The Prisoner Renault Commercial

The Prisoner Renault Commercial

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[wpdunbar3]

All it took was a Renault?!!!

[Watcher3223]

Ingenious commercial with a rather subtle reference to Renault's competitors in the UK: Rover.

[artwel123]

Lol

[Watcher3223]

@altfactor

I didn't say it was coincidence. The parallel is obvious but without being overdone, hence the subtlety.

In the series, the Rover kept people from escaping, but the commercial shows a Renault outrunning a Rover.

In addition to being the name of the guardian of "The Village," the Rover name is also a brand of automobile in the UK, so featuring the Rover was also a subtle jab at one of Renault's competitors in the country the commercial was broadcast in.

[altfactor]

@Watcher3223 I don't think it was more than a coincidence, considering that in the series, these Rovers kept people from escaping from "The Village".

[altfactor]

It seems that the actor playing Number Two in this spot was trying to channel Leo McKern, the best-known of the "Numbers Two" in the original "Prisoner" series.

[watoowatootheband]

Great idea- this car, however, doesn't look as good as the prisonner's Lotus!

[gonhatake1]

Litterally poor 21! Seven has a windows and a mercedes... 

[michaelpau100]

@wpdunbar3 In The Simpsons all it took was a fork.

[Defonthana]

noo rover failed....^^