The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
TV-14 | 27 September 1985 (USA)
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  • Reviews
    Kattiera Nana

    I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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    Cebalord

    Very best movie i ever watch

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    Mjeteconer

    Just perfect...

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    Hadrina

    The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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    jrpa

    My memories of the 1985 reboot were not very good, with the exception of a couple of episodes like "Shatterday" and "Kentucky Rye". However, on rewatching it, all of it, i have changed my mind. There are some fantastic episodes in the first and second seasons. They differ significantly from the original series in that they are almost -- not all -- completely predictable straightline stories. What happened to cause the sudden quality/production/story dropoff with the third season i am unsure (though it has one of the best episodes, "Love is Blind").

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    Realrockerhalloween

    The twilight zone for the 80s in tone, fashion and style it was a lower quality then it's procedure, but delivered amazing stories in its own right by acclaimed writers. The opening is one of the best I've ever seen, the footage of Rod was touching and the new narrator had a pleasing voice. While the original was a morality tale each week this was good for the soul where a character chose their own date and could make the world a beautiful or ugly place. Like profile in silver where a time traveler saves JFK so he can see the good civil rights produced or a scientist who allowed a noble woman to relive a life cut to short. Very enduring with talented and likable character you want to see succeed or fail.While the first two seasons held on to the magic the movie provided it list it's way becoming a shell of it's former self. It was soon canceled and forgotten by time until the 2000s version came along to continue a magnificent idea.The Twilight zone even has a few familiar faces you'll be delighted to see John Aston, Meg Foster and a young Bruce Willis in his first acting role pre die hard.Journey into the zone again to judge it on it's own merits and not the name sale of the original. It will move you, chill you and make you laugh.

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    tigertiger2010

    The New Twilight zone 1985,Dec.Pam Dawber episode"But can she type?",After the hostess say's,"A secretary!,at my party",(this is where the scene was CUT) The hostess says,"Here's someone you Must meet!"Then she is introduced to a male Rock star who flirts with her and tells her he has never meet a secretary,and when he is saying goodbye,He kiss's her on the Lips,(This was my favorite scene because it made you wish it was you there talking cool with her),it Leaves her wondering why he treated her as if she were so important?.then she walks to the bar in a daze and meets "J. Frakes" (comander Riker). This good scene "Is Not on any DVD collection"

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    DeanNYC

    The 1985 version of "The Twilight Zone" begins with a major disadvantage: it trailed the original Rod Serling vintage 1960s version! That original series was, and continues to be, the Gold Standard for programs of this type and for better or worse it's unlikely that any show in its wake could achieve that level of greatness.However, this second attempt did have some positives going for it: First, it featured stories from a host of brilliant s/f writers, including such iconic names as Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen King, just to name three. And it had the advantage of better special effects, and color photography.Unfortunately, the parallels to the original series meant this one was doomed to be considered an also ran, which is a shame, because there were some incredible episodes that I would rank among the best of any science fiction program from any era.Examples: The astonishing "Profile In Silver" tells the story of a time traveling distant relation to John F. Kennedy, who goes to Dallas in 1963, intending to document, but then preventing the assassination of the President, which creates some surprising results. A remarkable story that is most certainly worthy of the "TZ" moniker.The amusing "I Of Newton" tells of a professor who offhandedly says he would sell his soul to calculate an equation, but then has to try to back out of the deal when the devil shows up in his classroom to claim it. This is reminiscent of many of the humorous episodes from the original series.They even did a "remake" of a few eps, like "Button Button," where an impoverished couple was offered the chance to receive a large cash amount if they simply pressed a button. The catch: someone they didn't know would die.There were some hits and misses in this series, and to a degree, it did often reflect the mentality of the 1980s, rather than tell stories that had a "timeless" quality, which is another disadvantage it has to the original series, but it is most certainly worthy of bearing the name, and is worth seeking out, either on reruns or DVD.

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