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"The Prisoner": What Happens When James Bond Goes John Galt
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| 11/4/09
| Richard Faulk
Posted on 11/04/2009 8:32:15 AM PST by steve-b
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:32:20 AM PST
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
With Jim Caviezel in it, I might have more hope that it will be a decent one. Gandalf the Gay is an interesting choice as co-star.
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:35:29 AM PST
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: steve-b
My favorite show of all time returns?!
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:35:59 AM PST
by
Renah
To: BigEdLB
So Gandalf the Gay is Number 2? That might be appropriate.
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:38:07 AM PST
by
Ingtar
(Asses far Left of me; Rinos to the Left; FReepin' on the Right with you.)
To: steve-b
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:38:53 AM PST
by
Sherman Logan
("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
To: steve-b
Britons today are watched by more “security” cameras than anyone could have imagined in 1967.
Many of them are even hooked to watchers and loudspeakers, so we even have that scene from The Prisoner, where “voices” order citizens not to break this or that law.
“You! Yes, you in the blue jacket! Pick up that litter!”
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:44:06 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: steve-b
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:44:47 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Renah
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:44:58 AM PST
by
mgstarr
("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
To: steve-b
Did you even read this drivel before you posted it? It utterly drips with derision towards conservativism.
On second thought, since most of what you post does just that, you probably did read it.
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:45:29 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: steve-b
This article looks like it was typed by someone holding his breath while typing. At first it looks rational, then as the paragraphs flow by the oxygen deprivation takes over until the author finally passes out and his head hits "Enter" to post it.
Still, I look forward to watching the remake of the Prisoner. They better not change the theme music. It's a classic of television.
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posted on
11/04/2009 8:52:50 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Any similarity between V and the Obama admin is just that of Obama and any other totalitarian regime)
To: steve-b
i doubt if the author actually saw the series himself. but I still await the remake, as I have been every time it is announced.
Patrick MacGoohan is dead? that’s too bad.
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posted on
11/04/2009 9:10:59 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: steve-b
If the critic’s view is any perspective, Hollywood is again raping my childhood and turning something classic into revisionist political crap.
Another Manchurian Candidate redux?
Another antigun Planet of the Apes relaunch?
Give me a break.
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posted on
11/04/2009 9:14:33 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
To: a fool in paradise
It was a fictional tv show then, just as it is now.
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posted on
11/04/2009 9:16:01 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
To: stuartcr
It didn’t make widespread statements about the culture. It was a spy program with a twist. Now espionage has been ruled to be a violation of privacy rights and 007 agents’ licenses to kill are unethical examples of murder, torture, abuse, and violations of civil rights by Western Imperialist hegemony.
And besides, Communists, Seditious traitors, and Islamic Supremacists don’t mean any harm.
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posted on
11/04/2009 9:25:15 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
To: steve-b
My casting for the remake would have been to have McGoohan play No. 2.
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posted on
11/04/2009 9:34:41 AM PST
by
isom35
To: steve-b
THE problem with “The Prisoner” is this: He NEVER escapes, he can not escape, otherwise the series is over... depressing. Kind of like Gilligans Island (Although eventually the powers that be eventually had mercy and allowed Gilligan et al to escape.)... only without ANY joy.
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posted on
11/04/2009 9:43:56 AM PST
by
Jmouse007
(God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, deliver us from evil, in Jesus name, amen.)
To: a fool in paradise
So, it’s still just a fictional tv program.
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posted on
11/04/2009 9:43:57 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
To: steve-b
To: null and void
Thought youmight like to read this ping
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posted on
11/04/2009 9:49:19 AM PST
by
Shimmer1
(Froggie sez water nice and warm)
To: stuartcr
The Eternal Jew was a fictional film too but it served as propaganda.
Even the winners of the Oscar for best documentary have been fictional of late.
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posted on
11/04/2009 9:51:21 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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