eddyhokkaido wrote:
LAST FLIGHT is on right now!
Just watched it !!
now I am watching a Stop Watch episode ! this show is awsome.
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Punisher89 |
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eddyhokkaido wrote: Just watched it !! now I am watching a Stop Watch episode ! this show is awsome.
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carabimero |
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I used to love the TZ 4th of July marathons and then I had to go and buy the DVD set and ruin it
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King Nine to Firefly wrote: That's the one, thanks! |
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carabimero wrote: Box sets are the only way to go. Full, uncut, beautifully restored episodes, access to 'em anytime you want, no annoying "SyFy(lus)" logos in the corner of the screen... I've got the original and New TZ from the 80s on DVD, so I don't bother with broadcast versions anymore... Same with MASH. |
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dearlenbaugh |
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Out of curiosity, do you ever actually watch them? I found back when I got my first video player, that when I got a favorite movie or TV show on tape, I rarely
or never watched it again.
Some movies like King Kong, Laura, most versions of A Christmas Carol, and The Adventures of Robin Hood, I would watch every time they were on TV -- that was usually only once a year each. It was a special event when Casablanca was on. Once I saw it listed in the TV Guide, I waited expectantly all week for it to run. Since getting it on tape, I've only watched it once, and that was when I upgraded to DVD and I wanted to check its quality. The Sci-Fi channel has had so many TZ marathons, that I've burnt out on even my favorite episodes, so I don't have recordings of them. However, my favorite '60s TV show is the first season of The Man From UNCLE. I wanted SO badly to see it again! I finally got the DVDs at Christmas, but here it is, six months later, and I've only watched three episodes. I'm sure if it were rerun on TV five nights a week, I would have seen them all multiple times by now. |
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carabimero |
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@Electric: Of course you're right, but still there is something to be said for the excitement of the TZ 4th of July Marathon....it's a tradition that
goes way back for me.
@Dearlenbaugh--that was exactly my point ! |
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Out of respect for the Fourth of July Twilight Zone tradition, here are some pics of my TZ DVD collection, all in one small, compact case.
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The 1980s series:
The most recent series:
And of course, the movie:
All the original packaging is safe in my garage, in the "real" twilight zone! |
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JADFlores |
TZ in Ten | ||
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The�original series in ten minutes ...
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dearlenbaugh |
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Wow! I kept track of how many episodes I'd classify as "favorites." I was running about 60% of the episodes as favorites until it season of
hour-long shows, then it dropped back down, because there were so few of them I cared for.
Ultimately, I ended up with 86 out of 156 episodes that I would stop to watch again if I came across them in a SyFy marathon. Maybe it's a residual feeling from late-childhood when the TZ was first broadcast, but I still don't care for the more "mature" episodes -- the ones with greasy little people leading their tawdry little lives in tiny little rooms -- Last Night of a Jockey, The Four of Us Are Dying, Nervous Man in a Four-Dollar Room, Dead Man's Shoes, etc. Maybe that's because I never grew up completely. On the other end of the spectrum, I didn't care much for the "immature" episodes with wacky characters in silly situations -- the ones where they went for a laugh -- Escape Clause, Mr. Bevis, The Whole Truth, etc. Maybe that's because I was never a child completely. I liked best the episodes that were squarely in the middle -- serious in tone, spooky, mysterious with strong sci-fi or fantasy elements -- the ones that gave the show its reputation as the representative of all things weird -- Time Enough At Last, After Hours, Long Live Walter Jameson, To Serve Man, etc. There are seven episodes that always resonated with me. These were The 16-Millimeter Shrine, Walking Distance, A Stop at Willoughby, The Trouble With Templeton, Static, Kick the Can, and Young Man's Fancy. The common theme in them is a yearning to return to the past. Even as a child, I was nostalgic for a life during the 1940s -- a life I never lived save vicariously through old movies -- a life of old-time radio, pulp magazines, and Saturday afternoon cliff-hangers. So I was able to understand the feelings presented in these episodes. The Incredible World or Horace Ford is actually the eighth nostalgia-themed episode. I don't include it, because I can't remember ever sitting all the way through it. The hour-long show went on interminably, and Horace was such a disgusting person, I don't stick with it. So I couldn't tell you if it ended with Horace escaping to the past, or if he finally realizes his present-day life isn't so bad after all (these were the two ways they all ended). I doubt any series will ever topple TZ from its place in TV history. |
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the incredible world of horace ford is one of the better hour long episodes. its main theme is how our memories of the the past oftentimes contrast greatly
with the ACTUAL FACTS of the past. either thru denial or b/c we choose to want to believe the past was actually better (ie. different) than what actually
happened. well worth watching the whole episode. pat hingle's acting is superb.
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King Nine to Firefly |
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Some of the hour-long episodes are among my favorites: Death Ship, Miniature, On Thursday We Leave for Home, The Bard, In His Image, New Exhibit.
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dearlenbaugh |
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Indeed, "Thursday We Leave for Home" is one of my favorite Twilight Zones.
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King Nine to Firefly |
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I see the SyFy channel is supposed to have a mini-maraton(15 episodes) on October 2nd for the 50th anniversary.
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dearlenbaugh |
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50 YEARS! Hokey smoke!
I remember my father turning on the TV, and there was Earl Holliman walking down a deserted street. I recognized Holliman, maybe from Forbidden Planet. We watched the show and thought it was pretty cool. I didn't know I was watching the premiere of a legendary TV series! It was must-see TV at our house from then on. In 1984, I went to mom and dad's house to watch the 25th anniversary celebration of the Twilight Zone. It can't possibly be another 25 years already!
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King Nine to Firefly |
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I spoke with a friend of mine a few days ago. He had recorded a copy of the 25th Anniversary at his house(I taped it at mine) in 1984. I told him him it was
hard to believe that as much time has passed since we taped these to now as it was since we taped these then to the original first showing in 1959. Hard to
believe!
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