David on alternate editions: when i love something, i am a glutton for more, even if it's a couple of extra bits, and especially when the bits are incorporated into the story and have been shown to the masses some time ago; this sort of alternate edition is not made for the cash grab (ala neo-Lucas 'special edition' film presentations); it is a verified alternate presentation placed like a brick in the foundation of its now towering history (ala the super-long television cuts of the late 1970's Superman films).
David on the new scenes in this version of Episode 2: not really that noticeable, and the one significant scene would have required more explanation to be useful (i.e. why did the device fail to provide the information he wanted?).
David on the music: not the same, not as good; it was interesting to see a different take on the scoring, but the stuff we've been exposed to in the first 6 of the standard presentation episodes is more lively and at the very least has formed an impression in my mind (which i think lives up to the impression i've gathered from fellow fans in the past).
David on the texture of this episode: i can see that when the series was made available for home viewing purchase, picture and sound were "restored" to a higher standard; this episode, without the benefit of said restoration, looks and sounds like we were watching it on channel 3 in 1981; the sound effects would be too loud or the dialogue too quite, the image was gauzy, and the colours saturated - beautiful; if i were a little more tired, i might have gotten out of my seat to turn off the TV, or maybe turn the channel knob for a few seconds to see what was on the other 11 channels.
David on the new scenes in this version of Episode 2: not really that noticeable, and the one significant scene would have required more explanation to be useful (i.e. why did the device fail to provide the information he wanted?).
David on the music: not the same, not as good; it was interesting to see a different take on the scoring, but the stuff we've been exposed to in the first 6 of the standard presentation episodes is more lively and at the very least has formed an impression in my mind (which i think lives up to the impression i've gathered from fellow fans in the past).
David on the texture of this episode: i can see that when the series was made available for home viewing purchase, picture and sound were "restored" to a higher standard; this episode, without the benefit of said restoration, looks and sounds like we were watching it on channel 3 in 1981; the sound effects would be too loud or the dialogue too quite, the image was gauzy, and the colours saturated - beautiful; if i were a little more tired, i might have gotten out of my seat to turn off the TV, or maybe turn the channel knob for a few seconds to see what was on the other 11 channels.
David's found a reference to have a look at: http://alternateprisoner.blogspot.com/ -- check out one person's mission to restore this, perhaps the only Prisoner episode remaining to be restored.
Angelica on the alternate version: Despite there not being a lot of new or different scenes in this version and despite its roughness, I really enjoyed the viewing experience as a whole. As someone who likes drafts and revisions, I liked this peek at the roughness this episode once had...at an intermediate stage on its way to something else. What I missed more than anything in this version though was the sound...its abruptness, its clang, its general noisiness. I remember awaiting to hear the chimes of Big Ben...and heard nothing! I am sure they were there, but were too muted even on the max volume of my TV.
Angelica on multiple viewings of this episode: This was the third viewing of this episode (2x standard version, 1x alternate version)...interesting that now I have three separate memories around this episode, watched under very similar conditions...same place, same company, same time of day (although this time sandwiches were missing)...since one never remembers the same story twice in exactly the same way (whether viewed, read, heard, told or self-experienced) and since I have three experiences of this one story (and many more if other episode nights are counted), it is likely that around each viewing I will, at different times, have variations of crisp and polished memories of each evening...ones I can hear and I can feel and remember the before and remember the after...and alternate more murky, more hushed, less familiar versions in which there are parts that don't belong and others that fade just out of grasp. It all just depends on which tape I happen to put in at that moment.
Angelica on the alternate version: Despite there not being a lot of new or different scenes in this version and despite its roughness, I really enjoyed the viewing experience as a whole. As someone who likes drafts and revisions, I liked this peek at the roughness this episode once had...at an intermediate stage on its way to something else. What I missed more than anything in this version though was the sound...its abruptness, its clang, its general noisiness. I remember awaiting to hear the chimes of Big Ben...and heard nothing! I am sure they were there, but were too muted even on the max volume of my TV.
Angelica on multiple viewings of this episode: This was the third viewing of this episode (2x standard version, 1x alternate version)...interesting that now I have three separate memories around this episode, watched under very similar conditions...same place, same company, same time of day (although this time sandwiches were missing)...since one never remembers the same story twice in exactly the same way (whether viewed, read, heard, told or self-experienced) and since I have three experiences of this one story (and many more if other episode nights are counted), it is likely that around each viewing I will, at different times, have variations of crisp and polished memories of each evening...ones I can hear and I can feel and remember the before and remember the after...and alternate more murky, more hushed, less familiar versions in which there are parts that don't belong and others that fade just out of grasp. It all just depends on which tape I happen to put in at that moment.
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i just love your last piece there... brilliant
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