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Post by mszanadu on Jun 25, 2017 2:14:02 GMT
It's my second favorite series of all-time. That's cool ! Just curious - What is your first favorite series of all time RiP, IMDb ?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jun 25, 2017 2:29:35 GMT
It's my second favorite series of all-time. That's cool ! Just curious - What is your first favorite series of all time RiP, IMDb ? ST: TOS.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jun 25, 2017 2:30:30 GMT
It's my second favorite series of all-time. That's cool ! Just curious - What is your first favorite series of all time RiP, IMDb ? Btw, I do also mean the TOS version of TOL as well.
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Post by mszanadu on Jun 25, 2017 2:40:24 GMT
That's cool ! Just curious - What is your first favorite series of all time RiP, IMDb ? Btw, I do also mean the TOS version of TOL as well.Excellent choices there - most memorable indeed . My top 3 classic / original all time favorite TV shows are - 1. Twilight Zone 1959 - 64 2. Night Gallery 1969 - 73 3. The Outer Limits 1963 - 65 Thanks so much RiP, IMDb for your reply .
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jun 25, 2017 2:49:42 GMT
Btw, I do also mean the TOS version of TOL as well. Excellent choices there - most memorable indeed . My top 3 classic / original all time favorite TV shows are - 1. Twilight Zone 1959 - 64 2. Night Gallery 1969 - 73 3. The Outer Limits 1963 - 65 Thanks so much RiP, IMDb for your reply . 4. Classic 'Doctor Who' (1963 - 1986). Don't care for Sylvester McCoy nor the updated series. 3. 'The Twilight Zone' (1959 - 64). 2. 'The Outer Limits' (1963 - 5). 1. 'Star Trek' (1966 - 9)
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Post by mszanadu on Jun 25, 2017 2:53:40 GMT
Excellent choices there - most memorable indeed . My top 3 classic / original all time favorite TV shows are - 1. Twilight Zone 1959 - 64 2. Night Gallery 1969 - 73 3. The Outer Limits 1963 - 65 Thanks so much RiP, IMDb for your reply . 4. Classic 'Doctor Who' (1963 - 1986). Don't care for Sylvester McCoy nor the updated series. 3. 'The Twilight Zone' (1959 - 64). 2. 'The Outer Limits' (1963 - 5). 1. 'Star Trek' (1966 - 9)Awesome classic show selections there too RiP, IMDb .
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Post by geode on Jul 29, 2017 15:12:48 GMT
4. Classic 'Doctor Who' (1963 - 1986). Don't care for Sylvester McCoy nor the updated series. 3. 'The Twilight Zone' (1959 - 64). 2. 'The Outer Limits' (1963 - 5). 1. 'Star Trek' (1966 - 9) Awesome classic show selections there too RiP, IMDb . You both have excellent taste.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jul 29, 2017 20:34:36 GMT
Awesome classic show selections there too RiP, IMDb . You both have excellent taste. Thanks!!
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Post by mszanadu on Jul 29, 2017 21:36:52 GMT
Awesome classic show selections there too RiP, IMDb . You both have excellent taste. Thanks so much geode .
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Jul 31, 2017 16:12:21 GMT
Not much I can add to the discussion. I love the original The Outer Limits and dislike the remake. I also dislike the remakes of The Twilight Zone.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jul 31, 2017 19:23:20 GMT
Not much I can add to the discussion. I love the original The Outer Limits and dislike the remake. I also dislike the remakes of The Twilight Zone. Ditto.
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Post by geezer on Aug 16, 2017 7:09:22 GMT
I LOVE The Outer Limits--original only, please! This premiered in the fall of 1963, when I was in the fifth grade, and I never missed an episode. Years later, I bought the two DVD sets and have watched them many, many times. Amazing that I could remember so much detail, more than 50 years later! My favorite, as a kid, was The Zanti Misfits--about ant-like "prisoners" who are sent to earth as a kind of penal colony. It was scary when I saw it way back when...but now, I can see the strings, and it's almost laughable. Nonetheless, the charm is still very much intact. Thanks for starting a thread about The Outer Limits! One big reason why I still love the show is the music they use, especially the closing theme. It fascinated me as a kid. I'd actually sit there and wait until the end credits reached the United Artists logo! I know this is an old post to be responding to, but I just saw Zanti Misfits this past weekend. Quite honestly, it was still kind of creepy! It was amazing how good their effects were, given the time period. I can't get the image of their mean little faces out of my head!
