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while i agree that the things you've listed, i am still enjoying this interpretation of themes that the original expressed more subtlely, as undertones. specifically, i'm happier with this version more blatantly exploring 2s experience in the village as an exercise of transcendence, the heavy allegorical suggestion that he is 1 (ego), 2 is the superego and 6 is the id (to simplify what is obviously a much more complex concept). the original, in my opinion, was much more literal and so long as this version is viewed in that literal context, the viewer won't be satisfied. that being said, the literal battle of the wills between the id (6) and superego (2) weakens the allegory. this 2 is a much more willing and powerless participant in the metaphysical experience.
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@sgw75: Brave New World meets a shiny Bladerunner in a surreal suburbia... A cocktail of sedatives, a hallucinogen and something not classified before. Eugenic matching service distracts from the place where dreamers are trapped by their dreams. "Why don't you arrest him and ask if he's a Dreamer?"
I liked it. #theprisoner Reply
I liked it. #theprisoner Reply
@sgw75: That's a good way to look at it, though I think that a more Jungian perspective might be a better fit (2 as anima to 6, and vice versa, or some such thing). As I allude elsewhere in this comment section, I think that the concepts of Hermetic Qabalah might be even better.
In any case, it's clear that a psychological explanation is best for this take on The Prisoner. #theprisoner Reply
In any case, it's clear that a psychological explanation is best for this take on The Prisoner. #theprisoner Reply