You excited for this weekend’s premiere of the AMC remake of the Prisoner, with James Caviezel and Sir Ian McKellen?
Well, if you’re truly jonesing to jump back to the Village, AMC has something for you — a motion comic preceding the series, written by M. Scott Veach, and art by Mitch Breitweiser.
In a lot of ways, it looks like a ton of work — but boy does it pay off. Using different drawings on a static background as opposed to moving one stationary image, this may very well be one of the better motion comics I’ve seen, and that’s without music and voiceovers.
The first chapter — totally free, mind you — is up on AMC’s web site.
UPDATE: Whew, a little hasty with my trigger finger there — Warren Ellis rightly notes the credits, which I somehow missed. Thanks for the heads-up!
November 12th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Comics are not written by companies.
November 12th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
“You excited for this weekend’s premiere of the AMC remake of the Prisoner, with James Caviezel and Sir Ian McKellen?”
I wish I was, David, as I love the original series (sounds so weird to be saying “original series” when referring to The Prisoner), but I wish the rumore Chris Nolan big screen version had happened instead. I think he would’ve nailed it. Maybe he would’ve cast Clive Owen, who (after seeing Children of Men) would’ve made a great No. 6. Hell, I’d have like Christian Bale as No. 6… But Jim Caviezel? Sorry. Aside from the fact he’s not British, I don’t feel that his more publicized political views really fit with the whole concept.
I’m going to give the new Priz a shot, mostly for the always amazing Ian McKellan (WONDERFUL casting there), but It’ll probably just make me want to pop up in my DVDs of the original show and watch them all again. Not everything about it has aged well, but it was a masterpiece of its time.