The Twilight Zone - Season 1 (The Definitive Edition)

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Summary: This is the ONLY edition to buy on DVD
Review: Crisp new digital transfers. Complete shows ordered by original airdate. All the Rod Serling "bumps" to next week's show [a few are audio-only, but that's just a slight omission]. Many, many isolated music tracks. Occasional commentary tracks by stars like Cliff Robertson and Martin Milner [and excerpts from Marc Scott Zicree's interviews with behind-the-scenes personnel, harmed only by Zicree's annoying vocal tic of saying "mm-hmm" whenever the subject pauses, several times in every sentence]. Episode-specific excerpts from Serling's lectures to college students, the next-best thing to an actual Serling commentary. And a behind-the-scenes bonus disk featuring lots of archival material, including a Serling "blooper."

Finally, someone has given THE TWILIGHT ZONE the DVD presentation it deserves. This edition supersedes all others.

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Summary: Question?
Review: Does anyone know if these episodes from the 1st season are in the original air date order ?

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Summary: "Submitted for your approval..........."
Review: I just recieved my "Twilight Zone- Season 1(The Definitve Edition), and let me tell you it's really good.
Included are interviews conducted by Twilight Zone Companion author Marc Zicree(for his book ?)you get insights by actors Burgess Meredith and Anne Francis,writer Richard Matheson, directors Douglas Heyes,Richard Bare,and by Buck Houghton(who's probably the second most important person connected to the quality of the T-Zone)
In adiiton theres isolated music scores,new audio commentaries by Earl Holliman,Marty Landau,Rod Taylor,Martin Milner,Kevin McCarthyand CBS exec William Self.
Also included are Rod Serling's audio lectures from Sherman Oaks College(which haven't been available since the T-Zone lasrdisc boxsets),Rod Serling's network pitch,the unaired pilot "Where Is Everybody",a blooper,an episode of "Liar's Club",and the promo's for "Next Weeks shows" which haven't been seen since the original run, and theres even a Twilight Zone comic(on dvd-rom)on disc 6.
The only this missing is new commentary from Jack Klugman(maybe on T-Zone Definitive Season 2 ?).
Anyway,if you love the Twilight Zone(or even just like it) this is agreat collection.

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Summary: For some of us this is the first set
Review: I must object to some of the reviews that I have read concerning this set. Many people are giving this set low marks because they have already paid allot of money for a previous version of the series. I can understand their frustration as I myself bought all of the (...)original episodes two per disc, just months before they released them by season. However, that is not an objective opinion on this set. This is a great boxed set. The picture, sound, and extras are very well done. It is also presented season by season which in the case of TZ is not manditory as the stories are in no way connected to each other, but with Rod Serling intro's for the next weeks story it is kind of nice.
I do agree that it is overpriced. It is obvious that for some of the most popular classic series that the studios don't really care about price gouging, but I do not know how expensive it is to remaster 36 episodes in high def either.
The bottom line is this is a great set that is expensive, but please don't discount it based on the fact that it has been released before.

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Summary: An answer to previous questions...
Review: I read some of the questions about closed captioning, and thought I would add my two cents. I tried to turn on captions while watching an episode last night and it seems there is no text on the dvd. There were no options for closed captioning or any alternate languages. It does, however have very interesting bonus features; such as episodes with dialogue removed- showing the impressive score only, commentaries by actors- over 40 years later, current radio-drama remakes of original episodes, among other things such as a Rod Serling lecture & blooper reel. I absolutely love this box set and find it well worth the money. I refrained from buying the original boxed sets because I did not like the format, I am glad I waited, this set truly is the Definitive Edition. The episode guide is helpful, insightful, and reminds me of several wonderful episodes to look forward to on future sets. I have been having a wonderful time revisiting the old episodes I used to love watching with my Dad as a kid. Even now, I am amazed at how far ahead of its time TZ really was. The episodes are cleaned up and great quality. If you need the captioning in order to buy the dvd set, I'm sorry- it does not seem to have it available. I would hate to talk anyone out of buying this set, though. I have been enjoying it very much and greatly anticipate the release of following seasons.

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Summary: The collection is way better
Review: I recently bought all 5 collections on DVD for over 400 dollars. I then realize that an AMAZING, DEFINTIVE SEASON 1 Collection is coming out! Well its like ever other dvd, something better will ALWAYS come out. Im usually anal about shows like mostly everyone else on Amazon seems to be; I like to watch them in order. The Twilight Zone is a great show and doesnt matter how it comes. I also recommend the Twilight Zone Companion book if you own the collection and wants the epsiodes in order. The book is very well done,a very excellent read. As for whats missing in this ULTIMATE set, is you cannot play more then one epsiode at a time, no triva, or the cool feature on the collection, which tells you about the espiode and all the characters in it. Also, there seems to be too much audio stuff without visuals, anyone notice that? Why buy something on dvd for extras when all it is audio? So you can keep season 1, i'll keep my 5 different collections with cooler features and better packaging.

