Ron Ackerman said this in post #390 : Yes it was called the Prisoner. I loved it as a kid and just watched all of it again recently when it was on BBC America. The last episode was a different but it was made years after the original series. # 6 was a British spy who wanted to resign and they druged him and put him in this prison. Played by Patrick McGohan. An American who was raised in the UK.
Well, if you ever see it's going to be on BBC again, let me know, I want to see it,
it was on the t.v. screen when Smith was chasing Neo. I read up on it, and it looked like a show I would like.
It was odd at times but when it comes back on you need to watch it from the beginning and hopelully in order. Although that may not be necessary but I think it made more since. Of course I think it's on DVD. We saw Patrick McGohan on something not long ago I think it might have been MI5.
The premise of the show was, they wanted him to tell his secrets that they knew he had about the agency maybe MI5 or MI6 I'm not sure which. So they messed with his head, a lot. But what they never figured out was that he was messing with their heads.
What didn't make much since was the ending, at least now. What I mean is then the show was canceled Patrick wrote and filmed the 2 part ending many years later. But now going from the last episode of the season then bang right into the ending seems like there is no rhyme or reason to make that leap.
There were some interesting special effects too. Like the bubble that just appears and goes out and grabs someone who is trying to escape usually killing them. And cameras everywhere watching everything the prisoners do. It is probably the precursor to Great Britians current surveillance cameras because I think this was made in the late 1960's early 1970's.
Ron Ackerman said this in post #392 : It was odd at times but when it comes back on you need to watch it from the beginning and hopelully in order. Although that may not be necessary but I think it made more since. Of course I think it's on DVD. We saw Patrick McGohan on something not long ago I think it might have been MI5.
The premise of the show was, they wanted him to tell his secrets that they knew he had about the agency maybe MI5 or MI6 I'm not sure which. So they messed with his head, a lot. But what they never figured out was that he was messing with their heads.
What didn't make much since was the ending, at least now. What I mean is then the show was canceled Patrick wrote and filmed the 2 part ending many years later. But now going from the last episode of the season then bang right into the ending seems like there is no rhyme or reason to make that leap.
There were some interesting special effects too. Like the bubble that just appears and goes out and grabs someone who is trying to escape usually killing them. And cameras everywhere watching everything the prisoners do. It is probably the precursor to Great Britians current surveillance cameras because I think this was made in the late 1960's early 1970's.
It was the one that was parodied in the Simpsons episode where Homer reports fake news online on his website.
OK im on the eposode where that guy finds his gitar and we find out that that Japanese woman can talk english ... which one is that, and after this ones done ill be watching the next one ...
"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain
The next one is the one where the drugy saves the guy in the cave, and that other guy gives him 3 chances to ask him for for the drugts back ... then there was some symbolism about a moth
"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain
08-25-2005 01:29 AM
