"The Others" (2000) TV series

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Creators:

John D. Brancato
Michael Ferris

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

5 February 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

College student Marian Kitt is terrified to discover that she has the power to see into the "other side."...

Plot Keywords:

Student | Supernatural | Team | Misfits

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Julianne Nicholson	...	Marian Kitt (13 episodes, 2000)
Gabriel Macht	...	Dr. Mark Gabriel (13 episodes, 2000)
Missy Crider	...	Ellen 'Satori' Polaski (13 episodes, 2000)
Bill Cobbs	...	Elmer Greentree (13 episodes, 2000)
John Billingsley	...	Prof. Miles Ballard (13 episodes, 2000)
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Warren Day (13 episodes, 2000)
John Aylward	...	Albert McGonagle (13 episodes, 2000)
Katerina Gavala	...	Sheena (13 episodes, 2000)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

DreamWorks Television

Quotes:

Dr. Mark Gabriel: We almost lost you there for a moment.
Elmer Greentree: I was ready to go. But there was something in heaven that I didn't like.
Miles: Heaven had a Disney store?

They should had given this guys a bigger budget.

I always enjoyed watching this TV-series with a supernatural basis. In my opinion it had lots of potential and could had become the new "The X-Files". The 'low' budget was however painfully notable at times with its special effects and it was obvious that the creators had to restrain themselves with the stories for the different episodes because of the 'lack' of money. I'm positive that with some more money this TV-series could had become a big success but unfortunately they stopped the show after one season.

The characters were all solid and all had their own interesting background. The characters were most definitely strong and interesting enough to carry the series.

My favorite episode most definitely was "Souls On Board", later I found out that that episode was directed by no one less then Tobe Hooper who made the movies "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974) and "Poltergeist" (even though I'm still convinced of it that Spielberg did the most directing on that movie, I think Hooper only did some of the technical aspects on that movie.).

I'm sorry it must have been years since I've watched an episode of "The Others" but I seem to remember that the series had a good opening theme composed by Klaus Badelt, who is now a much better known and acclaimed composer for movies like "The Time Machine" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl". A bit off topic but you should also check his musical score for "K-19: The Widowmaker" out. It's a score worth owning but unfortunately not one easy to get. The score for the series itself was composed by highly underrated composer Shirley Walker, who worked with Danny Elfman as an orchestrator and conductor for years.

If you get the chance of watching "The Others" on TV as reruns, make sure to do so then. The series is worth your time and has solid characters and some good writing. Unfortunately this series will most likely not be easy to catch and I also don't think that they are ever going to give it a DVD release. A shame because this series had tons of potential and is worth to be seen by everyone.

8/10

P.S.: Oh and could someone please remove the Nicole Kidman poster on this page! This series has absolutely nothing to do with the 2001 movie "The Others" starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Alejandro Amenábar.