Practically doomed from the start Moonlight still managed to be a fine show, that a lot of people refused to watch. The original driving force executive producer fell ill after some promotional material was shot and our old buddy David Greenwalt took over before the pilot was shot. Most of the originally cast main actors were replaced with younger actors except for Alex O'Loughlin (now better known for the Hawaii Five-O reboot).
The first episode aired on CBS in 2007. A lot of people watched that and didn't go on watching it. It was vampire series for adults, and for whatever reason folks didn't buy into it. A nice big budget wasted.
I thought O'Loughlin and Sophia Miles were very good. Some people thought Joseph Dohring as Joseph was great. I think they were just hoping for a younger Spike. I thought he was a) too immature, if not just plain too young and b) not a good enough actor for the part.
Some people thought it was a rehash of Forever Knight. I've seen Forever Knight. It wasn't even close. In fact when it was stealing, it stole more liberally from Buffy, which probably hurt more than it helped.
Anyway it's on my shelf with Firefly and I rewatch Moonlight much more often.
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The first episode aired on CBS in 2007. A lot of people watched that and didn't go on watching it. It was vampire series for adults, and for whatever reason folks didn't buy into it. A nice big budget wasted.
I thought O'Loughlin and Sophia Miles were very good. Some people thought Joseph Dohring as Joseph was great. I think they were just hoping for a younger Spike. I thought he was a) too immature, if not just plain too young and b) not a good enough actor for the part.
Some people thought it was a rehash of Forever Knight. I've seen Forever Knight. It wasn't even close. In fact when it was stealing, it stole more liberally from Buffy, which probably hurt more than it helped.
Anyway it's on my shelf with Firefly and I rewatch Moonlight much more often.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZXl6A_Mkuk