Remaking 'The Prisoner'

[altariel]

kalypso_v links to this story about a remake of The Prisoner with Christopher Eccleston mentioned in McGoohan's part. More from the BBC website (thanks, D!).

I'd like a whole series done very much like Bad Wolf meets Spooks, only, you know, even more clever and stuff.

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[archbishopm.livejournal.com]

Hey, why not, the original didn't do anything for me, so they can't ruin any pleasant memories...

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.

Cautiously optimistic. It's a thing that could be brilliant and could be absolute embarrassing bollocks. Christopher Eccleston, though. Hmm.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It's a thing that could be brilliant and could be absolute embarrassing bollocks.

You sum my thoughts up exactly.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

They can only make some bad new memories... It has the potential to be thorougly brilliant - or absolutely awful.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Definitely too soon to tell with a specific example (has it even had the go-ahead yet?) - I guess I was interested in whether people thought in general if a remake was desirable or even possible.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

New Who is definitely the way to go. I've been increasingly disappointed with BSG (after loving the miniseries), to the extent I doubt I'll watch any third season.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen any of the original series (due to lack of availability of British cult TV over here), but I have heard quite a lot about it and liked what I heard.

It sounds like a concept that might appeal to today's mainstream audience if remade in a way that's both fashionable (for lack of a better word) and intelligent.

So, yeah, I'm all for it. Maybe the modern version could even make it to German television...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It's well worth a watch if you ever get a chance - it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense, but it does it stylishly. One of the best theme tunes ever.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

... it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense, but it does it stylishly.

*g*

Interestingly enough, the Times Online article (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2164214,00.html) about the remake promises "a plot that will make sense to viewers who watch the six-episode series".

Does this bode well or ill...?

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Oooo! It will be worth it just to hear Eccleston say, "I am not a number! I am a free man!"

I'm so there.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Eccleston say, "I am not a number! I am a free man!"

Yesss!

Marvellous icon.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I don't think they should worry too much about making sense, to be honest. Unless they want it to run and run.

[manna]

This is one of those brillian ideas that TV execs have, isn't it? Classic British SF...with Chrisopher Eccleston! I mean, it worked with Doctor Who, right? Nothing could possibly go wrong! I fully expect them to be casting him in remakes of Blakes 7, Sapphire and Steel, Space:1999, and everything else they can dredge out of the archives.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I want an option for "I need to see it before deciding whether to let them make it."

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's just playing it safe!

[altarielbooklog.livejournal.com]

A friend relayed this from a discussion board he read: "Perfect job for Christopher Eccleston - first thing he gets to do it resign."