨的是这些男人们都已经远离家园8年的时间，弗罗纳斯已经结婚生子，但孩子的成长期间并没有父亲的陪伴，他的妻子无时无刻不盼著他回来，但你要如何再次维系他们的情感?从野蛮血腥的战场归来要如何适应文明生活?当你已经习惯冲锋陷阵的时候，你要如何与平民百姓相处?特别是当这些人忤逆你,你又不能一刀了结他的时候?” 耗资 1 亿美元，电视史诗钜作，HBO空前大手笔、于罗马著名的奇纳齐塔影城占用面积达 5 英亩的片场、6 个现场收音摄影棚。是首部完全在非英语国家义大利拍摄的英语电视影集。“罗马的荣耀”聘用 350 名来自世界各国的菁英，制作的服装超过 4000 件，光是前三集就用到 2500 件。 布鲁诺海勒持续表示：“电视节目很少描述古罗马的复杂社会局势与光彩夺目的一面。当时的情形比较像墨西哥市和加尔各达，不是大家想像中的处处白色大理石，社会平静祥和。罗马是个五光十色的地方，充满各种残酷的事件和生猛的精力，环境处处肮脏、混乱。这是个弱肉强食的世界，金字塔顶端的菁英份子数量极少，大部分的民众都是贫穷阶级。现代社会也有相同的问题，发案率高涨、失业率攀升、疾病散布、还必须兢兢业业的守住自己的地位。但是如果你很聪明，还是可以力争上游。” “人性亘古不变。从戏剧的角度来看，罗马人最伟大的地方，就是他们完全摆脱了束缚。没有上帝告诉他们善恶和行为规范。当时完全以个人良心为道德标准，还有在上位的人同不同意你的作法。只要不惹错人，就算是杀了邻居或和他的妻子通奸，都没有关系。慈悲是一种弱点，残酷是一种美德。最重要的是个人名声，还有要忠于自己、忠于家人。” 第一季主要演员：凯文麦奇(“王者天下”) 饰演 陆西亚弗罗纳斯，雷史蒂芬(“亚瑟王”) 饰演提铎斯普罗，西亚朗辛德斯 (“非法正义”) 饰演凯萨大帝，肯尼思克兰哈姆 (“双面任务”) 饰演庞佩麦格纳斯，宝莉沃克 (“爱国者游戏”)饰演朱利亚艾缇雅，詹姆斯柏尔福 (“浮华新世界”)饰演马克安东尼，托比亚曼齐司 (“查找新乐园”) 饰演布鲁特斯，琳赛邓肯 (“托斯卡尼艳阳下”) 饰演朱尼亚塞维里雅，印第拉巴玛 (“新傲慢与偏见”) 饰演奈欧比，麦斯鹏基斯 (“怒海争锋:极地征伐”)饰演屋大维以及凯莉肯顿(“天使的孩子”) 饰演朱利亚屋大薇。 “罗马的荣耀”由约翰米辽士、威廉麦唐纳以及布鲁诺海勒所创造。编剧群为布鲁诺海勒、约翰米辽士、大卫法兰柯、威廉麦唐纳、亚历珊卓康宁汉以及艾德安霍其斯。 强烈推荐：《罗马的荣耀》 HBO的年度巨献《ROME》
演出：凯文•麦奇，雷•史蒂芬生，西亚朗•辛德斯 西元前 52 年，罗马共和创建至此已逾 400 年。罗马这时不但是全球最富庶的城市、拥有百万人口，更是帝国核心。共和政体的原则是权力共享，每个人私下虽然勾心斗角，但绝不让一人独掌大权。然而腐化娇奢的风气，却渐渐动摇国本。统治阶级成为巨富，斯巴达的律己古风江河日下，社会团结荡然无存。阶级藩篱无法跨越、司法、政治大权旁落，军方渐渐握有大权。 凯萨经过八年征战，完成军事大业，攻克高卢，此刻正班师回朝。他不但带回千锤百炼、忠心耿耿的部队以及奴隶、黄金和劫掠的庞大财富，更打算挟民粹主义自重，展开激进的社会改革。