Comments on: ‘The Prisoner’, 1967 http://www.retronaut.co/2010/08/the-prisoner-1967/ The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Sun, 20 Nov 2024 23:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alan Bickerstaff http://www.retronaut.co/2010/08/the-prisoner-1967/#comment-79743 Alan Bickerstaff Fri, 07 Oct 2024 12:24:46 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5302#comment-79743 I cannot begin to imagine any TV executive agreeing to a 3 minute intro sequence for any programme these days! They don't believe that anyone has an attention span of more then 15 seconds now. I cannot begin to imagine any TV executive agreeing to a 3 minute intro sequence for any programme these days! They don’t believe that anyone has an attention span of more then 15 seconds now.

]]> By: Riot Nrrrd™ http://www.retronaut.co/2010/08/the-prisoner-1967/#comment-58948 Riot Nrrrd™ Mon, 22 Aug 2024 09:25:18 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5302#comment-58948 Greatest show on television, ever. Nothing else comes close. Have it on Blu-ray now. Greatest show on television, ever. Nothing else comes close. Have it on Blu-ray now.

]]> By: Lee http://www.retronaut.co/2010/08/the-prisoner-1967/#comment-4718 Lee Tue, 10 Aug 2024 20:12:35 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5302#comment-4718 I watched the whole series last year on a dvd boxset. Splendid stuff and I absolutely love the surreal last episode. I still watch it now & again as it's so good. :) I watched the whole series last year on a dvd boxset. Splendid stuff and I absolutely love the surreal last episode. I still watch it now & again as it’s so good. :)

]]> By: KC http://www.retronaut.co/2010/08/the-prisoner-1967/#comment-4555 KC Sun, 08 Aug 2024 08:53:24 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5302#comment-4555 Great bit of nostalgia. I remember watching it when it first appeared, strange even then. Surely one of the longest TV title sequences ever at nearly three minutes. And when you listen to the theme music, you realise there isn't actually a melody to it (i.e try whistling it and see how far you can get). It's just a rhythm track Great bit of nostalgia. I remember watching it when it first appeared, strange even then.

Surely one of the longest TV title sequences ever at nearly three minutes.

And when you listen to the theme music, you realise there isn’t actually a melody to it (i.e try whistling it and see how far you can get). It’s just a rhythm track

]]> By: Jez http://www.retronaut.co/2010/08/the-prisoner-1967/#comment-4404 Jez Fri, 06 Aug 2024 15:23:44 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5302#comment-4404 They don't do opening sequences like that any more - though they may try! They don’t do opening sequences like that any more – though they may try!

]]> By: Chris Samuel http://www.retronaut.co/2010/08/the-prisoner-1967/#comment-4399 Chris Samuel Fri, 06 Aug 2024 12:43:31 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5302#comment-4399 Ah yes, the series that made Portmeirion famous! That place is almost as strange as the series.. ;-) Ah yes, the series that made Portmeirion famous! That place is almost as strange as the series.. ;-)

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