The Outer Limits Intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8#)
This was a show that I'd read about more than I'd actually seen growing up. Fortunately, cable tv came along and remedied that problem for me. Still, because airings of the show were such a rarity in my neck of the woods growing up, the show, even today, still has this wonderful air of mystery about it for me.
With that in mind, I thought that starting a thread on this classic show would be fun. So, to get the ball rolling, I thought I start my listing my favorite "bears" from the show,
1) The Zanti Misfits
(http://www.thiel-a-vision.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/zanti.jpg)
2) The Architects of Fear
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3) The Mutant
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4277472823_cbe21ce133.jpg)
Favorite episodes,
1) Don't Open til Doomsday
2) Tourist Attraction
3) The Invisible Enemy.
I really enjoy the original Outer Limits, not a real big fan of the new show. Growing up I was able to see many of the old shows and I always remembered The Imvisible Enemy with the "sand shark". The Zanti Misfits is a favorite as well as Nightmare. I think my favorite episode is The Hundred Days of the Dragon. I have a few episodes at home, I'm looking to get the whole series.
Some places have had them as low as $9.99 per volume (3 volumes in all). I think Walmart was one of those. They're really worth having.
I actually prefer The Outer Limits to TZ...........I like MONSTERS. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE TZ. But OL has..........you know.......MONSTERS.
Scatter, I couldn't agree more! Twilight Zone is classic and wonderful, but Outer Limits had a monster almost every week....how could it be any better?
I was always surprised by just how bleak most OL episodes were, The Man Who Was Never Born, for instance. Can't imagine that level of pessimism on a network show today.
Quote from: Scatter on August 07, 2012, 12:46:13 AM
I actually prefer The Outer Limits to TZ...........I like MONSTERS. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE TZ. But OL has..........you know.......MONSTERS.
Well, TZ had
a few monsters.....and lots of Burgess Meredith, that's kind of horrifying ;D
I wouldn't want to pick Outer Limits over Twilight Zone, but I have no problem picking Twilight Zone over Twilight. It has been said that Outer Limits had more bears in it, then Jellystone Park!
Anyone ever notice that Coppola took Col. Kurtz's famous last words, "The horror, the horror..," from the OL episode The Mutant.
Loved the original Twilight Zone AND the original Outer Limits.
I have both complete series on DVD. It is nice to have my own marathon on holidays when the tube isn't playing anything I particularly want to see.
The Outer Limits have monsters in every episode because the network demanded it (due to the popularity of monsters in the 60's). The producers wanted to make some episodes without monsters but had their arms twisted (lucky for us).
TZ was more of a fantasy show. Relatively few of the eps are true sci-fi. OL was always sci-fi! I also think OL actually took more chances. Some of the eps, especially the ones Stefano had something to do with are downright bizarre and nightmarish. It also looked great.
Quote from: Scatter on August 07, 2012, 12:46:13 AM
I actually prefer The Outer Limits to TZ...........I like MONSTERS. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE TZ. But OL has..........you know.......MONSTERS.
More proof we were separated at birth. I get so much flack when I tell people I like OL better than TZ. I honestly don't think OL was any less thought provoking or deep than TZ. And...it had monsters....
Besides TZ and OL, I loved the old "One Step Beyond", where they would dramtize some strange things that happened in the recent and not so recent past.
Quote from: Moonshadow on August 09, 2012, 09:58:27 AM
More proof we were separated at birth. I get so much flack when I tell people I like OL better than TZ. I honestly don't think OL was any less thought provoking or deep than TZ. And...it had monsters....
That's why I call you Sis.....cuz you MUST be!
I like Twilight Zone and Outer Limits EQUALLY WELL.
I was there to greet them both as new, fresh shows at their inceptions and got to experience them before their re-run phase.
But I am unable to compare them side-by-side. The shows are as basically different as sitcoms and crime shows. The Outer Limits really is a monster-of-the-week anthology that relied very heavily on science fiction. The Twilight Zone is a series of morailty tales that very often postulate, "What if you really DID get what you want?'
