I have a friend here who has a box set for this series created in 1967. The set includs all 17 episodes and some interviews and a trivia game on some of the discs. I have seen the first five eps.
If you haven't seen "The Prisoner" and get a chance, give the show a shot, watch more then the first two or three, and see if you don't become a fan as I have.
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Brilliant show. I first saw it in the early 80's, when Channel 4 had just started in the UK and they were reshowing a lot of old TV programmes. In fact, it was the first time Prisoner had been broadcast in colour.
First ep I saw was "The Schizoid Man." It was an episode originally quite late in the run, but in fact C4 had memorably screwed up - it got switched with "The Chimes of Big Ben" in the running order.
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I watched it not too long ago. My theater teacher showed it to us as the first example of critiquing theater. Yeah, wouldn't have been my first choice either.
So I didn't really find it all that enjoyable, though it may have just been the way in which it was presented to me.
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I think The Prisoner can be described under the SF umbrella, but I've got no problem with it here.
For a long time, as a child, I had this recurring image of a creepy white blob swallowing people. It wasn't until later that I remembered my father staying up late to catch episodes on PBS.
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I just saw it night before last. Very good ep. LAst night, I pulled out disc #, well, 6, and watched "Many Happy Returns", anoth3er very good ep.
quote: For a long time, as a child, I had this recurring image of a creepy white blob swallowing people. It wasn't until later that I remembered my father staying up late to catch episodes on PBS.
I think Rover is just misunderstood.
The interview, with one of the production people, said that they hadn't worked out what they were going to do with Rover, or at least how to do it. They contacted some f/x people, who brought them what was discribed as a cake on wheels. The same guy and Patrick Magoohan were haveing dinner one evening, and noticed some weather ballons over head, and the rest is TV history.
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quote:Originally posted by Kosh: They contacted some f/x people, who brought them what was discribed as a cake on wheels.
A Wimbledon-winning blancmange, perhaps?
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I saw about half of the episodes. My parents have most of them on tape, from when PBS went through the entire run about ten years ago or more. My mom got me interested in the show.
It was certainly interesting, and bizarre. All of the little details and nuances worked together into something rather disturbing. One of the things I really loved was how they kept replacing Number Two.
However, I stopped watching the shows after that "Wild West" episode, which left me completely confused. I suppose I should go back and try to finish the series before I have to return to college in September.
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