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Started watching the original "The Outer Limits". Wow! (Original Post) bif Nov 2021 OP
The remake never held a candle to it The Blue Flower Nov 2021 #1
I was a little kid when it first aired. And it scared the crap out of me! bif Nov 2021 #2
Is it on Netflix? wryter2000 Nov 2021 #3
No. bif Nov 2021 #4
Amazon Prime has it. sarge43 Nov 2021 #5
Loved it MFM008 Nov 2021 #6
Gene Roddenberry wrote the series as a way to talk about racism and other social AndyS Nov 2021 #7
The music and cinematography are ominous enough nuxvomica Nov 2021 #8

bif

(24,036 posts)
2. I was a little kid when it first aired. And it scared the crap out of me!
Thu Nov 25, 2021, 01:58 PM
Nov 2021

I remember covering my ears during the opening part of the show.

wryter2000

(47,505 posts)
3. Is it on Netflix?
Thu Nov 25, 2021, 02:11 PM
Nov 2021

I'll catch up with it as it is. Funny thing....the picture rolling stuff at the beginning used to actually happen on TVs of the time.

MFM008

(20,001 posts)
6. Loved it
Thu Nov 25, 2021, 05:16 PM
Nov 2021

So many favorite episodes.
They used to run an hour of
Outter limits and 4 episodes of Twilight
Zone together on Saturdays .

AndyS

(14,559 posts)
7. Gene Roddenberry wrote the series as a way to talk about racism and other social
Fri Nov 26, 2021, 07:37 AM
Nov 2021

ills that were taboo. I've noticed the same thing in old series like Ponderosa. Some of them reflect an early evolution that was barely better than the root issue. Saw an episode of Ponderosa recently about discrimination and hatred of Native Americans. The solution was to give the "Indian" some land and turn him into a farmer, i.e. turn him into a white man by destroying his culture.

Some of this stuff is very educational in light of the current atmosphere.

nuxvomica

(12,901 posts)
8. The music and cinematography are ominous enough
Sat Nov 27, 2021, 07:24 AM
Nov 2021

But the show is well-scripted and well acted too. My favorite episodes are "The Architects of Fear", in which Robert Culp agrees to be transformed into an alien to unite the people of earth against a common enemy, the ultimate "the other"; "The Zanti Misfits', which features adorably angry-looking insects the size of a cat; "The Sixth Finger", where David McCallum evolves into a future human with a giant head and extra digits. I loved the show as a kid and felt compelled to watch even though it scared the hell out of me. I remember being relieved when an episode aired featuring two aliens, who looked like people, experimenting with time manipulation, so no "monster of the week" in that one to haunt my dreams.

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