Comments on: The Prisoner: 21st Century, AMC Mini Series

By: Andrew Gordon

Andrew Gordon — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:26:11 +0000

I was really disappointed in the miniseries. It seemed like a waste of talent and time to me. The original was a masterpiece and was captivating, this version is muddied and boring.

By: Juliet

Juliet — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:29:45 +0000

i didn’t like it either. It was on last night. I didn’t even realise it was a series. I thought it was a one time thing.
Jules

By: Lomax

Lomax — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:15:22 +0000

my pint is that all of my questions were left unanswered by the tv show itself and THAT is the problem. The fact that /you/ know the answer does /me/ no good whatsoever when I am in my living room on the other side of the country wondering what the double hockey sticks is going on. The show had gaping holes in it and was just dreadful.

Maybe the remake of the Wolfman won’t stink. Or Sherlock Homes. Or Solomon Kane.

hahahahahahahaaaaaa!

By: June K Williams

June K Williams — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:10:06 +0000

Lomax As I said to Bobbie…I don’t blame you. Nevertheless there are a few points you brought up that I need to address.
1.He doesn’t ask about his name because he can’t. They have messed up his brain and when he tries to say his name he simply can’t do it. When he is able to say Lucy’s name it is a sure sign that the mind control/conditioning is weakening.
2.The supplies are coming from their collective imaginations. This is not happening in the physical world.
3. 93 was representative of the number 6 in the original series. With his death the new 6 is born except that is hogwash because the old one was in the physical world and in the end there was an escape back to London.
4. The purpose of his being allowed to do all sorts of stuff was to make him come to the realization that there was nothing he could do to alter his situation
5.You think different accents should trouble them? What about creating nicknames? Did they call 1112 elevenzies when he was a little boy? Besides, New Yorkers have lots of different accents.

All of your other questions are covered in my review of the 2nd and 3rd parts of the series.

By: June K Williams

June K Williams — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:53:53 +0000

Bobbie, I don’t blame you. Through the wonderful aide of low tech I used my vcr to record the 2nd half of the Prisoner while watching House and of course BBT. Best comedy television moment this year has got to be the Sheldon and Penny Soft Kittie duet made possible by injury, drugs and Sheldon strict code of honor.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:34:11 +0000

I tried, several times, to watch this show last night but was so bored, I ended up watching the Wizard of Oz. There was no suspense, no sense of paranoia (as in the original) and it’s lacking in any intensity. Iam McKellan is good, but I really don’t care about his family or anyone else in this show. The only interesting person was the waitress and they killed her off! I’ll be watching Big Bang Theory tonight.

By: Lomax

Lomax — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:53:55 +0000

As you say “Casting two of the finest actors around helped.” but it didn’t get the job done. 2 was preformed brilliantly but look who was doing it – Ian McKellan. And I don’t even know who the other guys was. He was OK but how hard a role was his, really? I know I will not invest ANOTHER 2 hours into this show as the plot holes were big enough to drive the Queen Mary 2 through.
1. Did he not ever think to ask once “what’s my name?”
2. Where are all the supplies the Village is using coming from?
3. Here is how to escape – follow the delivery truck after it drops off it’s next load of supplies. They shoot ya if you go through the mountains, but, apparently only the first time. After that you can bring anyone you like into the mountains to look for an escape, its OK. 93 should not have tried so hard on his first attempt.
4. DON’T follow the towers! Rather walk in a direction that will not have poorly animated circles attacking you. Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time and apparently 6 does as he quit his job.
5. Why are they all eating wraps? And is there even a point to it beyond driving home how he’s “not in Kansas any more” he really is?
6. If they think he’s THAT crazy why is he allowed to run about and further undermine everyone around him.
7. If they all are supposed to be from the Village has none of the locals noticed how they all have completely different accents?
8. Did 6 not notice that no one is using cash to buy things like the map he otherwise stole, the coffee he never pays for, all the taxi cab rides he’s been taking, the tour bus tickets he’s not collecting and the apparent free medical care? How can I get to there?!?
9. Here’s a great question – how the heck did 2 get Communism to work? There is no money so there is no need to work but folks do and no one ever takes more than their fair or allotted share.
10. Is anyone really going to miss House, Two and Half Men and the Big Bang Theory just for this? I think not.
11. Am I really supposed to believe that a corporation – no matter how big it may be – is behind all this? Really?
12. Is it me or does that kid, 1112 look like he’s always about to let lose with a big old gassy burp?
13. Classic TV mistake: they used the same artist to draw the picture of Big Ben and the Statue of Liberty. Different people, different artists.
14. If 6 was no so lame he would sit down and tell ad nausem his life story to the doctor. with all the details that he could tell about everything how the heck could it all be a delusion? Crazy people’s stories fall apart when pressed for details.

I could go on, but my point is well made and I feel like eating a cheese sandwich now.

By: Richie Silverglitz

Richie Silverglitz — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:34:05 +0000

I think you are too kind. Personally I’m not sure I want to invest more time in watching the rest of it but if I don’t then I won’t know if it is just a poor rendering of the original television series. Maybe they should have used the concepts for something entirely new.