The Prisoner, complete series. (1 Viewer)

[Joseph DeMartino]

Is The Prisoner actually airing somewhere, or is this thread in the wrong forum? I'd think it would be better suited to the TV Software forum, which is for shows on DVD.

BTW, just picked up my own copy of the 40th anniversary "big box" set thanks to one of the holiday season sales. I've actually had the R2 PAL boxed set for years, but am delighted to now have a fully remastered NTSC version that I can in my Sony 400 disc changer instead of feeding the PAL discs one at a time into my old region-free Apex. (The PAL-to-NTSC conversion also made the image darker and some details harder to see - but at the time there was no R1 release and when it finally did arrive it was in the form of grossly over-priced individual discs, so I stuck with what I had.)

Regards,

Joe

 

[JediFonger]

mods can move it to wherever but i watched it on SD-DVD.

ain't the 'box set' merely the 10 volumes in 1 marketing package? i think it's 2 eps per disc vs. the usual 4 eps per disc for real box sets.

anyway, it's a good series, i'd love to see a remastered/cleaned up version for HD! . that would rock!

imagine the opening "information" montage spinning in around the surrounds, that would be cool.

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

Yes, the "big box" does seem to be the earlier discs repackage but it was a heck of a lot cheaper to buy this way than when it was originally released.

Regards,

Joe

 

[JediFonger]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/061219b.php
^chris nolan rumoured to do a film version and Bill Gallaghar:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302339/
is doing AMC TV series.

sounds like nolan's version is anticipated but the TV, i can't imagine anyone else doing as good a job as patrick mcG

 

[Sam Favate]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=39271

AMC's Prisoner mini-series is happening, planned for early 2008. At least 6 or 8 episodes, according to the article above.

AMC has also acquired the rights to McGoohan's Prisoner and will air those at the time of the mini-series, along with "films in the same genre as the show."

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

And those would be?

What made The Prisoner the landmark it was is precisely that it is a genre unto itself, unlike anything that came before or after it. How can a network understand so little about a show it is spending millions to remake?

Regards,

Joe

 

[JediFonger]

check out the imdb on the amc version's track record. nothing really leaps out and screams patrick mcg.

 

[LarryDavenport]

I think the upcoming movie and upcoming TV show should be looked upon like the made for TV Poseidon Adventure and Wolfgang Peters remake.

I have some faith that Christopher Nolan will make a watchable film, as long as Tom Cruise doesn't play #6.