I'm up to ep 13 of 17 -- not sure whether I like this or hate it. I do admire it.
― ILX Loophole Converts Your IRA/401(k) to Physical Gold (WmC), Thursday, 4 April 2019 23:07 (five years ago) link
Come back when you've seen episode 17...
― koogs, Friday, 5 April 2019 04:25 (five years ago) link
Ive had the box set of this for years and never got past more than a few eps, not out of dislike just never got round to finishing it!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 5 April 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
McGoohan's unwavering commitment to delivering every single line, no matter how innocuous or minor, in that clenched teeth mode of barely suppressed rage and/or sarcasm is just incredible. It makes every exchange feel fraught with conflict.
would love to hear him read things in the style of the Prisoner - the Bible, Dr. Seuss, the phonebook
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
He’s great doing passive-aggressive faux-friendly as the baddie in Silver Streak. Much better than Braveheart when he’s plain old evil
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
I don't recall seeing him anything else except Scanners tbh, in which mostly he just comes across as drunkenly angry
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
He's in at least 4 Columbos and brilliant in every one.
― Boulez, vous couchez avec moi? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
Danger Man is on Amazon Prime, surprisingly entertaining for a b&w series that debuted in 1960 (McGoohan secret-agenting well before the Bond movies)
in the last week or two The Prisoner also showed up as included on Amazon Prime -- I'm looking forward to seeing it in order for the first time
― Brad C., Wednesday, 4 September 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
he's the warden in escape from alcatraz!!
― visiting, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:01 (four years ago) link
yeah I noticed this on Amazon Prime and just watched a couple eps (Free for All and Checkmate)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
imagining the Prisoner at a diner
Waitress: What would you like this morning?Number 6: To mind my own business.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
xp McGoohan adds some much-needed tension to Ice Station Zebra, basically reprising his Danger Man role
― Brad C., Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
is there a more menacing orb in television or cinema than Rover
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Danger Man is way more "sophisticated" than I had expected when I first watched it about a decade ago ... there are a few episodes that prefigure the Prisoner.
Rover reinforces my antipathy to balloons ... best menacing orb
― sarahell, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
imo he's great in almost everything he's done. Dunno if this was posted already - All Night Long is a good film with McGoohan stealing the show as a treacherous jazz drummer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl5p80BMHYk
― everything, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
very sinister drum solo
that tune sounds kind of like the Danger Man theme
― Brad C., Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
don't forget Baby, Secret of the Lost Legend
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
He's also on Hell Drivers, the cast of which is o_O - a doctor who, a James bond, Sid James, a Professional, a man from uncle, a ladykiller, Alfie bass...
― koogs, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
yep, 4 - he directed three of those and co-wrote one, and directed another two that he's not in (just recently watched the first two regular TV Columbos with the aim of skipping ahead to the McGoohans & occasional other ones of interest, eg two directed by Nicholas Colsanto, the Coach from Cheers, one of those starring Johnny Cash)
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link
wow, Johnny Cash with Ida Lupino as his wife. will have to track down.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
It's on every other week in the UK.
― Boulez, vous couchez avec moi? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
Columbo is on top form in it.
― Boulez, vous couchez avec moi? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
just went through this series again since first watching it about fifteen years ago. it's so good, but how did i forget how much full bore insanity makes up the last episode???? my goodness, it goes on for about twenty straight minutes of nonsense for a while there.
by the way, you can find the whole series on youtube (in sometimes *ahem* "vintage" quality, but alas it's there). also, this is a cool interview. he seemed like a really intense person:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95DrM4tfyD0
― please don't refer to me as (Austin), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
Watched it front to back properly for the first time this year. Amazing period piece on several levels, and the sheer brilliance of turning a weather balloon into a horrific threat solely through sound and editing is next level.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
I did similar, the blu ray box has a few documentaries, the best one with Patrick McGoohans um involvement. It’s brilliant.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
Yeah, it’s called “in my mind” it’s available separately and well worth seeing.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
anybody tried rewatching it in one of the "alternate" episode orders?
― please don't refer to me as (Austin), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
Never tried it but some of the episodes are obviously (and annoyingly) in the wrong place
― I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
in my preparation to rewatch in one of the alternate orders, i found that the entire thing is on shout factory in hd: https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/the-prisoner
― please don't refer to me as (Austin), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
This is a fun early lockdown-era interview with Steven Moffat about The Prisoner
https://www.tvcream.co.uk/podcasts/tv-cream-stays-indoors/tv-cream-stays-indoors-with-steven-moffat/
It’s particularly enjoyable for his valiant (although I think completely wrong!) takedown of the finale
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
oh man, this show. my Dad ordered the VHS tapes when I was 12 and we watched them together. we never really bonded over a TV show before. tbh I was still in that phase where I took entertainment a bit too seriously and was a bit miffed at all the "this doesn't really make sense to us either" moments.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 23:03 (two years ago) link
fun story the company I work for won a big "Best Place to Work" award and there was some local TV station doing a feature on us. at one point during the day they were interviewing random employees and I got the "why do you think this company has such a low turnover rate?" question. I answered "well if anyone quits they find themselves followed by a giant white balloon on their drive home and as soon as they get out of the car they blackout and wake up under their desk". they wound up not airing that response :(
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
The 'Free For All' podcast is worth checking out, and yes, it is two guys theorizing and repurposing what they've researched but they're interesting and speak like normal humans.
There is an interview with Derrin Nesbitt coming up which could be good and the format suggests that they're going to stop after having done all 17 episodes.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 16 April 2022 11:12 (two years ago) link