Yes, like everyone else, I too yelled and screamed at the TV when I saw the promo.
And yet, so far, it's not too bad and does indeed maintain the surreal depth of the original series.
It's not the original and Caviezel is nothing like the tough, single minded 6 of the Original (Patrick, where for art thou?) But the disjointed and sad new Six works for the disjointed and sad new series. These people don't know a real world, they only know this...illusion. Or is it an illusion? Or is it real? Or...what the hell is it? Is there a Number One? Are we all Prisoners? Are they Prisoners? Is there even a prison? That's the kind of question this show raises in your mind and it's the same set of questions we asked during the original show.
Part of the problem people seem to have with this show is less about what the old show was and more about what the old show was to THEM and that's a sad trap to fall into, always. For instance, the commentators keep bringing up the whole 'Danger Man' myth, a long debunked rumor, and using it as a nit pick. Why are they doing that? Because that's the way THEY want to remember it.
Go into this with an open mind, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Cling cultishly to the old and you'll hate it.
Yes remakes are a terrible idea and I'm going to hunt down the original Prisoner on DVD but honestly, of all the ways they might've screwed this up...this does not suck.
And yet, so far, it's not too bad and does indeed maintain the surreal depth of the original series.
It's not the original and Caviezel is nothing like the tough, single minded 6 of the Original (Patrick, where for art thou?) But the disjointed and sad new Six works for the disjointed and sad new series. These people don't know a real world, they only know this...illusion. Or is it an illusion? Or is it real? Or...what the hell is it? Is there a Number One? Are we all Prisoners? Are they Prisoners? Is there even a prison? That's the kind of question this show raises in your mind and it's the same set of questions we asked during the original show.
Part of the problem people seem to have with this show is less about what the old show was and more about what the old show was to THEM and that's a sad trap to fall into, always. For instance, the commentators keep bringing up the whole 'Danger Man' myth, a long debunked rumor, and using it as a nit pick. Why are they doing that? Because that's the way THEY want to remember it.
Go into this with an open mind, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Cling cultishly to the old and you'll hate it.
Yes remakes are a terrible idea and I'm going to hunt down the original Prisoner on DVD but honestly, of all the ways they might've screwed this up...this does not suck.