A life time fan and Prisonerologist of the 1960's series 'the Prisoner', a leading authority on the subject, a short story writer, and now Prisoner novelist.
Friday, 5 December 2014
Teabreak Teaser
Why
is it only the armed security guards die in that fire-fight during the fall
out, why was no-one else caught in the cross-fire? Who piled the bodies up on the dais, and why?
Hello Arno, Ah! It was a symbolic shoot-out, I'm afraid I had never considered that before. I was always taken up by the action on the screen.
Yes, I understand who cleared the bodies from the battlefield. But in this case it wasn't Number 6 and his confederates, they were too busy escaping The Village. Nor was it the delegates, or anyone else in that cavern, as it, like The Village, was being evacuated. And yet, when the rocket blasted off out of its silo, might not the cavern be filled with flames and heat from the rockets exhausts, burning everything in the cavern to a crisp, including the security guards bodies?
The security guards were dispensable. But one cannot judge the scene without considering that it's "only" a symbolical shoot-out.
ReplyDeleteWho piled the bodies up and cleaned the battlefield: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/0/0e/Pulp_Fiction.JPG - Mr. Wolf. Who else. - BCNU!
Hello Arno,
DeleteAh! It was a symbolic shoot-out, I'm afraid I had never considered that before. I was always taken up by the action on the screen.
Yes, I understand who cleared the bodies from the battlefield. But in this case it wasn't Number 6 and his confederates, they were too busy escaping The Village. Nor was it the delegates, or anyone else in that cavern, as it, like The Village, was being evacuated. And yet, when the rocket blasted off out of its silo, might not the cavern be filled with flames and heat from the rockets exhausts, burning everything in the cavern to a crisp, including the security guards bodies?
Very kind regards
David
BCNU
Hello David,
ReplyDeleteseeing that most members of the assembly seemed to represent an idea one "answer" that came to my mind was that ideas can't be shot.
Best wishes
Jana
BCNU
Remarkable! Why didn't I come up with that... . BCNU!
ReplyDeleteHello Jana and Arno,
DeleteYes quite remarkable, and I like Arno, I wish I'd thought of that!
Very kind regards to you both
David
BCNU