Anybody who knows me well knows I LOVE LOVE LOVE Patrick McGoohan’s classic series The Prisoner. It was (and is) incredibly influential to me and I would not have developed my independent streak and distrust for authority if it was not for that show and McGooohan’s vision. Well, AMC is developing a six hour miniseries, a new vision of The Prisoner, they will be airing later on this year starring James Cavizel as Number Six and Ian Mckellan as Number 2… and I always thought this was a reboot… until now.
Watch this video:
It’s a new cast member, John Whiteley, “the ghost of Prisoner past” as he says in the video… and besides the patch on his jacket… he’s dressed like McGoohan’s Number 6.
In the new mini-series, he plays Number 93… at least, that’s what the caption says.
I think they may be lying.
I think he’s actually playing… Mcgoohan’s character from the original show. I have no evidence, but he looks a lot like McGoohan did in Braveheart, we don’t see him in character (so he may take on a different accent, to be closer to Patrick’s) and it wouldn’t be past the makers of this or any show to save a huge plot point for the show itself, instead of dropping it casually in a promotional web video.
Whether it is the “original” Number 6 or not, I’m just thrilled at the idea that this may be a follow-up and not a remake to the original classic.
Now just don’t screw it up, guys.
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I had the same thought, especially after viewing AMC's extended teaser. I just posted my take on it on my blog and only found your posting on it now from April. I guess we'll see come November.
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It is common for Thelemites to greet each other with “93″ in person as well as in the opening and closing of written correspondence. This custom derives from Aleister Crowley's guideline that Thelemites should greet each other with the Law of Thelema by saying “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.” Since saying the entire Law can be cumbersome, using 93 has become a kind of shorthand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93_(Thelema)
There is clearly huge significance…….. *coughs*
9 – 3 = ??
Not only does number 93 dress like number 6 from the original series, his home looks like the number 6's home from the original series.
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