Feeling a Bit Bored

[jetpack_monkey]

Not that I don't have a lot to do, but it's not exactly taking up a load of brainspace.

So, I give you the opportunity to know more about the weirdness that is me. Ask any question about me or my opinions (fannish, silly, personal) in the comments and I will answer.

Comments

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

1. Above all things, it's such a delicious mindscrew that never adheres to any one set of rules at a given time. Sometimes it's a spy show, sometimes it's a dadaist nightmare, sometimes it's a polemic on the enduring human spirit, and sometimes it's just plain bizarre.

The basic concept is that a recently resigned spy (Patrick McGoohan) is kidnapped to a strange place called The Village, where has a number instead of name. Every week boils down to a mind game between Number Six (as our hero is now designated) and the new Number Two (the village administrator who changes nearly every episode. Number One isn't seen until the finale and whether it's really him is very debatable). Six either tries to escape or undermine Two's authority and Two attempts to coerce Six into admitting his reasons for resignation. It's indicated that this information in and of itself isn't that important; it's really just an indicator that Six is cooperating and will give them everything else in due time. Six, being the most stubborn and defiant person ever, won't even give them that inch.

The concept is laid out in the opening titles as a conversation between Six and Two (Two's lines are done by the actor playing the part that week):

Number Six: Where am I?
Number Two: In The Village.
Number Six: What do you want?
Number Two: Information.
Number Six: Which side are you on?
Number Two: That would be telling. We want information, information, information...
Number Six: You won't get it.
Number Two: By hook or by crook we will.
Number Six: Who are you?
Number Two: The new Number Two.
Number Six: Who is Number One?
Number Two: You are Number Six.
Number Six: I am not a number. I am a free man.
Number Two: Ha, ha, ha, ha....

The Village's primary method of defense against escape is a large white weather balloon called Rover, who smothers those who attempt to leave. There's more, of course, but I hope my description has been enticing enough for you to seek out more on the Interwebs.

2. I'm afraid I can't because I'm completely at a loss as to how that opinion was formed. I mean, I suppose Jonathan Pryce's character does believe he needs to protect Kim Griest's, but it's later shown that all of his actions are in nobody's best interest, not even his own.

3. A monkey. With a jetpack.

4. Ah, but they are Canadian and therefore subjects of the Queen. And I don't really care about the cocaine thing. Honestly, I love BNL, but I don't listen to their post-Maroon work as they started shifting toward Adult Contemporary, a genre that did not suit their talents at all.

[yoshimi.livejournal.com]

1. i shall find this prisoner that you speak of, and we shall watch him.

2. maybe i was adhering too closely to the plot qua plot and wasn't making allowances for it being ultimately an exploration of one man's inner workings.

3. oh. right. i think i got so caught up telling my story that i forgot to notice the obvious. also my four-year-old son insisted again this morning that he really wants to be jango fett for halloween. then he went on to remind me that the most inportant component of that costume is the jetpack.

4. all hail the early-work-is-best philosophy! i'm a subscriber. or an ascriber. whatever. :)