Kolchak - The Night Stalker Streaming
Jeudi, juillet 15th, 2010 |
Kolchak - The Night Stalker Streaming.
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Before “The X-Files”, Darren McGavin was reporter Carl Kolchak whose news stories would focus on the supernatural and science fiction aspects of a tale. “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” only ran a short (it was only about 20 episodes) season on ABC. Although it lacked the creative fire power of the two TV movies (Producer/director Dan Curtis, director John Moxey and writer Richard Matheson were not eager with the series at all), the best episodes had a spicy sense of humor and a couple of young contributors that would develop their sign elsewhere (the creative team slack “Support to the Future” and the writer-producer of “The Sopranos” were both contributors to the series) . I realize that writer/creator Jeff Rice ended up suing Universal over the TV series but do wish that an interview with him or commentary tracks had been included.
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Released to coincide with the unique “The Night Stalker” TV series produced/written by Frank Spotnitz (”The X-Files”, “The Lone Gunmen”), the series is bare bones when it comes to extras.. However, the episodes will be uncut which is a huge plus for fans. Having had to suffer through versions burned from the Sci-Fi Channel broadcast, I’ll be gratified to finally have these sans commercial interruptions.
There’s trustworthy and dreadful news about the format; all these are released in the dual layered, dual sided format. Because it requires a disc to be “pressed” four times instead of two, there’s a higher chance of problems with the discs. Universal has, in the past, had a spot on occasion with the dual layered/dual sided DVDs freezing up (I recently had a pickle with “McCloud” and others have had other problems) . Hopefully they’ve solved the manufacturing snafu that caused this pickle in the first position and this won’t be a predicament here. I didn’t have any of the discs freeze up on me when I tried them but that doesn’t mean that obvious players may not have this predicament because of flaws during the manufacturing process.
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The gracious news–at last this series is available on DVD. It doesn’t peer anywhere as satisfactory as MGM’s release of “The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler”. There’s a lot of debris in the image and the images are very, very dark–much darker than critical which makes night scenes kind of a pickle to idea at times (since powerful of the series takes region at night this could be a predicament) . The packaging is nice with the shows each stored in a single slim line jewel box which will aid prevent wear and trail. “Kolchak” was recently voted the worst looking DVD transfer of 2005 (at TVonDVD) because of the awful dissimilarity, image quality, etc. Should you collected accumulate it? Absolutely. If you’re a videophile the image quality may bother you but if you’re objective watching it for the enjoyment of the prove I doubt it will except on the first couple of episodes.
Sure there were dogs here (the werewolf episode among them) but there were also some exceedingly helpful episodes that demonstrated a novel, quirky sense of humor that translated well to TV. As a monster-of-the-week terror series, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” had no peers during the 70’s. Among the best episodes are “Fright in the Heights” (written by Jimmy Sangster “Dismay of Dracula”), “Chopper” (written byBob Gale & Robert Zemeckis -”Benefit to the Future”, “Contact”, “Forrest Gump”) and a number of terrific episodes written by “The Sopranos” creator David Slump. I would have loved a commentary track from Jack Grinnage (Ron Updyke) but I convey that’s asking for too grand. There are no extras outside of promos for other Universal products. Since there’s a blank side on the last disc, there was plenty of room to include some. Why not include the promos that ran on ABC for the note? I’m distinct there are vintage interviews with Darren McGavin. Since Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz are such vast fans of the series why not interview them (along with Jeff Rice) for the location here?
As a expansive fan of the leisurely (he passed away in March 2006) Darren McGavin and fan of the modern TV movies, I’m ecstatic to stare this finally coming to DVD but do wish that Universal had included either vintage interviews that McGavin gave at the time or, better yet, commentary tracks or unusual interviews with McGavin or the surviving cast/production members. It may not be perfect but, hey, at least it has finally arrived on DVD.
Were there cheesy episodes? Clear but then again it’s righteous cheese with witty dialogue and gargantuan performances from a seasoned cast of veterans. The best episodes showed wit and imagination and recognize attractive pleasant even though optical effects and construct up weren’t quite as advanced as today. You can peek Mulder to some extent in Kolchak and Scully’s doubting Thomas in Vincenzo. If you gather a chance you should also gawk Darren McGavin’s two appearences on “The X-Files”. He also has a cameo (via digital technology) in a witty tip of the hat in the pilot episode of the modern “Night Stalker” TV series. Oh and got to fancy that seersucker suit! We’ll miss you Darren but at least we have your terrific performances in film and TV shows!
Since the announcement of a “fresh update” was announced for Night Stalker (with Stuart Townsend as Kolchak), I knew two things… The fresh series will more than likely be dreadful, and two, that Universal will finally release the recent series on DVD to coincide with the unique series. Nothing gets these studios off of their rears like self-promotion. Well, all I can say is “It’s about time!”
I loved watching Kolchak: The Night Stalker when it first aired (I was in 4th grade) . Reruns aired in the early 80’s as section of a rotation on the CBS evening movie or tedious movie, or whatever they called it. Sci-Fi has been running them occasionally with limited or no pre-announcement and unfortunately 4 episodes (Legacy of Fear, Demon and Lace, Firefall, and The Energy Eater) have only been presented as two movies that merely combined the episodes into a confusing mess called “Demon and the Mummy” and “Crackle of Death”.
Finally we will have all 20 episodes as they should be seen. The lack of special features is disappointing but not suprising. As other reviewers have commented, I would adore to hear commentary from Jeff Rice, David Rush, and/or especially Darren McGavin. I don’t normally review something before it hits the streets, but short of a enormous mess-up on Universal’s portion, a high rating is definately warrented for this extraordinary series.
Personal favorites: “Dread In The Heights” which the Kolchak Companion describes as the episode most likely to sell the series to a non-viewer. Also high on the scramble scale are “The Spanish Moss Murders”, “Chopper”, and “The Zombie”. What a ample gift honest in time for Halloween!
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