tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post3818699540721050055..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling David Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-1833930714980875202013-02-23T10:03:04.157+00:002013-02-23T10:03:04.157+00:00Hello Arthur,
Good to hear from you again.
...Hello Arthur,<br /><br /> Good to hear from you again.<br /> Ah, you have spotted a flaw in that resignation scene, I had not considered No.6 not looking in a mirror while he shaved, or not catching his reflection in some other way, nor apparently had Vincent Tilsley!<br /><br /> I think this episode would have been better if they had stuck to the original script for one thing. But then Patrick McGoohan came along, and it would seem that he took offence that the production crew had been able to produce an episode of 'the Prisoner' without him. Because upon his return from America, having worked on the film 'Ice Station Zebra,' McGoohan didn't like the way 'Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling' had been produced, and made several changes to the episode, to it's detriment, the result being what we see on the television screen.<br /><br /> Of course there lies the crux of problem with 'the Prisoner,' McGoohan had been so lavish with the initial episodes, that money was fast running out by the time of 'Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling,' hence McGoohan having to earn money to put into the project by going to work on 'Ice station Zebra,' seeing as Lew Grade was not prepared to put more money into 'the Prisoner.'<br /><br /> Yes I agree, the shots in which it is clearly not Nigel Stock and seeing Patrick McGohan driving in the episode in what is clearly unused film footage originally intended for use in the opening sequence, are jarring.<br /><br /> Can I ask, why doesn't putting the same two subjects, through the exact same process they originally went through, not reverse the mind transferance? Ie; putting the minds back into the correct bodies?<br /><br />Kind regards<br />David<br />Be seeing youDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-71154651030472159072013-02-22T20:03:02.263+00:002013-02-22T20:03:02.263+00:00The re-resignation scene is good on paper, but are...The re-resignation scene is good on paper, but are we to believe that Number Six didn't look in the mirror once before leaving home that day (did he not shave?) or see his reflection at all on the way to his former office?<br /><br />I always feel sad when I watch the actual episode as it seems that all the love and care that was once lavished on the series is now missing. The long shots of a fellow who is clearly NOT Nigel Stock in the Green Dome are jarring, as are the shots of what is clearly unused footage of Patrick McGoohan driving around London. These things were painfully obvious even on black and white telly back in the day.<br /><br />And if only they could have dropped in a line to say that 'for some reason' just reversing the process with the same two bodies does not put the minds back in the correct bodies.Arthur Butterworthnoreply@blogger.com