Lost vs the Prisoner

With ITV2 having recently started a re-run of 'The Prisoner' - I've had these thoughts running around my head: Here's a comparison chart...

(which for the life of me I can't get to play nice in blogger. You'd tink it'd be eeeeasy. But I so suck at html. Actually for no readily apparent reason blogger has decided to whang in about a thousand 'break' tags before the table starts... bizarre. Here's what it should look like: link.)















































Comparisons


Lost



The
Prisoner


The protagonists wake up to find
themselves in mysterious location totally cut off from the outside
world.

The protagonist wakes up to find
himself in mysterious location totally cut off from the outside world.

Locals 'The Others' that seem
brainwashed and either can't or won't ever tell the truth or answer
direct questions.



Mind games ahoy. Who's good? Who's bad? Who's being

manipulated? Who's on who's side?
Locals 'The Villagers' that seem
brainwashed and either can't or won't ever tell the truth or answer
direct questions.



Mind games ahoy. Who's good? Who's bad? Who's being manipulated? Who's
on who's side?
Mysterious unseen leader: Jacob

Mysterious unseen leader: Number One.

Strange other-worldly supernatural
creature – once described as a security device. 'Smokey'



Strange other-worldly security
devices I.E. the giant white balloons – affectionally called
'Rover'.

Complicated scientific high
technology laboratories conducting various strange experiments.

Complicated scientific high
technology laboratories conducting various strange experiments.

Heightened paranoia – no
one knows who they can trust or believe.

Heightened paranoia – no
one knows who they can trust or believe.

Dharma brand logo on everything.


Penny-farthing brand on everything.

Surveillance cctv. A bit aged now
– but still functional.

Surveillance cctv.

Comfy suburbia for the others at
least.

Comfy suburbia with a sinister twist.

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