Night Stalker ongoing thread (now cancelled) - Page 2

I thought it was decent.

I enjoyed it enough to tune in again. Not as good as the "pilot" movies for the original series, but I'll keep an open mind and take the new show on its own merits for now.

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Since the theme is very similar to Supernatural, I wonder if it's going to come down to one or the other getting the audience. Maybe it won't matter so much since they're on different nights and networks. The vibe is very different in any case. This show seems to take things much more seriously, but it's hard to tell anything from one episode.

Probaly because its the continuing story line for the season and if the answered everything in the first episode it would be cut wrap and see you later, no series just a one hour movie.

My expectations weren't too high though I thought the show was a good start. Seems like the mark/missing wife storyline will be the major subplot at least through most of this first season, with the 'monster/creep' of the week filling in. Thought the cast was good. Liked the chemistry between Kolchak and Reed. The show for me seems to be a bit much on the horror/gore (next week's episode even moreso.)
I liked the tips to the original series. Seeing the McGavin clip brought a grin to my face. The whole idea of Kolchak involved in what's really happening and everyone else oblivious was part of the charm of the old series. Nice Mustang but it should be a CONVERTIBLE like in the old series. That's the way to go cruising through Las Vegas!

Well, the one good thing about this series...it got the original finally released on DVD next week. The nods to the original (the real Kolchak digitally inserted in one scene and the original hat in this Kolchak's office) only made me anticipate buying the original just that much more, some fine monster cheese just in time for Halloween!

I have'nt watch this yet it's on the DVR but I'm assuming since

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I think the biggest thing that stood out was his house. How can he afford a place like that?

Was the McGavin scene an Easter egg, or did I totally miss it? I didn't see him anywhere.

It was about 20 mins in, you must have blinked.

Damn, I can't believe I missed this. Is it going to be replayed at all?

Man, that house had a VIEW, didn't it? Makes a guy want to be a reporter...

I forgot to tivo it. Damn.

If anyone DVR'd this and can burn to disc, I'd gladly pay for the disc and shipping to be able to see it. Just PM or e-mail me.

Dammit. Now I have to "acquire" the episode again in order to see the McGavin footage.

I was thinking the same thing. His co-worker's place was high class too. Looked like a penthouse with a killer view. Journalism must pay a lot better than I'd heard.

It seemed to be kind of a mistake to have the newsroom, Reed's house, and Kolchak's house all almost solid glass. They look too similar. It probably saves money if they're the same set redressed.

Kolchak's house actually looked a lot like a house I recently saw in an episode of Adam-12. It had a similar pool and everything. Assuming Universal is the studio for this Kolchak, maybe it was filmed on the same set.

The concept of Night Stalker predates The X Files by twenty years.

> The concept of Night Stalker predates The X Files by twenty years.

Yeah, and it inspired it, too, although I don't remember reporters on the X Files.

Pretty cool part in the newsroom where they digitally inserted Darrin McGavin into the shot. I liked that.

I didn't get into the show, though. Took it off my TIVO to do list. Sorry!

I'll give the show a few more episodes but I don't hold out much hope. Not that I thought is was awful, just sort of generic. Why it's called The Night Stalker I don't know. It has nothing to do with the original in any way. It's totally devoid of the sense of humor that went hand in hand with the horror in the original series. And aren't there enough bad digital effects in todays movie theatres that we had to have poor Darrin McGavin digitally (and badly) pasted into a scene for no reason?

No one watched tonight? I thought it was better than the pilot. Not helping people's comparisons to the X-Files, it was directed by frequent X-Files director Rob Bowman (I don't know how apt the comparison is, as I never watched X-Files). I like the show's production values, but there are too many glass houses. Does everyone in LA live like that?

It had a real X-Files vibe to it, from the look to the storyline, but agreed it was better than the pilot. But, having watched the original series recently, the voice-overs throughout is sorely missed in this variation.

I'm watching the original, too, and this new one really does just take the names and the supernatural premise, and that's about it. It is exceedingly grim, without even a hint of levity to be found. That's kind of a good thing, since so many of today's shows throw one-liners at you ad nauseum, but it sure doesn't capture the feel of the original. Taken on it's own merit, it's worth my continuing to watch it. But, as I said, I never saw the X-Files. And if this is complete retread of that, I can see why others are ambivalent towards it.

That bugged me too all through the episode. Everyone's home/apartment/office is all glass with beautiful panoramic views.

I liked this episode OK, but psychic phenomena/possession really doesn't interest me (this was also my issue with this week's "Supernatural") so I wasn't as engaged as I might have been with some other supernatual subject.

Then again, I also like to watch "Ghost Whisperer." Go figure.

I still haven't watched either episode (they're on a tape waiting for me to get through the "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" DVD set, only two episodes to go) but a name appeared on the second episode that should be enough to give everyone a little bit of hope: Darin Morgan was credited as "consulting producer". This means he should be writing a script or two this season, providing that the show lasts long enough. In case you don't know who he is, he wrote 4 and 2 of the best "X-Files" and "Millennium" episodes, respectively. The episodes in question are "Humbug", "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", "War of the Coprophages" and "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" in the case of "X-Files" and "Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense'" and "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" in the case of "Millennium". Nothing he's written has been produced since he was working on "Millennium" in early '98. I wouldn't count on more than three episodes, though. He wrote one "X-Files" in Season 2 (not counting his "story by" credit on "Blood"), though I believe he was only freelance at the time. He was a story editor during Season 3, during which time he wrote his last three episodes for that show and did an uncredited rewrite on the final act of "Quagmire". His year on "Millennium" only produced two episodes, though. I hear bad things about the show, and as brilliant as Darin is, two or three of his episodes aren't going to save the show when there are 20 that aren't written by him, even if he does uncredited rewrites. Still, I'll support a less-than-stellar show if it means we'll be seeing the first Darin Morgan content in over 7 years.

I just watched the second episode of Night Stalker this evening and I think I'm starting to like it. To me it really has a Millennium/X-Files vibe to it and I really like the overall atmosphere of the show. I hope that ABC allows the show enough time to find an audience.


That's about my only complaint about the show (besides the time slot it's aired in). There is no way in hell a newspaper reporter is going to be able to afford a house like that in our overinflated real estate market! I really love mid-century modern architecture so I think it's pretty cool seeing all of the hilltop homes they keep showing but I keep wondering to myself how on earth Kolchak is living in one.

Well Night Stalker is off my ReplayTV recording list. The intro for this 2nd epsiode was just too violent for my tastes.

"You know what you need to do."

Sort of Flatliners-esque this week, but I liked it. I'm actually enjoying this show. It's probably in third place of the four I'm watching, but that's alright. I don't know if it's already been picked up for a full season, but I'm betting the show won't survive.