Sure, there were some cross-over plots but each show had its own, definite outlook on story-telling and what it wanted to convey to the viewer. While either show could do a credible adaptation of Isaac Asimov's "I Sing the Body Electric", variations on W.W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw" fit more comfortably in the Twilight Zone catalog - while Harlan Ellison's "Demon with a Glass Hand" is more appropriate for the Outer Limits collection.
No. I can't pick a favorite child from these two. I gotta love 'em both.
Has everyone read David Schow's OL Companion?
Quote from: Robert W on August 09, 2012, 07:11:44 PM
Has everyone read David Schow's OL Companion?
Yes I have both they are excellent!
Here are some pictures of my Outer Limits board game:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/DraculaOuterLimits_zps263393db.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimits.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimitsinside.jpg)
cl:)
Love the OL game graphics! Yours looks to be in excellent condition!
It does not appear to have ever been used/played.
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I'd love to see the cards, if they're not sealed up, or something.
I perfer the Twilight Zone, but when watching reruns, I can'tget over how poor the quality of the films appear. Were they transferred from tape? OL visual quality always seems top notch. My guess is OL were all shot on film originally, whereas some TZ episodes must have been shot originally on tape.
Quote from: Haunted hearse on January 16, 2014, 03:19:32 PM
. . whereas some TZ episodes must have been shot originally on tape.
A handful of TZs from season 2 were shot on tape (cutting costs), but the rest were shot on film.
"The Lateness of the Hour", "The Night of the Meek", "The Whole Truth", "Twenty-Two", "Static", and "Long Distance Call".
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 16, 2014, 02:03:32 PMI'd love to see the cards, if they're not sealed up, or something.
There are eight white-backed
Radar Image cards:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/001_zps6621d59a.jpg)
There are 34
Monster Parts cards:
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Each of the light blue backed
Monster Parts cards has one fourth of a
Radar Image which one must evidently assemble, with two of the
Monster Parts cards being wildcards.
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Those are really incredible! I've never seen them.
Wicked!!
That's a great board game, especially when you factor in the cards!!
Here then are more Outer Limits cards and wrappers:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimitsCards.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimitscards1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimits2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/OuterLimitswrappers_zps97f1ae41.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/OuterLimitswrappers_zpse01cb6e0.jpg)
These are from a bubble gum card set issued in 1964 by Bubbles Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Topps Chewing Gum Company.
tynhrt
Probably my all time favorite card set! Love the color versions of the classic O.L. monsters and the outrageous story lines on the back of the cards (having NOTHING to do with the original episodes).
Quote from: Mord on January 24, 2014, 03:17:45 PM
Probably my all time favorite card set! Love the color versions of the classic O.L. monsters and the outrageous story lines on the back of the cards (having NOTHING to do with the original episodes).
Same here. And Hep's are in great condition. too. I picked up a set a few years ago and, even though most are nice, a couple show wear on the edges. Those black border cards are tough!
Yes they are. There is a local collector who has everything from sports to mars attacks...you name it, most minty, I've been buying his seconds since the 80's, and most of those are ex/mt or better!
Here are scans of my Dell Outer Limits comics:
2
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3
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/11-09-2011104327PM.jpg)
5
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/11-09-2011104337PM.jpg)
6
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I used to have some of these as a kid. Cool comics, but very unlike the series.
I've got the 18 issues downloaded.
Quote from: Hepcat on January 24, 2014, 11:33:00 AM
Here then are more Outer Limits cards and wrappers:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimitsCards.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimitscards1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimits2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/OuterLimitswrappers_zps97f1ae41.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/OuterLimitswrappers_zpse01cb6e0.jpg)
These are from a bubble gum card set issued in 1964 by Bubbles Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Topps Chewing Gum Company.
tynhrt
Wow Hepcat, never seen these cards before...they are beautiful. I'm going to have to check ebay to see if anyone is selling.
Quote from: BigShadow on February 05, 2014, 12:47:30 AM
Wow Hepcat, never seen these cards before...they are beautiful. I'm going to have to check ebay to see if anyone is selling.
Full sets are very scarce and expensive. I got mine through The Wrapper years ago. Clicky.
http://www.thewrappermagazine.com/ (http://www.thewrappermagazine.com/)
There was a nice looking re-issue set released in the late eighties. Pretty accurate reproductions though the backs were white to appease collectors.
