Dec 4th The Prisoner
I watch TV. I watch movies. I listen to music. And such. Then I write about it.
It’s probably not politically correct to sing the praises of the McGoohan-less remake of The Prisoner, but you know what? I’m going to do it all the same. Yes it is different from the original. The crazy psychedelic mod feel of the old series has been tossed aside to make way for a bleak desert Village under the glassy silhouettes of two WTC-looking towers.
Yet, for me at least, the six episode re-imagined Prisoner just works. It is confusing at time, certainly, but when you look back at it all after the excellent finale, most everything makes sense. Even the wraps.
Particularly McKellen as #2 impresses. The whole series feels like a playground where he can act pretty much exactly how he wants to. And it works. Caviezel also does a great job.
I suppose people have certain expectations of what The Prisoner is, and the closest we come to some of the hammier parts of the original is the suit a prisoner on the run is wearing in one of the opening scenes.
Whatever.
If you can get past the fact that the remake is merely a head-trip, and not a psychedelic head-trip, I have a feeling The Prisoner is a mini series fans of Lost and Twin Peaks will enjoy. And at least you get to listen to Brian Wilson’s SMiLE as the soundtrack here. Y’know. When it comes out on DVD or is rerun.
