… oh yeah, maybe
The other problem is “Secret Agent” was a pretty straightforward spy series, ready for “The Prisoner” to deconstruct it and turn it upside down, whereas properties like “Kingsman” and “Killing Eve” are already ridiculous
The last “normal” spy show I can think of was “Berlin Station,” nobody remembers who was in it
I found that series on a now-defunct website. My BF and I were excited to check it out - we’d heard nothing about it before, and Sir Ian McKellen!
I was thinking about what a massive letdown it had turned out to be just the other day.
Oh boy.
have you seen slow horses yet? it’s pretty spy like.
I have those same questions, but also this one: Why does a giant gelatinous animated ball continually stop me from leaving the house?
Hell yes! The only way a remake of The Prisoner would work would be for it to be a complete reimagining. Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb as Number 6 could be amazing.
There were plenty of parodies of the genre around at the same time, like Get Smart and The Man From U.N.C.L.E., not to mention James Bond. It was probably cold war tensions that made it the golden age of spy shows. As you say, The Prisoner took things in a completely different direction.
I’ll have to look for that. The Americans fits the criteria as a serious spy show.
I’m watching Treason at the moment, which seems quite traditional.
Dropping the idea of needing the lead to be a thirtysomething but keeping with the casting of someone known to play operatives in film or TV, the best choice right now might be Daniel Craig. There will be something weird about a 007 becoming a Number 6 that needs to be worked through, but this would be pretty amazing.
You know, that just might work.
I would say The Ipcress File is the most recent proper spy series. Of course it’s to some degree a reimagining of the 1965 film starring Michael Caine which itself was a treatment of Len Deighton’s novel.
It’s got the 1960s Cold War atmosphere down pat and would fit brilliantly if the revision of The Prisoner was set a little bit further down the timeline, like the original series.
Fan of the original and in general not a fan of remakes, but I think you’re right about Craig. I think he could pull it off. I wouldn’t have thought of that myself, ever, but I can see it, he’d be good.
The uncial G (and the normal e in the ® position) are just taking up “spare” spaces because the Village typeface was made in a slightly out-of-date software, an Opentype version could have several options under each space.
The inmates used Units or credits.
I would prefer to see Ben Whishaw. And a ‘q’ is just an upside-down ‘6’, right?
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