Posted by
Paolo Brandimarte-2 on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/MaGoohan-on-UFO-tp4022539p4022549.html
>
> --- In
[hidden email] <mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Deborah Rorabaugh" <momkat@...> wrote:
> >
> > My own take on the complaints about McGoohan is that we all know UFO
> was not
> > the greatest TV series ever filmed and we love it anyway. But McGoohan
> > seemed to take special delight in dissing anything he was not personally
> > involved in or in charge of. (But then guest starred in multiple Colombo
> > episodes. VBG)
>
Well... let's put it this way. There is a significant cast interplay
between UFO
and The Prisoner, in terms of main actors (as the story goes, Mike
Billington
was spotted by Sylvia Anderson while watching a Prisoner episode),
guest stars, even directors (David Tomblin). This is a good reason to
like The Prisoner,
which in fact fascinated me a lot when I was a child.
However, there is a big difference. When, after 20+ years, I watched UFO
again on VHS, I could remember all of the plots. With The Prisoner,
I could remember an intriguing atmosphere, and nothing more.
Clearly, it is a mater of taste, but what ITC produced in those
years is an incredible treasury.
Cheers
PB
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]