tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post5408605211466341807..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: Prismatic ReflectionDavid Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-48318932224821785762012-08-25T09:36:10.269+01:002012-08-25T09:36:10.269+01:00Hello Arno,
'The Cube' is very Prisone...Hello Arno,<br /><br /> 'The Cube' is very Prisoneresque as you say. A nightmare world that like 'the Prisoner' raises more questions than it answers. <br /> At least with 'the Prisoner' we know what lies beyond it. With 'The Cube,' a cube within a larger structure, but what is outside the larger structure, and who controls it, in the white light beyond. I still haven't been able to figure what that film is all about! The only thing I can safely say is, that a number of people are put in the Cube, and mathematics plays its part.<br /> If anyone reading this thinks 'the Prisoner' is difficult enough to come to terms with, and if you have not seen 'The Cube,' then I urge you to do so. It will make understanding 'the Prisoner' as easy as Pi!<br /><br />Kind regards<br />David <br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-30914934216392607072012-08-25T09:26:13.748+01:002012-08-25T09:26:13.748+01:00Hello Jana,
An interesting comment indeed, an...Hello Jana,<br /><br /> An interesting comment indeed, and very nicely put. But I have wondered which is the dream Number 6 likes. Is it the dream if the outside world which Number 2 claims Number 6 only dreams about. Or is it the Village, which some aficionados think Number 6 has counjoured up in his subconscious? If it is that of the Village, then the Prisoner must be taken for mad, to conjour up such a "surrealistic nightmare" world!<br /><br />Enjoy the weekend<br />Kind regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-44915814185519594902012-08-24T20:31:40.203+01:002012-08-24T20:31:40.203+01:00When I read: "And he might have taken me for ...When I read: "And he might have taken me for mad" I could not resist to fill in: ".. if you insist on living a dream" "I like my dream" <br /><br />To me it seems as if putting the series under a microscope does not produce too many answers one could not shuffle, but better than that it zooms in the questions, therefore adding some degrees of freedom to it.<br /><br />I too like that idea of the revolving inner walls of the green dome! It's like a realistic touch to a surrealistic nightmare. <br /><br />Kind regards,<br />Jana<br />BCNU Jananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-7490563553370427572012-08-24T12:47:05.927+01:002012-08-24T12:47:05.927+01:00Amazing thought! Avengers villains always used to ...Amazing thought! Avengers villains always used to employ very elaborate devices to torture or kill our heroes. One truly "prisoneresque" film must be mentioned here: "Cube". Because the set of rotating or shifting cubes within a larger outer structure is the almost perfect abstraction of the general Prisoner premise and foundation. Sorry for not going into detail here! The English paragraph on "Cube" (or "prisoneresque") on my website is only a summary of the German contents. Simple a matter of time. - BCNU!nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-82715059051281688362012-08-24T11:01:09.174+01:002012-08-24T11:01:09.174+01:00Hello Mister Anonymous,
As a matter of fact I...Hello Mister Anonymous,<br /><br /> As a matter of fact I didn't think you would suggest it was simply an allegorical cave, although it's possible it might be, it's certainly a surreal scene.<br /><br /> An interesting comment. I'm not at all au fait with 'The avengers,' not having seen any of the episodes for years and years. Thank you for the video clip, I'll view it when I get a spare moment. I seem to be working to my limit at the moment, and spare time seems to be at a premium. Somehow I don't think I'm entitled to spare time, and leisure is not my right!<br /><br />Kind regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-46449728513447188832012-08-24T10:52:35.791+01:002012-08-24T10:52:35.791+01:00Hello Mister Anonymous,
Thanks, I'll take ...Hello Mister Anonymous,<br /><br /> Thanks, I'll take a look when I get a spare moment.<br /><br />Regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-44618011922347634532012-08-24T02:00:00.729+01:002012-08-24T02:00:00.729+01:00Hello David
Here is one famous example of a '...Hello David<br /><br />Here is one famous example of a 'rotating room' the famous Seattle Space Needle:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDMxKO0WfEY<br /><br />Sincerely<br /><br />Mr. Anonymous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-18968200702630213662012-08-24T01:43:35.951+01:002012-08-24T01:43:35.951+01:00Hello David
You may recall that not only the Rove...Hello David<br /><br />You may recall that not only the Rover cave shifted in perspective but so did the therapy rooms in the hospital. The whole construct of The Village may have been based on a series of rotating rooms in order to maximize the use of space. This type of 'Lazy Susan' architecture was in serious vogue at the time that Mr. McGoohan designed his concepts of The Village plus it is on record that modern architecture was one of his keen interest.<br /><br />Something like this was proposed as a solution to a similar mystery of rooms with an infinite capacity to shift forms and function in The Avengers episode called The House The Jack Built:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4SESzXwJ_w<br /><br />And here you thought I would suggest it was just an 'allegorical cave'. ;-)<br /><br />Sincerely<br /><br />Mr. Anonymous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com