#the-prisoner — Public Fediverse posts

The Criterion Channel added the full series of The Prisoner recently. I've been watching it as a soporific before bedtime. It's really quite terrible and boring; I might have to stop. But in episode 6, Number 6 destroys a computer by asking it a certain one-word question. Can you guess what the question is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljGH07Unfe8&t=162s

#criterionChannel #thePrisoner

Started rewatching #ThePrisoner last night. Looking at all the intrusive surveillance, mandatory broadcasts, and lack of available information in and about #TheVillage, I couldn't help wondering if that is what #trump and his minions what our country to become.
"Don't elect the same old pricks, vote for a big change in 2026"
Only YOU can stop the rise of despotism. #2547

Just finished watching episode one of The Prisoner for the first time ever and will definitely watch the rest of the series. Hello rabbit hole? Yes, it's me. I'm diving in. 😁

I've been aware of the show since I heard the Iron Maiden song waaay back when, but for some reason I never sat down and watched it. So glad I saw that Criterion Channel has it.

#TV #ThePrisoner

@Priyajsridhar
What tech in real life could I not have predicted from reading your favorite books?

Activity trackers. That my watch would tell me how much sleep I got and how much of it was REM sleep. That my hubby could tell his Bp from his watch. Or that it would incessantly nag me to move more or, oddly, that it was time to go to bed.

Tech will not control my life. I am not a number. I am a free man!

#Writephant #FitnessTracker #ActivityTracker #theprisoner

This Channel 4 continuity card has haunted me since 1983. I always thought it looked like something Terry Gilliam might have come up with. I half expected McGoohan's eyes to start darting about, his jaw to drop open, and something Monty Python-ish to ensue. Perhaps McGoohan's head would bounce off his shoulders and chase Rover around the screen!

Quite gave me the heebie-jeebies, it did. Still does, in fact.

#PatrickMcGoohan #ThePrisoner #Portmeirion #Channel4 #RetroSciFi

[P] Some might think I'm being erroneously dramatic with my comparisons of 1967's The Prisoner to the neurodivergent experience, but am I really?

https://communitylivingmagazine.com/i-escaped-from-hospital/

This poor lady had her own experience with that, as have many in various institutions, some being genuinely nightmarish. Like the Judge Rotenberg Center, for example. The parallels are uncanny. A hiverarchian world is a cruel one.

#psychology #actuallyautistic #enshittification #humans #writing #film #theprisoner

[P] And for those who didn't read that chain of toots? 1967's The Prisoner is an allegory for an autistic person living in a neuroenshittified, hiverarchian world. Why? All of the humans there who aren't lradership are hiverarchian homunculi who're addicted to fitting in, loathing otherness, and detesting questions. The leadership of The Village's hiverarchy is comprised of ASPD monsters. A microcosm of reality.

#psychology #actuallyautistic #enshittification #humans #writing #film #theprisoner

I've just finished re-watching The Prisoner for the umpteenth time. The final episode gets better with each viewing.
#ThePrisoner #PatrickMcgoohan #DVD #CultTV

Back in 1982, I'd just returned from a trip to Portmeirion when I switched on the television and saw an advert for ITV's Best of British season featuring a snippet from the opening titles of The Prisoner.

My first thought was, "What a coincidence!" My second was, "Please don't let it be The Girl Who Was Death."

So, naturally, they showed The Girl Who Was Death. Quite possibly the least representative episode they could have chosen. 44 years ago today.

#ThePrisoner #PatrickMcGoohan

ive come to the realization i dont actually like number 6. #thePrisoner #MakeATerribleComicDay #MakeATerribleComicDay2026

"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own"
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#ThePrisoner #Privacy #sSocialMedia

High West Fuses Whiskey And Wine With The Prisoner’s Share 2026

High West The Prisoner’s Share 2026 High West Distillery Over the past 20 years, High West has certainly left its marks on American whiskey. It was one of the first modern brands to (effectively) market a bourbon/rye hybrid via the jackalope-ador…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #HighWest #ThePrisoner #ThePrisoner'sShare
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2694256/high-west-fuses-whiskey-and-wine-with-the-prisoners-share-2026/