# The Prisoner: Remake **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-remake/480303 "2009-01-07T23:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-remake/480303/1 "2009-01-07T23:41:46Z")
I keep seeing refrences to the on-again, off-again remake project for the masterfully bizzare '60s show _The Prisoner_ (a personal favorite of mine). Apparently, shooting was completed in December and it will in fact air this year: > **[AMC Lifts the Veil on Prisoner Remake Miniseries](https://www.wired.com/2009/01/amc-lifts-the-v/)** > > AMC’s remake of Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner wrapped last month, and the network is slowly unveiling the series online and in short TV spots. The new show’s official website reveals more about the look of the new "Village" without giving away... Anyone taking bets as to whether it will suck? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-remake/480303/2 "2009-01-08T02:05:02Z")
I recently watched the DVD of the final episode of The Prisoner, just to see if now, 40 years later, I could understand it from a more mature, more sophisticated, better educated point of view. Nope. It’s still weird as hell. That’s the problem. If they try to remake The Prisoner as more… linear, purists will complain they destroyed the symbolism and subtext. If they try to be faithful to the original, 99.9999 percent of the audience will come away asking “what the hell was that?” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-remake/480303/3 "2009-01-08T02:15:10Z")
If a major network was doing it, I’d be worried. But AMC is great when it comes to new shows. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-remake/480303/4 "2009-01-08T06:34:57Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > If a major network was doing it, I’d be worried. But AMC is great when it comes to new shows. On the plus side also, it has Ian McKellan. ALSO, check the AMC site & THEY ARE SHOWING ALL THE OLD PRISONER EPS!!! > **[AMC | Watch TV Shows & Movies Online | Stream Current Episodes](https://www.amc.com?bctid=6069547001&bcpid=2517767001&bclid=6012619001)** > > Watch the latest full episodes and video extras for AMC shows: The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Killing Eve, Fear the Walking Dead, Mad Men and more. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-remake/480303/5 "2009-01-08T14:20:54Z")
I fear that the particular blend of glorious wierdness that was the Prisoner will not survive well as a remake. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-remake/480303/6 "2009-01-08T16:57:28Z")
It made no sense when new-why should it make sense 40+ years later? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoner-remake/480303/7 "2009-01-08T17:25:24Z")
The original Prisoner had a very strong 60s ethos of “rebelling against the system” that I don’t think would play well today (because, you know, the system won). So I wonder what slant the remake is going for- an X-Files type conspiracy story?