The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
TV-PG | 16 September 1963 (USA)
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    Moustroll

    Good movie but grossly overrated

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    ThedevilChoose

    When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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    Derry Herrera

    Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

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    Portia Hilton

    Blistering performances.

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    mccready-906-458193

    The Outer Limits was an incredible science fiction series. A lot of people compare it unfavorably to The Twilight Zone (and I mean the original Twilight Zone from the same era as this show, not the movie or remake series that are quite honestly very inferior to the original). But this show is in my opinion as good (or at least almost as good, so much so that it's practically equally) to Rod Serling's classic. Definitely check this show out, it's on DVD now. And the remake of The Outer Limits is also fantastic (not as good as the original but much better than say the remake of Twilight Zone). Check them both out if you like dark TV sci-fi.

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    mackaroni

    I,like many of these other IMDb reviewers loved "The Outer Limits" and consider it my all-time favorite show. Like them, I was a very young kid probably about 8 or 9 years of age when I saw the original episodes and they scared me half to death. The atmosphere of the show was incredible unlike anything I had ever seen on television before and the special effects were way ahead of their time for television of that period with such a limited budget. Now as I sometimes get to watch the reruns of the show, I am amazed at how creative and thought-provoking the scripts were and what an outstanding series it really was. This was science fiction at its finest with incredible acting, a haunting musical score and phenomenal writing. I have probably watched all of the episodes more than once and regret that they don't show reruns on television anymore. The new remake of the show was nothing like the original "Outer Limits" and I long for the original episodes again from "The Galaxy Being" and "The Sixth Finger" (two of the finest episodes ever written for TV) to "Nightmare" which gave me a few nightmares after viewing it and the two-part episode "The Inheritors". This was a show way ahead of its time and probably will never be recreated again in this day and age.

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    screenman

    For British viewers, 'The Outer Limits' was a ground-breaking piece of science fiction and fantasy. An import from The USA and screened on 'the other side' - ITV, as it then was - which was the only alternative to the ubiquitous BBC, this programme set a whole new standard in originality and budgeting.Beginning with a rather pretentious voice-over claiming to control the the television set and some silly hokum to reinforce the myth (I switched our set off and on again just to prove him wrong) the same narrator went on to offer an enigmatic intro to the story that followed.Subjects varied, and were often a tour-de-force for the imagination. Sometimes the effects were of such a frightening nature that, released as a feature-film, they might well have called for an X-rating at the time. The 'Zanti Misfits' certainly cost me a few sleepless nights.We would probably laugh at the effects today, but many of the underlying themes about science, politics, manipulation and control, and life itself, were very intelligently explored, as they are in all good sci-fi. For those of us with crows feet, the series was a revelation.

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    geary642

    I was just getting out of the air Force in 1963 at age 21. I never missed an episode in all the years it ran on network TV. It is my all time favorite Sci-Fi show. Intelligent, far reaching and creative. I watched all the re runs while they were still coming on TV but alas, I guess they are not being shown any longer. Just reading the comments of the people on the forum I have found kindred spirits who appreciate something great that happened to us as we experienced the Outer Limits over the years. All the wonderful present day stars and great character actors that we saw make their early TV debuts were on the show. I have so many favorite episodes that I won't mention them here as others people have named them exactly as I would have. I wish people today could appreciate what the writers and actors who put on the show gave to us in the area of science fiction TV. FYI,I found out that on Netflix using the Watch Now feature for members I can watch the entire first season 32 episodes on my PC for free. A total of 4 discs, the second season is only available to rent the last 17 episodes on 3 discs.

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