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The Prisoner remake??

The Prisoner,AMC version......

Saw it and there's nothing really special about it,bigger productions and
better visual effects aside.
I'm biased towards the original.I caught it when I was a mere lad of 11 years so AMC had better do something memorable.
I will watch it all and see how it shakes out.Anyone watching last nite's Arrival surely noticed the old man,"93",wore an outfit much like the original no. 6's.Same style jacket certainly.
Heck,maybe they've worked a way to get a Lotus 7 in an episode....
......be seeing you......
 
I missed the first half hour, tuned in after 93's "death." Interesting enough to get me to tune in again tonight, for sure.
 
soundmotor said:
No. Cynical, smart, and a bastard. He played the role as the anti-hero non-conformist and that is what made the original show interesting.

I hope the remake is good as I do like the cast but I just cannot see JC playing it like McGoohan.
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McGoohan had that edge going where you knew his character could either go maniacal on you or con you out of your socks. JC just seems underwhelming.
 
Liked it for its own sake, had to forget about the original. No one can even come close to replacing McGoohan - too bad the series didn't last long enough to live up to it's true potential. They just don't make em like they used to...I was trying to think of anyone, ANYONE, who could even come close to the tough, intelligent, caddishness of Mr. McGoohan...couldn't do it. This is the guy who TURNED DOWN the Bond role because it was too philistine for him...yeah, he was cool.

Anyone think of an alternative? Maybe Terence Stamp, but he is too old. Actually Day-Lewis could do it...too expensive though. Now that I think about it...he could do it, and well, too.

I agree that Caviezel is not right for the part, too naive and all-american.

"he's a real superstar, not like you arseholes...." Iron Maiden' manager Rod Smallwood to Iron Maiden after asked why he was being nervous on the phone with Mr. McGoohan.
 
Has anyone watched the new series? It doesnt really have much in common with the original besides #6, #2, the village and Rover. It has the basic idea of #2 resigning and ending up in the village and trying to escape. One of my favorite characters was the Valet/Butler Angelo Rosiato (?).
 
I'm liking it, a lot. I'm old enough to remember the original and it's not the original. It doesn't have to be. I consider it a different version of a great song and a pretty good one, to boot. I enjoy the original too and consider the new one as a bonus.

Fantastic cast, particularly Ian McKellen (as #2) and Jim Caviezel. The female leads (Hayley Atwell and Ruth Wilson) are also very interesting. Tough for the writers and directors to have to cram all 17 episodes of the original into just 6 hours but thus far they have pulled it off in a way that adds complexity and depth, IMO. It's certainly fast paced and made much more contemporary to reflect how much more complex modern society is now vs. 1967. The new one is grittier and more violent but that reflects the times as well. Lots of great social commentary too, such as "delicious wraps" being the only food available.

My biggest complaint is the quality of the audio (or lack thereof) that requires the watcher to turn up the volume to incredible levels just to make out the dialogue. Even then I end up missing lots of the dialogue.

Folks with Comcast "On Demand" can watch all 17 episodes of the original but its availability is limited. I'm only on Episode 4.
 
Okay, after last night I changed my mind. No suspense - no movement, found myself drifting, restless, and I am pretty forgiving...Caviezel is the wrong choice for the character (and not comparing to McGoohan even--how about Bill Pullman? Nathan Fillion? Christopher Eccleston!! Daniel Craig, but that's too steep and he's Bond now...)...and trike down the hole? Really?

Where are the mind games? Where is the tension? Where is the wit? I just don't care whether he escapes or not...Number 2's wife and son are pointless characters as well. I don't care about 2's personal life...jmho.

Gonna have to just go back to the original and skip the western episodes, I guess.
 
Fillion or Eccleston would have been great choices.

McKellen could have held his own against McGoohan as an original #2, IMHO.
 
wadeus said:
Okay, after last night I changed my mind. No suspense - no movement, found myself drifting, restless, and I am pretty forgiving...Caviezel is the wrong choice for the character (and not comparing to McGoohan even--how about Bill Pullman? Nathan Fillion? Christopher Eccleston!! Daniel Craig, but that's too steep and he's Bond now...)...and trike down the hole? Really?

Where are the mind games? Where is the tension? Where is the wit? I just don't care whether he escapes or not...Number 2's wife and son are pointless characters as well. I don't care about 2's personal life...jmho.

Gonna have to just go back to the original and skip the western episodes, I guess.
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I stumbled onto it a few minutes ago while testing the new CATV cable in my daughter's room and pretty much feel the same. I thought it was some new Hollywood show until they drove up to Ian McKellen golfing in the desert. Watched about 10 minutes and was forcing myself after 5.

Did these guys even watch the original???
 
wadeus said:
Okay, after last night I changed my mind. No suspense - no movement, found myself drifting, restless, and I am pretty forgiving...Caviezel is the wrong choice for the character (and not comparing to McGoohan even--how about Bill Pullman? Nathan Fillion? Christopher Eccleston!! Daniel Craig, but that's too steep and he's Bond now...)...and trike down the hole? Really?

Where are the mind games? Where is the tension? Where is the wit? I just don't care whether he escapes or not...Number 2's wife and son are pointless characters as well. I don't care about 2's personal life...jmho.

Gonna have to just go back to the original and skip the western episodes, I guess.
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I gave up Mon nite.Didn't bother at all last nite.I watched PBS Nova,then Dirty Jobs.I agree with everything thing you say,wadeus.Another pointless remake..ZZZZzzzzzzzz..........
 
I missed the last two hours as well - my attempts to get the new Star Trek movie on Blu-Ray required about 300% more driving than I expected.
 
I tried to watch it and follow along with the clues provided during comercials. The clue was "Watch the Towers", Never saw the towers after the 1rst episode, but there were alot of the holes in the ground that threatened the village in the final episode. Also during the Prisoner they ran the same comericals during the presentation. I just never connected with any of the characters or plot.
 
Finally watched it, they missed the point. Though ticked off at first, 6 viewed the Village as sort of a game and that he'd prove to be the better player.
 
very disappointing.
intersting, they played a few Brian Wilson songs in the background 2-3 scenes. Smile is a great album.
 
Sometime during the new Prisoner, I kept thinking about the question the old prisoner typed to the speedlearn computer the in the General episode "W.H.Y.?".
 
Welp... (Slight Spoilers)

As one who watched the original in real time I must say that this "Prisoner" was errr.... interesting. Far different from the original with an unique premise all its own, but that's was it was a premise. All the side trips from point A to B were pointless to me. I mean a lot of it seem to be obsfucation for obsfucations sake. I still don't understand where 6 winds up spending the rest of his "existence"... there or here? All in all a trip we didn't have to take, ultimately unsatisfying waste of 6 hours. Thank god for DVR and fast forward.

Worf
 
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