The original version of The Prisoner is considered a trailblazer in the world of 'thinking' TV. Conceived by Patrick McGoohan, who also starred as the enigmatic Number 6, The Prisoner was less a series than a group of thought experiments - surreal meditations on everything from the eroding importance of the individual in society, to cautionary dark-fairy tales of government control and technology worship. All that is known about AMC's reboot of The Prisoner, Jim Caviezel as number 6 and Ian McKellen as his adversary number 2, is that it is the same, but different - presumably using the same symbolism and subtext driven story-telling to attack the existential ills of the current volume of the zeitgeist, an exorcism of our unspoken anxiety with the way. Things. Are.
AMC's broadcasting plan is aggressive, to say the least. The Prisoner will air two episodes over three days beginning November 15th. If the story-telling is anywhere near as intense as the original version of The Prisoner, heads will be popping across the globe. That's a pretty daunting workload for any fans that might be looking to interpret the themes of each chapter. Or, it could be that this new version of The Prisoner is meant to be taken as one enormously cool movie, rather than the episodic onslaught of its progenitor.
Looks like this one is gonna be another (at least) critically acclaimed series for AMC. They are doing great work with their current series and I have confidence in their ability to do justice to The Prisoner.
This is one I've been anticipating. Back in July of last year I remember signing up for and playing the little game that they had set-up to promote it. I believe it was launched at ComicCo, but it got LOST in the shuffle ;)
http://www.seekthesix.com
I hope it's awesome. If not, I'll be very upset.
I hope it’s awesome. If not, I’ll be very upset.
Looks like this one is gonna be another (at least) critically acclaimed series for AMC. They are doing great work with their current series and I have confidence in their ability to do justice to The Prisoner.
This is one I've been anticipating. Back in July of last year I remember signing up for and playing the little game that they had set-up to promote it. I believe it was launched at ComicCo, but it got LOST in the shuffle ;)
http://www.seekthesix.com