Televisual British SF or fantasy

Atavachron wrote: I was going against type  True they could use someone with real martial arts skills--  I love Rigg but the fight choreography in the show was appalling (though Uma Thurman was no better, and not British).

The fight scenes were choreographed by martial arts experts:

Atavachron wrote: If they ever try to recreate the classic era, how about these two? - ** Michelle Dockery from Downton Abbey ** ** Simon Pegg **

^ I mean they're poor;  bad picture, confused direction and plot, no real style or action.   Of course it was still the early days of British TV and not great transposition to non-UK sets, as Dean points out.   But hey those videotaped Twilight Zones suck too.   Film is almost always better.

Logan wrote: Very cool idea, so would I. BunBun wrote: Atavachron wrote: BunBun wrote: I am still working on getting to 40 points to contribute to the polls, but my vote would without a doubt be The Prisoner. I absolutely love that show, it is my favorite television show ever. I have the complete series on blu-ray. I'm a bit obsessed with it, and I have been seen I first watched it as a kid with my dad. My one friend is absolutely obsessed with Doctor Who, she collects anything and everything related to it, I tried to get into it myself but it does absolutely nothing for me. Anyways, a little off topic but another show that I love that is like the prisoner a little was the original Avengers series with John Steed and Emma Peel. Been watching it [The Avengers] late nights on the weekends, it's a kick, soooo 1960s English kitsch with mind-control and robots and zombies and flesh-eating plants .   I'm guessing that's not what Special Branch was really up to. lol i know, it is so 60s but I just love it. I used to obsess over the Prisoner myself. I definitely have more The Prisoner related stuff than with any other show (have lots of books based on it and about it), and a friend of mine used to make The Prisoner related materials such as baby bibs, tee shorts, mugs so she gave me quite a lot of stuff. I was writing a guide for a site with that person, but never completed it. Pet, if you ever read this, sorry for not staying in touch, being lazy, or expressing my gratitude enough. I really should have included the Avengers, I love that show too. I once had a crush on Emma Peel. Other than the Prisoner, the Avengers is my favourite of those 60s spy or spy-ish ones, though I like The Saint, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Danger Man, I Spy, and Mission Impossible if not quite as much as the earlier ones (as well as ones like Wild, Wild West and Get Smart). As for Doctor Who, it really is a kids show (or target audience of 14), but I love it. I wouldn't put it at the same level as The Prisoner. It was part of my childhood, and as an adult it's something that I can enjoy with my kids. Each Doctor brings something different to the table, and for me with the latest Doctor, Peter Capaldi, Heaven Sent was one of the greatest hours of television I can think of (some hate that episode because it's so dark, stagy, and they think there are plot holes). The writing has not been consistently good over the years to say the least.

That's awesome. I haven't come across many Prisoner related things, but I know there are stuff online to buy but I'm too lazy to order any of it. I bought this chest at goodwill to store some crap in and I decked it out in prisoner stuff like I printed pictures and collaged the front then I painted the map of the village on top. I'll take a picture of it later and post it. I also have the vinyl of music from the show but thats about it. I'm not into collecting things related to movies or tv shows but since I paint and draw, I just do my own picture if I'm that obsessed over it lol.

Atavachron wrote: Have you guys caught the early b&w Avengers from '61 with a young Honor Blackman?   They're pretty strange videotaped affairs, not really watchable -

Very cool idea, so would I.

BunBun wrote: Atavachron wrote: BunBun wrote: I am still working on getting to 40 points to contribute to the polls, but my vote would without a doubt be The Prisoner. I absolutely love that show, it is my favorite television show ever. I have the complete series on blu-ray. I'm a bit obsessed with it, and I have been seen I first watched it as a kid with my dad. My one friend is absolutely obsessed with Doctor Who, she collects anything and everything related to it, I tried to get into it myself but it does absolutely nothing for me. Anyways, a little off topic but another show that I love that is like the prisoner a little was the original Avengers series with John Steed and Emma Peel. Been watching it [The Avengers] late nights on the weekends, it's a kick, soooo 1960s English kitsch with mind-control and robots and zombies and flesh-eating plants .   I'm guessing that's not what Special Branch was really up to. lol i know, it is so 60s but I just love it.

