tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post4514918910463555869..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: The Therapy ZoneDavid Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-79522694663389850432012-07-15T09:40:03.574+01:002012-07-15T09:40:03.574+01:00Hello Moor,
Very well explained. Man and the ...Hello Moor,<br /><br /> Very well explained. Man and the beast - evolution. The escape-rocket {yes I like that term} but escape to where for Number 1, and if things had not panned out the way they did, he would have taken 48, the "late' 2 and the former Number 6 with him, hence the Orbit Tubes.<br /><br /> Yes I did get McGoohan's meaning of our being our own worst enemy, but not until years later after the original screening. We all want to be Number 1, we all look after Number 1, because if we don't, then who will?<br /><br /> To my mind the former Number 6 turned down the offer of ultiamte power, turning down the opportunity to be Number 1. But he is Number 1, but then perhaps he didn't want to be Number 1 any longer, is that why he resigned? In any case there was certainly a "falling out!"<br /><br />Regards<br />David<br />Be seeing youDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-14829775241705551702012-07-14T13:53:00.777+01:002012-07-14T13:53:00.777+01:00Given the mental state No6 appears to be in by the...Given the mental state No6 appears to be in by the time he gets inside the sanctum of No1, after the whole palaver he's endured with the President and his clappers, one way to interpret the scene is that we see what No6 sees, rather than that there actually two No6's. So rather than seeing the usual crazy Bond guy, the *hero* sees a mad-crazy version of his own face, and by this mechanism we the viewer are informed that the worst enemy we have is ourself.<br /><br />This seems another reason why McGoohan kept the whole thing so fleeting; he was looking for just a subjective moment, rather than trying to impose a reality that had to be explained. The crazy guy runs off and and hides in his escape-rocket like any self-respecting Bond villain would, so in that sense of *a reality* it's all tied up quite neatly. <br /><br />Back in the day I missed that it *was* the amd face as No6, but the idea that the ultimate evil was "crazy" seemed quite sufficient as an explanation to me, and I ceretainly *got* the monkey mask idea of man and beast.Moor Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275057917684784541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-69129085409233589512012-07-14T09:56:42.562+01:002012-07-14T09:56:42.562+01:00Hello Moor,
Yes, but the face of Number 1 is s...Hello Moor,<br /><br /> Yes, but the face of Number 1 is still the same, that of McGoohan!<br /><br /> However the cloaked figure of Number 1 is played by Roy Beck, a background artist {actor} who in 'Fall Out' was a Boom operator, and was wounded during the shooting scene....So one could say that Roy Beck has been Number 1 all along!<br /><br /> One thing which could be derived from the height difference between Number 1 and Number 6 is this: If the good and evil aspect has been physically separated, one could say that there is more good than there is bad, seeing as how Number 6 is six feet two and a half inches tall!<br /><br />Regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-55008297417387971052012-07-13T13:58:43.807+01:002012-07-13T13:58:43.807+01:00"It's said now that people
will be short..."It's said now that people <br />will be shorter in height,<br />they can fit twice as many <br />in the same building site.<br />(they say it's alright)..."<br /><br />Genesis, "Get em out by friday"nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-71342485768901141112012-07-13T10:34:21.823+01:002012-07-13T10:34:21.823+01:00When we see the cloaked figure of No1 confronted b...When we see the cloaked figure of No1 confronted by No6, it clearly cannot be a physical doppelganger of No6, since the hooded figure is a good six to seven inches shorter than No6. This rules out the possibility that it might have been Curtis, re-dressed.Moor Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275057917684784541noreply@blogger.com