AMC’s “The Killing” For Fun & Profit
Any dramatic or comedic series, driven by one sort of tension or another, promises a pay-off of some sort, but not all hang their hat on it. No one really expected Gilligan to get off the island (though, ancient Spoiler Alert, they ultimately did). Even mysteries don’t always pivot on the crime’s solution. Columbo identified [...]
The Prisoner by Carlos J. Cortes – review
Set on Earth in Washington, D.C., Carlos J. Cortes’s new techno-thriller The Prisoner depicts a realistic scenario in which scientists come up with a solution for the problem of overcrowded prisons in the United States. The answer? Hibernation. Before you scoff at this possiblity, or laugh at its improbability, consider what the author told me in an interview in January of 2009 about scientists experimenting on trying to induce a hibernation-like state in people: “Human trials started in 2008.”
Full review after the jump…
SDCC – 9-minute Preview of AMC’s The Prisoner
SDCC unveiled a pretty lengthy teaser of AMC’s forthcoming remake of the classic ’60s SF series that starred the late Patrick McGoohan. We posted previous teasers for The Prisoner in March, but now we get a lengthy 9-minute look at the show.
Check it out after the jump . . .
A peek at AMC’s The Prisoner
AMC’s The Prisoner is coming upon us and not lacking star power with Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen involved. This is a planned 6-episode remake of the classic Spy/SF show from the ’60′s, and Caviezel is playing the roll of the recently deceased Patrick McGoohan (Number 6).
Check out a recently released teaser image and a video preview from earlier this year after the jump . . .
