Comments on: The Prisoner http://www.jillgolick.com/2009/06/the-prisoner/ Life at the intersection of television and digital Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Kevin Parnell http://www.jillgolick.com/2009/06/the-prisoner/#comment-15577 Kevin Parnell Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:22:29 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2009/06/the-prisoner/#comment-15577 I watched The Prisoner last summer and loved it. MacGoohan's vision was so unique. I love his style of acting as #6 and how fast he sometimes switches from the subtle to crazy emotional outbursts. He's devilishly charming in the role, too. I dressed up as #6 last Halloween. It was fun. Really interested to see how the AMC version is. I watched The Prisoner last summer and loved it. MacGoohan’s vision was so unique. I love his style of acting as #6 and how fast he sometimes switches from the subtle to crazy emotional outbursts. He’s devilishly charming in the role, too. I dressed up as #6 last Halloween. It was fun. Really interested to see how the AMC version is.

]]> By: Jason Sanders http://www.jillgolick.com/2009/06/the-prisoner/#comment-15576 Jason Sanders Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:41:29 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2009/06/the-prisoner/#comment-15576 The Prisoner holds a special place in my scifi/spy/philosophical library being the first TV on DVD series I ever bought as a kid. The show pulled you into Six's war with addictive dialogue that V for Vendetta later reminded me of–quick, purposeful, elegant. Unfortunately the final episode contradicted the ENTIRE series with its [**SPOILERS**] nonsensical monkey masks, machine guns, and reveal of Number One. At least we will always have The Chimes of Big Ben. P.S. The Prisoner Wikipedia entry contains a description of what was 'supposedly' the original ending. I would've enjoyed seeing it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner The Prisoner holds a special place in my scifi/spy/philosophical library being the first TV on DVD series I ever bought as a kid.

The show pulled you into Six’s war with addictive dialogue that V for Vendetta later reminded me of–quick, purposeful, elegant. Unfortunately the final episode contradicted the ENTIRE series with its [**SPOILERS**] nonsensical monkey masks, machine guns, and reveal of Number One.

At least we will always have The Chimes of Big Ben.

P.S. The Prisoner Wikipedia entry contains a description of what was ’supposedly’ the original ending. I would’ve enjoyed seeing it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner

]]> By: admin http://www.jillgolick.com/2009/06/the-prisoner/#comment-15574 admin Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:50:18 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2009/06/the-prisoner/#comment-15574 I was a big fan of Danger Man and always felt that I didn't get to see enough of The Prisoner. I too am interested to see how they've re-invented it. I'm pretty impressed with what AMC is turning out (Mad Men and Breaking Bad to name just two alliterative titles) so I'm hopeful. There's a little more info on their site. I was a big fan of Danger Man and always felt that I didn’t get to see enough of The Prisoner. I too am interested to see how they’ve re-invented it. I’m pretty impressed with what AMC is turning out (Mad Men and Breaking Bad to name just two alliterative titles) so I’m hopeful. There’s a little more info on their site.

]]> By: Robbo http://www.jillgolick.com/2009/06/the-prisoner/#comment-15572 Robbo Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:17:44 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2009/06/the-prisoner/#comment-15572 The original Prisoner was MacGoohan's labour of love and very much a response to his earlier role in the series "Secret Agent Man" (aka "Danger Man"). MacGoohan threw himself so completely into making the Prisoner he pretty much fucked himself in the head and the career. As quirky and dated as the first series may be in its quest to explore the role of the individual in a bureaucratic universe (think "Man From Uncle" meets "Brazil") it is a stellar example of the strength of singular vision. I'm very curious to see what the new "reimagined" version will be like - and I'm a huge fan of Sir Ian McKellan - but there will always be a special place in my heart for MacGoohan's surreal world. The original Prisoner was MacGoohan’s labour of love and very much a response to his earlier role in the series “Secret Agent Man” (aka “Danger Man”). MacGoohan threw himself so completely into making the Prisoner he pretty much fucked himself in the head and the career.

As quirky and dated as the first series may be in its quest to explore the role of the individual in a bureaucratic universe (think “Man From Uncle” meets “Brazil”) it is a stellar example of the strength of singular vision.

I’m very curious to see what the new “reimagined” version will be like - and I’m a huge fan of Sir Ian McKellan - but there will always be a special place in my heart for MacGoohan’s surreal world.

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