AMC and Marvel Comics gave away an exclusive printed edition of The Prisoner Sneak Peek Comic at Comic-Con. A pdf version is available from the AMC website.
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The new (or is that "re-imagined") version of THE PRISONER premiered in November 2009 in the USA and in the UK in April 2010. The critics were less than kind but maybe they were expecting something different. The original was hardly the critics favourite either so make up your own mind. AMC have been running teasers on their website for quite some time but their site still has a wealth of information, photos, posters and screensavers available for viewing or downloading.
As to whether the show is any good is up to the individual viewer, but the behind-the-scenes interviews indicate a high budget production which incorporates some of the elements from the McGoohan original layered into a modern action thriller. There are the seemingly obligatory bed sheets and pyrotechnics of course (ho hum) but the emphasis is on "people".
Ian McKellen makes a wonderful Number Two ... charming, funny and infinitely dangerous. His delivery of the iconic "Be Seeing You" line is quite chilling, but his comic timing throughout this first episode is immaculate. When Number 6 complains that Number 2 will take his mind away, McKellen turns and with a perfectly straight face says, "We might ... but we'll always give it back."
Some characters from the original, albeit updated, are there if you look for them, and I'd particularly draw your attention to the old man Number 6 finds in the wilderness.
AMC’s The Prisoner blog is the place to go for the full story, although some of the content seems to blocked to viewers outside the USA:
http://blogs.amctv.com/the-prisoner/
Ian McKellen (Number 2) and Jim Caviezel (Number 6) |
