What Did You See Today?
- KurtfromLaQuinta - May 18, 2024 - 7:02pm
Positive Thoughts and Prayer Requests
- KurtfromLaQuinta - May 18, 2024 - 6:49pm
Music library
- nightdrive - May 18, 2024 - 1:28pm
Trump
- Red_Dragon - May 18, 2024 - 1:21pm
Radio Paradise Comments
- GeneP59 - May 18, 2024 - 12:04pm
NYTimes Connections
- Bill_J - May 18, 2024 - 11:50am
Israel
- R_P - May 18, 2024 - 11:35am
NY Times Strands
- geoff_morphini - May 18, 2024 - 10:46am
Wordle - daily game
- geoff_morphini - May 18, 2024 - 10:40am
What Makes You Laugh?
- Beaker - May 18, 2024 - 10:32am
Mixtape Culture Club
- miamizsun - May 18, 2024 - 9:01am
Baseball, anyone?
- rgio - May 18, 2024 - 8:28am
Today in History
- Red_Dragon - May 18, 2024 - 7:08am
The Obituary Page
- DaveInSaoMiguel - May 18, 2024 - 4:18am
Paul McCartney
- miamizsun - May 18, 2024 - 4:06am
Virginia News
- Steely_D - May 18, 2024 - 2:51am
Gnomad here. Who farking deleted my thread?
- Red_Dragon - May 17, 2024 - 5:59pm
The Dragons' Roost
- triskele - May 17, 2024 - 4:04pm
Name My Band
- jim.stimeck - May 17, 2024 - 3:18pm
Upcoming concerts or shows you can't wait to see
- ScottFromWyoming - May 17, 2024 - 1:43pm
USA! USA! USA!
- Beaker - May 17, 2024 - 1:28pm
DIY
- black321 - May 17, 2024 - 9:16am
May 2024 Photo Theme - Peaceful
- Isabeau - May 17, 2024 - 9:02am
Other Medical Stuff
- Isabeau - May 17, 2024 - 9:00am
Photography Forum - Your Own Photos
- Isabeau - May 17, 2024 - 8:44am
TV shows you watch
- Steely_D - May 17, 2024 - 3:14am
Dialing 1-800-Manbird
- ScottN - May 16, 2024 - 7:00pm
Bug Reports & Feature Requests
- RPnate1 - May 16, 2024 - 3:33pm
Your Local News
- Proclivities - May 16, 2024 - 12:51pm
Alexa Show
- thisbody - May 16, 2024 - 12:15pm
What can you hear right now?
- thisbody - May 16, 2024 - 11:00am
Things You Thought Today
- thisbody - May 16, 2024 - 10:25am
Joe Biden
- Steely_D - May 16, 2024 - 1:02am
Climate Change
- R_P - May 15, 2024 - 9:38pm
Strange signs, marquees, billboards, etc.
- KurtfromLaQuinta - May 15, 2024 - 4:13pm
how do you feel right now?
- KurtfromLaQuinta - May 15, 2024 - 4:10pm
China
- R_P - May 15, 2024 - 1:40pm
What the hell OV?
- oldviolin - May 15, 2024 - 12:38pm
Song of the Day
- oldviolin - May 15, 2024 - 11:50am
• • • The Once-a-Day • • •
- oldviolin - May 15, 2024 - 11:48am
Science is bullsh*t
- oldviolin - May 15, 2024 - 11:44am
NASA & other news from space
- Beaker - May 15, 2024 - 9:29am
Artificial Intelligence
- thisbody - May 15, 2024 - 8:25am
Human Rights (Can Science Point The Way)
- miamizsun - May 15, 2024 - 5:50am
Play the Blues
- Steely_D - May 15, 2024 - 1:50am
Animal Resistance
- R_P - May 14, 2024 - 6:37pm
2024 Elections!
- R_P - May 14, 2024 - 6:00pm
Fascism In America
- Red_Dragon - May 14, 2024 - 4:27pm
punk? hip-hop? metal? noise? garage?
- thisbody - May 14, 2024 - 1:27pm
Social Media Are Changing Everything
- Red_Dragon - May 14, 2024 - 8:08am
Internet connection
- ai63 - May 14, 2024 - 7:53am
Congress
- Red_Dragon - May 13, 2024 - 8:22pm
Ukraine
- R_P - May 13, 2024 - 5:50pm
What The Hell Buddy?
- oldviolin - May 13, 2024 - 1:25pm
Surfing!
- KurtfromLaQuinta - May 13, 2024 - 1:21pm
Bad Poetry
- oldviolin - May 13, 2024 - 11:38am
See This Film
- Red_Dragon - May 13, 2024 - 8:35am
Podcast recommendations???
- ColdMiser - May 13, 2024 - 7:50am
News of the Weird
- Red_Dragon - May 13, 2024 - 5:05am
Those Lovable Policemen
- R_P - May 12, 2024 - 11:31am
Vinyl Only Spin List
- kurtster - May 12, 2024 - 9:16am
The All-Things Beatles Forum
- Steely_D - May 12, 2024 - 9:04am
Poetry Forum
- ScottN - May 12, 2024 - 6:32am
Beer
- ScottFromWyoming - May 10, 2024 - 8:58pm
It's the economy stupid.
- thisbody - May 10, 2024 - 3:21pm
Oh dear god, BEES!
- R_P - May 10, 2024 - 3:11pm
Tornado!
