Back to comics’ darkest city 哥譚：重返《蝙蝠俠》的黑暗之城

It’s the same Gotham with the same familiar characters: Bruce Wayne, “cat” Selina Kyle, “Penguin” Oswald Cobblepot… The only significant difference is there is no Batman.

《哥譚》還是那個“哥譚”(注：《蝙蝠俠》中對紐約的別稱)，人物還是我們熟悉的人物：布魯斯•韋恩，“貓女”塞琳娜•凱爾，“企鵝人”奧斯瓦爾德•科波特……只有一個明顯的不同：沒有蝙蝠俠。

So here comes the question: Who can fight against criminals and corruption and keep justice alive in the city?

那么，問題來了：(沒有了蝙蝠俠)誰又能打擊犯罪、懲處腐敗、在哥譚市伸張正義?

In Fox’s crime TV series Gotham, which premiered on Sept 22, rookie detective James Gordon takes on the responsibility.

在這部9月22日在美國Fox電視臺首映的犯罪題材電視劇中， “菜鳥”偵探詹姆斯•戈登擔(dān)當(dāng)起了這項懲惡揚(yáng)善的重任。

The story begins when Gordon, paired with veteran Harvey Bullock, is assigned to investigate the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne. At the crime scene, Gordon met the victims’ son, Bruce Wayne, who as we all know will later become “the Dark Knight”.

故事伊始，戈登成為了老警員哈維•布魯克的搭檔，兩人受命一同調(diào)查托馬斯•韋恩和瑪莎•維恩的謀殺案。在案發(fā)現(xiàn)場，戈登遇見了受害人之子——后來成為“黑暗騎士”蝙蝠俠的布魯斯•韋恩。

The case was soon closed when Mario Pepper (the “main suspect” of the Waynes’ death) was paroled but shot.

此案因為(韋恩夫婦之死最大嫌疑人)馬里奧•皮博在假釋后被射殺而迅速結(jié)案。

However, Gordon later finds out the situation is much more complex than it seems. Gordon confessed the truth to young Bruce Wayne and promised him that he would track down the real murderer sooner or later.

但是，戈登隨后發(fā)現(xiàn)事情并沒有看上去那么簡單，他將真相告訴了還是孩子的布魯斯•韋恩，并且向他保證，自己總有一天會找出真兇。

Though the detective duo solves seemingly individual cases in each episode, many things we know from the Batman comics and movies have yet to happen.

每一集中，這對偵探搭檔偵破的案件似乎都是各不相干的，但許多我們在《蝙蝠俠》漫畫和電影中熟悉的情節(jié)卻還沒有出現(xiàn)。

With the story’s beginning and ending already written, we’re left to wonder how Bruce Wayne matures physically and mentally into eventually becoming the Batman. When and how will Catwoman meet Wayne and form her complicated love-hate relationship with him? There’s much to explore in later episodes.

既然故事的開始和結(jié)局已經(jīng)確定，于是我們更好奇布魯斯•韋恩是怎么一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)成長，變成力量與智慧并存的蝙蝠俠?貓女和韋恩又是在何時相遇，上演了他們的愛恨情仇?在未來的劇集中，還有很多答案等待揭曉。

As a prequel to the Dark Knight trilogy, there may be fans who wonder how Gotham can be a true Batman series without the superhero. But the show’s creator clearly wants the focus to remain on how average people deal with heinous criminal activity.

作為《蝙蝠俠》三部曲的前傳，很多粉絲也許會質(zhì)疑：這部沒有大英雄蝙蝠俠的《哥譚》真的算蝙蝠俠系列嗎?不過，電視劇的創(chuàng)作者顯然還是希望人們將關(guān)注的重點(diǎn)放在普通人與惡勢力斗智斗勇的故事上。

“It’s as much about the hope and the struggle that they’re engaged in as waiting for a savior,” executiveproducer Bruno Heller said when he met with TV critics in July. “It’s about men and women, not about superheroes, and to me that’s the more interesting story.”

該劇執(zhí)行制片人布魯諾•赫勒在7月份與電視劇評人會面時曾說，“這部劇既表現(xiàn)了人們對救世主的期盼，也描繪了他們所進(jìn)行的抗?fàn)幒拖Ｍ?。它講述的不是超級英雄的故事，而是普通人的故事。。