50 years later, 'Twilight Zone' bridges time

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smithinjapan at 02:38 PM JST - 4th October

The 80s version was fun, but lacked decent production value and is definitely a product of its time (can't quite watch it these days without laughing at the hairstyles and what not). The original is far better, minus the special affects, of course. In any case, a brilliant idea over all, and full of good stories.
Pump24 at 05:32 PM JST - 4th October

Each New Years the Sci Fi channel has a 24 hour TZ marathon...worth watching every minute! Many of the stories still freak me out years later. I agree with John...a great story overshadows any billion dollar special effect. Rod Serling was a genius, years ahead of the pack.
Pukey2 at 07:25 PM JST - 4th October

Loved the original series. I hear that the episode which starred George Takei was never shown again because of the sensitive topic.
Speed at 10:59 PM JST - 4th October

Pukey2, what was the episode with Takei about?
LFRAgain at 01:12 AM JST - 5th October

Twilight Zone was a great series. I watched it all the time as a kid. It's probably where my fascination with sci-fi started.

Speed,

The Takei episode I think Pukey2's referring to is called "The Encounter."

Details here:

http://tzone.the-croc.com/tzeplist/encount.html
lincolnman at 08:13 AM JST - 5th October

Agree with all - certainly in Top 5 best TV programs of all time. Thoughful little morality plays each week - and who can forget the haunting opening and closing themes by the great Bernard Hermann.
NoriPfan at 01:30 PM JST - 5th October

Have long enjoyed Twilight Zone along with a similar series called One Step Beyond. Both were fascinating to the mind as opposed as to trashy new shows that couldn't even match up to their calibre.
Betting at 02:46 PM JST - 5th October

Anyone see the movie released in the 80s I think it was? Whenever I get on an airplane I don't look out the window anymore, just in case ...

But the original b&w, that was truly an incredible show!! Really good stuff.
Brainiac at 02:59 PM JST - 5th October

Apparently, Leonardo DiCaprio - a big Rod Serling fan - is developing some episodes for a feature-length movie. Not sure if that's a good idea, since modern moviemaking's penchant for special effects and swear words would seem to be at odds with the Twilight Zone's storytelling style.
kokorocloud at 03:07 PM JST - 5th October

The original is AMAZING. I am still wanting to have the whole thing on DVD. Almost every episode is just fantastic. This is one of those shows that everyone will always remember.
TokyoGas at 07:24 PM JST - 5th October

Amazing show. Some of the opening monologues were pure poetry.
Klein2 at 10:15 PM JST - 5th October

Smartacus. Would love to have those DVDs.

Lincolnman. Unfortunately, it is listed as number 26 on TVGuide's list of best shows of all time, beaten by MASH and Friends. haha. I agree that it was great though. Shatner, Takei, was Nimoy in one? Five seasons is pretty amazing when you consider that Star Trek went three seasons and then disappeared. It is not among TVGuide's top 50.

And BETTING, there WAS a remake of Shatner's airplane episode in the movie, wasn't there. I had forgotten about that. I always remember that as the VicMorrow decapitation movie. Pretty sad.

My favorite TZ line: IT'S A COOKBOOK!! Favorite TZ ending: The Penguin breaks his glasses.
bamboohat at 09:39 AM JST - 6th October

Twilight zone was a fantastic show. To see how it is still possible to make a fully twilight zone based movie (even in black and white) check out a movie with Christian Bale called "The Mechanic."

It is still possible, if you do it right, hopefully DiCaprio will.

Rod Serling was a genius.
Noripinhead at 06:54 PM JST - 6th October

Serling practically coined the phrase "Witness if you will..." You know of course he wrote the screenplay for "Planet of the Apes". Watching the series now is like going back to a more innocent time, a time before JFK, a time before Vietnam, before cell phones...
Pukey2 at 01:57 PM JST - 10th October

My favorite TZ line: IT'S A COOKBOOK!! Favorite TZ ending: The Penguin breaks his glasses.

Don't know about the second one, but wasn't the first one from an episode called 'To Serve Man'? I wonder how it was translated into other languages.