INTRO
Prisoner: Where am I?
Number Two: In The Village.
Prisoner: What do you want?
Number Two: Information.
Prisoner: Which side are you on?
Number Two: That would be telling. We want information, information, information...
Prisoner: You won't get it.
Number Two: By hook or by crook we will.
Prisoner: Who are you?
Number Two: The new Number Two.
Prisoner: Who is Number One?
Number Two: You are Number Six.
Prisoner: I am not a number. I am a free man.
Number Two: Ha, ha, ha, ha....
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The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series first broadcast in the UK from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. Starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan, it combined spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory, and psychological drama.
The series follows a British former secret agent who is held prisoner in a mysterious seaside village where his captors try to find out why he abruptly resigned from his job. Although sold as a thriller in the mould of McGoohan's previous series, Danger Man (called Secret Agent in its U.S. release), the show's combination of 1960s countercultural themes and surreal setting had a far-reaching effect on science fiction/fantasy programming, and on popular culture in general.
A TV miniseries remake aired on the U.S. cable channel AMC 15–17 November 2009. Additionally, Christopher Nolan has been widely reported to be considering a film version.
(Source: WIKIPEDIA)
The irony is that I just purchased the remade version of this series in China. Information...when all we have to do now is type a question in our global search engines to get the collective feed off of any topic we are capable of imagining. But information alone is a far from wisdom. In this age of information, we wonder how long will it be before totalitarianism will evolve, just as it had when the printing press was invented.
ReplyDeleteWithout a free spirit...the internet is nothing. Ah, so are we the prisoners of this virtual island on a fool's journey or paradise?
Dear Marilyn,
ReplyDeleteYours is an enlightened comment.