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 The Twilight Zone (complete series) August 8, 2008
We watched the Twilight Zone as kids and this brought back so many memories growing up! You, too will enjoy remembering all the stories!
New reviewer...sorry if not elegant August 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was an extravagant purchase for me, but I'm extremely happy with the collection. My only disappointment (and this is minor) is that I haven't found a way to play the discs where I can watch all episodes on a disc one after another. I have to get into the main menu after each single episode. I also purchased the "companion book" for something like $11 or $12 which is also brilliant. If you're an afficianado, become familiar with www.wikipedia.org and www.imdb.com, as both sites seem to have great background about each of the episodes and they list actors that were not included in the credits. I originally watched these episodes as a pre-teen and early-teen. Watching them again as an adult gives me an appreciation of just how brilliant Rod Serling and his writes and actors were. There are 28 DVD's in the set, so you can spend alot of time pleasantly getting 'lost'.
If you're a Twilight Zone junkie and can spare the $180 or so, you definitely won't be disappointed.
A TV show for the Ages! July 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"The Twilight Zone" quite simply put, is the best TV show ever made! Rod Serling's masterpiece came in a time when quality came before quantity, and before special effects. It came in a time when morals still meant something. The writing was perfect, the casting superb, and the feeling that each episode left you with was and still is timeless. It is a true testament to the show that it still airs in syndication today. Every fourth of July and New Years, the marathons still air. It is safe to say that "The Twilight Zone" will last forever, and not just in the backs of our minds, or an old dusty shelf, but at the forefront of our movie collections.
The "Complete Definitive Edition" DVD set is wonderful, both for the money and for the convenience of having the set all in one piece. The casing doesn't leave much to be desired. The book format works really well, each of the five housing an entire season. Once the discs have been popped out one, they are easy to get out time after time. The plastic is just a little rigid to begin with. Each season comes with a pull-out guide, showing what episodes are on each disc. Something the consumers don't get with this complete set is "The Twilight Zone Companion" that originally came with season 1. That can be picked up for a mere $6.99 on Amazon, and comes highly recommended from this reviewer. All in all, this is very much worth the money. I picked it up for $186.99, but I have seen it for as low as $149.99. Either way, this is worth every penny.
 Beware: The chapter thumbnails give away the twists! July 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
For those who are already familiar with the TZ episodes, the content on these DVDs is top-notch.
However, there is one unforgivable problem with the DVDs: they give away the plot twists! When you go to play an episode, you are taken to a scene/chapter selector. There are always four points you can jump to. Each of the four has a conveniently large thumbnail and the chapter title. The problem is, the third scene always depicts the climax of the episode! (The fourth scene is Rod's epilogue.) Now, unless you are consciously averting your eyes, you will likely catch an unwitting glimpse of the pic or chapter name of the third scene while you try to actually start playing the title. In many episodes, this is enough to take away the "surprise". In some episodes, like "Invaders", "To Serve Man", or "The Dummy", this is particularly bad. These DVDs are still a must-have for any fan -- but those who aren't already familiar with all the episodes are warned to be careful with the scene selection page!
twilight zone complete series July 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Twilight Zone: The Complete Definitive CollectionAbsolutely magnificent!! There are more than enough glowing reviews about all of the great shows in this series, but I wanted to mention some things regarding a few complaints about the "physical" condition of some of the discs. There were a few mentions of "scuff marks", "scratches" and "fingerprint smudges". Don't worry too much about it....
I used to work at EMI(Canada), the Canadian division for the worldwide record company, and though I usually worked in the warehouse, I sometimes helped out in the factory section during rush releases. First of all, cds and dvds are not iserted into their plastic holders by machines, but rather, by actual human beings, and secondly, we would have to pull each disc in a series, up and off, of a long metal spindle. When doing something like this for a huge order, (especially something as big as a 28 disc set!), it's nearly impossible not to get the odd fingerprint, smudge, scuff marks (from other discs on spindles, etc.), and occasional plastic dust, on some csds and dvds. Of course the factory is clean and tidy, and workers make every effort not to touch, or fumble the discs, but you've got to expect a few slight (usually harmless) flaws in large rush-release, gigantic boxset orders! I too, had a few of these on about three of my discs, but I immediately understood. If you find the odd small scratch, or two, smudges, tiny plastic particles or whatever, just blow off any particles, then gently dab the area (on the disc), with a soft damp cloth, and dry it the same way with a dry soft cloth. Scratches and scuff marks will remain, but it should still play beautifully.
Finally, regarding problems some have had with releasing the discs from the holders, I found that it was easiest when applying the most pressure to the middle holding spindle, while gently pulling the outer edges of the discs, here and there. Other than that, enjoy!
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