Talk:The Prisoner (2009 miniseries)

TheVillageWiki.org removed
I have removed an external link to the TheVillageWiki.org. It doesn't provide any useful information. Reads like a conspiracy blog, I suspect intentionally. It's content is also quite prominent on the production blog link. -- PidGin128 (talk) 16:47, 19 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I have re-added the link - this link was provided by AMCTV and is one of the Official Sites. Mkamensek (talk) - The LeftOverChef 19:37, 18 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Removed again, per the external links guideline. We already link to the main AMC site, and those two links (the wiki and the viral site) are prominently linked on that page. There is no good reason to add them here. --Ckatz chat spy  20:29, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Major deletions unwarrented and appear to be whitewashing in nature.
Last week I came to the Wiki page after seeing a bus shelter poster for the new "Prisoner." I'd somehow managed to be unaware of it until now and wanted to see what it was all about. This week I came back to it because I wanted to reference some of the stuff about its troubled production history (all of which was sourced) when sharing the news with a friend, and I found it was gone. For a moment I thought I had read what I thought I read on a different site, but, sure enough, I went back two or three edits ago and found what I was looking for. It had been removed because "it was irrelevant." Since when is production history irrelevant when it comes to a movie or television series? Especially one with such an apparently long development time? I was going to Be Bold and just revert, but I wanted to get some idea of the thinking behind this before I did. Other than the fact that it was negatively disposed to the show that's going to air, I can't see why there would be a problem.216.194.21.198 (talk) 14:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a problem because it was irrelevent to THIS mini-series. The history of attempts to remake it (some unsourced anyway) belongs in The Prisoner main article. magnius (talk) 16:04, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Episode list
The table should be converted to use template:Episode list. Andyross (talk) 16:59, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

In Depth Analysis
This television miniseries deserves an in depth explanation/analysis of the nature and "simulation" (as stated below) of The Village. It is somewhat different from the original and the wiki on the original does not thoroughly explain it either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justjoshingyou (talk • contribs) 04:11, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Without sourcing from reliable sources, any analysis is strictly original research and not allowed. --M ASEM (t) 04:32, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Hardly. That information is standard in many series. He's not talking about adding original research, just adding extensions on the plot. The Wire has a great many pages dedicated to describing it, for example. Cynof  G  avuf 06:30, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Episode List
Why on earth does the episode list link to the original series instead of new articles for each of the remade episodes. I admit I haven't seen the originals, but unless they are verbatim, scene for scene remakes, I can't see how the original episodes are useful or even appropriate to link to. It would be nice if someone created all the articles, but that's probably wishful thinking. In the mean time, it would be nice if there was some distinction made, or the links changed to redlinks for the new episodes (like instead of Arrival it could read Arrival). Lime in the Coconut  19:14, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * The episode titles don't link to anything, the links to the original series are in de column Original series title which inspired this title. Now does that column belong in the episode list? The titles have some resemblance but I don't see it to have any relevance to the episode itself. It was requested that the episode list was transformed using the episode list template, I left in what was already in it before.  X  eworlebi (t•c) 19:43, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * My fault, you are indeed correct that the column title indicates they are the original episodes. My personal opinion would be that they are not needed, and slightly confusing as the episodes don't really match up, but they do draw on originals to a degree.  However, until (more like if) someone decides to write detailed plot summaries (and whatever else would be included in a stand-alone article on a particular episode) you might as well leave them in so it's not so bare.


 * Truth be told, I came here to get an understanding of the episdoes because I only caught part of them. I can't access IMDB from this computer, so I just wanted to know what happened and maybe an analysis of imagery, symbolism, or other elements.  In looking around, it seems that this remake was a big dissapointment, and as such, the article probably won't be edited as heavily or with as much detail.  I guess we'll have to wait until it airs in the UK to see how much interest it draws.  Lime in the Coconut   16:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

A bit of "original research" - The miniseries is corrupt - No. 6 was/is not a victim.
Glad to see McGoohan died before seeing the victim masquerading as "Number Six" - interesting that none of those critics (cited in the current article) noted this - perhaps because none of them notice their own submission as victims. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsusky (talk • contribs) 17:26, 8 January 2019 (UTC)