tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post348814875355308223..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The Prisoner: Many Happy ReturnsBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-78308181980806336982015-10-22T22:39:25.832-04:002015-10-22T22:39:25.832-04:00The first episode was already a proof that the vil...The first episode was already a proof that the village only exists Mr. Smith alias Nr. 6's mind. I mean, one can order people to stop on the street. But can you stop the water flowing ?! No, so no village. It's that simple. <br />Here, in this amusing episode the inconsistency is at the end, where Nr. 6 gets unwillingly ejected from the plane. The script editor was not attentive here: It's true that pilots get these black 'visors' down before ejecting, but Nr.6 had no idea that he was leaving the plane, so he shouldn't have lowered his visor...<br />That just adds another confusion in an overall very confused story which is as absurd as fascinating.<br /><br />MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-24458016664817216852013-01-07T02:23:10.890-05:002013-01-07T02:23:10.890-05:00Halloween episode?Halloween episode?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-47578223778311524762012-06-18T19:09:59.202-04:002012-06-18T19:09:59.202-04:00I think with "Lost", the storytelling wa...I think with "Lost", the storytelling was constructed so that a reveal was expected. Which frustrated the viewers when it was slow to come, or not given at all. In the "Prisoner", there isn't a mystery built up around Rover. It's a tool to be used, like phasers and warp drives in Star Trek. (In Rodenberry's series notes, he mentions that a cop on the street doesn't have to explain chemical reactions before using a gun. In the same way, Star Trek just had to make clear what the tool was and its limitations, not be a science lecture. Which is odd, given how much technobabble later writers used.)<br /><br />For emptying the village, I thought it made a strong statement about the massive resources available to the Village (and what Six was up against) that they could go to such lengths for a bizarre birthday present. (March 19th, same as McGoohan.)<br /><br />More Companion notes:<br />- "Although it is fairly clear that the British superiors weren't in on it this time, we can't be certain." In Chimes of Big Ben, they are clearly in on it. In this episode, it is implied that the milkman took out the real pilot, in order to get Number Six back to the village.<br />- When Six gets back to England, he is still surrounded by images of imprisonment (barbed wire on fences and bars on the windows of a moving truck).<br />- "Mrs Butterworth... wears a black badge with a reversed-out white penny-farthing symbol. This is the only Number Two in the entire series to sport a black badge. No reason is ever given."Marknoreply@blogger.com