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kilroyThis makes me feel things.
I mean, The Prisoner is definitive. It's archetypal. The basic ideas have lost none of their power-- the "21st century concerns" comment makes me flinch, because that is exactly, precisely what the show was about in the sixties.
I want more people to see this show, to feel those ideas. I want to see Ian McKellan as Number Two. But still... remake.
If they keep too much, it feels cheesy. If they remove too much, it might as well not be The Prisoner. And so few attempts manage to find that balance point.
I mean, The Prisoner is definitive. It's archetypal. The basic ideas have lost none of their power-- the "21st century concerns" comment makes me flinch, because that is exactly, precisely what the show was about in the sixties.
I want more people to see this show, to feel those ideas. I want to see Ian McKellan as Number Two. But still... remake.
If they keep too much, it feels cheesy. If they remove too much, it might as well not be The Prisoner. And so few attempts manage to find that balance point.