Patrick McGoohan died today....

one of the greatest tv shows that will ever have been!

"I am not a number! I am a man!"

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39763

great actor, even though he overacted like a maniac, his style made it cool.....

download the show, find out what a rover is.....

No. 6

  Atop said:

one of the greatest tv shows that will ever have been!

The Prisoner was amazing. Danger Man was pretty good too.

R.I.P.

An Scottishman and a rover, classic.

sad news. played the warden well in Escape From Alcatraz - great actor.

dont forget Braveheart! he was hilarious in that.

Damn. One of my favourite actors.

rip. the prisoner is one of the best shows of all time

I hope they still consider making the remake with Chris Eccelston as Number 6

i remember hearing about a proposed remake.. are they still going through with it?

I don't think so... but perhaps with his passing, they'll reconsider it

be seeing you

bummer .. he had an ego on him though ..

  Caretstik said:

  Atop said:

one of the greatest tv shows that will ever have been!

 

The Prisoner was amazing. Danger Man was pretty good too.

 

R.I.P.

my grandfather created 'danger man' ('secret agent' to the USerly challenged)...

I've always want a Caterham Super 7 because of the Prisoner.

That had the 1.8 litre Rover engine in it and weighed so little, it was pretty much the fastest thing on the road.

  soundwave said:

I always want a Caterham Super 7 because of the Prisoner.

 

Wasn't it a Lotus Super 7?

And yes, I wanted one too - apparently you can get them these days not too expensively...

In reference to above post, it was a Lotus that then became Caterham, and is still known as caterham today even though the Lotus Elise uses that same rover 1.8 K series engine and is just as quick.

Lotus/Rover/Caterham, built that car, then Caterham became it's own company.

Don't the sell those as kitsets? You chuck in a Honda Civic motor or whatver?

You can build them yourself if you wish as this is cheaper, but for the effort it costs to build you may as well pay the extra £3000 and buy it ready built, as for using a honda civic lump I'm not sure as I don't think they would run on V-tec, as far as I know they come in 1.6, 1.8, 2.0 and 2.2 turbocharged vauxhall lumps, or the rover k-series lump.

They've actually finished filming the remake, it's due to be broadcast later this year. Jesus from the passion of the Christ is number six rather than Eccleston. Very strong chance that it'll be shit.

Abusive George = Jeremy Clarkson

Analogue Wings = Richard Hammond

Soundwave = The other one

Joyrex = The Stig, natch

  delet... said:

my grandfather created 'danger man' ('secret agent' to the USerly challenged)...

That is cool! Never have watched any eps of that series but might have to now, been meaning to...

And a remake sounds like a disaster...

one of a kind show, the era, the aesthetics, McGoohan...

there is no way to make the show any cooler than it already IS....

and as LUDD so eloquently put it....

Be Seeing You!

I really hope at the end of this new remake he escapes the island/town/place and then gets back to the city and realises theres cameras and shit everywhere and hes bein watched anyway and somebody says be seeing you or whatever thast would be ace probably be a pile of shit tho

  Fat Roland said:

Abusive George = Jeremy Clarkson

Analogue Wings = Richard Hammond

Soundwave = The other one

Joyrex = The Stig, natch

Cool I get to be the brain damaged one

  Atop said:

"I am not a number! I am a free man!"

phix't

shame. I'm a big fan of the prisoner.

he really is the most detestable man i can think of

if a genie gave me one wish it would be for hammond to have died in his stupid boring crash