The Twilight Zone - The Complete Series (Season One) | 
| Directors: Bob Balaban, Jean De Segonzac, Paul Shapiro, James Head, Eli Richbourg
Studio: New Line Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 6553
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 6
Running Time: 960
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0780648684
UPC: 794043744129
EAN: 9780780648685
ASIN: B0002J4ZX2
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 2002
Release Date: September 7, 2004
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The younger you are, the more you'll enjoy UPN's short-lived revival of The Twilight Zone. Front-loaded with young actors (or marginal celebrities, like Jessica Simpson) and a bone-jarring theme by Korn's Jonathan Davis, the show panders to a teen demographic, which original-series creator Rod Serling would never have tolerated. It's a pale copy of Serling's original, and even the 1985 TZ revival was marginally better, but there are some memorable exceptions in this 43-episode, six-disc set. Not surprisingly, the best episodes are straight remakes of (or sequels to) classic Serling originals, including "The Monsters on Maple Street," "It's Still a Good Life" (with former child actor Bill Mumy reprising his creepiest role, and featuring a series-best performance by Cloris Leachman), and "Eye of the Beholder." Of the originals to this series, highlights include the pilot episode with Jeremy Piven; Jason Alexander in "One Night at Mercy," Amber Tamblyn in "Evergreen"; Lukas Haas in "Harsh Mistress"; Lou Diamond Phillips in "The Pool Guy"; ER's Eriq La Salle as writer, director, and star of "Memphis"; and a few others that capture the eerie quality of "another dimension of sight, sound, and mind." Woefully miscast as the series' host, Forest Whitaker delivers facile introductions devoid of Serling's literary finesse. More often than not, the writing relies on forgettable characters and thinly-disguised variations on original-series themes; at its worst, the series demonstrates a staggering lack of originality, and the youthful casting frequently results in one-dimensional performances, with a few notable exceptions. It's hit-or-miss at best, but shooting locations in Vancouver, British Columbia, lend the series a visually stimulating variety of settings and atmosphere; production values are consistently high (as they were in the Canadian seasons of X-Files), and Rick Maguire deserves praise for his cinematography on virtually every episode. If you can forget Serling altogether (a difficult challenge for his devoted fans), you'll be able to overlook the flaws and enjoy some occasionally clever trips into The Twilight Zone as it was meant to be. --Jeff Shannon
Description
Modernized version of the classic TV series includes 43 episodes featuring high-profile guest stars.
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 I dont care what anybody says but this Twilight Zone was better than th 50's,and 80's series!!! July 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is the best twilight zone series yet!!!
my favorite episodes are:
(1)Senscious Cindy Dat gurl Cindy iss FINEE!!!
(2)Mr.Motivation I wish i had that talking dummy,nice epsisode.
(3)Homecomming This one allmost made me cry,i really liked this one.
(4)Rewind Its right,THE HOUSE ALLWAYS WINS.
(5)Burned THIS WASS THEE MOSTT SCARY EPISODE I'VE SEEN,SCARED ME 2 DEATH!!
(6)Hunted This one was good,i hope im not around in the yrs. of 3000,lol.
(7)The Pharos Curse Magic can get u into a lot trouble sometimes...
(8)Shades Of Guilt There was a good listen 2 be learned in this one.
(9)Sunrise They bloww up da freaken SUN??!! OMG!!!
(10)The Monsters Are On Maple Street At the end those people went CRAZYY!!
great DVD April 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been a Twilight Zone fan since I was little.
I purchased the 1980's version AND the 200's version of the Twilight Zone DVDs and love them both.
If you're a fan, you'll like this.
 Not the original...so what April 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had read all of the negative reviews about this version and after much hemming and hawing I finally decided to buy it and all I can say is that it was money well spent.
To the folks who have reviewed this and given it negative reviews because it is not the original twilight zone, I say you're right, there will never be another original twilight zone and this is not as good as the original. However, this version has many episodes that I remember (now that I have watched them again on DVD) that I really liked and they stand on their own merit. This is different than the original, it's true, but that doesn't necessarily make it BAD!
For example, one of the episodes that I missed of this series called "Mr. Motivation" is a bonifide hoot...funny and creative and even does the original one better by giving the doll the kicker line of in "the Twilight Zone". A nice touch.
So to all those that have said that they like the original and even the second version of the Twilight Zone better, I agree they are better, but there is enough or the original spirit of Rod Serling in these episodes to make it worth the money spent.
Go ahead, give this version a try. It's worth it!
the twilight zone season 1 October 13, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
hi! the problem with these remakes of classic shows is the comparision of the old vs. new. if you have never seen(where have you been?)the 1960's version the new set is very very good in some episodes and great in others. either way, for the money, 10-12.00 you cant go wrong. make some popcorn shut the lights and enjoy!
Twilight Zone (1980's, Season 1) April 11, 2007
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I recorded every episode of this on VHS tape during the 80's when it was first-run. It is OUTSTANDING! It is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH better than the UPN series that aired in 2003 or so...buy this if you are a Twilight Zone fan, and don't be surprised if you like it more than the original series...
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