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Rover alert: No. 6

James_HJames_H Posts: 1,031
edited February 26 in The Commons

Code 66 brings back happy memories of utter confusion from the 60s.

https://www.daz3d.com/li-elemental-dynamics--sand-and-water

a promo image

And I'd certainly buy a set based on Portmeirion!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osNmf_zmSyE

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 410

    One of the best visual sequences of Portmeirion from the series is the opening credits from the final episode "Fallout" where you go on a helicopter tour of the village. I would definitely buy a village set too. I visited Portmeirion some years ago but parts of it were very brightly painted, rather like a holiday camp, for instance the pond was bright sky blue. I was suprised how much is packed into a quite small area and how clever the series film crew were at making it seem bigger, for instance Number 6's house ( now  a shop ) is just a single room rather than a two room apartment as it appears in the series, but it's not glaringly obvious watching the series.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,243
    You gave credit to the wrong PA.
  • James_HJames_H Posts: 1,031

    barbult said:

    You gave credit to the wrong PA.

    Grovelling apologies to Laticis Imagery. (I am having increasing difficulty waking up in the morning.)

  • James_HJames_H Posts: 1,031
    edited February 26

    And now I've removed the duplicate apology.

    I'll take myself outside and give myself a talking to.

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  • James_HJames_H Posts: 1,031

    background said:

    One of the best visual sequences of Portmeirion from the series is the opening credits from the final episode "Fallout" where you go on a helicopter tour of the village. I would definitely buy a village set too. I visited Portmeirion some years ago but parts of it were very brightly painted, rather like a holiday camp, for instance the pond was bright sky blue. I was suprised how much is packed into a quite small area and how clever the series film crew were at making it seem bigger, for instance Number 6's house ( now  a shop ) is just a single room rather than a two room apartment as it appears in the series, but it's not glaringly obvious watching the series.

    I have dim memories of the village from a family holiday in Wales in the 60s. Whether I will ever get there again is moot.

  • HylasHylas Posts: 4,987
    edited February 26

    When I was an innocent child - maybe 8 yo, and not at all used to seeing violence on screen - I accidently glimpsed a scene from the first episode, where Rover attacks and suffocates an inmate. I was horrified and started crying. Afterwards for the longest time I was so confused about what I had seen. Did I really witness a giant balloon kill a person? Sounds too surreal to be true, and yet, I was sure that I had seen it. It was only in my late 20es that I learned of The Prisoner. I immediately binged it, it's one of my all-time favourite TV shows now.

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 410

    I don't know how they would have handled that scene with the original rover, which was more like a small hovercraft ( it was lost when it sank in the bay) the weather balloon was a stroke of genius, and probably a quick improvisation so that filming could continue without a long delay.

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