Rating: 
Summary: Outer Limits Super -- but discs defective
Review: I bought The Outer Limits TOS back in September; but only got around to playing them this week. I only saw a few of the episodes when they originally aired and was looking forward to watching them straight through during the Christmas-New Year's period when network TV is full of repeats.What episodes I watched on DVD were super given the quality of something produced back in the early '60s. My only problem was with the technology of the 2000s -- i.e., discs three and four were defective. On three, I got lots of pixilizations, stalls, and skips; occasionally backing up from the end of the chapter in order to get to watch any of it. On disc four the "Fun and Games" episode, chapter four would not start on any of my three Sony DVD players -- even after making sure the disc was clean -- and I had to do the back-up from chapter's end and still unable to watch the entire chapter.. I would caution anyone buying this set to play it immediately so you can return it if it's defective and not be out the price of a full four-DVD set. Makes one wish one could buy individual discs of anything that's packaged as a set. Earl Mellor 12/29/2002
Rating: 
Summary: Where are the rest ???
Review: Where are the rest of this fantastic series???? they've missed the best one off this which was 'Demon with a glass hand' I've been searching everywhere for this for years :(
Rating: 
Summary: outer limits -the original series dvd
Review: I received my dvd set of The Outer Limits -The original series for Christmas and I have played at least 3 episodes from each dvd already. It was great to sit back and watch those shows that I used to watch as a kid. I never remembered watching "The Special One" until now when I saw the alien reveal his "gills", then I had a flashback to when I was 10 years old ! Some shows that I did remember were the "Zanti Misfits", "Tourist Attraction","Fun and Games", and "The Invisibles". None of the discs had any skips or problems with the picture, I did notice that I had to turn the sound up a little higher than normal but I really don't consider that a problem because the sound was clear. I was very pleased with the dvd set and am waiting for the second season to be released !
Rating:
Summary: Terrible video quality, [inexpensive] packaging
Review: MGM didn't lift a finger to try to provide an acceptable level of video quality in this turkey. Granted that the original film recordings are "worn" to say the least, MGM could at least have done something to minimize the embarrassingly high level of video noise. As far as the packaging is concerned, MGM might just as well have included a square of sandpaper with the instruction "scratch me!" The plastic lip around each disk rubs agains the adjacent disk when the package is opened/closed. As those of us who know the truth behind the lie of the "durablity" of CD/DVD technology, the slightest scratch renders these disks unplayable. If you like the original Outer Limits series, and have any eye for quality, and don't want to pay a lot of money for disks that will become scratched beyond repair after only a few viewings, don't order this product from anyone who wants to seperate you from your hard-earned bucks.
Rating:
Summary: ...There is nothing wrong with this DVD set.....
Review: THE OUTER LIMITS is one of my all-time favorite series. I remember growing up in the late 60's/early 70's, watching these episodes in syndication. Watching them now takes me right back. The wonderful stories, the great performances, and, ok, the (sometimes) cheesy looking monsters. It really didn't matter though. The special effects were not the important thing here. It was the story that mattered most. I could go on, but others have echoed my thoughts already. The important thing is, I had absolutely NO problem playing these discs on my DVD player. To be fair, I wanted to wait to leave this until after I had watched every episode. Well I have, and the good news I have to report is that the discs played great. The video looked great on my 65" TV and the soundtrack was crisp and clear. I don't understand the problems some are having with the discs. All I know is I have a progressive scan DVD player and they played fine. Maybe the problem is the cheap DVD players that are popping up everywhere - whatever you do, DON'T pay [to much] for a DVD player and NOT expect to have a problem. We now return control of AMAZON[.com] to you. Until next time when (hopefully), the second season DVD set will take us all to... THE OUTER LIMITS.
