Maybe you have to have been around 8 years old in 1964 to really get The Man from U.N.C.L.E. If there's anyone younger around, could you watch some of this and tell me if Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are just as cool as James Bond, or am I just nuts?
Robert Vaughan as Solo is a suave ladies' man, but David MacCallum's Kuryakin was the best: Beatle haircut, black turtleneck, intellectual vibe - Spock to Vaughan's Kirk. They work at U.N.C.L.E, for Alexander Waverly, played by bassett-faced Leo G. Carroll. What a team.
Early episodes are shot in stylish black and white, with nice low-angle close ups, and other noir touches. They are mostly serious, with a little humor thrown in - the series gets absurdist in later seasons.
We've watched the first three episodes. All shared one motif: an ordinary woman gets caught up in the espionage. It's an interesting theme - I wonder if they use it often in the first season. Well, there are about 30 1-hour episodes in the first season and we're going to watch them all...
By the way, if you like Honey West, you'll like this. And Anne Francis plays a villain in episode 3, The Quadripartite Affair.
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