winter wrote: 
Must be friends of SFW...

 phineas wrote: 
Call it a bit o' both.

I haven't seen the original. But this just felt tepid to me. I didn't particularly care about the characters.

And much of it seemed like they were doing weird just to seem deep and evocative. (All food is in wrap form - WTF?) 

 winter wrote: 
Good god, man — make up your mind!

 jadewahoo wrote: 
Well, there's only a few left: it's just a miniseries.

Personally, I was underwhelmed. (Which is to say disappointed.) 

 Antigone wrote: 
you are right ...

 rosedraws wrote: 
I wish ... sadly he is no longer amongst the living.     But that's never stopped me crushing on someone ...

 Antigone wrote: 
But it will ruin me for the remake! 

Antigone and McGoohan, sitting in a tree.  K I S ... 

 rosedraws wrote: 
Well, I can't advise you I'm afraid, because I adore McGoohan, and Caviezel leaves me cold. I truly think that McGoohan OWNED this ... in more ways than one really, since he was one of the creators of it, wrote many of the episodes (pseudonymously) as well as directed some. Give the original a try, Rose. It's completely unique and inimitable. IMHO, of course.

 Antigone wrote: 
Oh, actually, I was thinking, maybe I'll like the remake because I did NOT see the original.  what do you think?  I love James C.    probably not McGoohan so much.

 rosedraws wrote: 
It was quite surreal, and very 60s. Do you like Patrick McGoohan? If you do then you'll LOVE it.

 geoff_morphini wrote: 
yes I doo. 

 Manbird wrote: 
You sure smell like it!

 schtan wrote: 
This needs to be all caps, you know ...

"I AM NOT A NUMBER ... I'M A FREE MAN!!"

 n4ku wrote: 
" i am not a number , i am a free man ! "

 rosedraws wrote: 
i loved the original ... and now i need to see it again in the correct order

highly recommended ...

 schtan wrote: 
You are (,) Number 6!

 Manbird wrote: 
"who is number one ?"

I never saw the original, so I wonder if I'll like it?

Had I never seen (and been a rabid fan of) The Prisoner/McGoohan, this show would probably not have struck me as being much. That being said, I can see potential here... but it probably will not receive the extra funding it requires to make it a 'Go'. The retro-schmaltz is fine for a few shows, but it does not convey the surrealism that the original had. And the acting... well, it holds no promise of a need to get better. Sadly. Actually, reading my own review, I guess I thought it sucked. But I will watch a few more episodes, just cuz.

Let me start by saying that I ADORE Patrick McGoohan, and LOVED the original, which I watched when it came out. It was etched in my memory. I rewatched the entire series on dvd.

I almost didn't watch the new one, but I read a good review of it, so I gave it a shot and made it through the first hour. I did like that they changed some integral things (the desert setting for one worked) and didn't just mimic the original (I was glad to not see the uniform clothing, but I sure missed the gripping opening with the visuals and music). It was nice to catch a couple of homages like the slamming the hands on the desk and making the tea cup jump. Ian McKellen is of course fantastic. BUT, it did not catch me, and I think the reason is simple. Caviezel is no McGoohan. He doesn't, for me at least, project that ironic intelligence, and I frankly didn't care about him. So, I'll stick with the original, inimitable classic.