The Outer Limits card set was one of the things I managed to hang onto from my childhood, so I have my original set. I did upgrade a few cards (those black borders were so easily scratched) but now I have pretty much a EX-NM set -- beautiful cards especially since the show was not in color.
Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on February 05, 2014, 09:48:19 PMThe Outer Limits card set was one of the things I managed to hang onto from my childhood, so I have my original set.
I don't remember either the
Outer Limits cards nor the
Mars Attacks cards being sold in my neck of the woods when I was a kid. I don't believe O-Pee-Chee chose to distribute these in Canada because of the potential controversy involving the content of these sets. Pity because I would have gone for them in a big way!
:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on February 06, 2014, 09:20:05 AM
I don't remember either the Outer Limits cards nor the Mars Attacks cards being sold in my neck of the woods when I was a kid. I don't believe O-Pee-Chee chose to distribute these in Canada because of the potential controversy involving the content of these sets. Sad because I would have gone for them in a big way!
:-\
Even in the U.S. in 1962 Mars Attacks distribution was very scarce since Topps was concerned about the gore and female flesh -- in fact, they didn't even use the name "Topps", they used "Bubbles Inc." so that people wouldn't link them to their popular sports cards. That's why high quality sets are so rare. Kind of interesting since they also did another wonderfully bloody Norm Saunders set in '62 called Civil War News but used their Topps name on that one...(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmXHvE63uJKGS-punxtSGPpodNwVHNzdquqF_R1eK6ciodkMJJaQ)
(http://cartoonsnap.com/blogspot/images/GarishGhoulyandGoofyWeirdWheelspaintings_C641/painfuldeathcivilwarnewscardsnormansaunders.jpg)
Now those were widely available in London but only in five cent packs, and they were indeed hugely popular with young boys because of the blood and gore pictured! I collected them aggressively and completed a set. The Civil War News was also among the very first card sets from my younger days that I reacquired in 1980-81 when I went back to collecting old bubble gum cards.
Here are some pictures from my current set:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/CivilWar-1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/CivilWarNewscards.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/CivilWarwrappers.jpg)
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Beautiful Hepcat -- I loved all those colorful early card sets. I recall reading somewhere that the English Civil War News cards had slightly different dimensions than the Topps American version. In either case, Norm Saunders really caught the imaginations of all us Monster Kids back in '62 with those horrible death scenes! Today's kids would probably laugh at them as being way too tame compared to their XXX violent video games.
Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on February 06, 2014, 07:11:39 PMI recall reading somewhere that the English Civil War News cards had slightly different dimensions than the Topps American version.
That's correct. Topps' affiliate A&BC produced slightly smaller 2 3/16" X 3 3/16" variants of the cards over in the United Kingdom compared with the standard 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" size here in North America. But I've never felt compelled to acquire the A&BC cards as well.
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Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on February 06, 2014, 07:11:39 PM
Beautiful Hepcat -- I loved all those colorful early card sets. I recall reading somewhere that the English Civil War News cards had slightly different dimensions than the Topps American version. In either case, Norm Saunders really caught the imaginations of all us Monster Kids back in '62 with those horrible death scenes! Today's kids would probably laugh at them as being way too tame compared to their XXX violent video games.
They did a series of cards about the English Civil War? Did any of them include the Witch-finder General?
Quote from: Haunted hearse on February 07, 2014, 04:51:19 PM
They did a series of cards about the English Civil War? Did any of them include the Witch-finder General?
No, they were the same cards with the American Civil War art, but they were also released in England in a slightly smaller size.
The Outer Limits did an episode called "O.B.I.T." where the government has possession of a machine that let them spy on anyone, anywhere, 24 hours a day. It proves so addicting that the operators find they "can't not watch".
Then they discovers that it was the watchers who had been had.
I think of this episode every time I hear about new, more pervasive ways for government, and business to invade what was once considered personal privacy.
