AMC's Remake of The Prisoner

**sonnylarue** · 01-07-2009, 08:58 AM

It's coming this year , but in the meantime they're streaming all the original eps

http://www.amctv.com/videos/the-prisoner-1960s-video/

i'm looking forward to this.

**NeverWanderer** · 01-07-2009, 09:26 AM

Awesome!

Thanks for the heads-up on this!

**tooms** · 01-07-2009, 09:57 AM

Is this the one with Jesus Christ and Magneto?

**sonnylarue** · 01-07-2009, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by tooms

Is this the one with Jesus Christ and Magneto?

yep

**Supreme Convoy** · 01-08-2009, 08:09 PM

I was going to rent these... this makes watching the show a little easier

**sonnylarue** · 01-14-2009, 10:22 AM

very sad to hear patrick mcgoohan died today.

a true genius

**wjm1138** · 01-14-2009, 03:49 PM

I wept for McGoohan today; he's truly one of my heroes. Combining his creative impetus (the idiosyncrasies of The Prisoner) with a popular genre (TV spy drama). It's my favorite show of all time, followed by the original The Outer Limits.

The new one looks interesting; but I'm sure they can't (or won't want to) recapture the funky 60's zeitgeist. Less skeptical of a remake/re-imagining/whatever-they-call-it with Sir Ian McKellen on board, though.

I had heard at one time Christopher Nolan was working on a feature adaptation?

Nathaniel Howe, a motion designer, has the boards for the cool new Prisoner titles on his site.

http://www.nathanielhowe.com/

And here's some interviews with folks about the new one:
http://www.amctv.com/videos/the-prisoner/

Be seeing you!

**William Joseph Dunn** · 01-14-2009, 05:47 PM

wow! AMC is starting to become a player with their original programing. Breaking Bad is awesome and I hear great things about Mad Men, so I hope this is good too. I liked the original Prisoner. I hope they treat the remake a little like Nowhere Man (tone wise).

**Tarfang** · 01-15-2009, 10:45 AM

going to have to check out the prisoner...i keep hearing nothing but good things...now that it is streaming i am there after work TONIGHT...

**BClayMoore** · 01-15-2009, 08:20 PM

I have a lot of respect for AMC, and they did bring us the insanely brilliant Mad Men, but I have to say I hate the idea of a Prisoner remake.

For me, the Prisoner is one of those shows that's all about the total package...the off-kilter, eerie mood, the singular look of the Village, the very British nature of things, and, of course, McGoohan's tightly wound performance...

I think if you remake the Prisoner, you'd better cut all ties to the past beyond the basics and create something new from the old.

-BCM