The Prisoner

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aristocat · 18/04/2010 20:25

new series started on saturday, did anyone watch it?

was thinking of watching it or is it a waste of time.

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Jacaqueen · 18/04/2010 20:38

I sort of watched it but have taped it to watch when not so distracted (pissed).

I didn't see the original but DH was bugging the life out of me by going on about all the differences and similarities.

mumdebump · 19/04/2010 09:25

Watched about 5 mins then decided life is too short to waste on crap telly. Was not as good as the original from the (admittedly short) bit I saw.

coppertop · 19/04/2010 10:48

It was very slow and seemed to take ages to get going. Ian McKellen was good but overall it wasn't as good as the original series.

I'll keep watching it though. Hopefully it will pick up a bit.

sazzerbear · 19/04/2010 19:55

We have it to watch - is it worth it? DH big fan of the original, will it just make him angry

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aristocat · 19/04/2010 21:55

i am going to watch it now, will let you all know what i think later

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CJCregg · 19/04/2010 22:07

I thought it was really feeble. Nothing like the original, and even though it's an update there were none of the brilliant elements of the McGoohan version and lots of crap new stuff that was boring, frankly.

CalmCalmCalm · 19/04/2010 22:24

I'm not too sure about it. It might improve, but it lacks the mystery of the original (obviously really, as we all know what the premise is). The cast is good so I'm prepared to give it another week or so, but if I wasn't such a huge fan of the genre in general I don't know that I'd bother.

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aristocat · 19/04/2010 23:02

what a load of rubbish!
i don't know if its better that i never watched the original or not?

honestly, dont bother with this

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scaryteacher · 20/04/2010 09:39

No Caterham in this one, which is why we had to buy the original series, as dh is Caterham mad.

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