青春并不温柔

　　丽兹（索拉·伯奇 Thora Birch饰）出生在美国的贫民窟里，从小就开始承受着家庭的千疮百孔，父母酗酒吸毒，母亲患上了精神分裂症。贫穷的丽兹需要出去乞讨，流浪在城市的角落，生活的苦难似乎无穷无尽。
　　随着慢慢成长，丽兹知道，只有读书成才方能改变自身命运，走出泥潭般的现况。她从老师那里争取到一张试卷，漂亮的完成答卷，争取到了读书的机会。从现在起，丽兹在漫漫的求学路上开始了征程。她千方百计申请哈佛的全额奖学金，面试时候连一件像样的衣服也没有。然而，贫困并没有止住丽兹前进的决心，在她的人生里面，从不退缩的奋斗是永恒主题。

　　一群矿工在沙漠中意外发现了一种白色的、黏黏的"东西"（the stuff)，尝起来甜甜的、很美味，美味到有点儿让人上瘾。于是这种东西被开采出来，包装成雪糕的样子进行销售，并号称“零糖分、零卡路里、质感幼滑、美味大满足”。
　　the stuff很快俘获了全国消费者的心，大幅占据市场，使其他雪糕销售一落千丈。于是，雪糕行业聘了一个专卖垃圾食品的商人（Garrett Morris饰）去调查这种“东西”到底是什么东西，并去毁灭它。
　　经过一番努力，Garrett Morris发现这种产自沙漠的美味“东西”实际上是有生命、有知觉的，背后的真相令人毛骨悚然：stuff会逐渐入侵使用者的大脑，最后使人变成僵尸样的怪物。
　　查明真相后，一名退役军官（Paul Sorvino饰）带领一队兵团，与the stuff进行搏斗。
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　　电影尖锐地批判消费主义，到底是我们在购物，还是商品在蚕食我们的心？片中有大量激爽镜头，包括“雪糕”从人眼里、嘴里奔涌而出，冰箱中的“雪糕”将人冲到天花板，等等。

　　男主人公乔·赛佛（蒂姆·艾伦 Tim Allen饰）是个中规中矩的中年男人，他像所有失败的小人物一样，做梦都想成为一名“大人物”。他一直工作在明尼苏达州的一家制药公司，感叹怀才不遇，得不到应得的赏识。乔的老板本来许诺给他晋升的机会，最后却食言了。而且他的个人生活更是一团糟，他跟妻子凯丽（凯莉·林奇 Kelly Lynch饰）最后还是以离婚收场。本来这不好不坏的工作和浑浑噩噩的生活，如一汪死水般平静。直到他的同事马克（帕特里克·沃伯顿 Patrick Warburton饰）霸占了他心爱的私人泊车位，还在他早熟的女儿面前羞辱乔时，他的怒火终于被点燃了。忍无可忍的乔，决心改头换面，跟马克“决一死战”。
　　乔是否能像所有人证明：他现在是个“大人物”？而这样的改变，到底好坏与否呢？

　　Massive machines require engineering extremes.
　　The massive man-made satellite, commonly known as the International Space Station, hurtling around the Earth at 27,600 km an hour, has been a temporary home for humans for the last 20 years. The biggest land vehicle on earth, a bucket excavator titled Bagger 293, that can move 240,000 cubic meters of dirt each day. Innovation has always meant building bigger, faster, taller, longer and stronger than anything that came before. We’ve seen them in dramatic visual fashion. But how do these actually work? What sets each machine apart. What big ideas drove its evolution and what limitations did this machine overcome? What forces was it built to withstand and where is the breaking point? Using CGI and expert insights, we ‘strip down’ the design of some of the world’s unique colossal machines and reveal mechanical secrets that not only made them work, but also changed the world in a big way!
　　Each episode explores four incredible machines, linked thematically. From sea and space faring designs, to mega airborne, mining and industrial machines, we’ll break down what they can do as well as key inner mechanics and materials that make it all possible. Dynamic archival footage featuring; slow motion, aerials, and time-lapses get us past the ‘caution’ tape and up close and personal with these compound monsters. CGI provides breakouts and blueprints and a look at hidden mechanisms. Adding expertise of structural, mechanical, chemical and forensic engineers to help reveal what’s at stake when these colossal constructions are put work, and how all the pieces come together to make a big impact.
　　EPISODES:
　　S1 E1 Sea Monsters
　　S1 E2 Astronomical Engineering
　　S1 E3 There Be Dragons
　　S1 E4 Sub-Zero Supermachines
　　S1 E5 Earth Biters
　　S1 E6 Mammoth Manufacturing