Who is Number Six

[robotnik2004]

OR, "I understand you have a lot of unusual names on your baseball team."



'Prisoner' Remake Ready to Roll

British satellite channel Sky One is embarking on a remake of the cult-classic show "The Prisoner." The new series, slated to run for six episodes, would likely premiere sometime next year, 40 years after the original debuted on ITV. Rumors of a new series have been percolating for some time, but Sky One didn't greenlight the project until this week. Several reports in the British press say Christopher Eccleston -- who starred in a revival of another cult favorite, "Doctor Who" -- is in line to play Number 6.

Comments

"Marge, I know what I hate... and I don't hate this."

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

There are few Prisoner fans greater than I, and I'm holding judgement. You never know... it could be good.

Re: "Marge, I know what I hate... and I don't hate this."

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

There isn't meant to be any premature judgment in this post one way or the other.

Re: "Marge, I know what I hate... and I don't hate this."

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

Fanboys are largely up in arms.

[shiffer.livejournal.com]

Isn't that what fanboys do?

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Luckily there are no fanboys here. Just three coooool dudes talking about a rumored Prisoner remake on LiveJournal. :)

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

Heh. I wonder if it'll be a sequel, or a reimagining a la BSG. I kind of wouldn't mind either of them, to be honest. I now must re-read the graphic novel sequel that came out when I was in junior high.

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

The cool/classy thing to do would be to cast Patrick McGoohan as Number Two, if he'd do it.

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* I keep wanting him to pop up on Lost as Alvar Hanso. *dreams*

Luckily there are no fanboys here.

[head58.livejournal.com]

TIKA 4-EVA!!!!!

[/zoidberg]

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

Yay, I win!

Re: Luckily there are no fanboys here.

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Get your white trash spiced potato lovin asses out of my LJ! Laurana or Kit: that's the choice! Christ, it's like if we were debating Mary-Ann or Ginger, and you chose Alice from the Brady Bunch. :)

Re: Luckily there are no fanboys here.

[head58.livejournal.com]

I've always been a Kitiara man. The Tika thing was just to draw Mike out.

Re: Luckily there are no fanboys here.

[vampyrusgirl.livejournal.com]

But the real question is, are you an Alice man?

[shiffer.livejournal.com]

Doctor Who for a year, Number 6 the next one.

I really have to wonder - what will he do next year?

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Three letters: U F'n O.

[bluegargantua]

WORD!

tom

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

You know what that picture looks like to me now, is a scene from Morrison's The Filth.

[head58.livejournal.com]

I put about as much stock in this as the folks who thought Lucy Lawless was going to play Wonder Woman, because, you know, woman warrior and all. Having Eccleston come in to magically resussitate a second cult series? How likely is that? I tough the whole thing in disbelief.

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

The other Prisoner-adaptation post I ran across today:

Jack Kirby's The Prisoner?

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Daaaar - that was supposed to be a new comment of its own, not really a reply to the Head of Chef. And it was supposed to contain a link: http://the-isb.blogspot.com/2006/04/week-in-ink-4-26-06.html (scroll down).

[gammafodder1.livejournal.com]

OMFG! A remake of The Prisoner series? Touch me. Right there. In the pants.