- miamizsun - May 10, 2024 - 2:49pm
The 1960s
- kcar - May 10, 2024 - 2:49pm
Marko Haavisto & Poutahaukat
- thisbody - May 10, 2024 - 7:57am
Living in America
- Proclivities - May 10, 2024 - 6:45am
Outstanding Covers
- Steely_D - May 10, 2024 - 12:56am
Democratic Party
- R_P - May 9, 2024 - 3:06pm
RP on HomePod mini
- RPnate1 - May 9, 2024 - 10:52am
Interesting Words
- Proclivities - May 9, 2024 - 10:22am
Breaking News
- maryte - May 9, 2024 - 7:17am
|
Index »
Entertainment »
TV »
Prisoner Remake -anyone watching it?
|
Page: Previous 1, 2, 3 |
Manbird
Location: La Villa Toscana Gender:
|
Posted:
Nov 16, 2009 - 1:33pm |
|
sirdroseph wrote:I am number 37. I'm number 2
|
|
DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
|
Posted:
Nov 16, 2009 - 1:33pm |
|
rmgman wrote: My thoughts EXACTLY! I'm tired of all these producers trying to cash on on something that may have a built in audience just because it was done before. There's absolutely no reason this TV series should have been remade. The same with many movies that are made each year (off the top of my head are "The Day The Earth Stood Still" & "The Taking of Phelam 1-2-3"). There are so many original ideas out there or books that can be adapted to the silver screen. I refuse to watch remakes!
After seeing the first two eps last night I'm inclinded to agree. Unless it gets better as it goes along it should have never been made. The original also had the advantage of being soon after Secret Agent Man so people were already familiar with the character. It also had an original feel to it and not a simple rip off of something else from its time. The War of the Worlds should never have been redone either. Remakes seem to suck 99% of the time.
|
|
sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
|
Posted:
Nov 16, 2009 - 1:30pm |
|
I am number 37.
|
|
rmgman
Location: North of the Pinelands in NJ Gender:
|
Posted:
Nov 16, 2009 - 12:53pm |
|
dionysius wrote: One should not try to remake the perfect soufflé, especially when you are missing some key ingredients. My thoughts EXACTLY! I'm tired of all these producers trying to cash on on something that may have a built in audience just because it was done before. There's absolutely no reason this TV series should have been remade. The same with many movies that are made each year (off the top of my head are "The Day The Earth Stood Still" & "The Taking of Phelam 1-2-3"). There are so many original ideas out there or books that can be adapted to the silver screen. I refuse to watch remakes!
|
|
hobiejoe
Location: Still in the tunnel, looking for the light. Gender:
|
Posted:
Nov 16, 2009 - 12:29pm |
|
Didn't understand it then, and don't want to understand it now. I'll stick with the original.
|
|
dionysius
Location: The People's Republic of Austin Gender:
|
Posted:
Nov 16, 2009 - 12:25pm |
|
One should not try to remake the perfect soufflé, especially when you are missing some key ingredients. I still wanted to watch it, out of morbid curiosity, but there was new cartoon programming on Fox. Gotta go for Simpsons.
|
|
n4ku
Location: --... ...--
|
Posted:
Nov 16, 2009 - 11:59am |
|
DaveInVA wrote:Just wondering if anyone else is watching it and what they think about it. When the original came out I was about 14 and I liked it as I had been a fan of "Secret Agent Man (Danger man in UK)" that The Prisoner was sort of a sequal to. I liked the Avant Garde'ness of it and thought it was a bit more cerebral than other Spy shows of the time like "The Avengers" (though I liked that also.). After watching the first two episodes of the remake misery-series last night I am kind of split on what to think of it so far. It doesn't have the "Prequel" that the original had to make you familiar with the main character first. They seemed to try and capture some of that Avant Garde feel with the architecture and the old Renault's, Morris's etc but just doesn't have that surrealistic feel of the original. Also makes me wonder if they will have a proper ending as the original got canceled at 17 eps and Patrick McGoohan was told to make one final ep to end it so he made that totally bizarre ending that reportedly cost more to make than all the previous 16 eps together. I remember feeling a little perplexed and cheated when I saw that when it came out.
I recorded the first two episodes to DVR, and will record the rest. Having watched the original series, and Secret Agent, I am not sure I want to watch this remake. I have heard a lot of negative feedback on this one from friends who watched last night.
|
|
DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
|
Posted:
Nov 16, 2009 - 11:33am |
|
Just wondering if anyone else is watching it and what they think about it. When the original came out I was about 14 and I liked it as I had been a fan of "Secret Agent Man (Danger man in UK)" that The Prisoner was sort of a sequal to. I liked the Avant Garde'ness of it and thought it was a bit more cerebral than other Spy shows of the time like "The Avengers" (though I liked that also.). After watching the first two episodes of the remake misery-series last night I am kind of split on what to think of it so far. It doesn't have the "Prequel" that the original had to make you familiar with the main character first. They seemed to try and capture some of that Avant Garde feel with the architecture and the old Renault's, Morris's etc but just doesn't have that surrealistic feel of the original. Also makes me wonder if they will have a proper ending as the original got canceled at 17 eps and Patrick McGoohan was told to make one final ep to end it so he made that totally bizarre ending that reportedly cost more to make than all the previous 16 eps together. I remember feeling a little perplexed and cheated when I saw that when it came out.
|
|
|