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Post by telegonus on Sept 7, 2017 19:15:20 GMT
The original Outer Limits had outstanding production values, and a level of artistry in many of its best episodes to rival feature films. There weren't many series with that high a level of sheer technical expertise. Last week's The Guests played like a movie, and could almost have been one. I don't think it's the amount of money they spent on the show that made it so good as the attention to detail, the sheer effort that went into its making.
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Post by geode on Oct 1, 2017 16:21:15 GMT
The original Outer Limits had outstanding production values, and a level of artistry in many of its best episodes to rival feature films. There weren't many series with that high a level of sheer technical expertise. Last week's The Guests played like a movie, and could almost have been one. I don't think it's the amount of money they spent on the show that made it so good as the attention to detail, the sheer effort that went into its making. I agree that in general the production values were very good. However, budget limitations did at times go in the other direction especially noticeable with the "bear" or monster is some episodes. The hand puppet ghost thing in "Wolf 359" immediately comes to mind. I think that as is the case with feature films, it was excellent writing combined with solid acting and direction that really made episodes exceptional and similar to features. For instance Robert Culp talked about turning Demon With a Glass Hand into a feature for years. I think perhaps a feature budget would have led to less imagination being employed, and perhaps we are best to leave this alone as it will not be improved upon, with Harlan Ellison's script and Byron Haskin's direction being combined with a great performance by Culp. I think a theatrical version of this was in the works the last time I looked into it. I doubt it will match the TV episode. Thanks for posting this, as a result I have discovered that a blu-ray release of the series is under way.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 3, 2017 18:09:38 GMT
The original Outer Limits had outstanding production values, and a level of artistry in many of its best episodes to rival feature films. There weren't many series with that high a level of sheer technical expertise. Last week's The Guests played like a movie, and could almost have been one. I don't think it's the amount of money they spent on the show that made it so good as the attention to detail, the sheer effort that went into its making. I agree that in general the production values were very good. However, budget limitations did at times go in the other direction especially noticeable with the "bear" or monster is some episodes. The hand puppet ghost thing in "Wolf 359" immediately comes to mind. I think that as is the case with feature films, it was excellent writing combined with solid acting and direction that really made episodes exceptional and similar to features. For instance Robert Culp talked about turning Demon With a Glass Hand into a feature for years. I think perhaps a feature budget would have led to less imagination being employed, and perhaps we are best to leave this alone as it will not be improved upon, with Harlan Ellison's script and Byron Haskin's direction being combined with a great performance by Culp. I think a theatrical version of this was in the works the last time I looked into it. I doubt it will match the TV episode. Thanks for posting this, as a result I have discovered that a blu-ray release of the series is under way. You beat me to it. I saw the thread had been bumped and I was going to say that if I had to pick a favorite Outer Limits episode it would be "Demon with the Glass Hand." I felt so sorry for him (Robert Culp's character) at the end. Harlan Ellison was highly unsatisfied with it, but I thought it was well-done. Maybe he is a great writer but he doesn't seem to understand that when adapting from a printed medium to a visual one certain changes have to be made.