I was reminded yet again this morning when I read this on the Interwebnet:
http://money.msn.com/investing/post--mysterious-fake-cellphone-towers-found-across-us (http://money.msn.com/investing/post--mysterious-fake-cellphone-towers-found-across-us)
From "O.B.I.T."
Lomax (revealed as an alien):
"The machines are everywhere! Oh you'll find them all, you're a zealous people. And you'll make a great show of smashing a few of them. But for every one you destroy, hundreds of others will be built. And they will demoralize you, break your spirits, create such rifts and tensions in your society that no one will be able to repair them! Oh, you're a savage, despairing planet, and when we come here to live, you friendless, demoralized flotsam will fall without even a single shot being fired. Senator, enjoy the few years left you. There is no answer. You're all of the same dark persuasion! You demand – insist – on knowing every private thought and hunger of everyone: Your families, your neighbors, everyone — but yourselves."
It was an episode that would have been equally at home on The Twilight Zone.
That episode should be rerun on prime time TV!
cl:)
Quote from: Hepcat on September 04, 2014, 12:19:14 PM
That episode should be rerun on prime time TV!
cl:)
Will you ever look at these towers the same way again?
Quote from: Robert W on August 06, 2012, 09:28:48 AM
1) The Zanti Misfits
(http://www.thiel-a-vision.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/zanti.jpg)
OK, another 'bump' for an old thread, yes, but I just wanted to warn folks about the Zanti's advancements in our consumer wifi products. Currently, it's being marketed under the spelling of "Netgear AC3200 Router", but as you can see...
(http://techcraver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/R8000_Hero_Transparent.png)
... it's still just a Zanti in sheep-plastic coating. BEWARE!!
Quote from: ChristineBCW on October 11, 2015, 09:27:09 PM
I just wanted to warn folks about the Zanti's advancements in our consumer wifi products.
No to mention their creeping into children's games!
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4106/5070462513_15d0ebedff.jpg)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j1VofO87dA&list=PL42D3774AB20D2DBE&feature=player_detailpage#)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjM5ViyN43c&list=PL42D3774AB20D2DBE&feature=player_detailpage#)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lEsQNz6hBNk&list=PL42D3774AB20D2DBE#)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aNuqqtTCbJQ&list=PL42D3774AB20D2DBE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aNuqqtTCbJQ&list=PL42D3774AB20D2DBE)
Mike, what name were those two plastic "bug creatures" sold under? Did they actually pre-date Outer Limits TV?
When I was 5, I saw The Most Influential Film Of My Life - the 1965 FIRST MEN IN THE MOON with Lionel Jeffries as Professor Cavor. The moon creatures - which he called "Selenites" - were upright versions of those plastic bugs from your photo, and I suspect 'your' plastic models were also clearly predating those Selenites.
I am critical of the Godzilla movies when they entered the '60s in a dumbed-down storyline that always included children as a primal story-force, but this wasn't new at all. Having a child as a central character (or "force") in Entertainment was commonplace.
I should be more critical of the Godzilla-type films for dumbing themselves down into the TV Wrestling format. That's when I began to easily turn off the telly. "And in this corner, for the 2nd fall, we have Mil Mascares..." - who was frankly far more interesting than costumed monster-actors simply for his agility without a 200lb rubber suit! Gee - I wish Toho had licensed those costumes to Ted Turner way back when...
Christine,the critters Mike posted are "Cooties" from a game that dates back to the late 40s (and which is still being produced today). The Cootie came disassembled, and you played by rolling dice with corresponding Cootie body parts. First one to assemble his Cootie wins.
COOTIES! Yes, that's it. I couldn't remember that name nor was I aware it was a game. Now, along with Martian cake fantasies, I wonder if I'll be kicking at silly plastic critters?!! Jeepers, I hope not. Hubby always ends up on the floor in those nightmares. (He's a completely silly man, by the way - I always offer to leave him chained to dungeon walls but noooo, not him! He never lets me have any fun.)
Quote from: ChristineBCW on October 12, 2015, 06:24:04 PM
(He's a completely silly man, by the way - I always offer to leave him chained to dungeon walls but noooo, not him! He never lets me have any fun.)
