Re: MaGoohan on UFO

Posted by Yuchtar-2 on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/MaGoohan-on-UFO-tp4022539p4022552.html

Jonathan Andrew Sheen wrote:

> As a full-on fan of "The Prisoner," I really have to laugh at the amount
> of this thread that is complaining that an entire TV series was
> constructed to be completely true to the artistic vision of a single
> creator.
>
> I mean, like the result, don't like the result, it's your thang or it
> isn't, but it's a much purer work of actual art than most TV we watch,
> which is made by committee, with commercial, rather than artistic,
> concerns guiding many decisions.

I enjoyed the Prisoner. All the freakiness of it. Very unpredictable. :)

But off-topic, so I'll shut up now.

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Deborah Rorabaugh 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)

Hey, now! Don't dis my man Columbo!!!

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