他和文火伴们相依为命，想方想办法逃出魔掌。

Slow fire with him and they had each other, want to party want to escape the clutches.

他一落入敌人的魔掌，就知道再也逃不脱了。

Once he was in the clutches of the enemy he knew he'd never escape.

这可不是吹牛，就如本星期的专业报道所表述的，人们一旦为了更优质的节目付费，他们也就甭想逃脱付费电视的魔掌了。

This is not merely bluster. As our special report this week explains, once people start paying for greater television choice, they rarely stop.