Killjoy
Scatter, EXACTLY! I mean, it's not like I've ever REALLY killed him! Sheesh... all those silly screams and hollers for police, every time he manages to get free and break out a window. Good grief... you'd think he didn't realize who he was marrying! HE MADE A CHOICE!! Live with it.
Or else.
Silly man... I mean, most of his body parts still work... sometimes... occasionally... and it's not like he was going to live forever anyway. He always forgets that!
He's a man......only one body part matters to him anyway.
Quote from: Scatter on October 12, 2015, 06:39:29 PM
He's a man......only one body part matters to him anyway.
Yikes!!!!
Quote from: ChristineBCW on October 12, 2015, 06:24:04 PMCOOTIES! Yes, that's it. I couldn't remember that name nor was I aware it was a game.
Here's a pic of the complete game:
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d8/4f/81/d84f817ed817141c35400963556732f5.jpg)
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So, this is an early craps game? "Come 7, come 11!!" Except here, the 1-thru-6 rolls get you body parts? Hmmm... I wonder if this is how Andy Warhol started thinking about joining Paul Morrisey? "It'll be just like a game of Cooties, Andy! Colorful, plastic - exciting and educational, too!"
Poor Andy... I always suspected he never got over having his name on those two films.
"And I used to love playing Cooties!"
Well, all of life's a crapshoot, as someone once said.
My only question about this game - did you win or lose by getting all the body parts?
(I mean, what if the cooties spring to life and attack the owner, or escape from the castle into the countryside, playing water games with small children who couldn't swim? Or were these more Zantian, after all? "Take me to yer leader...")
Quote from: ChristineBCW on October 16, 2015, 08:44:40 AM
So, this is an early craps game? "Come 7, come 11!!" Except here, the 1-thru-6 rolls get you body parts? Hmmm... I wonder if this is how Andy Warhol started thinking about joining Paul Morrisey? "It'll be just like a game of Cooties, Andy! Colorful, plastic - exciting and educational, too!"
Poor Andy... I always suspected he never got over having his name on those two films.
"And I used to love playing Cooties!"
Well, all of life's a crapshoot, as someone once said.
My only question about this game - did you win or lose by getting all the body parts?
(I mean, what if the cooties spring to life and attack the owner, or escape from the castle into the countryside, playing water games with small children who couldn't swim? Or were these more Zantian, after all? "Take me to yer leader...")
You have a particularly ghoulish turn of mind. I like that.
Seriously, "The Outer Limits" is the only show that could make you fear tumbleweeds (remember that episode?). Every time my family went to the desert on a windy day, I almost peed my pants.
When I was a kid the Zanti Misfits scared the heck out of me.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GMC3Sfu6umc/TVcm-NoZfFI/AAAAAAAAC9E/_6Ck-hYdEcc/s1600/flat-zanti.png)
It's one of my favorite eps. :)
...and Bruce Dern played a scumbag.. again. Whodathunkit? ::)
Like TZ.....but OL kicks its ass.
Bruce Dern... Type cast to its finest
Quote from: jimm on October 26, 2015, 09:28:10 PM
Bruce Dern... Type cast to its finest
Dude, I can't count the number of times Bruce turned up as a dirty outlaw on shows like Gunsmoke. But, he was great in the role.. he had that weasely, smarmy, SOB character down pat. :laugh:
(http://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/11/29/c2f6d609-8247-4b33-a60f-dae395ab9e69/resize/620x465/ac93253c49d49d69f7a71ab8ddb0d954/Dern_Outer_Limits_Gunsmoke.jpg)
Of course, it could be that it came natural to him. My dad had a small part in
Wild River (1960) as the sheriff and Bruce Dern kept hitting on my mom on the set. I was a baby at the time and my parents told me when I was old enough how I kept grabbing Lee Remick's breasts.
(http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/8/813/QPRI000Z.jpg)
She thought it was cute, but my mom was not amused by
Horndog Bruce's antics. :laugh:
Bruce also turned up in an old-woman's-murderer role in the ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS series. I need to find that episode.
But in the world of Bad Guys, his Younger Self was certainly perfect. George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Michael Gough, Robert J. Wilke, Jack Palance, Gene Evans - Hollywood and American TV were littered with great character-actor villains. Write a concept of "Need a Villain" and ring up that hotline. Those guys were so wonderful.
