Poll
Question:
Which TV show do you prefer?
Option 1: Outer Limits
Option 2: Twilight Zone
Which TV show do you prefer?
Outer Limits
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Twilight Zone
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cl:)
Love them both, but have to give the edge to Outer Limits.........I kinda like MONSTERS, ya know.
I like them both as well. I chose the Outer Limits, and just slightly ahead of the Twilight Zone. The Outer Limits had some better stories, more monsters, and it was an hour long (yeah I know the 4th season of TZ was an hour long). Although the Twilight Zone had a wider story range. I cannot see The Outer Limits doing an episode like The Obsolete Man, Showdown with Rance McGrew, or Cavander is Coming as the Twilight Zone did.
This is very close but I voted for The Twilight Zone. Rod Serling was a factor and I feel that (watching as a little kid) that that The Twilight Zone had better 'twists' to the stories.
Even though TZ was the better show, OL just got under my skin more. Outer Limits!
Quote from: Mord on July 15, 2013, 07:34:31 PM
Even though TZ was the better show, OL just got under my skin more. Outer Limits!
I agree...the reason I liked OL better was because they had a monster ("bear" as referred to by the producers) in every episode but one, and at the time I was only 9 so I liked seeing scary monsters more than watching well-conceived stories. Now, of course, I love them both.
Twilight Zone hands-down.
JP
So many movies and stories in the Horror, sci-fi, and weird tale subject matter, were 1st explored on the Twilight Zone. Great writers like Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson, not to mention many penned by Serling himself, contributed amazing stories to TZ. Some of them are brilliant, but they've been copied so many times we take them for granted. I love the Outer Limits, too, and they have better monsters, but you can't discount the impact that TZ has made on modern horror and storytelling in general.
Twilight Zone. Although I did enjoy Outerlimits as well.
'Zone is great, but 'Limits rules. 8)
Architects Of Fear, Galaxy Being, Sixth Finger.....'nuff said.
Quote from: Cerebus on July 16, 2013, 01:07:08 PM
So many movies and stories in the Horror, sci-fi, and weird tale subject matter, were 1st explored on the Twilight Zone. Great writers like Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson, not to mention many penned by Serling himself, contributed amazing stories to TZ. Some of them are brilliant, but they've been copied so many times we take them for granted. I love the Outer Limits, too, and they have better monsters, but you can't discount the impact that TZ has made on modern horror and storytelling in general.
Even the name "Twilight Zone" is used to this day as an adjective. One of my favorite shows as a kid was "Hoppity Hooper", and one of their adventures was a sendup of Serling's show called "The Traffic Zone".
This one's still tight!
Outer Limits
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Twilight Zone
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There's nothing like the classic artwork on the older comic covers. It's like the art on the old lobby cards -- classic versus today's high-tech photo-crap.
Amazing covers, Hepcat :) Are these part of your collection too? You have an awesome collection of various publications!
For me, both shows were and are equally amazing. But, I like the Outer Limits more. Not to take away the greatness of the Twilight Zone.
Quote from: Cerebus on July 26, 2013, 04:32:22 PM
Amazing covers, Hepcat :) Are these part of your collection too?
Yes, absolutely!
:)
I have a special place in my heart for TZ since it was one of the first fantasy/sci-fi shows that I watched. I like OL as well, but I didn't see it as often as TZ when I was a child.
I like both, but Outer limits rules over TZ. Night Gallery is still my top choice for anthology shows though.
I hate to choose here: TZ for the stories, OL for the monsters!!
Quote from: Hepcat on July 26, 2013, 06:28:14 PM
Yes, absolutely!
:)
I love these artwork covers as well!
I've watched them both and I like them both a lot, Although I had to choose the Zone
Quote from: CreepysFan on July 27, 2013, 03:47:32 AM
I like both, but Outer limits rules over TZ. Night Gallery is still my top choice for anthology shows though.
You are typing my thoughts...........YOU'RE A WITCH!!
Quote from: Scatter on July 27, 2013, 10:38:55 PM
You are typing my thoughts...........YOU'RE A WITCH!!
;D One mind, two bodies.
Quote from: CreepysFan on July 30, 2013, 05:14:59 PM
;D One mind, two bodies.
So that's how/why 'they' came up with 'half wit' .. ;)
Quote from: CreepysFan on July 27, 2013, 03:47:32 AM
Night Gallery is still my top choice for anthology shows though.
Yeah, I can't decide either, so I'll pick Night Gallery. :D
Quote from: Flower on July 30, 2013, 08:10:51 PM
So that's how/why 'they' came up with 'half wit' .. ;)
Bah-dum TSSSSSSHHHH
This one's still very tight! Here are the themes to help those of you still on the fence to decide:
The Outer Limits Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8#)
THE TWILIGHT ZONE THEME (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSRm80WzZk#)
tynhrt
Quote from: Hepcat on August 13, 2013, 10:56:08 AM
This one's still very tight! Here are the themes to help those of you still on the fence to decide:
Woah Hepcat, you've got the impostor Outer Limits intro...there's only one, the 60's version:The Outer Limits Intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8#)
Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on August 13, 2013, 04:31:31 PM
Woah Hepcat, you've got the impostor Outer Limits intro...there's only one, the 60's version:
The Outer Limits Intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8#)
Oh yeah!!
Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on August 13, 2013, 04:31:31 PM
Woah Hepcat, you've got the impostor Outer Limits intro...there's only one, the 60's version:
Thank you! It's fixed!
:)
Outer Limits = scared me as a little kid.
Twilight Zone = less scary than the Outer Limits, but I loved their stories.
They both have a place in my heart.
What a battle we have here!
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It's still a dead heat.
:o
It's apples and oranges. And you've got BOTH for a healthy diet!
Quote from: dlhenderson on August 28, 2013, 10:05:37 AM
It's apples and oranges. And you've got BOTH for a healthy diet!
I could not agree more with your opinion. I was watching this episode called "The Soldier" this mourning by the way. Both shows have really good material, most of their episodes are actually philosophical. I wish there were shows of this calibre made for current television, most new television material is just garbage.
More monsters in outer limits, not sure I can pick a favorite here. Do I like hawaiian or combo pizza more? Too tuff...
Quote from: MONSTERMOSH on September 29, 2013, 04:00:16 PMI wish there were shows of this calibre made for current television, most new television material is just garbage.
I couldn't agree more. Then of course there were other shows such as
Rod Serling's Night Gallery and
The Night Stalker. It's sad really.
:(
I'll always recall the rush I got as a kid hearing that great score that was the intro music to The Night Stalker. Knew I was in for a spooky treat!
Between American Horror Story, Grimm, and The Walking Dead there is some hope, give 'em a watch...
Quote from: jimm on January 19, 2014, 05:29:03 PM
Between American Horror Story, Grimm, and The Walking Dead there is some hope, give 'em a watch...
And Bates Motel "re-opens" in March!
Guess I need to add that to my watch list!
Great show, but you have to catch it from episode one (The Following is quite good, too).
I tried on Bates and American Horror........couldn't do it.
Quote from: Scatter on January 20, 2014, 09:29:04 PM
I tried on Bates and American Horror........couldn't do it.
Stick with Hanna Montana, bro.
I tried season 1 on AHS and felt the same way, came back after reviews of Coven and dang, its good!
I tried to watch season 1 of AHS but the sexual elements put me off. Same thing with True Blood. Tennessee Williams meets Dark Shadows meets Skinamax!
Since I was a youngin, I loved watching the Twilight Zone, especially when the marathons were on TV. In high school I even read a book of TZ short stories then wrote my own for a speech class. The teacher, also a fan of the TZ and OL, really enjoyed my story and the fact that a young kid new and even watched such "older" shows. I remember people in class not having a clue as to these shows.....what a shame. When I entered the military after high school, I was introduced to the OL, which was the first time I watched it.
Over the years, I've watched both shows with an open mind and an appreciation for what they were to me personally. But in the end, I still have to go with the show that haunted my mind first, the Twilight Zone. Although the entertainment aspect of the Outer Limits keeps me entranced, I just love the stories and morals that the TZ give the viewer.
Just my humble opinion. :)
I prefer Twilight Zone, but I honestly can't think of a Outer Limit episode that I didn't enjoy.
Quote from: Mord on January 20, 2014, 09:45:13 PM
Stick with Hanna Montana, bro.
I can't. I gave up when I discovered that stocky white guys should never twerk.
The Twilight Zone has now nosed out in front! I wonder if that might be due to its superior logos?
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Outer Limits rules! I'm in the midst of watching the entire 49 episodes and last night I watched #s 33 and 34 which were the start of the second (and final) season. Because ABC foolishly decided to switch the series from Monday night (where it had good ratings) to Saturday night (up against the well-established and broadly popular Jackie Gleason show), head writer Joseph Stefano left OL at the end of the first season. But more importantly (and obviously) composer Dominic Frontiere also left, and along with him went all of the show's iconic music, even in the famous intro. Although the stories were still great, the music lost a lot causing the episodes to lose some of the "awe and mystery" they had in Season 1. One of the OL episodes I watched ("Cold Hands, Warm Heart") featured William Shatner and reminded me of his famous Twilight Zone "flight".
Shatner's nemesis at 20,000 feet in The Twilight Zone...
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And Shatner's Venusian nightmare in The Outer Limits...
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I love them both. I will never pit one against the other (there hasn't been anything that incredible since).
The question is a little like asking, "What is the superior animal, the horse or the cow?"
I quote myself from "The Outer Limits" thread:
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 morality 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.
Always preferred TZ over OL. The OL had cooler monsters for sure, but TZ was more believable, and the more believable something is, the scarier it is, imo. Both great shows either way.
JP
The Twilight Zone for me, especially season 1. TZ just had so many classics that are still part of the culture today.
I have more fondness for Twilight Zone, because I am a lover of the short story as an artform... and every TZ felt that way to me.
But OL has better monsters, by far, and lets be honest-- far better merchandise. The OL board game was WAAAAAAAAAAY better than the TZ game, for instance.
Matt