Rating:
Summary: Controlling The Horizontal
Review: This is a smartly compiled set. Dig this: 32 episodes, 4 discs, 8 shows on each disc, 4 shows on EACH SIDE in one compact box! Other compilations of this magnitude take up more wasted space and less content...this one is perfect! Great black & white sci-fi episodes with stars like Warren Oates, Martin Landau, Robert Culp and Martin Sheen. If you know NOTHING about The Outer Limits, think Twilight Zone without the avant-garde camera angles or the clever twist endings, but these episodes ARE cleverly scripted...it's pure fantasy escapist fare with wonderful space monsters and mental defective humans! Many of the creatures seen here were featured endlessly in the old 1960's issues of Famous Monsters Of Filmland magazine; you'll recognize many of them even if you never saw one show. Reasonably priced, you'll be watching this for days...it's well worth a lot more than you're shelling out!
Rating:
Summary: The Twilight Zone is better.
Review: P>...This show has low budget, cheap production values, and a waste of good actors. It's a cross between Roger Corman and Irwin Allen films.
Rating:
Summary: A SIXTIES BRAT
Review: I LIVED IN SOUTH MIAMI FOR A YEAR IN THE EARLY SIXTIES. THERE WERE STRANGE CREATURES THAT WERE TOTALLY FOREIGN TO A KID FROM THE VIRGINIA AREA- TOADS AS BIG AS PIES, COCKROACHES THAT WERE LIKE PONIES, ALLIGATORS IN THE CANALS. THIS WAS WHEN I FIRST WENT TO THE OUTER LIMITS.
THE ALIENS AND MUTANTS SCARED THE S__T OUT OF ME AND MY THREE YOUNGER BROTHERS. IN FACT MY DAD WOULD NOT LET US WATCH IT WHEN HE WAS AROUND BECAUSE WE WOULD ALL BE TOO AFRAID TO TURN OUT THE LIGHTS AT BEDTIME (WERE THOSE TOADS GOING TO MAKE US MORPH INTO ONE OF THEM?). WE GOT TO SEE THE EPISODES WHEN WE HAD A BABYSITTER OR A SLEEPOVER. WATCHING THESE AGAIN WAS PURE NOSTALGIC FUN. THE SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE CHEESEY BUT THAT WHAT MAKES IT GREAT. IT IS FUN TO SEE YOUNG STARS MAKE THEIR DEBUT-MARTIN SHEEN , HOT LIPS (SHE STILL LOOKS GOOD) WILLIAM SHATNER ETC. I LIKE THE "NOIR" LOOK STILL KIND OF SCARY.
I STILL LIKE THE ALIEN ON "DONT OPEN UNTIL DOOMSDAY" IT LOOKS LIKE A POT ROAST WITH AN EYEBALL. THE MOST SCARY ALIEN TO ME WERE THE ANTS ON THE "ZANTI MISFITS", AND THE SOUND EFFECTS WERE PERFECT FOR THOSE ANTS. BRUCE DERN GOT HIS USUAL JUST REWARD. I STILL FELL FOR THE QUEEN BEE IN "ZZZZ" STILL A HOT BABE AFTER 40 YEARS (MY FIRST CRUSH BEFORE BARBARA EDEN IN "I DREAM OF JEANIE")
WHERE IS SHE NOW? THE SETS AND SOUND WERE RECYCLED ALOT BUT A GREAT RIDE.
Rating:
Summary: Great Series-Very Poor disk set
Review: I was delighted and excited when I learned that the original Outer Limits was released on DVD. I sat down once I received the set and began to watch the shows. On the fourth show of the first disk (Man with the Power) the picture went out on me, skipped, and was basically unwatchable. I took it back and my second set had the same problem on a different episode still on the first disk. I returned it a second time and was refunded my money. I think it's better to wait to see if the series comes out not only in better quality disks but with the ENTIRE series. I now realize that many other people have had problems with watching this DVD set besides myself. I have the series on video taped from television (of course the episodes are edited) but at least it's something to watch for now until hopefully a better product comes along. It's very disappointing. The series itself is great. It's very sad that a distributor has to ruin their own product by using cheap disks.
Rating:
Summary: No other words. . .
Review: Awesome. If you loved this series you must get this DVD set. You will not regret it one moment.
| 