Then there were quite a few Two-Way'ers - Basil Rathbone was as sinister and vile as a bad guy as he could be heroic. John Dehner, John Hoyt, Charles McGraw, Raymond Burr, William Talman (I'll never understand why these last two passed the bar exam in Calif and were allowed to practice TV law after being such psycho killers in their earlier film lives. But put 'em in a suit and a Ford Fairlane or Lincoln convertible, and there ya go).
Quote from: horrorhunter on October 26, 2015, 11:09:46 PMI was a baby at the time and my parents told me when I was old enough how I kept grabbing Lee Remick's breasts.
She thought it was cute....
Well she couldn't blame you for being hungry, now could she?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xkXNB5utOmg/Tk11SFp4HkI/AAAAAAAALi4/Ju9_Nh6Rabo/s1600/0100.jpg)
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Quote from: Hepcat on October 28, 2015, 12:48:52 PM
Well she couldn't blame you for being hungry, now could she?
Too bad it wasn't Jayne Mansfield. Then I coulda gotten full (or had fun tryin'!). ;)
(http://www.stmgrts.org.uk/images/jayne_mansfield.png)
Quote from: horrorhunter on October 28, 2015, 06:49:22 PM
Too bad it wasn't Jayne Mansfield. Then I coulda gotten full (or had fun tryin'!). ;)
(http://www.stmgrts.org.uk/images/jayne_mansfield.png)
You would have needed King Kong to burp you. :o
The first episode: The Galaxy Being is still one of my favorite episodes, along with The Hundred Days of the Dragon. So many memorable episodes:
The Sixth Finger, Controlled Experiment (hilarious), ZZZZZ (I loved this one), The Zanti Misfits, The Children of Spider County, The Mutant, A Feasibility Study, Soldier, Cold Hands, Warm Heart ( so cool), Expanding Human (like Jekyll & Hyde), Demon With A Glass Hand, I, Robot, The Inheritors Parts 1 & 2 (I tear up every time I watch these episodes), The Forms of Things Unknown, Keeper of the Purple Twilight and The Duplicate Man.
Just to name a few that struck a chord with me. And like any show - there were some turkeys in there as well. It seemed as though the story/vision exceeded the budget on some episodes. Or perhaps the Special Effects Dept. of the show wasn't able to produce exactly what was needed as in Tourist Attraction, Counterweight, The Probe. Episodes like that didn't help the show at all.
There were other notables: Nightmare, The Architects of Fear, etc. And episodes that have already been mentioned by others. Still, I have to say that I watch Serling's Twilight Zone a lot more than The Outer Limits. I'm a big fan of the 1995 Outer Limits.
Outer Limits was something of a tough-sell to our kids (at ages 8 and 6) because, while they'd watch them, they wouldn't 'volunteer' to load them onto the watch-queue. It was the hour-long "sitting still" issue. They would watch an hour or 90 minutes but that would include perhaps two 30-min episodes plus shorts and cartoons.
In the last four years, and certainly this last one, they've grown more tolerant of 'hour longs' and GALAXY BEING is the show they continually use to intro their classmates to OUTER LIMITS. This past Christmas, I think there were a half-a-dozen boxsets received as gifts among neighbors and classmates. Everyone's "into it" it seems - ages 10-12-14 have glommed onto it. I think the threat/promise of TWILIGHT ZONE marathons has actually helped the purchase decision of OL - "TZ will come back on, but OL hardly ever is shown, so let's spend bucks on that one."
I just wish SyFy would return to SciFi like OUTER LIMITS instead of their current options.
I dearly love The Outer Limits entire series, and it just might be my favorite TV series of all time. Most of the eps were great, some were merely good, but for me The Architects Of Fear takes the crown.
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I think what really made the OT stand out lack of storytelling fear. Take the ending of The Man Who Was Never Born for instance. You really don't get much bleaker than that.
"The Man who was never Born" and "The Soldier" were in my opinion ripped off in "Terminator 2".