I used to obsess over the Prisoner myself. I definitely have more The Prisoner related stuff than with any other show (have lots of books based on it and about it), and a friend of mine used to make The Prisoner related materials such as baby bibs, tee shorts, mugs so she gave me quite a lot of stuff. I was writing a guide for a site with that person, but never completed it. Pet, if you ever read this, sorry for not staying in touch, being lazy, or expressing my gratitude enough.

I really should have included the Avengers, I love that show too. I once had a crush on Emma Peel. Other than the Prisoner, the Avengers is my favourite of those 60s spy or spy-ish ones, though I like The Saint, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Danger Man, I Spy, and Mission Impossible if not quite as much as the earlier ones (as well as ones like Wild, Wild West and Get Smart).

As for Doctor Who, it really is a kids show (or target audience of 14), but I love it. I wouldn't put it at the same level as The Prisoner. It was part of my childhood, and as an adult it's something that I can enjoy with my kids. Each Doctor brings something different to the table, and for me with the latest Doctor, Peter Capaldi, Heaven Sent was one of the greatest hours of television I can think of (some hate that episode because it's so dark, stagy, and they think there are plot holes). The writing has not been consistently good over the years to say the least.

Edited by Logan - July 08 2016 at 21:34

I wouldn't mind seeing a Victorian-era British spy show, something in the vein of Wild,Wild West but even more steampunk (and not Mycroft Holmes).

BunBun wrote: another show that I love that is like the prisoner a little was the original Avengers series with John Steed and Emma Peel.

Been watching it late nights on the weekends, it's a kick, soooo 1960s English kitsch with mind-control and robots and zombies and flesh-eating plants .   I'm guessing that's not what Special Branch was really up to.

I am still working on getting to 40 points to contribute to the polls, but my vote would without a doubt be The Prisoner. I absolutely love that show, it is my favorite television show ever. I have the complete series on blu-ray. I'm a bit obsessed with it, and I have been seen I first watched it as a kid with my dad.

My one friend is absolutely obsessed with Doctor Who, she collects anything and everything related to it, I tried to get into it myself but it does absolutely nothing for me. Anyways, a little off topic but another show that I love that is like the prisoner a little was the original Avengers series with John Steed and Emma Peel.


Edited by BunBun - July 08 2016 at 16:16

Dean wrote: Logan wrote:   I think you're altogether right about the Prisoner in Bondage (not an original pun of mine). By the way, you probably know this, but his particular Catholic sensibilities meant that he didn't like the promiscuity of Bond, nor did he like guns (despite Fall Out where one may discern in an ironic fashion that not only is all you need love, but happiness is a warm gun). MacGyver! He disliked guns and always found a way of utilising them in non-firearm ways - one that made me laugh out loud was in an episode (featuring Robert Englund) where a nuclear reactor was heading for melt-down so he dismantled a revolver to use as a spanner...

Late response. Oh yes, MacGyver was very good at jury rigging. It was made locally, so I often saw them filming, and spoke to Richard Dean Anderson at length on a location shoot up a mountain that made me very late for work (my brother became friends with him). Very nice fellow.

Anyway, I'm posting because I realize that I missed an excellent zombie meets Big Brother mini-series that I have mentioned before, but only finished watching yesterday: Dead Set, which was created/ written by Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker is behind the superb Black Mirror (will be a series 3 this year).

Also Psychoville (loved it) and Inside No. 9 should be here (guess I hadn't quite discovered those shows when I made it). And I rather think Garth Merenghi's Darkplace should be here.





Edited by Logan - July 08 2016 at 14:15