Comments on: Who is Number 1? http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:22:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: sandra http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-2265664 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:33:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-2265664 I want to see this serie in France. Sorry but english is very bad. I want to see this serie in France. Sorry but english is very bad.

]]> by: sandra http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-2241655 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:14:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-2241655 A quand sa diffusion en france. Jim on ne vous voit presque chez nous en France. A quand sa diffusion en france. Jim on ne vous voit presque chez nous en France.

]]> by: Darren J. Gendron http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1860216 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:29:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1860216 A shame they're doing this, as The Prisoner has actually aged quite well in my opinion. Also, the subtext is missing from casting Jesus as No. 6. There was such a rich metatext to the series having Patrick McGoohan do this as an unofficial sequel to Danger Man. Perhaps Matt Damon or some other recently former spy of cinema would have been better. A shame they’re doing this, as The Prisoner has actually aged quite well in my opinion.
Also, the subtext is missing from casting Jesus as No. 6. There was such a rich metatext to the series having Patrick McGoohan do this as an unofficial sequel to Danger Man.
Perhaps Matt Damon or some other recently former spy of cinema would have been better.

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1858870 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:10:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1858870 I wanna see Rover. ~ Coat I wanna see Rover.

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Coat

]]> by: Marc Arsenault http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1858131 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:29:13 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1858131 I think they were going for more of a Krishna figure there. I think they were going for more of a Krishna figure there.

]]> by: Franklin Harris http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1857169 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:37:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1857169 <blockquote>Number 6 is Jesus?</blockquote> Actually, given the Christ-figure imagery in the original, yes.

Number 6 is Jesus?

Actually, given the Christ-figure imagery in the original, yes.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856943 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:00:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856943 Number 6 is Jesus? Number 6 is Jesus?

]]> by: Scott Bieser http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856903 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:52:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856903 All jokes aside, I think Eccleston would have been a better choice for Number 6. Caviezel may be prettier, but Eccleston can bring the kind of "screw you" vibe that made McGoohan's character so interesting. All jokes aside, I think Eccleston would have been a better choice for Number 6. Caviezel may be prettier, but Eccleston can bring the kind of “screw you” vibe that made McGoohan’s character so interesting.

]]> by: Paul O'Brien http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856612 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:48:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856612 Number Two isn't a "role", though. It's a job title which various different characters held during the series. Number Two isn’t a “role”, though. It’s a job title which various different characters held during the series.

]]> by: Charles Skaggs http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856081 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:25:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856081 If someone hasn't already created a PRISONER parody of Christopher Eccleston's departure from DOCTOR WHO after only one season/series, they damn well should. I'll write the script if someone has the time and ability to film it. Oh, and Leo McKern didn't originate the role of Number Two. George Baker did, but McKern is the most well-known Number Two since he appeared in three of the seventeen episodes. If someone hasn’t already created a PRISONER parody of Christopher Eccleston’s departure from DOCTOR WHO after only one season/series, they damn well should. I’ll write the script if someone has the time and ability to film it.

Oh, and Leo McKern didn’t originate the role of Number Two. George Baker did, but McKern is the most well-known Number Two since he appeared in three of the seventeen episodes.

]]> by: Marc Arsenault http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856048 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:20:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1856048 Ah, if only Leo McKern had always been number 2. But he'll always be number 1 in our hearts! Anyway, get your geek on properly! Thunderball's Count Lippe - Guy Doleman - was the first number 2, but you would hardly say he originated the role like you would with a stage part. So there! Ah, if only Leo McKern had always been number 2. But he’ll always be number 1 in our hearts! Anyway, get your geek on properly! Thunderball’s Count Lippe - Guy Doleman - was the first number 2, but you would hardly say he originated the role like you would with a stage part. So there!

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1855511 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:08:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1855511 A show about a guy trying to escape a locale filled with surrealism, secrets, and mystery, run by an pseudogovernmental agency? It will never sell. as for who is Number One, isn't it all Eats Shoots And Leaves? A show about a guy trying to escape a locale filled with surrealism, secrets, and mystery, run by an pseudogovernmental agency? It will never sell.
as for who is Number One, isn’t it all Eats Shoots And Leaves?

]]> by: brett http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1855266 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:25:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/01/who-is-number-1/#comment-1855266 I like Jim Caviezel and will watch it now, probably because he's in it. Different strokes for different folks. I like Jim Caviezel and will watch it now, probably because he’s in it.

Different strokes for different folks.

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