I liked the Man who was never Born but always thought it was a little far fetched that the space ship just happened to land in the town where Bertram Cabot Jr. lived (or was going to live) so that Andro could kill him.
Quote from: Jethro on April 18, 2016, 09:11:13 AM
. . "The Soldier" . . in my opinion ripped off in "Terminator 2".
In Harlan Ellison's opinion, too (the 1st Terminator, that is), which is why he sued.
Didn't know they sued. And I should have said the first Terminator. I always forget they made that one due to the quality difference between the first and second.
Quote from: Mike Scott on April 18, 2016, 10:01:14 AM
In Harlan Ellison's opinion, too (the 1st Terminator, that is), which is why he sued.
And which why all new versions of The Terminator now must include an "acknowledgement" to the works of Harlan Ellison.
[quotewhile Harlan Ellison's "Demon with a Glass Hand" is more appropriate for the Outer Limits collection.
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Hey...this is a long silent topic! Couple of weeks ago I watched Demon with a Glass Hand (for the first time).....gotta say I really enjoyed it! Always liked Robert Culp, and the building he was constantly running up-and-down floors in struck me as special....it was.....also used in Blade Runner. And then there was Ellison having written the story...which always makes things special.....
Quote from: bigbud on November 23, 2017, 12:37:01 AM
Always liked Robert Culp, and the building he was constantly running up-and-down floors in struck me as special....it was.....also used in Blade Runner.
And, supposedly, designed by Forrest Ackerman's maternal grandfather.
Quote from: bigbud on November 23, 2017, 12:37:01 AM
[quotewhile Harlan Ellison's "Demon with a Glass Hand" is more appropriate for the Outer Limits collection.
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Hey...this is a long silent topic! Couple of weeks ago I watched Demon with a Glass Hand (for the first time).....gotta say I really enjoyed it! Always liked Robert Culp, and the building he was constantly running up-and-down floors in struck me as special....it was.....also used in Blade Runner. And then there was Ellison having written the story...which always makes things special.....
That building was also used prior to OUTER LIMITS in Lon Chaney's INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN(1956) and then after Blade Runner as Jack Nicholson's publishing firm in WOLF(1994)..
Quote from: Memphremagog on November 23, 2017, 12:43:49 PM
That building was also used prior to OUTER LIMITS in Lon Chaney's INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN(1956) and then after Blade Runner as Jack Nicholson's publishing firm in WOLF(1994)..
I liked Nicholson's "Wolf". I thought it deserved more appreciation than it got.
I posted this over at the New BLU-Rays thread, but it deserves to be mentioned here, too:
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Season One scheduled release has been announced for March 27, 2018.
https://tinyurl.com/y84bvrjj
It will be on 8 discs and retail priced at $99.99. For that much it should have had a ton of extras. (I'm sure the price will drop a lot between now and March.)
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EDIT:
Amazon just added details (they say it will be 7 discs):
Special Features:
-Audio commentaries by David J. Schow (author of The Outer Limits Companion) and film historians Tim Lucas, Reba Wissner, Craig Beam, Gary Gerani, Michael Hyatt and Steve Mitchell
-THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION SET 40 Page Booklet Essay by David J. Schow
https://tinyurl.com/yaawx33t
Found this on the Lino Lorber Facebook site
Coming March 27th!
Brand New HD Masters!
