Sorry, this movie sucks

Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

It wasn't until I watched both seasons of Science Fiction Theatre recently, that I realized I had seen many of these episodes as a kid in the 60s. That I'd forgotten the series is not surprising, given the vintage of the original production.(1955-57)and the sense that this series hasn't been seen widely for the last twenty years. Nevertheless, memories of watching the series came flooding back. Although the science in the programs is outdated, the stories themselves are for the most part, quite compelling. The episodes that are more fiction than science hold up the best. Among them, the first rate "Time is just a place" and the still creepy after all these years "Hour of nightmare". The affable Truman Bradley hosts the series; He's just right for the part,I think. Many familiar faces from the golden age of TV, such as Hugh Beaumont, Paul Birch, Barbara Hale and Bill Williams, people the episodes. The dialogue and situations in the stories seem a tad stilted to me, but that, I suspect is simply because these stories reflect a moment in time now long gone. A wonderful retro treat, especially the colour episodes, Science Fiction Theatre deserves to find a new audience.

I've noticed lately that Science Fiction Theater is available on DVD for the entire run of the show. But it does look as if it's made from available sources. That usually means it could have a lot of poor quality images by being made from old VHS recordings. Just wondered if anyone has purchased the set, and if so, is it worth the money? I've seen it advertised at $49.99 from the source, which doesn't seem to be a mainstream distributor, and also on e-bay for prices about $29.99 stating that it is for new un-opened sets. But I guess at that price it would be worth it even if it isn't great quality.It was always a treat to watch it back in 1956 and 1957. I think it was the first show of it's type that I had encountered. Watched it once and I was hooked. Had to see it every chance I got after that. Being only 8 years old in 1956, I still have fond memories of it. And as someone else mentioned the parabolic disc antenna, yeah, it caught my eye too. There was one almost exactly like it atop the Southern California Edison building in Pomona, California. I gazed at it every time my parents would drive past that building. Wondered what secrets it held!

Not much to add to all these glowing reports, other than to say that I agree with them. Like many other shows that I hadn't seen for forty five years, I had bits and pieces of memories from this one, all of them pleasant. Now that I'm watching them again, I'm really enjoying them. Because this series was targeted at adults, it hasn't lost any charisma, even though the quality of the prints is erratic and some of them are downright poor. The show holds up better than any other from the distant past. All a viewer has to do is be able to immerse themselves into the world of the fifties. Science was just starting to take off and we were all filled with wonderment. At the time this show was filmed, man hadn't yet launched a satellite, transistors were so new that there were no radios available yet, polio had just been cured, the cold war and fear of the bomb was front & center, etc. In the stories presented, the betterment of mankind is the theme. They are haunting, but good wins over evil. I'm grateful that they were saved for viewing. Truman Bradley is the perfect host and the music rings in my ears.

Long before the Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits there was Science Fiction Theater. I haven't seen this wonderful TV show in 40-45 years but it still fires my imagination and possibly my nightmares. Every Friday night my 8-10 year-old's heart would begin to race as the show opened with its dramatic theme music and the camera's eye scanning the working apparatus in a "real" scientist's lab: microscope, oscilloscope, bubbling titration beakers,test tubes, and something like a radar unit. Finally the camera would settle on Truman Bradley who would introduce the episode with his resonating voice. Oh the heroes of my spent boyhood, John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Clayton Moore, Fess Parker, and Truman Bradley! I would love to see some of the old episodes—or maybe not. Would it be a disillusioning experience? Probably. By today's special-effect standards, the episodes would no doubt have a cheesy aspect to them. But I'd sure love to find out. I hope the show is still out there, somewhere. Anyway, a 2-disk DVD set of the best episodes would be about right.