Product Description

Modernized version of the classic TV series includes 43 episodes featuring high-profile guest stars.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3849 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-09-07
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: AC-3, Box set, Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 6
• Running time: 960 minutes

Amazon.com
The younger you are, the more you'll enjoy UPN's short-lived revival of The Twilight Zone. Front-loaded with young actors (or marginal celebrities, like Jessica Simpson) and a bone-jarring theme by Korn's Jonathan Davis, the show panders to a teen demographic, which original-series creator Rod Serling would never have tolerated. It's a pale copy of Serling's original, and even the 1985 TZ revival was marginally better, but there are some memorable exceptions in this 43-episode, six-disc set. Not surprisingly, the best episodes are straight remakes of (or sequels to) classic Serling originals, including "The Monsters on Maple Street," "It's Still a Good Life" (with former child actor Bill Mumy reprising his creepiest role, and featuring a series-best performance by Cloris Leachman), and "Eye of the Beholder." Of the originals to this series, highlights include the pilot episode with Jeremy Piven; Jason Alexander in "One Night at Mercy," Amber Tamblyn in "Evergreen"; Lukas Haas in "Harsh Mistress"; Lou Diamond Phillips in "The Pool Guy"; ER's Eriq La Salle as writer, director, and star of "Memphis"; and a few others that capture the eerie quality of "another dimension of sight, sound, and mind."

Woefully miscast as the series' host, Forest Whitaker delivers facile introductions devoid of Serling's literary finesse. More often than not, the writing relies on forgettable characters and thinly-disguised variations on original-series themes; at its worst, the series demonstrates a staggering lack of originality, and the youthful casting frequently results in one-dimensional performances, with a few notable exceptions. It's hit-or-miss at best, but shooting locations in Vancouver, British Columbia, lend the series a visually stimulating variety of settings and atmosphere; production values are consistently high (as they were in the Canadian seasons of X-Files), and Rick Maguire deserves praise for his cinematography on virtually every episode. If you can forget Serling altogether (a difficult challenge for his devoted fans), you'll be able to overlook the flaws and enjoy some occasionally clever trips into The Twilight Zone as it was meant to be. --Jeff Shannon

From the Back Cover
Modernized version of the classic TV series includes 43 episodes featuring high-profile guest stars: Shannon Elizabeth, Eric La Salle, Jason Bateman, Jonathan Jackson, Andrew McCarthy, Molly Sims, Jessica Simpson, and Amber Tamblyn.

Customer Reviews

great DVD
I've been a Twilight Zone fan since I was little.
I purchased the 1980's version AND the 200's version of the Twilight Zone DVDs and love them both.
If you're a fan, you'll like this.

Not the original...so what
I had read all of the negative reviews about this version and after much hemming and hawing I finally decided to buy it and all I can say is that it was money well spent.

To the folks who have reviewed this and given it negative reviews because it is not the original twilight zone, I say you're right, there will never be another original twilight zone and this is not as good as the original. However, this version has many episodes that I remember (now that I have watched them again on DVD) that I really liked and they stand on their own merit. This is different than the original, it's true, but that doesn't necessarily make it BAD!

For example, one of the episodes that I missed of this series called "Mr. Motivation" is a bonifide hoot...funny and creative and even does the original one better by giving the doll the kicker line of in "the Twilight Zone". A nice touch.

So to all those that have said that they like the original and even the second version of the Twilight Zone better, I agree they are better, but there is enough or the original spirit of Rod Serling in these episodes to make it worth the money spent.

Go ahead, give this version a try. It's worth it!

the twilight zone season 1
hi! the problem with these remakes of classic shows is the comparision of the old vs. new. if you have never seen(where have you been?)the 1960's version the new set is very very good in some episodes and great in others. either way, for the money, 10-12.00 you cant go wrong. make some popcorn shut the lights and enjoy!