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 Posted:   May 25, 2020 - 8:19 PM   
 By:   ZardozSpeaks   (Member)

Hi, Bill.

Rod Serling himself assessed The Twilight Zone by stating that one-third of its shows were great ... with another third being turkeys. TZ is typically lauded as a highwater mark for television overall, so no TV series is 100% excellence. If TZ bats 1 home run out of 3, then TotU batting 1 out of 4 still isn't all that bad ... eh?
If one likes any TV show, one is inclined to be lenient towards its disappointments out of love for its entire endeavors.
Seems as though TotU - at its core - is just not your cuppa.

I deliberated about mentioning to Xebec the mid-'70s Thriller by Brian Clemens, but thought he's occupied enough as is sampling TotU in YouTube. I think I'll create a separate thread for that.

[not only did I check out those 3 you highlight, I've seen every episode 'cause I bought the entire series around 15 years ago when it was released as a Region 2 boxed-set of DVDs]

 
 Posted:   May 25, 2020 - 11:44 PM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

Hi, Bill.

1
If TZ bats 1 home run out of 3, then TotU batting 1 out of 4 still isn't all that bad ... eh?

2
If one likes any TV show, one is inclined to be lenient towards its disappointments out of love for its entire endeavors.

3
Seems as though TotU - at its core - is just not your cuppa.


Hey z
1
Maybe it was more like 1 in 5 or 6!! I watched the lot - even as an excited youth and probably some 80s reruns - but invariably disappointed.

2 good point and true

3 i was a big fan at the beginning, loved all that sort of stuff - i just found TotU invariably wasted the cast it had.

Good music though. smile

 
 
 Posted:   May 26, 2020 - 1:57 AM   
 By:   Xebec   (Member)

A few more I watched had Colin Blakely and Bernard Cribbins and Judy Geeson, that was a good one called The memory man.

Poison - the snake episode is one of the best so far.

Another has Fulton Mackay, two members of Summer Wine and Harry H Corbett robbing a bank, which was a lot of fun.

Derek Jacobi in Stranger in Town is great too in an interesting episode about a colourful stranger in town loved by all.

 
 
 Posted:   May 26, 2020 - 4:51 AM   
 By:   Tall Guy   (Member)

I watched “The Hijack” from season 4 over the weekend. A decent yarn with Denis Quilley, Simon Cadel and Suzanne Danielle as aircrew on a flight with an extra passenger who demands to be taken to Manchester. That on its own should arouse suspicion...

 
 
 Posted:   May 26, 2020 - 11:42 AM   
 By:   Xebec   (Member)

I watched “The Hijack” from season 4 over the weekend. A decent yarn with Denis Quilley, Simon Cadel and Suzanne Danielle as aircrew on a flight with an extra passenger who demands to be taken to Manchester. That on its own should arouse suspicion...

Yah, that was a good one too.

The Ian Holm one a chap checking books that have been cooked, and the Frank Finlay one about buying a house with his wife are up there with that one. I forgot how much fun Frank Finlay (Bolton's finest) was to watch. Although staying in character. he seems to be having tons of fun.

 
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