Well, it's 2006, and Nowhere Man has finally arrived. One of my (and hopefully yours) favorite shows of all time has been released on DVD. 10 years ago, after Nowhere Man was cancelled, a small group of fans started an internet campaign to keep the show alive, be calling for new episodes, lobbying to have the show picked up by another network, or simply introducing the show to new people and keeping it current and fresh in people's minds. This was all done through a ring of websites, created and run by fans. Since I had just started making websites myself, I wanted to make a Nowhere Man page to help out. Well, it didn't take long before those dozens and dozens of sites became just a handfull, and today, it seems there are precious few genuine Nowhere Man sites out there.
When I created this site, I had imagined I would try and succeed where the others had failed: create a large, multi-page site that had pages for every episode with cast list, summaries, clips, TV spots, images, sounds clips etc, and to add a level of interactivity, allowing fans to rate every episode and vote for their favorite episode, and any other interactive stuff I could think of, hoping that this would keep people coming back to the site. I had even thought of perhaps making a Nowhere Man card game and even at one time a video game! Needless to say, these never came about, but the thrill, the excitement in the show was still there for me at the time. Now, I don't even have the time to watch all the DVDs, nor even update this site. Even just 5 years ago, I would have flipped out at the sight of a glossy 9-disc NWM DVD set on my desk. I would have watched them all in quick succession, and posted a complete review immediately.
Nowhere Man is over for me now. Primarily because the DVDs are out, but also, I'm just not as excited about the show as I once was, and most everything I planned for content for this site is now available either on the DVDs or on the internet.
In the past year, everything I wanted to do for Nowhere Man has happened. First, the DVDs, of course. But also, a complete interactive series guide is now available at IMDB.com. They have recently updated their database to include voting on TV shows, and individual pages for every episode of every TV show! In addition, any media, images, sounds, video, etc, I could have wanted for this site is now available on the DVDs, which contain high-res copies of all the episodes, commentaries, documentaries, interviews, deleted scenes, outtakes, TV spots and featurettes. It is far more than any NWM fan could have ever asked for!
So for now, I consider this chapter closed, this site is now just a frozen monument to a great show. I have no plans to update in the future. Instead, I invite you to go out and...
- Buy the DVD!
- Rate Every Episode on IMDB
- View the full cast and episode summaries on IMDB
- Rate the series as a whole on IMDB
- Talk with fellow fans on the IMDB forums.
Thomas Veil is still out there, searching...
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