Expected more

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Cast my vote with the other reviewers who felt that NBC cancelled this wonderful show simply because (remember the joke, "Why did the dog lick his privates?) THEY COULD. Well-written and well-acted supernatural shows are so rare, and, with the demise of traditional network TV, as we split the entertainment universe into 5000 channels, and as we segue to a parallel universe where a firm that used to compete with video stores by sending DVDs by USPS is now a major producer ... well they are just going to become rarer. Here is a tip for newbies, both viewers and armchair reviewers. Every good show has someone who acts as the "glue." You can even test yourself by watching (or re-watching) one of your faves and asking yourself who the glue is..? In this show Cobbs as Elmer Greentree was the glue, and no matter what was happening, or whom it was happening to, the viewer would look to Cobbs to see how to react. He was the moral centre and the action centre, and he was great, the writing was great, and the characters were fascinating. I had set my VCR on permanent timeslot record only to wake up one morning and find the show had disappeared. (Same story with American Gothic, also reviewed on IMDb by your humble scribe.) Great show!

I really enjoyed this program - I watched every episode. Until - what happened? Was the show SUPPOSED to end after less than a season? Did NBC force a show-ending episode where all the characters were killed off in outlandish ways? I would love to see this show come out on DVD - I would love even more if someone would bring it back and bypass that ridiculous 'final' episode. The episodes were well-written and the special effects were pretty good for a supposedly low-budget program. The characters were developed quite well - not quickly and superficially, but in a natural way that drew us along with the story line as it exposed each character's personality, past, talents, etc. - and there was a desire to learn more about the characters and their past, especially Elmer, the 'leader' of the group. But all that was sabotaged by who knows who? Was it the writers or the network who decided the show should end? And why do it in such a was that it could never be brought back? It seems vicious, as though maybe the network deliberately killed the show out of spite. For what, I don't know...but if anyone does know I'd love to hear about it.

I really enjoyed watching "The Others". I think they were just starting to really build the characters and the plot and boom "It was canceled!" Seems to be the way it goes with a lot of the really great shows.I felt it was an original idea by taking all types of characters and all types of their psychic abilities and meshing them together to make up a wonderful show. Each with their own unique ability and each helping the others learn to use and understand their gifts. Furthering them along in their own individual journey.I would've loved to see this show continue but maybe it was just ahead of it's time. I know I watched and waited for each new episode. I was really sorry to see this one end.I loved it and would encourage you to watch it if it ever comes out on VHS or DVD.

Although the show is interesting & entertaining as far as spooky goes, the idea of a great evil coming seems to suggest the idea that this show has to be complex & foreboding in order to be entertaining. I do not care for how Satori adds cultic & occultic practises with her "gifts" nor do I care for Elmer's belief of "we will be back again in a different life". It is one thing to have a gift but it is another to augment it with dark forces, and who wants to come back and live in this life again? Marian Kitt is a character that is more appealing along with Mark, Albert, & Warren. They don't seek these paranormals out which The Bible forbids this practise but the paranormal comes to them. I think it would be more cool if Mark uses his gifts to save patients & we see that more often & for the others to find themselves assisting heroes of other TV shows that are in dire straits where it requires an extra element of heroes for the "good guys" to win. That would be more cool. Even better if they can do it like the unknown good samaritans like Gary is on Early Edition cause they would look suspicious being in the wrong place at the wrong time in people's point of view but not in the others' point of view. It would be fun to see the Profilers think the Others are connected to these crimes & they wind up chasing them to get them but only to find out that they led them to the real killer(s) & barely escape their clutches like the Pretender. Whew!! Well this is what I like to see & that is entertainment to me.