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Thanks for the heads-up reminder!
Absolutely love The Prisoner. Been to Portmeirion a couple of times and it's a totally bonkers and intriguing place.
There's never really been anything like it before or since.
I don't think a new show will tarnish the original, because it's completely unique and stands on its own.
I look foward to seeing what they do with the concept.
Fave original episode is probably Many Happy Returns.
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What did you all make of this then?
It's been a long time since I watched the original, but I loved it back then. I don't remember details of the episodes, just the overall vibe. This one kept the kind of weird creepy overtone but some of the paranoia/threat that I remember was missing. Of course I always remember the intro quote.. but particularly "What do you want? Information". There wasn't much of that in the remake. There were no attempts to do anything to Number 6 except have him accept life in the village. The Jesus guy wasn't a patch on McGoohan, but that goes without saying.
The explanations were all laid out on a plate for you as well, which was disappointing.
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