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AMC is presenting a miniseries remake of "The Prisoner", frequently billed as the most libertarian series of all time.

I don't hold out much hope that they maintained the spirit of the original, but it will be worth a viewing, I think.

JonasM

 

It starts on November 15th, 8pm Eastern time.

(Did you know that you can't easily edit a post with a YouTube embedded in it? I just found that out.)

JonasM

 

^^ Got it on my list to watch. Looks great.

 

I enjoyed the original, I might have to give this one viewing.

 

it will be on the DVR.

 

That was good. Certainly kept me guessing and wondering what's next.

http://www.amctv.com/originals/the-prisoner/

 

Eh. Doesn't strike my fancy, judging on the link.

 

At the risk of having this thread banished to the politics forum, can you explain what made the original series libertarian? All I remember is that I liked it.

 

I have the complete original series on DVD.

I'm not so sure it was libertarian. It was something of a Rorschach test. People saw in it what they wanted to see in it.

I've read a few things about the new version. Sounds like they are trying to re-imagine it for today's world, but I'm not sure that's a good idea.

The original was very definitely tied to the cold war, where we were all supposed to be worried about "the other side" but many people wondered whether there was really a difference between the sides. The clever thing about the original was that you never knew which "side" was running the village, and it really didn't matter anyway.

But without the cold war "our side" and "their side" sentiment, I don't know it the idea could possibly really work today.

 

I have watched the first 4 hours and I do like it. It's probably not as "cutting edge" as the first, but still a good watch.