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Looks like it will be a remake of the original series from the 1960s. I have the original series on DVD. The previews certainly look quite interesting. It was kind of spy versus spy and the ultimate spy turned out to be the prisoner. I don't think I'll be able to catch the first episode so I'll probably TiVo it so I can watch it when I get back.

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The original could be allegorical as well. I am looking forward to this new one as well!

A remake of "The Prisoner"? How did I miss this? The original series is one of my all time favorites. ( Dives into the murky depths of the Interwebz to find more info...)

I watched that show religiously as a kid in the 60's. I couldn't understand half of it but I loved it.
I heard later the character of number 6 was the spy from an earlier series called "Secret Agent".

I watched Secret Agent too but I don't think it was the same character. I am thinking this show will be wasted on today's youth.

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Green Blow Fly wrote:I watched Secret Agent too but I don't think it was the same character. I am thinking this show will be wasted on today's youth.

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I don't think the old show really appealed to too many youths (except us ) I thought Patrick McGoohan did intend The Prisoner as a sequel to Secret Agent/Danger Man in spirit, even using many of the same actors and character phrases (his own)? Even though it is not an official sequel.

I think the overall themes in the original are pretty universal (especially in modern society as a whole) and I always liked Caviezal so we'll see (fingers crossed).

Relapse wrote:I watched that show religiously as a kid in the 60's. I couldn't understand half of it but I loved it.
I heard later the character of number 6 was the spy from an earlier series called "Secret Agent".

Patrick McGoohan starred in a spy series called Danger Man before he did The Prisoner. There are links between the two series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Man#Later_history_and_transition_to_The_Prisoner

Kilkrazy wrote:

Relapse wrote:I watched that show religiously as a kid in the 60's. I couldn't understand half of it but I loved it.
I heard later the character of number 6 was the spy from an earlier series called "Secret Agent".

Patrick McGoohan starred in a spy series called Danger Man before he did The Prisoner. There are links between the two series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Man#Later_history_and_transition_to_The_Prisoner

In the U.S. it was called Secret Agent.

There was a song too!

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Green Blow Fly wrote:There was a song too!

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Secret, Agent man, they've given you a number and taken away your name. Da da da dada da da da da

I loved the original series because it was very cerebral. The main character had a well developed sense of morals and try as they might they could never break him down. He always had a way of turning the tables on them. I thought the show was quite Orwellian but the main character had balls unlike the sod in 1984. The final episode was epic.

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