Andre1969
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Oh, almost forgot. Before I got sidetracked by Barnaby Jones' good looking daughter-in-law/secretary, I had pop in here to mention "The Outer Limits."
It's probably been brought up before in this forum, but just a week or so ago, I found it online...both the 1960s version and the 1990s version. It's kind of nice to see them, un-cut for the extra commercials they tend to squeeze in for syndication these days, so the originals are 51 minutes and the 90's version something like 44.
I always liked the original, black and white Outer Limits. I first discovered it when I was in my late teens, as it wasn't shown much in syndication around here, at least not like the Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock was. I didn't really care for the 1990s version when it came out. The older ones, just by virtue of being in black and white I guess, just seemed creepier. I think the music score helped a lot. I mean, one of the episodes reads like the pilot of "Green Acres". Seriously. Eddie Albert wants to give up the city life and has a dream of buying a farm. He overdresses for the occasion, takes his wife out in their convertible that was built by the Ford Motor Company, to look at the place, and all sorts of mayhem ensues. Yet, I can still watch it to this day, and get a good horror-movie vibe from it!
However, now that even the "newer" ones are pushing 30 years old, I've found a new appreciation for them. Plus, I think Joseph Stefano, who was the producer for the original version's first season, still had a hand in the 90's version.
It's probably been brought up before in this forum, but just a week or so ago, I found it online...both the 1960s version and the 1990s version. It's kind of nice to see them, un-cut for the extra commercials they tend to squeeze in for syndication these days, so the originals are 51 minutes and the 90's version something like 44.
I always liked the original, black and white Outer Limits. I first discovered it when I was in my late teens, as it wasn't shown much in syndication around here, at least not like the Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock was. I didn't really care for the 1990s version when it came out. The older ones, just by virtue of being in black and white I guess, just seemed creepier. I think the music score helped a lot. I mean, one of the episodes reads like the pilot of "Green Acres". Seriously. Eddie Albert wants to give up the city life and has a dream of buying a farm. He overdresses for the occasion, takes his wife out in their convertible that was built by the Ford Motor Company, to look at the place, and all sorts of mayhem ensues. Yet, I can still watch it to this day, and get a good horror-movie vibe from it!
However, now that even the "newer" ones are pushing 30 years old, I've found a new appreciation for them. Plus, I think Joseph Stefano, who was the producer for the original version's first season, still had a hand in the 90's version.