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Summary: It looks Nice
Review: It looks like a nice set.I have to STRONGLY disagree with the poster who said season one was the best.What are you smoking?LOL.Each year had its stand out episodes.Queen Of The Nile,The Trade Ins,The Eye Of The Beholder,To Serve Man,It's A Good Life,Number 12 looks Just like You,The Living Doll,Kick The Can,and MANY other episodes are ALOT better than MANY from season one.Of course season one had great ones also,but I can't wait for the above mentioned episodes,and many others to be released.

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Summary: Great set
Review: Let me start out by saying that I am 14 and i love the Twilight Zone. I watch it every new years eve and day and every fourth of july.
This is a great set with a lot if not everything that u could want commentary, extra footage and even a Rod Sterling blooper where else could you get that?
I know and wont argue that the price is high...but you get what you pay for right?
If your a kid or somebody that never saw this show and dont like the black and white footage dont worry. The black and white just adds to the greatness of it all.
If you really love the Twilight Zone or want to find out how you like it this is something you shouldnt pass up.

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Summary: THE Definitive Edition
Review: This 6 DVD Box-Set of Season One(1959-1960) of the Twilight Zone consisting of restored episodes, (approximately 6 episodes per disc)from a new High Definition transfer is at least 50 percent better in quality visually than Image Entertainment's previous releases. The extras are phenomenal, including bumpers and original credits with next week trailers and promotional material for other programs such as the Danny Thomas Show and Wanted Dead or Alive, that replicate the feeling of BEING THERE. New commentary tracks are included with specific episodes starring Rod Taylor and Kevin McCarthy, as well as vintage interviews with Anne Francis and Richard Matheson. The "vintage" interviews, taking place twenty years after the episodes are rather vague, yet are still historically interesting. The more recent interviews with Rod Taylor and Martin Landau, for instance are equally as platonic, but are still fascinating, if not vague. The Wholly Grail of extras include excerpts from Rod Serling's Sherwood Oaks College lectures which involve a roundtable discussion with Serling and budding young writers on the deconstruction of classic episodes such as "Walking Distance" and "Where is Everybody". Photo galleries, a series pitch, only available to network executives, and a full episode of Serling's "The Liar's Club" are also available on this set, which is just as humorous as it was forty years ago. Season One is accompanied by a new edition of Marc Scott Zicree's soft-back episode guide, a pdf copy of an original comic book version of the Twilight Zone in excellent, printable quality and isolated music scores for the soundtrack afficionado. After subtracting the cost of a nice quality book and extras, each disc roughly equates to about $12 per disc, in comparison to the original $15 per disc with about three or four episodes sans extra material. The TRUTH of the matter regarding people's complaints regarding Image's reintroduction of this series yet again after at least three incarnations, is that if this box set was originally introduced over FIVE years ago, most people would not have enjoyed this set and it would NOT have been economically viable, and definitley would have been long out of print as well. "Double-dipping" is a common practice of production companies, of which I despise, but in this case, it was not until recently that DVD Player sales have made such a box-set practical for the supply versus demand philosphy. Restoration is expensive and the fact that Image was willing to include such historically important material shows a sign of effort and appreciation for fans' devotion. Also, remember that Image is floating the bill for restoration costs that CBS could have absorbed, but is unwilling to do so (i.e. - Universal's the Night Gallery and CBS's The New Twilight Zone - circa 1985. Certainly, the up-front cost is exhorbitant for some, but it is well worth the ticket price for such an exceptional set. The following seasons will retail for $99.99 and will go for much less on Amazon, which is equivalent to the original box sets, but with "must-have" extras. Its only drawbacks are some missing trailers and a lack of subtitles, but these are minor quibbles. As a collector, this boxset is definitely crucial. With each season priced at approximately $70-$100 per set and being released every three to six months, this allows a collector to purchase these practically, setting aside the price of an average DVD per month, in order to acquire these pristine gems, which any regular DVD collector would justify. Keep in mind that OTHER boxsets that offer shows for $20-$30 per set are NOT usually restored and carry very little in the extras department, and are not necessarily television landmarks, such as the Twilight Zone. The TRUE collector will NOT be disappointed.

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Summary: almost perfect
Review: yes i'm am glad it was finally released with all the goodies, however there is a flaw in this series. where are thwy in the opening titles, 1st i will point out, that the first season had two opening titles orginally , "the middle ground" opening, and the last five episodes opened with a womans eye turning into the sun, but when the show went into syndication a lot of the episodes were replaced with season two opening titles, and were not corrected when the other dvd releases came out/ Although all the episodes now have the first season openings back, the first screw up is on the episodes that have there original openings back , you can see the stars from season two blended in,and it's supposed to be from the original negetives?also on two episodes
"mr denton on doomsday" has the womans eye opening, when it's supposed have a middle ground opening, and "a passage for trumpet" has a middle ground opening , when it's supposed to have a woman's eye opening. Bottom line is if they couln't find the original episodes, they could have done a better job of editing , to make it look original, however i will give them credit for trying, and it still is a great set to have