Prison break season 1 review guardian năm 2024

A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.

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Great Show

Excellent acting and well written. One of those shows that you can't wait until the next episode and even more credible than "24" which, I have to say, this past year got a little out there. It's great and well worth your time.

Wentworth Miller brings a stoic dignity to the role, earnest and steadfast. Dominic Purcell is wonderful as his brother on the cusp of needing to believe his brother will help him. Peter Stormare is creepy as only he can be. And Stacy Keech is refreshing as an atypically concerned prison warden. Nick Santora and Paul Scheuring's writing is spot on and intriguing, leaving you wishing that this was a novel so that the pages could be turned faster. I would encourage any who have the fortitude to watch this show. Pure gold.

Prison Break brothers Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell playing Captain Cold and Heat Wave in The Flash. Photograph: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

After years of reboots, such as Knight Rider and Hawaii Five-O, that had little in common with the original apart from a title and perhaps a remixed theme tune, Prison Break is part of a wave of what you might call “provenance TV”: resurrections of existing properties that get the band back together and make a point of telling viewers about it. They also tend to be continuations, picking up where things left off (or, at least, went off the boil, commercially). It adds a sense of familiarity and can also help explain away any crinkling of the cast.

Reuniting the original creative talent, both on-screen and off, is now recognised as an important way of getting existing fans to buy into any remake or quasi-reboot. It adds a welcome whiff of authenticity – like a band playing a classic album with their original lineup – that helps mask the cold metallic tang of commercial imperatives.

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in The X-Files. Photograph: Snap Stills/REX

Scheuring might not have the built-in brand recognition of The X-Files creator Chris Carter, or David Lynch but Fox clearly thinks that having him attached to any new incarnation of Prison Break is important. And it’s Fox that has pioneered this new approach, having overseen the limited series 24: Live Another Day and subsequently convincing Carter, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson to return for a celebratory reopening of The X-Files.

While Live Another Day proved a financial success, we’ve since learned the next 24 mini-series won’t feature Jack Bauer, which might turn out to be a continuation too far. But Fox’s stewardship of the new six-episode series of The X-Files seems like an object lesson in getting fans on board, creating tangible buzz for a show that had long since gravitated from global sensation to dusty irrelevance.

Things have been more turbulent over at Showtime where – after winning enormous goodwill for facilitating David Lynch’s return to Twin Peaks – a very public spat over funding looked like it would scuttle the entire project, as fans insisted they would bin any version of Twin Peaks that didn’t involve Lynch’s uniquely unsettling imprimatur. It felt too precarious to be a publicity stunt and, last month, the two parties agreed terms that are presumably going to be even more pleasing to fans: Lynch will now direct double the number of episodes originally promised.

Would anyone threaten to boycott NBC’s surprise resurrection of Heroes if Tim Kring walked away from the project? Probably not, but having Kring publicly on board means that, if Heroes Reborn is a failure, there’s a scapegoat in place. Perhaps it’s no wonder TV executives are coming round to the idea of taking reboots back to their roots. It’s a win-win: if the project is a success, the network looks both smart and principled for bringing back the key talent. And if it’s a flop, they can shrug and say: “What more could we have done?”

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Recruiting original creators, stars, directors or even composers (as 24: Live Another Day did with Sean Callery) feels like an attempt to recapture the spirit of a TV show, and surely that can only be a good thing. As TV trends go, anything that grants more respect or agency to original creators seems like a positive step. But there is a danger of romanticising the idea that the person who created a groundbreaking piece of art is always the best qualified to continue the story or reinterpret it for a new generation. Whenever I get too caught up in that notion I just remember two words: George Lucas.

Is season 1 of Prison Break good?

The show is really smartly written where all of the cast and characters are given a chance to shine and they do...the entire cast is terrific! The first season is obviously the best but the others are still very well done and definitely worth watching. Don't miss this show!

When did Prison Break get bad?

Prison Break season 5 undid the emotional death of Michael Scofield in season 4, ruining the closure it provided and making the revival series a mistake. The unnecessary addition of convoluted conspiracies and twists turned off fans and divided critics, making season 5 the worst of the entire series.

What went wrong with Prison Break?

Moreover, Prison Break became extremely repetitive as the show went on. It became a cycle of breaking out just to get thrown back into a new prison. Each time Scofield and company broke out of prison, it seemed to mean less because it was obvious they would end up getting tossed back into imprisonment shortly after.

Was it Sarah's head in the box?

The character was killed off-screen with her head literally being found in a box. As Sara was easily the most likable character on the show, her off-screen death caused a monumental upset, and it didn't help that it was reportedly due to tension between Callies and the producers, but why does Sara die in Prison Break?