Sonisall & I are plowing thru 'The Prisoner'
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 22:36
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I just saw the last two episodes, they are very disturbing, but I liked them. (CREEPY,CREEPY) 
the disturbed sonisall
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Okay, this is my literal interpretation here.
*breathes deeply*
In the early sixties, a group of daring but foolish scientists decided to clone the finest secret agent on *our* side in the hopes of creating a super-army of elite agents/soldiers. Their clear choice was John Drake (Bond being just fiction, of course), but in cloning him (without his knowledge), they didn't realize that their clone would be quite mad, and it ended up killing the scientists & thrashing the op.
The clone then became obsessed with finding out who his "Original" was, but didn't like the idea meeting him personally. He infiltrated governments, and some year's time ended up creating "The Village" where he could wield his twisted power & keep sight of his doppelganger while supposedly keeping world state secrets safe.
When Drake resigned, this fascinated the clone, as giving up such a position of personal power was something he would never do. He seized the opportunity (and Drake) and began his vicious grilling. Drake's ability to resist drove the clone (#1) to the edge, destroying what little sanity he had left. He forsook all else in favour of "their most important member."
In "Fall Out" the farcical "transference of power" ceremony we see is actually the clone losing it (even though the participants believe this is another attempt to break #6). Later, after seeing "himself," the clone laughs hysterically as he & the Village will soon be destroyed by the missile that launches up, then comes down to confuse the tracking systems of the day as a wayward unidentified weapon during which the area is wiped clean. Confronting Drake was just too much for him.
Okay, poke holes in my theory now.
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Okay, poke holes in my theory now.
Actually, that makes a whole lot of sense!
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Quote:Really?
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Actually, that makes a whole lot of sense!
I came up with it in a matter of minutes just now after we finished watching in an attempt to 'splain it all to my Son, who found "Fall Out" to be quite cryptic in nature.
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Well, like with the ending to 2001, McGoohan always refused to "explain" The Prisoner. "It's an allegory!"
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Excellent! Thanks!
The de-briefed Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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The greatest art is made under duress, IMO. Firefly, The Prisoner, Star Trek TOS...
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Which "Prisoner" are we talking about? Recent or old?
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Quote:Old, of course. The ONLY one.
Originally posted by freelancertex:
Which "Prisoner" are we talking about? Recent or old?
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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lol, gotcha. I've only seen the miniseries. EXTREMELY confusing and made no sense. Hopefully the old one does :P lol *adds to list*
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