Comments on: Critical Mass: Why AMC’s Update of The Prisoner Sucks (Or Doesn’t)

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By: Critical Mass: Why AMC’s Update of The Prisoner (Still, Mostly) Sucks - Arts Desk - Washington City Paper

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:44:03 +0000

[...] remake, the final installment of which aired last night. (Parts one and two of our discussion are here and here.) Spoilers [...]

By: John

John — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:54:23 +0000

Wow, I've now seen all three parts. I've wasted 6 hours of my life. I found the episode of My Name Is Earl, that explained the clandestine background of Crabman/Darnelle, to be more intriguing than this drek.

By: Arts Morning Roundup: The Problem With TV Remakes… - Arts Desk - Washington City Paper

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:44:06 +0000

[...] all suck, apparently. Morning, y’all! Re TV: You got Chris Klimek and Glen Weldon gracefully dropping huge turds on the new Prisoner, and here’s Bill O’Reilly meh-meh-mehing about how the script [...]

By: Steve Doman

Steve Doman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:24:44 +0000

Christopher Eccleston as #6, filmed at Portmeirion.

Now that might have worked.

By: chicodc

chicodc — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:10:38 +0000

Nice review, boys. Way to work in mention of the twins, the ice cream vendor suit, and the nickname of the year, "Cheekbones McJesusface." I'm DVR'ing this, but what to do if I start to run out of room?

By: Glen Weldon

Glen Weldon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:43:59 +0000

Jarocks123: Klimek looks kinda Caviezel if you squint and spin around him reallyreallyfast while he yells something dumb.

But me, I couldn't pass for Sir Ian on his worst day. As a bald pasty chunky dude, I look more like the guy in the lower left-hand corner of this photo:

http://blogs.amctv.com/the_prisoner_-_1967_production_photos/episode-1-arrival-2.php

By: smg

smg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:29:45 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with Weldon about Caviezel.

By: jarocks123

jarocks123 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:30:33 +0000

So, in that picture, which one is Klimek, and which Weldon?

By: Hemisphire

Hemisphire — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:06:23 +0000

It's not the original, but i like it enough so far to see it through. It'd probably be better if it wasn't called "The Prisoner", though.