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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 397645" data-attributes="member: 8">I wholeheartedly agree with the consensus that THE TWILIGHT ZONE should be celebrated for being an incredible inventive and influential TV series, however, watching it in 2024 also means that I have already seen all those ideas based on TTZ stories. And many of those new versions are actually much better.Episode 23 A World Of Difference&nbsp; is my favourite story on disc 4. It&#039;s a doppelganger story without a doppelganger and I really liked how it ended with the escape in the scripted universe.Madonna&#039;s ex-mother-in-law plays Howard Duff&#039;s bitchy ex-wife.Episode 24 Long Live Walter Jameson&nbsp; stars Kevin McCarthy who looks kinda attractive and at the same time not (I don&#039;t know how that&#039;s possible).The make-up is very good and it&#039;s one of the few episodes (so far) that has some graphic imagery.It&#039;s mostly a conversation between two men, but Kevin McC has a good co-star in Edgar Stehli as the sympathetic professor/amateur-sleuth.Episode 25 People Are Alike All Over&nbsp; stars cute Roddy McDowall as America&#039;s most intelligent person who goes on a mission to Mars to...something.The aliens build him a house (supposedly just for one or two nights) and then he complains that there are no windows in it. So, La Mirage on Mars, as it were.I don&#039;t feel the ending had the impact they were hoping for - it&#039;s kind of The Wicker Man but without the horror. After all, if he hadn&#039;t encountered the aliens he would have died there anyway - and much sooner.I thought the actress playing Teenya was Diane Cilento (from The Wicker Man) but it&#039;s Susan Oliver - Ann Howard from PEYTON PLACE.The stunt work in episode 26 Execution&nbsp;&nbsp; looks very good and the twist is like the finale of the Witch Trial story in Dark Shadows.Unfortunately, the main actor doesn&#039;t&nbsp; have a very TV-friendly face and because his character is so very unlikeable it&#039;s difficult to feel anything about his confrontation with the new world.It&#039;s a good idea, but not very pleasant to watch.Episode 27 The Big Tall Wish&nbsp; ...sigh...yes, that one. I hope it never gets worse than this.Sappy story, whiny characters and a very lame fantasy element.Episode 28 A Nice Place To Visit&nbsp; is all about the reveal at the very end - and only the devil thinks it&#039;s funny - but the actor playing Rocky Valentine gives a very energetic performance.Episode 29 Nightmare As A Child&nbsp;&nbsp; plays out like a hypnosis-session and it&#039;s all painfully predictable. Shepperd Strudwick (unused Dynasty name) plays a menacing villain and there&#039;s a girl actress playing a very irritating character. Where&#039;s Rhoda Penmark when you need her?Anthology series always serve up a mix of uneven quality but I hope it gets a little bit better than this. 29 Episodes and still less than a handful of winners, but I&#039;m still curious enough to continue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 397645, member: 8"] I wholeheartedly agree with the consensus that THE TWILIGHT ZONE should be celebrated for being an incredible inventive and influential TV series, however, watching it in 2024 also means that I have already seen all those ideas based on TTZ stories. And many of those new versions are actually much better. Episode 23 [I][B]A World Of Difference[/B][/I] is my favourite story on disc 4. It's a doppelganger story without a doppelganger and I really liked how it ended with the escape in the scripted universe. Madonna's ex-mother-in-law plays Howard Duff's bitchy ex-wife. Episode 24 [I][B]Long Live Walter Jameson[/B][/I] stars Kevin McCarthy who looks kinda attractive and at the same time [I]not[/I] (I don't know how that's possible). The make-up is very good and it's one of the few episodes (so far) that has some graphic imagery. It's mostly a conversation between two men, but Kevin McC has a good co-star in Edgar Stehli as the sympathetic professor/amateur-sleuth. Episode 25 [I][B]People Are Alike All Over[/B][/I] stars cute Roddy McDowall as America's most intelligent person who goes on a mission to Mars to...something. The aliens build him a house (supposedly just for one or two nights) and then he complains that there are no windows in it. So, La Mirage on Mars, as it were. I don't feel the ending had the impact they were hoping for - it's kind of The Wicker Man but without the horror. After all, if he hadn't encountered the aliens he would have died there anyway - and much sooner. I thought the actress playing Teenya was Diane Cilento (from The Wicker Man) but it's Susan Oliver - Ann Howard from PEYTON PLACE. The stunt work in episode 26 [I][B]Execution[/B][/I] looks very good and the twist is like the finale of the Witch Trial story in Dark Shadows. Unfortunately, the main actor [I]doesn't[/I] have a very TV-friendly face and because his character is so very unlikeable it's difficult to feel anything about his confrontation with the new world. It's a good idea, but not very pleasant to watch. Episode 27 [I][B]The Big Tall Wish[/B][/I] ...sigh...yes, that one. I hope it never gets worse than this. Sappy story, whiny characters and a very lame fantasy element. Episode 28 [I][B]A Nice Place To Visit[/B][/I] is all about the reveal at the very end - and only the devil thinks it's funny - but the actor playing Rocky Valentine gives a very energetic performance. Episode 29 [I][B]Nightmare As A Child[/B][/I] plays out like a hypnosis-session and it's all painfully predictable. Shepperd Strudwick (unused Dynasty name) plays a menacing villain and there's a girl actress playing a very irritating character. Where's Rhoda Penmark when you need her? Anthology series always serve up a mix of uneven quality but I hope it gets a little bit better than this. 29 Episodes and still less than a handful of winners, but I'm still curious enough to continue. [/QUOTE]

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