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11/17/09
The only prisoner remake I was ever excited about was the one that was supposed to star Clive Owen several years ago. I think even McGoohan was cool with the idea, which surprised me.
Sadly, I think you can sum all six of those up under the single massive crime of "Not knowing exactly which direction to go, so attempting to find a middle ground on everything."
Watching these last 4 hours has been like watching a tug of war between one show that wants to remain faithful to the spirit of Patrick McGoohan, and one that wants to be Lost. The end result is a 'good idea one minute, terrible idea the next' trainwreck. #theprisoner
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11/16/09
It's damn near impossible, and if you actually succeed, you may just end up accidentally summoning an Elder God from beyond the Void. #theprisoner
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Maybe I've just successfully detached this show from the original in all but the most basic premises. #theprisoner
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I suppose we still don't know for sure even now who runs The Village. But I felt like the show was calling out Evil Corp. a little too quickly.
It was also clear that in the original, the masters of The Village had contact with the outside world. I can sorta appreciate the existential angst of being convinced that The Village is all there is. But you'd have to be pretty damn stupid not to wonder where the construction material to fix the diner came from.
I admire the new version for trying to find its own way. But I think the writers should have thought about it a little more. #theprisoner
11/16/09
We also had no real idea what the truth behind Number 6 was. He was adamant about his principles and individuality, sure. And we assume he didn't defect or intend to sell state secrets to the USSR because he's Our Hero. But we don't really know either way. Nor should we. #theprisoner
11/16/09
Saw the first bit, but the rest?
I won't be seeing you. #theprisoner
11/16/09
Mel Gibson is totally out of it. #theprisoner
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It just seems that in the reboot they just turned the volumedown from 11 to more like 5.
As far as reasons 6 and 5, TOS hard only 1 real emotion #6 had and that was hate not ennui . #theprisoner
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Also, I think a lot of your criticisms about how the new show strays away from the point of the original wouldn't be so bad if the new show actually found a way to re-frame the conflict, but it seems they couldn't think of anything compelling to hang the drama on so they just went for a straight up modernization, by which I mean, threw in a bunch of more current cliches and got rid of the most of the quirks of the original.
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He returns to his quaint little Missouri town to settle down and reclaim his David Webb identity, but his post-ops trauma still haunts him and he snaps during the town's annual Apple Blossom Ball and ends up krav magaing the entire town to death mistaking his neighbors for sleeper cells.
11/16/09
I would say, if the first Prisoner was man vs. man and man vs. society, then this would kind of have to explore man vs. himself. Jimmy isn't the best at this I admit. Should have had someone you really wonder if he's on the edge of losing it at any time.
At this point, it sort of reminds me of Where the wild Things Are movie which is why I like it. The entire Village just seems too made-up. It's feels like he's just fighting hmself wandering the desert trying to keep himself psyched up for whatever the hell went wrong.
At least that's what I'm telling myself so I keep watching!lol #theprisoner
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AMC, I won't be seeing you. #theprisoner
11/16/09
Overall I wasn't impressed. #theprisoner