The Prisoner

footfootfoot · 12-25-2010, 11:13 PM

I've been (power) discing through the series and I am about at the halfway mark. I've been watching in the order presented in the collection, which I think is the broadcast order. I find it interesting to note inconsistencies in character and have been playing around in my mind with other ways to order the series, though I wonder if part of the shifting of his character's naivety about his captors and circumstances is also in the service of keeping the viewer somewhat ungrounded and disoriented.

I am really loving this series again. I'd also love to visit Portmeiron.

DanaC · 12-26-2010, 08:34 AM

I remember that series being repeated in the late 70s, when I was a kid. It was one of thoe shows that we gathered as a family to watch. I was allowed to stay up late for it, as I recall :P

wolf · 12-26-2010, 12:10 PM

One of our nurses is going to Wales this year, and I've already told her she MUST go to Portmerion and take pictures for me.

I've always adored The Prisoner, had some vague childhood memories of watching it and have established some sturdy adult ones. I have the mega set as well, and pull it out from time to time.

I enjoyed the AMC remake, but not as much as the original series. I was actually more interested in the nods to the original than the holes.

HungLikeJesus · 12-31-2010, 10:58 AM

I just got the first disk from NetFlix. I hope to watch it this weekend.

Sundae · 01-01-2011, 10:22 AM

I went to Wales for my 30th birthday - ALONE!, because my lousy friends and family were all out of the country! I had real life friends then as well. Anyway, I had an amazing five days.

I stayed in Dollgellau at a 19th century family run hotel, so I could say I slept in the shadow of Cadair Idris (the Grey King). I spent my 30th birthday with a party of mountain bikers from Oldham who I met in the hotel bar, and let them teach me how to play pool (I actually know how to play pool, but men prefer it if you let them teach you something, especially if it involves bodily contact). And I had a gorgeous snog...

Where was I?
Oh yes - I fulfilled a long-held dream of going to Portmerion. It was wonderful. And somehow, despite its diminuitive size and all the tourists (this was July) it still didn't feel crowded, just... just... I don't know. Something odd tugged at the senses to do with size and scale. Great fun. Oddly, I didn't take my camera. I think I thought that it would make me feel more lonely. Whereas in these digital days I somehow feel less lonely if I can remove myself from the scene via a lense.

Shawnee123 · 01-01-2011, 10:45 AM

Your posts are poetry, you know. This one really made me smile.

Sundae · 01-01-2011, 11:03 AM

That's such a lovely thing to say, thank you x

12-25-2010, 11:13 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The Prisoner I've been (power) discing through the series and I am about at the halfway mark. I've been watching in the order presented in the collection, which I think is the broadcast order. I find it interesting to note inconsistencies in character and have been playing around in my mind with other ways to order the series, though I wonder if part of the shifting of his character's naivety about his captors and circumstances is also in the service of keeping the viewer somewhat ungrounded and disoriented. I am really loving this series again. I'd also love to visit Portmeiron. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-26-2010, 12:10 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	One of our nurses is going to Wales this year, and I've already told her she MUST go to Portmerion and take pictures for me. I've always adored The Prisoner, had some vague childhood memories of watching it and have established some sturdy adult ones. I have the mega set as well, and pull it out from time to time. I enjoyed the AMC remake, but not as much as the original series. I was actually more interested in the nods to the original than the holes. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-31-2010, 10:58 AM	#4
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I just got the first disk from NetFlix. I hope to watch it this weekend. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-01-2011, 10:22 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I went to Wales for my 30th birthday - ALONE!, because my lousy friends and family were all out of the country! I had real life friends then as well. Anyway, I had an amazing five days. I stayed in Dollgellau at a 19th century family run hotel, so I could say I slept in the shadow of Cadair Idris (the Grey King). I spent my 30th birthday with a party of mountain bikers from Oldham who I met in the hotel bar, and let them teach me how to play pool (I actually know how to play pool, but men prefer it if you let them teach you something, especially if it involves bodily contact). And I had a gorgeous snog... Where was I? Oh yes - I fulfilled a long-held dream of going to Portmerion. It was wonderful. And somehow, despite its diminuitive size and all the tourists (this was July) it still didn't feel crowded, just... just... I don't know. Something odd tugged at the senses to do with size and scale. Great fun. Oddly, I didn't take my camera. I think I thought that it would make me feel more lonely. Whereas in these digital days I somehow feel less lonely if I can remove myself from the scene via a lense. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 01-01-2011 at 11:05 AM. Reason: Exchanged I was wonderful for It was wonderful! Although I was wonderful of course...

01-01-2011, 10:45 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Your posts are poetry, you know. This one really made me smile. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-01-2011, 11:03 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	That's such a lovely thing to say, thank you x __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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