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Number Six: RIP
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 15:18 -0700
by Ben
Patrick McGoohan, star of SCANNERS and BRAVEHEART, as well as the mastermind behind THE PRISONER television series, died yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 80.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=29JewlGsYxs
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 18:13 -0700
by Stan Sakai
And Ricardo Montalban, Khan from Star Trek, also died. He was probably best known as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island. He was 88.
As a side note, they are remaking The Prisoner. You can watch whole episodes of the classic series here:
http://www.amctv.com/videos/the-prisoner-1960s-video/
I bought the entire series on DVD when it first came out. I still don't get the ending.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 18:22 -0700
by Mayhem
I'm not sure quite anyone does Stan
I think my personal take on it is:
- You are number 1
- Even if you think you're free, you're still a prisoner
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:59 -0700
by Stan Sakai
The Prisoner story, The Girl Who was Death, was the inspiration for the Usagi story, My Lord's Daughter. The two have nothing in common, except the final scene where it is shown that the heroes were telling the story to a bunch of kids.
Maybe I should get more inspiration from The Prisoner. That will confuse everyone.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:56 -0700
by estee
Oooo...I just love to see you channel your inner Grant Morrison, Stan!
Make Usagi a surreal landscape that makes no sense until you read the whole thing all at once.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:11 -0700
by Ben
estee wrote:Oooo...I just love to see you channel your inner Grant Morrison, Stan!
Make Usagi a surreal landscape that makes no sense until you read the whole thing all at once.
I'd almost suggest the QUATERMASS series (a science-fiction franchise from Britain) as a better source of inspiration. The problem is most of the Quatermass titles, except maybe QUATERMASS 2, aren't readily available in America.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:25 -0700
by Stan Sakai
Ben wrote:
I'd almost suggest the QUATERMASS series (a science-fiction franchise from Britain) as a better source of inspiration. The problem is most of the Quatermass titles, except maybe QUATERMASS 2, aren't readily available in America.
I've got a couple of the Quartermass DVDs when they came out in the Hammer Collection--X The Unknown, and Quartermass and the Pit.
How many films are in the Quartermass series? 4?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 14:16 -0700
by Ben
Stan Sakai wrote:I've got a couple of the Quartermass DVDs when they came out in the Hammer Collection--X The Unknown, and Quartermass and the Pit.
How many films are in the Quartermass series? 4?
Yes - THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT, QUATERMASS 2, QUATERMASS AND THE PIT, and THE QUATERMASS CONCLUSION.
Each of these movies are based on a previously existing TV serial under the same titles, all by the same writer - Nigel Kneale. Unfortunately, most of the episodes for the first story, QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, vanished a long time ago. Out of the entire series, QUATERMASS CONCLUSION is probably my favourite. The ending is really powerful.
TV vs. Movie
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 17:06 -0700
by go
Dear Readers,
Is the tv version better than the movies?
Best wishes to all.
go
Re: TV vs. Movie
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:03 -0700
by Ben
go wrote:Dear Readers,
Is the tv version better than the movies?
Best wishes to all.
go
Well, I've always thought the movies are more fast-paced than the serials, and more entertaining as a result. The one exception is the TV version of THE QUATERMASS CONCLUSION (simply called QUATERMASS). The longer length allows the story to explore many of the ideas and concepts that weren't made very clear in the theatrical cut.