Title: Night Stalker (at Us Pace)
rob - October 15, 2005 10:09 PM (GMT)
As it says above, a thread to discuss Night Stalker at US/Internet pace, Not sure if anyone else is watching along though? :unsure:
Just this minute finished watching the current ep (1x03) which was a lot better than last weeks and as good as the pilot imo. This weeks seemed a lot like a Millennium ep when focusing on that dad turned crazy axe murderer. The scene where he went after his little girl was just wrong :no: but sadly it made good television and lasting images. I didn't like last weeks ep much because it seemed a bit predictable and slow, but because they didn't bring in the axe bit till much later on, it seemed to make this episode more entertaining :) Good to see they had a Kolchak voice over with words on screen, they're very distinctive and give the show it's own special feel, which it needs a lot of I think as it doesn't yet seem strong enough as similar shows.
Didn't take to Gabrielle Union at first but she's starting to seem alright now, and Townsend is just perfect for the role imo - overall it's quality television, looking forward to seeing a main arc pick up which will undoubtedly be about the marked wrist killer who did in Kolchaks wife (and possibly many others), hopefully they'll be arc twists and turns of Millennium season 2 quality (another Millennium comparison but for obvious reasons) :)
Just this minute finished watching the current ep (1x03) which was a lot better than last weeks and as good as the pilot imo. This weeks seemed a lot like a Millennium ep when focusing on that dad turned crazy axe murderer. The scene where he went after his little girl was just wrong :no: but sadly it made good television and lasting images. I didn't like last weeks ep much because it seemed a bit predictable and slow, but because they didn't bring in the axe bit till much later on, it seemed to make this episode more entertaining :) Good to see they had a Kolchak voice over with words on screen, they're very distinctive and give the show it's own special feel, which it needs a lot of I think as it doesn't yet seem strong enough as similar shows.
Didn't take to Gabrielle Union at first but she's starting to seem alright now, and Townsend is just perfect for the role imo - overall it's quality television, looking forward to seeing a main arc pick up which will undoubtedly be about the marked wrist killer who did in Kolchaks wife (and possibly many others), hopefully they'll be arc twists and turns of Millennium season 2 quality (another Millennium comparison but for obvious reasons) :)
rob - October 15, 2005 10:33 PM (GMT)
btw, if you follow the little follow-the-clues game on the official site you unlock some wallpapers :D
http://abc.go.com/primetime/nightstalker/
http://abc.go.com/primetime/nightstalker/
rob - October 29, 2005 02:38 PM (GMT)
Episode 4 was almost a direct copy of The X-Files Grotesque, but still it was ok.
Episode 5 was very good though, great story too - But I do hope it won't take too long for an arc to pick up, the bad evil of the week theme isn't as strong as it is in other shows imo.
Wonder which way they'll go with this first season :unsure:
Episode 5 was very good though, great story too - But I do hope it won't take too long for an arc to pick up, the bad evil of the week theme isn't as strong as it is in other shows imo.
Wonder which way they'll go with this first season :unsure:
rob - November 23, 2005 10:19 AM (GMT)
Is abc.go.com/primetime/schedule/2005-06/thenightstalker.html the new official site? The old one doesn't seem to exist any more, seems ABC have changed their sites layout - also can't find out when the next new episode is out (part II of the cliffhanger) :unsure:
Crichton Kicks - November 23, 2005 05:52 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (rob @ Nov 23 2005, 10:19 AM) |
| Is abc.go.com/primetime/schedule/2005-06/thenightstalker.html the new official site? The old one doesn't seem to exist any more, seems ABC have changed their sites layout - also can't find out when the next new episode is out (part II of the cliffhanger) :unsure: |
You have heard that it's been cancelled haven't you Rob ? :unsure:
rob - November 23, 2005 06:07 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Crichton Kicks @ Nov 23 2005, 06:52 PM) | ||
You have heard that it's been cancelled haven't you Rob ? :unsure: |
rob - November 23, 2005 06:11 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE |
| ABC Says Good Night to 'Stalker' Monday, November 14, 2005 02:04 PM PT ABC is turning out the lights on its freshman series "Night Stalker," pulling the plug after six episodes that struggled to find audiences up against TV's top-rated series, "CSI." Show creator Frank Spotnitz ("The X-Files") announced the cancellation on his blog (Biglight.com/blog) Sunday (Nov. 13), and ABC confirmed Monday that the show was being pulled, effective this week. An expanded edition of "Primetime" will fill its 9 p.m. Thursday spot this week, with previously scheduled movies set for the two Thursdays after that. "While I'm disappointed the series has come to an end, I am enormously grateful for the experience and the opportunity given me by the network and Touchstone Television," Spotnitz writes. After thanking the show's cast and crew, he adds, "It was a blast." The news doesn't come as a big surprise -- "Night Stalker" was one of many series that have struggled on ABC's Thursday schedule in recent years. In its six weeks on the air it averaged just 5.2 million viewers and also struggled in the key adults 18-49 demographic. Any show facing CBS' "CSI," which draws 28 million viewers each week, is fighting an uphill battle. But "Night Stalker," an update of the 1970s series that stars Stuart Townsend as ghoul-hunting reporter Carl Kolchak and Gabrielle Union as his skeptical colleague, couldn't break free from the pack behind NBC's "The Apprentice." Last week, it finished in a virtual tie with FOX's "Reunion" and only beat The WB's "Everwood" by a couple hundred thousand viewers. Nine episodes of "Night Stalker" were filmed. At the moment, ABC has no plans to air the three that haven't been seen yet. |
shit :(
Ghostmachine - November 23, 2005 10:23 PM (GMT)
ABC aired the first episode of a two-parter and then pulled the show. The concluding episode remains unaired though it can be downloaded to your iPod.
Crichton Kicks - December 12, 2005 10:03 PM (GMT)
little pixie - December 16, 2005 12:18 PM (GMT)
Night Stalker is showing on Bravo UK from the end of January. :)
http://www.bravo.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18032 The link is to the Bravo message board and has Alias spoilers.
http://www.bravo.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18032 The link is to the Bravo message board and has Alias spoilers.
willowroolz - January 14, 2006 04:01 PM (GMT)
I quite enjoyed the first episode. Shame it's been cancelled.