The Prisoner Remade on AMC

[Secretagentnumber6]

I am a huge fan of the classic TV series starring Patrick McGoohan. My screenname here is even a play off of McGoohan's Danger Man (know as Secret agent in the us) and The Prisoner (his character is Number 6). It is now being remade as a miniseries for AMC starring Jim Caviezel as 6 and Ian McKellan as 2. I think it could work as long as they treat the source material right. And maybe this may mean I might get a BLU release of the original 60's series, that would be super sweet. Just wondering what other fans out there think of this? Also, I would like to point out that Christopher Nolan has also looked at making a feature film out of The Prisoner, I think he could do an absolutely awesome job of it (*prerequisite Nolan or Dark Knight mention made as required on these forums). Here are some links if you have not seen the original

www.amctv.com - You can watch the original online right now here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner - Wiki treatment on the original show.

[iori]

I just started watching the original this weekend on amc online, and hope to finish by the 15th. It's awesome, thinking about going ahead and purchasing the blu sometime soon.

Will be interested to see what the new show will be like.

[Secretagentnumber6]

The new show will never be as good, because you cannot match the real life setting of Port Meirion. That place is so awesome and really exists. Nonetheless I will watch the new one and I figure it will be pretty good.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

The new show will never be as good, because you cannot match the real life setting of Port Meirion. That place is so awesome and really exists. Nonetheless I will watch the new one and I figure it will be pretty good.

The new setting is visually suburbia-cliche' good, but in trying to go for an overly allegorical "Everyman vs. Evil Oppressive Psychiatry" theme, they've stripped the specific MI5-paranoia secret-agent-cool out of it.

C'mon, would McGoohan have been half as cool or resourceful if he hadn't really been John Drake (shh!), and had just been some vanity martyr-complexed Jim Caviezel shlub?

[Secretagentnumber6]

Originally Posted by EricJ

The new setting is visually suburbia-cliche' good, but in trying to go for an overly allegorical "Everyman vs. Evil Oppressive Psychiatry" theme, they've stripped the specific MI5-paranoia secret-agent-cool out of it.

C'mon, would McGoohan have been half as cool or resourceful if he hadn't really been John Drake (shh!), and had just been some vanity martyr-complexed Jim Caviezel shlub?

I cannot believe McGoohan denied forever that Number 6 was Drake. Everyone knows that the fact is even if it was not supposed to be Drake, it obviously was just because of the fact they were played by the same actor and the same job for both characters and it just fit for it to be that way.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

I cannot believe McGoohan denied forever that Number 6 was Drake. Everyone knows that the fact is even if it was not supposed to be Drake, it obviously was just because of the fact they were played by the same actor and the same job for both characters and it just fit for it to be that way.

As mentioned in the documentary on the A&E set, one early script draft ("Chimes of Big Ben"?) had his British home contacts refer to him as "Drake", but was changed for the final script--
More likely due to copyright ownership (PMcG hadn't created Danger Man) rather than McGoohan having gotten sick of the old series.

[Gone2HiDef]

Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

www.amctv.com - You can watch the original online right now here.

Thanks for the link. I'm gonna check 'em out.