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 - Good show, cut off shortI immediately liked this show, the lead cast is of course very important and I think Stuart Townsend & Gabrielle Union were a good match. Ok, sometimes it looked a bit like Mulder & Scully but it just was a nice reminder. It did had a different feel as the x-files, sadly it did not get a fair chance. Rating:  - Atmospherics and aetherThis was a good show but in no way lived up to the promise and potential of the old series. What is sadly lacking in these updates - Yes, I am aware this is a dressed up clone of another Spotnitz series - is a sense of humor. Even at his most morose, Duchovny's character was able to lob a couple of fast ones at Scully which would be received with her standard deadpan scowl. The original Kolchak did not take itself too seriously and Spotnitz and crew could learn a lesson or two from that. All things considered, there were a handful of fine episodes in it's short run. Unfortunately, while Townsend and Union are photogenic they both lack the nuances of a great character actor like McGavin. It probably isn't fair to examine either of the two series through the prism of thirty years of change but the original series has a charm all its own which will not be easily emulated by modern refashioning and atmospheric camera work. It may be time to put this genre to bed until someone has something unique to say. Rating:  - Get the OriginalThere was some good that came out of this poorly-written, poorly-acted, series. The original "Kolchak, the Night Stalker" movies (both of them) and series became available on DVD. The original made for TV movies and the follow-up series with Darren McGavin in the title role supported by an excellent continuing cast held up quite well even when viewed today. So I strongly urge you to forget this simulation and get the original. Rating: - Slow - no comparison to the original - bad acting and story linesI bought this series after reading some of the reviews - it was cheap and I thought - hey, why not take a chance. What a stinker. The acting is about as stimulating as a quilting bee and the story lines inspire about as much suspense as an assisted walker race. This series is a real loser. The original series with Darin McGavin had some color - Kolchak was a quirky and interesting character reminiscent of Peter Falk in the Columbo series - this 'modern day' Kolchak looks and acts more like Donny Osmond and his pairing with the skeptic Perri Reed only reinforces this image - she looks like someone who wandered onto the wrong set - she should have been on the 'Saved by the Bell' rerun set. She can't act, she's not the least bit credible, and she's just plain bad. This loser features laughable story lines - nothing ever gets grisly or terrifying - nothing ever gets even suspenseful. This bomb was on the air way too long and is a waste of money- go get something more suspenseful - one of the Casper or Scooby Doo movies should do it. This series stinks !! The producers should be ashamed of themselves for putting this stinker out there. Rating:  - Great value for the moneyIf you love the show or are a big Stuart Townsend fan this is a must have. It contains episodes that never made it to TV.
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