A cardboard slipcover is also provided, but it has the exact same artwork as the Blu-ray case has, so no surprises there. It gives each episode name, a synopsis of the episode, when it originally aired, and the special features you can expect to experience with each episode. It's thin paper, which is a shame because over time it will become worn, but for right now it looks good. A pamphlet is included that you'll definitely want to keep. The set comes complete with 5 50GB Blu-ray Discs. It's easy to get discs in and out, and you don't feel like you're going to break them ( take note Universal!).
THE TWILIGHT ZONE SEASON 1 TV
As far as I'm concerned all TV seasons should come with this exact same packaging. The set comes packaged in a nice sturdy keepcase that has swinging arms inside that hold four discs back to back, while the fifth disc is inset with a disc hub in the back. You can revisit it any time, even if it's your favorite episodes over and over, and get something new from it. 'The Twilight Zone' is infinitely rewatchable. Let's hope for all of our sakes, Image Entertainment sees the value in releasing each and every season of this show, so we don't get stuck owning only two or three seasons on Blu-ray. It's true I've done nothing but praise the show throughout this review, but after such a long time 'The Twilight Zone' still has a hold on people. Now we can all enjoy these original stories in high definition. It's wonderful to see Serling's classic show brought to new life on Blu-ray. The way Serling tapped into the human consciousness is still one of the crowning achievements of TV. We feel for these characters mostly because we've had the same types of feelings they're having. 'The Twilight Zone' is the quintessential character driven drama. The 'Twilight Zone' allowed us, in a mere half an hour, to become acquainted with a new person, and feel for their plight. Nowadays we're bombarded by movies and TV shows that have us ogling at the latest and greatest in CGI, leaving little to be discovered about the actual characters that populate the show. The human struggle with internal emotions always took center stage.
Sure some of the futuristic stuff in "The Lonely" looks hokey by today's standard, but the production design and special effects were never the centerpiece of a 'Twilight Zone' episode. That's what keeps everyone coming back for more, even 50 years later. That's what the 'Twilight Zone was best at conveying. Such simple characters, with simple yet strong emotions. "Where is Everybody" features a man combating loneliness as he finds out the city he's in is completely deserted. In the "Sixteen Millimeter Shrine" a lovely actress battles with her pride as she's no longer the sexy starlet she once was. Serling's stories always captured perfectly, a single human emotion that made it easy to relate to the characters in the story. What would we do if we were thrust back in time to find out what made us happy? Would we go completely nuts if we were left on an asteroid miles from Earth for a crime we didn't commit? Others had very comedic and light-hearted overtones, like the episode "Escape Clause," where a hypochondriac makes a deal with the devil for immortality.Įach and every story has something to say about the human condition, something deep within the recesses of our own minds and hearts. Some of them were very serious like in "Walking Distance" when Martin Sloan suddenly finds himself back in time in his hometown. Each week was a new story, a new set of characters, and new circumstances. That's partly why the 'Twilight Zone always felt so fresh and new. Most TV shows follow around the same characters doing the same things. From Sci-fi, to horror, and even a few episodes that could be considered fantasy here and there 'Twilight Zone' is one of the few shows that can still capture the imagination after so much time has already passed.
Premiering in 1959, Serling took audiences on trips of the mind and imagination that, at that time, were never thought possible. Rod Serling's 'Twilight Zone' is as classic as television comes. You know a TV show is a classic when it's around 50 years later and you still want to watch every single episode over and over.
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