I'm looking to buy the complete set of [b]one[/b] of the Twilight Zone series. To be honest, I've only watched a handful of episodes from the 2002 series so I want to know your guys' opinions on the rest. Thanks.
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) ,The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series), or The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)?
The Original with Rod Serling
If you have netflix online streaming, they have the original series available for streaming. Which is the best, in my opinion.
There was a 2002 series?
Why the hell have I never heard of it?
If I remember correctly, it was a lot shorter than the others.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_%282002_TV_series%29[/url]
Yeah, it's only one season so that's probably why.
I think the 80s version is extremely underrated. There are some episodes that are classic, Nightcrawlers being one of them.
That said there is a downside. Because CBS was being cheap back then, the series was filmed but each episode was immediately converted to videotape BEFORE editing, effects, music, etc was added. This means it is impossible to ever 'restore' this version of the TZ, since the episodes only exist in videotape format. No high definition version will ever be possible, and since video has limited color depth compared to film, the dark scenes will always be sort of muddy.
Bottomline, I'd go for Season 1 of the 1985 version. It has mostly all the best episode of the 80s version, and this is a version of the series that most people haven't seen a million times already.
I did not like the 2002 version.
Okay, thanks! I'll check it out.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;31097089]I think the 80s version is extremely underrated. There are some episodes that are classic, Nightcrawlers being one of them.
That said there is a downside. Because CBS was being cheap back then, the series was filmed but each episode was immediately converted to videotape BEFORE editing, effects, music, etc was added. This means it is impossible to ever 'restore' this version of the TZ, since the episodes only exist in videotape format. No high definition version will ever be possible, and since video has limited color depth compared to film, the dark scenes will always be sort of muddy.
Bottomline, I'd go for Season 1 of the 1985 version. It has mostly all the best episode of the 80s version, and this is a version of the series that most people haven't seen a million times already.
I did not like the 2002 version.[/QUOTE]
The faces in the walls were disturbing as shit.
If you could only get one, definitely go for the original, but check out the 80s one too if you can.
The original definitely, it has stuff like this:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ESxL2.jpg[/img]
Original series it is then. Thanks for the responses, everyone. :v:
[QUOTE=dumbfox;31103023]The original definitely, it has stuff like this:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ESxL2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
So many sleepless nights...
[editline]14th July 2011[/editline]
This thread just got me to thinking, why don't we have a Twilight Zone megathread?
1959 one was the best, I always try to catch the holiday marathons on SyFy
1959.
I watched an episode of the 1985 series today on the Horror channel, it was pretty naff in comparison.
A boring segment about a woman who meets her own son from the future and something about a woman who goes to a wish bank or some shit that went nowhere. The last segment was ok though about some vietnam vet who's flashbacks come to life.
Its the only episode i've seen of the revival series so i wouldn't know if the other episodes are any better.
1959 episodes are the best ones, I don't like watching the ones from the 80's because of those cameras with the high FPS that makes everything look too smooth, it ruins the atmosphere that making the show black and white in the first place gave it.
Just don't expect every episode to be great from the 1959 series. A good number are hit and miss.
That's true of any anthology series. All the stories can't be winners, even the original TZ had its share of clunkers.
The radio dramas.
Oh my, those are fantastic too.
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