朋友的媽媽：幕后故事

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

　　米歇爾?法爾蓋特（休?格蘭特 飾）經(jīng)營(yíng)一間拍賣行，他是個(gè)溫和的英國(guó)人，拍賣行的生意一向很好。他感覺成家的時(shí)候到了，便向他最愛的女友吉娜（詹姆斯?凱恩 飾）結(jié)婚。可是吉娜對(duì)結(jié)婚一詞十分抗拒，她不愿意跟米歇爾結(jié)婚。這樣使米歇爾疑惑極了，他認(rèn)為女友是十分愛自己的，為何不能從此一同生活呢？　　直到后來，他才明白了吉娜的苦心。原來吉娜的父親是一名黑幫老大，深愛著米歇爾的吉娜不愿自己的丈夫被卷進(jìn)復(fù)雜的黑幫環(huán)境中。就算米歇爾向吉娜保證自己不會(huì)牽涉進(jìn)去那些麻煩當(dāng)中。　　可是事情并不如人意，他還是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)黑幫岳父惹來了很多麻煩，甚至被警察調(diào)查。從此，米歇爾也莫名其妙的成為了黑道中人……

　　到2068年，地球上的臭氧消失了，因此，猛烈的、無法控制的風(fēng)暴正在夷平它的表面。一小群軍事幸存者是人類的最后的捍衛(wèi)者,當(dāng)隊(duì)長(zhǎng)約翰庭院是找到一份工作前戰(zhàn)友拉皮埃爾,他現(xiàn)在是受雇于帝國(guó),一個(gè)eco-profiteer,為了拯救他的父親和其他幾位幸存者中庭同意。他和一小群雇傭兵要闖入幾乎不可滲透的文森特遺產(chǎn)和找回?zé)o價(jià)的“藝術(shù)”，儲(chǔ)存在那里的啟示之前。但是有一種致命的電腦控制的防御系統(tǒng)叫做“加密”，他們必須繞過它，還有一個(gè)殺手機(jī)器人叫做Rook &類似人類的全息安全主管Diana，她掌握著地球完全毀滅的鑰匙——或者說是完全的拯救。

上海的退休工程師老汪與兒子有一個(gè)約定，每周六小汪會(huì)回父母家一次，順便吃碗老汪拿手的菜肉餛飩。為了讓兒子早點(diǎn)結(jié)婚生子，老汪在愛人素娟的啟發(fā)下，決定自己去公園相親角為兒子物色一名婚戀對(duì)象。在相親角，老汪結(jié)識(shí)了老金、美琴、阿芳等人，自己也無意中卷入了一場(chǎng)始料未及的情感漩渦之中。