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Post by geode on Oct 4, 2017 16:25:36 GMT
I agree that in general the production values were very good. However, budget limitations did at times go in the other direction especially noticeable with the "bear" or monster is some episodes. The hand puppet ghost thing in "Wolf 359" immediately comes to mind. I think that as is the case with feature films, it was excellent writing combined with solid acting and direction that really made episodes exceptional and similar to features. For instance Robert Culp talked about turning Demon With a Glass Hand into a feature for years. I think perhaps a feature budget would have led to less imagination being employed, and perhaps we are best to leave this alone as it will not be improved upon, with Harlan Ellison's script and Byron Haskin's direction being combined with a great performance by Culp. I think a theatrical version of this was in the works the last time I looked into it. I doubt it will match the TV episode. Thanks for posting this, as a result I have discovered that a blu-ray release of the series is under way. You beat me to it. I saw the thread had been bumped and I was going to say that if I had to pick a favorite Outer Limits episode it would be "Demon with the Glass Hand." I felt so sorry for him (Robert Culp's character) at the end. Harlan Ellison was highly unsatisfied with it, but I thought it was well-done. Maybe he is a great writer but he doesn't seem to understand that when adapting from a printed medium to a visual one certain changes have to be made. I have never read that Ellison was displeased with the final product, just that he had to alter his first draft of the script rather radically when the limitations of budget were explained to him. Apparently it was a more typical plot with a chase using trains, etc. He decided to make it "vertical" instead of "horizontal" in nature and so the concept of being in one building was hatched. He wrote it with Robert Culp in mind.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 4, 2017 18:06:28 GMT
You beat me to it. I saw the thread had been bumped and I was going to say that if I had to pick a favorite Outer Limits episode it would be "Demon with the Glass Hand." I felt so sorry for him (Robert Culp's character) at the end. Harlan Ellison was highly unsatisfied with it, but I thought it was well-done. Maybe he is a great writer but he doesn't seem to understand that when adapting from a printed medium to a visual one certain changes have to be made. I have never read that Ellison was displeased with the final product, just that he had to alter his first draft of the script rather radically when the limitations of budget were explained to him. Apparently it was a more typical plot with a chase using trains, etc. He decided to make it "vertical" instead of "horizontal" in nature and so the concept of being in one building was hatched. He wrote it with Robert Culp in mind. I saw him interviewed on TV about it. He wanted the aliens to look just like humans and was unhappy with the dark eye circles.
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Post by geode on Oct 4, 2017 18:58:30 GMT
I have never read that Ellison was displeased with the final product, just that he had to alter his first draft of the script rather radically when the limitations of budget were explained to him. Apparently it was a more typical plot with a chase using trains, etc. He decided to make it "vertical" instead of "horizontal" in nature and so the concept of being in one building was hatched. He wrote it with Robert Culp in mind. I saw him interviewed on TV about it. He wanted the aliens to look just like humans and was unhappy with the dark eye circles. Yes, he said the same thing long ago. But I have never heard him dislike the show in general. I saw an article about twenty years ago where he complained on the network's insistence that the aliens "look weird" when the whole intention in taking human form was to pass as human. He talked about them looking like a cigarette commercial at the time.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 4, 2017 19:07:31 GMT
I saw him interviewed on TV about it. He wanted the aliens to look just like humans and was unhappy with the dark eye circles. Yes, he said the same thing long ago. But I have never heard him dislike the show in general. I saw an article about twenty years ago where he complained on the network's insistence that the aliens "look weird" when the whole intention in taking human form was to pass as human. He talked about them looking like a cigarette commercial at the time. I could be wrong, but my understanding is that when Ellison pulls his name off of an episode and uses the pseudonym Cordwainer Bird, it means he didn't like how it turned out. He did it with the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode that he wrote, and two episodes of The Starlost, if memory serves.
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Post by geode on Oct 4, 2017 19:43:55 GMT
Yes, he said the same thing long ago. But I have never heard him dislike the show in general. I saw an article about twenty years ago where he complained on the network's insistence that the aliens "look weird" when the whole intention in taking human form was to pass as human. He talked about them looking like a cigarette commercial at the time. I could be wrong, but my understanding is that when Ellison pulls his name off of an episode and uses the pseudonym Cordwainer Bird, it means he didn't like how it turned out. He did it with the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode that he wrote, and two episodes of The Starlost, if memory serves. Yes, I have heard that as well, but he left his name on "Demon With a Glass Hand" for not only the TV episode but also a graphic novel that was published a couple of decades later which is essentially the same as the TV episode except for altering the Kyben to not have the racoon eyes and nylon stocking caps and making Consuelo actually look Hispanic. The network insisted on making her Hungarian I believe.
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