To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. –Douglas Adams
The Times Literary Supplement recently dropped an essay/multi-title book review by Julian Baggini on morality and ethics. (Baggini uses the two words interchangeably. Is this normal in such high-brow discussions?) I was reminded of The Prisoner by a couple of paragraphs deep in the essay. First: Many moral philosophers are at work in this space, … Continue reading What The Prisoner Demands
Kim, Well. I’ve made it to the end of AMC’s The Prisoner. It took me three months to do what you managed in a week. Please forgive me, as this post is about 3,500 words. As a miniseries, six episodes and out is a good way to go, but I’m less than satisfied with the … Continue reading The Prisoner, an Appreciation (pt 5)
Kim, I’ve just watched Schizoid. I didn’t give up on AMC’s The Prisoner. There’s one episode left, and I want to think a bit about where things seem to be going before we get there. I want to make my wrong guesses honestly, I think. So… The Prisoner seems to have turned pretty firmly in … Continue reading The Prisoner, an appreciation (pt. 4)
Kim, I’ve watched half of AMC’s The Prison now. Among my thoughts remain this idea that the narrative itself is playing games. I mean, obviously Two is playing games, though they seem to be primarily games of power, with no as yet clearly articulated outcome; Two seems merely interested in maintaining power over the rest … Continue reading The Prisoner, an Appreciation (pt. 3)
Kim, I’ve watched the first two episodes of AMC’s The Prisoner and have some thoughts. Rover is a lot more intimidating in this series than in the original. I was hoping to avoid very many comparisons with the original, and I’ll still try. But the first episode was rife with references, and the spine of … Continue reading The Prisoner, an Appreciation (pt. 2)
Kim, I’m running late. The holiday weekend was busier and more eventful than I expected, and I didn’t have time to sit down and watch any of the episodes of The Prisoner. But, I promised you a review, and you’ll get it. In a few parts. Maybe 7. This first one will be some reminiscences … Continue reading The Prisoner, an Appreciation (pt. 1)
When Sam Pevensie looks behind the old TRON video game machine in the back of the dusty, decades-closed video game parlor abandoned by his father, he enters a WORLD BEYOND HIS IMAGINATION! In this world, Aslan the Programmer sits in Manichean silence, waiting… for what, exactly? While the specific thing he was waiting for is … Continue reading “I like it” and other thoughts on TRON: Legacy
It might seem unfair to compress an entire season’s worth of a TV show into one post, when I gave The Prisoner 5 posts for 22 or 23 episodes, and gave a single non-Douglas Adams Hitchhiker’s book several posts. But Geek Night is already half way through season 2, so I don’t want to put … Continue reading Babylon 5: season one
