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Summary: Two airplanes, William Shatner and Burgess Meredith
Review: Two very, very classic Twilight Zones stories are included in this excellent DVD. "Time Enough at last" from the first season, is clearly one of the best episodes in the series. It was the first one I ever saw, and it captured my attention and turned me into a Twilight Zone fan. Burgess Meredith stars as a lone survivor of an holocaust caused by a bomb. He finally has time to do what he likes the most, read... or so he thinks. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" features a paranoid William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk from Star Trek), terrified when he sees on the wing outside his airplane seat a creature destroying an engine. This very same story was done all over again for "Twilight Zone: The Movie" in 1983, this time directed by George Miller (Mad Max, all three of them). "The Odyssey of Flight 33" (Season 2) is another airplane story, where the craft is lost in time. In "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" (Season 1) residents from a suburbian neighborhood believe that extraterrestrials live among them. Also a paranoid story, that clearly refers to the communist threat. A must have DVD for any Twilight Zone fan.
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Summary: another great DVD
Review: Vol 2 had even better episodes that Vol 1.Time Enough At Last- Loved it! One of my favorite episodes actually. I felt very sorry for the guy. (*****) Monsters are Due on Maple Street- Another great episode. Very surprising on who the monsters were. (****) Terror at 20,000 feet- Uh, didn't care too much for this one. I got a little bored watching it actually. A lot of people seem to like this one though. (**) The Odessy of Flight 33- another great and entertaining one. (***)
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Summary: Twilight Zone Vol 2 MONSTERS ARE DUE
Review: When purchasing a DVD on any of the "Twilight Zone" episodes, I think it is safe to say that in the majority of cases the buyer knows those stories by heart. The main concern is one of quality. How does the picture measure up? In this case I have never seen better transfers. The images are excellent. They are sharp, clear and maintain consistent contrast. The laserdisc versions had a problem with black & white contrast. That problem has now been corrected. Volume 2 contains THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET, NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET, THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33 and TIME ENOUGH AT LAST. William Shatner gives a brilliant performance in NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET from the 5th season This is one of my favorites and still holds up to repeated viewing because it is so well crafted. THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET is a good parable of human paranoia and mass hysteria. Rod Serling was a man of great literary and social intellect, somewhat ignored because of the genre he worked within and was famous for. "The Twilight Zone" frequently bordered on the edges of science fiction if not immersed in it. Society's values being what they are, science fiction has never been thoroughly embraced by conventional thought as a legitimate literary or cinematic art form. That is society's loss and Serling's heartbreak. However, "The Twilight Zone" still endures.
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