TheRealGoalDigger wrote:
The star of these shows, Patrick McGoohan, recently died on January 13 at age 80.

http://watching-tv.ew.com...9/01/patrick-mcgooha.html
I know. It's been noted here. I've been studying McGoohan's work steadily for the past 3-4 months, and then he dies. It seems odd that I would get around to gathering all his films and TV programs at the time of his passing. He was an amazing talent, and I'm deeply impressed with his performances all over again. I saw some of Secret Agent and The Prisoner when I was little and they were new. The first film of his I saw was Ice Station Zebra at the Capitol Theater. I was really annoyed that it replaced 2001: A Space Odyssey as their next Cinerama feature, when I wanted to see that again, but I really dug Ice Station Zebra which in turn led me into reading all of Alistair McLean's novels. So I've been a fan of McGoohan for about 40 years.
HalLane wrote:
Richard wrote:
I like the A&E sets, they play at the right speed, but they omit the supplements.
I really want the supplements.
Why couldn't A&E include the supplements in the NTSC editions?
Supplements schlupplements -- did you take a peek at those restoration frame comparisons? Looks like the difference between night and day -- if I had PAL capability, I would be sorely tempted image!

Actually, the supplements do look interesting. I was watching some documentary clips on YouTube earlier this afternoon (variations on the theme music) -- are these taken from the Network supplements, I wonder?
I don't know as I can't play youtube on a dial-up connection.
There is a CD box-set of the music scores to Danger Man.
The restoration is another reason I'm tempted to buy both box-sets all over again.
I want those supplements.
But the 4% PAL speedup makes the action move at an unnatural pace and raises the pitch of voices. McGoohan sounds like Chip & Dale on helium. These two factors can ruin the most pristine restoration. Sometimes it isn't noticable; why I can't say. Other times it is very noticable.

Richard

"... little by little the look of the country
changes because of the people we admire."
dialog in HUD (1963)