For Your Eyes Only...
Razer
g2s at riseup.net
Thu May 25 11:16:08 PDT 2017
On 05/25/2017 10:29 AM, Steve Kinney wrote:
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> On 05/25/2017 10:30 AM, Razer wrote:
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>> On 05/24/2017 07:33 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
>>> I wanted all the James Bond's weapons, amazing equipments, and fabulous cars,
>> None of them existed in Fleming's books. Thanks for making my point.
> On screen, John Drake, played by Patrick McGoohan, was the guy:
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"Secret Agent" was good. As realistic as TV was ever going to be about
the topic
Then McGoohan turned on them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5dNzBx7kgg&index=1&list=PLVALKNg_kP1dYVyBvy71PKRlugiaqGmW1
Rr
>
> His
> doings were much more realistic than Bond's, with assignments including
> counter-espionage, political interventions in post-colonial nations, and
> some missions bordering on international law enforcement. He battled no
> super-villains, seduced no glamorous women, and always preferred
> strategic deception to ultra-violence: "I never carry a gun. They're
> noisy and they hurt people. Besides, I do very well without."
>
> The fanciest gadgets Drake had were micro-miniature tap recorders and
> cameras, and variously camouflaged dart guns for delivering microphones
> to hard to reach locations.
>
> Danger Man producer Ralph Smart and the writing staff did their homework
> and kept the stories as realistic as a 1960 action/adventure TV show
> could be. So did Patrick McGoohan, who turned down the role of James
> Bond when approached by Eon Productions. That was Sean Connery's big break.
>
> During the production of Danger Man (released as Secret Agent in the
> U.S.), McGoohan demanded and got significant creative control, insisting
> on the "no gun" thing, the "no sex" thing, and that fight scenes be
> (relatively) realistic and "always different."
>
> Today the John Drake is better known as Number Six. For licensing
> reasons, McGoohan & co. insisted that the prisoner in The Prisoner was
> not Drake. But in the series finale, Number Two calls him John - just
> once, and it's easy to miss.
>
> There's a moral to the Danger Man / Prisoner story: Study espionage
> long enough and you will conclude that there is nothing admirable or
> romantic about it: It's a thoroughly vicious trade that eats its own
> best people alive. At least that's my take-away from the Danger Man /
> Prisoner story arc. McGoohan isn't around to ask, and probably wouldn't
> give a straight answer if he was. He was always very forthcoming about
> technical aspects of the production, fun and games with cast members,
> etc., but pointedly evaded the question of what The Prisoner was all
> about.
>
> "Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself."
>
> :o)
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