The Outer Limits (Complete Season 1 - 32 Episodes) with optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentaries by DAVID J. SCHOW (The Outer Limits Companion), TIM LUCAS (Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark; Video Watchblog), CRAIG BEAM (My Life in the Glow of the Outer Limits), Dr REBA WISSNER (We Will Control All That You Hear: The Outer Limits & the Aural Imagination), GARY GERANI (Fantastic Television), MICHAEL HYATT (film historian), and STEVE MITCHELL (King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen)
• 40 Pages Booklet - Featuring an Essay by David J. Schow and episode guide
24 Audio Commentaries
THE GALAXY BEING - Audio Commentary by Film Historian David J. Schow
THE HUNDRED DAYS OF THE DRAGON - Audio Commentary by Film Historian Reba Wissner
THE ARCHITECTS OF FEAR – Audio Commentary by Film Historian Gary Gerani
THE SIXTH FINGER — Audio Commentary by Film Historian David J. Schow
THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER BORN — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Gary Gerani
O.B.I.T — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Craig Beam
CORPUS EARTHLING — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Craig Beam
NIGHTMARE — Audio Commentary by Film Historian David J. Schow
THE ZANTI MISFITS — Track 1: Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
THE ZANTI MISFITS — Track 2: Audio Commentary by Film Historian Gary Gerani & Steve Mitchell
THE MICE — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Reba Wissner
CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Reba Wissner
DON'T OPEN TILL DOOMSDAY — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Reba Wissner
ZZZZZ — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
THE INVISIBLES — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
THE BELLERO SHIELD - Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
SPECIMEN UNKNOWN — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Craig Beam
THE MUTANT — Audio Commentary by Film Historian David J. Schow
THE GUESTS - Audio Commentary by Film Historians Craig Beam and David J. Schow
FUN AND GAMES — Audio Commentary by Film Historian David J. Schow
THE SPECIAL ONE – Audio Commentary by Film Historians Gary Cerani and Michael Hyatt
A FEASIBILITY STUDY - Audio Commentary by Film Historian David J. Schow
PRODUCTION AND DECAY OF STRANGE PARTICLES — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
THE FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN — Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
8 DVD Boxed Set
7 Blu-ray Boxed Set
Watching my Outer Limits Season One Blu-Ray discs. Like them a lot.
Note:
If you already have the old double-sided DVD discs, hang on to the little booklets that were inside the two season sets.
The new Blu-Rays have a booklet that lists the episodes, but give only the titles, directors, writers, cast and commentary deliverer.
The old DVD's have a booklet that lists the episodes and give all that (minus commentary info) and a nice plot summary for each. For my part, I like having a story synopses to refresh my memory. You might want to keep yours, too.
I will be transferring my new Blu-Ray discs into a 10 or 12 disc DVD case when I get Season 2. That will eliminate the stoopid fold-out cardboard holders that require discs be overlapping - and save a lot of shelf space in the process. Also, the new booklet is too large to fit inside the plastic DVD case, but the older booklets that I prefer will fit nicely inside.
My complete Series on Blu-Ray will be in a single case that takes up less space than the first season cardboard holder alone.
I've only had a chance to watch 3 episodes so far, but they look and sound fantastic. A great restoration of my favorite series.
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Outer Limits - Season TWO - Blu-Ray - Kino Lorber - November 13, 2018
I'm in. Heard rumors it may include extras.
A promotional still featuring assorted monsters from season one of the Outer Limits
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Martin Landau as Andro in THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER BORN episode
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Robert Duval as Mace in THE CHANGELING episode
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David McCallum as Gwillym in THE SIXTH FINGER
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Simon Oakland as the Empyrian in SECOND CHANCE
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Jeff Corey as Lomax in O.B.I.T.
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The Anthean creature from COUNTERWEIGHT
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I like that color photo. :)
Quote from: horrorhunter on February 07, 2016, 01:17:22 AMI dearly love The Outer Limits entire series, and it just might be my favorite TV series of all time. Most of the eps were great, some were merely good, but for me The Architects Of Fear takes the crown.
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I just watched this again last night on my great blu ray set. It's my 2nd favorite episode right after The Man Who Was Never Born. Robert Culp is amazing in it. He makes you feel such sympathy for his character. The gradual transformation is done extremely well. The end result still looks great to me in the episode as you never see it fully head to toe in one shot. I love the blinking eyelids. The camera work and production are so good. Truly impressive with the budget they had.
Quote from: Memphremagog on December 17, 2023, 07:51:41 PMA promotional still featuring assorted monsters from season one of the Outer Limits
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Martin Landau as Andro in THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER BORN episode
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Robert Duval as Mace in THE CHANGELING episode
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David McCallum as Gwillym in THE SIXTH FINGER
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Simon Oakland as the Empyrian in SECOND CHANCE
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Jeff Corey as Lomax in O.B.I.T.
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The Anthean creature from COUNTERWEIGHT
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Great pics!
So cool!