The Night Stalker is great cheesy fun! I remember the ep with the Spanish Moss monster, set in New Orleans. Very creepifying.
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Kathy A - Mar 07, 2005 8:17:05 am PST #3476 of 3531
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Topic!Cindy - Mar 07, 2005 8:38:50 am PST #3477 of 3531
What is even happening?
Thanks, Robin. I remember the "Night Stalker" title, but I don't think I've ever seen either the films or the series. Sounds sort of fun, though.
Nutty - Mar 07, 2005 8:43:43 am PST #3478 of 3531
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I'm sorry, didn't we just have 10 years of Kolchack the Night Stalker? I mean, I think David Duchovny is better looking (especially in Armani) than Darren McGavin, but -- marked similarities of concept.
DavidS - Mar 07, 2005 8:50:43 am PST #3479 of 3531
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I loved The Night Stalker. The first two TV movies were the best. Very dark and noir and scary. Some of the episodes were cheesy, but I remember the doppelganger episode disturbing me a lot. It was - as Nutty notes- one of the immediate inspirations for X-Files, but the tone was very different. McGavin was perfect as the seedy, abrasive reporter.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 07, 2005 9:01:00 am PST #3480 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Some of the episodes were cheesy, but I remember the doppelganger episode disturbing me a lot. It was - as Nutty notes- one of the immediate inspirations for X-Files, but the tone was very different.
Yes, indeed. Hard boiled, muckraking neo-noir vs. conspiracy theory drama. The monster of the week X-Files were closer to TNS than any of the myth-arc elements.
Nutty - Mar 07, 2005 9:08:16 am PST #3481 of 3531
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Right. Not to reveal my XF purism, but I first heard of Kolchak in a review of the first season of XF, when it was all dark and glum and incredibly cheap effects. I think Sci Fi ran old Kolchak episodes for a short while in the middle 90s, but I only ever saw one or two of them.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 07, 2005 9:11:07 am PST #3482 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Not to reveal my XF purism, but I first heard of Kolchak in a review of the first season of XF, when it was all dark and glum and incredibly cheap effects.
It was also an admitted inspiration of Chris Carter's. He always mentioned it in interviews about X-Files.
Connie Neil - Mar 07, 2005 9:31:24 am PST #3483 of 3531
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The robot episode terrified me. Then it broke my heart.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2005 11:35:26 am PST #3484 of 3531
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm still trying to get used to the idea of DB and Caroline Dhavernas playing leads opposite each other in These Girls. I mean, I don't think I'd have any difficulty divorcing them from their characters individually, but with the combo my head is filled with images of Jaye Tyler joining a hypothetical Angel Season 6 in the Cordelia-esque role.
sumi - Mar 07, 2005 11:43:37 am PST #3485 of 3531
Art Crawl!!!