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• DVD-Video
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In Theaters : 02 October, 1959
DVD Release : 03 April, 2001 |
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The Twilight Zone: Vol. 2 Customer Reviews
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High Altitude Thrillers & Alien Invasion.
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From my teens this is one of the series that I more fondly remember. As a sci-fi fan I was attracted by "The Twilight Zone" proposal. At that time I wasn't able to see more than a score of episodes, but they remain in my memory with extraordinary persistence.
Thanks to the technological marvel of DVD I'm able to see these amazing stories again and find them as magical & thought provoking as 45 years ago.
As the structure of the episodes are mostly bounded to a surprise ending or to the argument in a very short span of time, usually 25 minutes each, I'll focus my review more on outstanding features than on the topic of the episode in order not to spoil the pleasure of the viewer.
Disk 2 contains four chapters well representative of the whole series spirit & charm.
1) Time Enough at Last - A great performance from Burgess Meredith as a myopic bank employee who isn't allowed to read neither at his workplace nor at his home. Meredith will be best known by his characterization of The Penguin at "Batman" series and latter on by his impersonation of Mickey, Rocky's manager.
Qualification: 8.
2) The Monsters are due at Maple Street - This is a Classic episode, it tackles with a characteristic them of the series & the cold war era: invading alien who can't be distinguished from ordinary citizen, arising mass paranoia.
A relatively vast cast where every character contributes creating the climate thru close faces planes, due to an excellent cinematography in charge of George Clemens. He won Emmy Award 1961 and nominations for the same honor 1962 & 1963 all due to several episodes of this series.
Qualification: 9.
3) Nightmare at 20,000 feet - A wonderful story due to a master as Richard Matheson author of famed book "I'm a Legend" and contributor to many of these series' episodes.
A man recently released from a psychiatric clinic due to a severe nervous breakdown, embarks with his wife in a flight. As soon as the plane takes off he sees thru the window a Gremlin trying to sabotage a motor.
A thrilling episode to be sure, starring William Shatner best know by his characterization of Capt. Kirk in "Star Trek" first seasons.
Qualification: 10.
4) The Odyssey of Flight 33. - A plane flying from London to NYC is catch into mighty air current & strange events starts to happen.
A very realistic cockpit dialogues are shown and the crew members are characterized greatly with John Anderson in the leading role of Capt. Farver.
Qualification: 10.
This DVD series has two great advantages: it has a very good price and allows buyers to choose their favorite chapters without needing to buy the whole series.
Reviewed by Max Yofre.
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