any fans of the original "Night Stalker"

[TklDuo-Drew]

Just saw on the Barnes and Noble site that the first "Kolchak-The Night Stalker" is out on dvd. This was such a cool show and Darren McGavin as Kolchak was hysterical to watch every week back in '74. And most of the episodes were indeed kinda creepy. I see there's a new version of this show out this season with a young, hip, kid playing Kolchak. Give me a break!
I wonder who's playing Tony Vincenzo?


Drew

 

[Mimi]

*raspberries*

That 'hip new kid' is 32 years old, a seasoned actor (check imdb.com for his credentials), better half of Hollywood Goddess Charlize Theron (for about 4 years now), AND the hottest damn little morsel on current television (he's been #1 on my sexiest man in the world list ever since I saw him play Lestat in Queen of the Damned about 5 years ago...hubba hubba).

I never got to see the original, as I was only 3 years old at the time, but I'm LOVING the remake. It's a fantastic show (and NOT just because Stuart Townsend plays the lead character, either...I love supernatural creepy stuff)!

Cranky old cantankerous fart.... 😀 😀 😀

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

Yes, but does Stuart wear a straw hat, Meems? 😉


Drew

 

[steph]

OMG YES! That show gave me nightmares as a kid but I LOVED it. This new one should be interesting...
XOXO

 

[venray]

I could not believe it when I saw the ad for the new Night Stalker.....

No new ideas at all in the entertainment world.....


Ray

 

[Xodlirv]

I'm an enormous fan of the original Kolchak: The Night Stalker. The chemistry between actors, the format (Kolchak narrating over the action), the storylines, everything worked! That's mainly why I'm not interested in this "new version". It's nothing but a cheap X-Files rip-off, giving the characters the names of the classic Kolchak characters. Obviously ABC doesn't even have any faith in this repackaged X-Files Lite they've come up with, as they've put it on opposite The Apprentice and CSI.

 

[kis123]

I am another fan of the original Night Stalker. I grow nostalgic just remembering me & my mom watching it together on ABC. She was one of those cool moms who pretty much let us watch everything just as long as she was present.

I watched my first of the new Night Stalker-it passed inspection for now! We'll see as time passes how things go. Most of these remakes basically suck!

 

[The Sean Man]

Though I miss Darren McGavin's humor from the original series, I like the new show...though they could lighten up Kolchak's character a bit.
If you liked the spooky episodes of X-Files (and not all that crappy mythology stuff), the new show has some pretty creepy stuff.
Found this interesting...the last episode with the blind guy in prison making people kill each other? He was played by actor Tony Curran, who co-starred with Stuart Townsend in "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".

 

[Mimi]

Interesting, Sean! I hadn't even picked up on that!

 

[Xodlirv]

I'm sure it's a fun show for what it is. I just wish they hadn't tried for built-in credibility by using the names of characters from a classic show. I had the same problem with Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson's buddy spy-comedy movie that they called I Spy.

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

Though I miss Darren McGavin's humor from the original series, I like the new show...though they could lighten up Kolchak's character a bit.
If you liked the spooky episodes of X-Files (and not all that crappy mythology stuff), the new show has some pretty creepy stuff.
Found this interesting...the last episode with the blind guy in prison making people kill each other? He was played by actor Tony Curran, who co-starred with Stuart Townsend in "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".

I, also wasn't aware of this. And I must've seen "League" like 6 times already.


Drew