alexanderdavies-99382
"The Man From U.N.C.L.E" trailed off in the way of quality after the black and white episodes finished. Those ones are the best by a long way. The colour ones became too silly and quite tiresome. It was always going to be a tongue-in-cheek series but it still maintained a certain level of drama in the first two seasons. Robert Vaughn and David McCallum compliment each other very well in their respective characters. They both have different personalities which helps. The action is fairly mild by today's standards as the violence is of a "comic strip" kind.
murasakiotto
There was an original style in this TV series that made it fun and different from James Bond. Bond is a super spy who works intently for England and for the world. Solo and Illya were "salaryman" spies which manages espionage as a job. Most of the stories, whether good or bad, had this atmosphere. One I remember is The Deadly Toys Affair. In the scene in the beginning, Solo and Illya are told by their boss, Waverly, that they are expendable, and they are sent out to destroy a Thrush factory. In the midst of a shootout with the Thrushmen, they receive next instructions from Waverly thru their pen communicator without forgiveness, saying that they are not expendable anymore. I guess many people working in an organization had an experience of receiving a forcing message from their boss in the midst of an important meeting or work. This had turned into an everyday situation now due to the cellular phone, and it seems that the present was predicted 40 years ago. The sympathy of those who work in an organization is obtained, which makes this series fun and interesting. It was also because of the three wonderful actors that was able to have this peculiar wonderful atmosphere of this show. If an UNCLE movie or another series is to be made in the future, this atmosphere must not change. The actors must be good and must understand the original UNCLE concept, they must not be too tall, they must be handsome and smart looking, and neat, and clean. I mean, no beard or mustache, no hairy actors. Everybody involved in such plan should understand the original atmosphere of UNCLE, or will fail like most of the remakes. Also, it must not be forgotten that the music by the greats (J. Goldsmith, L. Schifrin, R. Drasnin, G. Fried, W. Scharf, R. Shores, M. Stevens, N. Riddle) was the big element that made this series so pleasant. Quentin Tarantino, how about trying out an UNCLE movie, as producer? I think you can do it!
millerpepin
Yes the comments of wnewman106 is true. He only forgot some others marvelous 60's series. Like the Invaders, The prisoner, Time tunnel and Lost in space. And i'm very happy these days that we have now the opportunity to buy theses series on DVDs. And the sixties was a great decade. I'M so sorry that in our decade now, not enough people are ready to stand, speak free and move like the 60's. We seems to have given the world to the financial political and religious systems who controls the world. Anyway, give the passion to yours children's. In looking these series with you can teach them history. I'm historian born in the beginning 50's and my wife born in the late 60's and we exchange a lot about the 60'S and TV series and films of these times are a good way to learn.
Big Movie Fan
I believe The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was made to cash in on the success of the James Bond success. It was certainly an interesting and camp show even if the actors and actresses looked like they were close to laughing at the show's ridiculousness at times.Robert Vaughan played Napoleon Solo (must have been bullied at school with a name like that) whilst British actor David McCallum played the Russian Ilya Kuryakin (what's this-a Russian and an American teaming up during the height of the cold war and a couple of years after the Cuban Missile Crisis?). Solo and Kuryakin worked for U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law Enforcement). U.N.C.L.E. was based in a secret HQ behind a dry-cleaners shop and Solo and Kuryakin received their orders from Mr Alexander Waverly played by the late Leo G. Carroll.If you thought James Bond was tongue in cheek, then this was even more tongue in cheek. Each week, Solo and Kuryakin armed with their array of gadgets battled the villains of T.H.R.U.S.H. who were more camp than any Bond villain you could come across. There were guest stars galore throughout the show and some of the craziest plots you could ever watch. The villains seemed to delight in torturing Solo and Kuryakin rather than just putting a bullet in their heads.Gadgets, fight scenes, total camp-that was The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and it was an awesome show.One more thing-T.H.R.U.S.H. stood for Technical Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humans. However, don't quote me on that.