贵族阶级心惊胆战，威胁只要他踏进罗马城一步，就要以战争罪为由治他。这个微妙的权力平衡，掌握在元老院的庞佩•麦格纳斯手上，他不但是凯萨的老友，也是他的合作伙伴和人生导师。 凯萨麾下第十三军团的军旗遭窃，为了夺回这个团结象征，陆西亚•弗罗纳斯和提铎斯•普罗这两名士兵待命进入高卢荒野，却因此引发了连锁反应，把他们卷入古罗马的政治风暴。 《罗马的荣耀》由 HBO 与 BBC 共同制作，是 BBC 开台以来，与其他公司合作规模最大的美国影集，也是这两大电视网首次携手合作的电视影集。HBO 与 BBC 曾于 2001 年合作拍摄《诺曼底大空降》迷你影集，并荣获六座艾美奖，包括最佳迷你影集奖。 兼任故事原创、执行制作与编剧的布鲁诺•海勒表示：“电视节目很少描述古罗马的复杂社会局势与光彩夺目的一面。当时的情形比较像墨西哥市和加尔各达，不是大家想象中的处处白色大理石，社会平静祥和。罗马是个五光十色的地方，充满各种残酷的事件，环境处处肮脏、混乱。这是个弱肉强食的世界，金字塔顶端的精英分子数量极少，大部分的民众都是贫穷阶级。现代社会也有相同的问题，犯罪率高涨、失业率攀升、疾病散布、还必须兢兢业业的守住自己的地位。但是如果你很聪明，还是可以力争上游。人性亘古不变。从戏剧的角度来看，罗马人最伟大的地方，就是他们完全摆脱了束缚。没有上帝告诉他们善恶和行为规范。当时完全以个人良心为道德标准，还有在上位的人同不同意你的作法。只要不惹错人，就算是杀了邻居或和他的妻子通奸，都没有关系。慈悲是一种弱点，残酷是一种美德。最重要的是个人名声，还有要忠于自己、忠于家人。” 《罗马的荣耀》影集在意大利各地拍摄，前三集由麦可•艾普特 (《矿工的女儿》、《纵横天下》) 执导。其他的黄金导演阵容包括亚伦•库特 (HBO《黑道家族》)、朱立安•法里诺 (HBO《我家有个大明星》)、杰若米•伯德斯华 (HBO《奇幻嘉年华》)、亚伦•波尔 (HBO《六尺风云》)、迈可•所罗门 (HBO《诺曼底大空降》)、史帝夫•西尔 (HBO《The Wire》)、亚伦•泰勒 (HBO《化外国度》) 以及提摩西范•巴顿 (HBO《欲望城市》)。 第一季演员包括凯文•麦奇 (《王者天下》，饰演陆西亚弗•罗纳斯)、雷•史蒂芬生 (《亚瑟王》，饰演提铎•斯普罗)、西亚朗•辛德斯 (《非法正义》，饰演凯萨大帝)、肯尼思•克兰哈姆 (《天王流氓》，饰演庞佩•麦格纳斯)、宝莉•沃克 (《爱国者游戏》，饰演竺利城的艾缇雅)、詹姆斯•柏尔福 (《浮华新世界》，饰演马克•安东尼)、托比亚•曼齐司 (《战地神探》，饰演布鲁•特斯)、琳赛•邓肯 (《托斯卡尼艳阳下》，饰演竺利城的赛维里雅)、印第拉•巴玛 (《欲望与智慧》，饰演奈欧比)、麦斯鹏•基斯 (《怒海争锋：极地征伐》，饰演屋大维) 与凯莉•肯顿 (《天使的孩子》，饰演竺利城的屋大维)。 《罗马的荣耀》原创为约翰•米辽士、威廉•麦唐纳与布鲁诺•海勒，编剧为布鲁诺•海勒、约翰•米辽士、大卫•法兰柯、威廉•麦唐纳、亚历姗卓•康宁汉与艾德安•霍其斯。 |
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