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The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series is a fantastic, if not bulky, set that for anyone who hadn’t picked up the individual sets when they were released by Image Entertainment, might be worth the cost in having in one case.

 

 

The Twilight Zone
— The Complete Series —

(1959-64)

Genre(s): Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Paramount | NR – 4474 min. – $126.99 | December 13, 2016

Date Published: 12/23/2016 | Author: The Movieman

 


SERIES INFO:
Directed by:
Various
Writer(s): Rod Sterling (created by)
Cast: Martin Landau, Lee Marvin, Burgess Meredith, William Shatner, Dick York
DISC INFO:
Features:
Episode Commentaries, Featurettes, Radio Spots
Digital Copy: No
Formats Included: Blu-ray
Number of Discs: 24
Audio: English (PCM 1.0)
Video: 1080p/Full Frame 1.33
Subtitles: English SDH
Disc Size: NA
Codec: NA
Region(s): A, B, C

 

THE SERIES


Series Synopsis: The Twilight Zone has enthralled, captivated and mesmerized millions of television viewers with its five seasons of provocative stories, unforgettable characters, and star-studded roster of talent.

Quick Hit Review: Running for 5 seasons, The Twilight Zone was well before my time (by 20 years in fact) and my exposure obviously came via syndication and while it’s never been a must-watch show for me, it was quite entertaining with vignette-like episodes featuring the weird and wild. It was also, at least to me, a clear influence to the likes of the two Creepshow feature films and Tales from the Crypt (and even The X-Files) with those taking a gory horror take while Zone was a bit more sci-fi centric with 1960s horror elements.

As someone who isn’t the biggest fan of season-long story arcs, aside from binge viewing following a home video release, I enjoy that I can pop in any one disc, randomly select an episode and just sit back and enjoy the 25-minute duration (or 50 minutes in its fourth season). This is a show for basically the entire family, though parents might have to explain to some of their kids why it’s not in widescreen…


Season 1 Review (by Brad Lowenberg):
Season one of the hit show offers up a selection of some of the best episodes that the show produced over its 5 seasons on the air. That’s not to say the show fell apart after the First Season, but that Rod Serling was not writing as many of the scripts, or when he was, he was writing way too many that he tended to re-use plot lines/stories that had occurred in earlier Seasons. Since Season One had such a huge amount written by Sterling (I’m convinced he penned episodes under an alias), he had a bit more control over what could and couldn’t happen and was able to craft better, richer stories.

One of the problems with the show (overall) is that not every episode stands the test of time. There is an over abundance of space-themed ones that, while being interesting and new to the late 50’s/early 60’s generation, just look and feel very corny and fake in today’s time. But since America was so heavily interested and astonished by things up in space (remember, this is the 50’s), I’m sure these were probably some of the most talked about episodes when they originally aired. But watching now in 2010, it’s a bit too laughable (especially after having so many great space-themed shows that follow like “Star Trek”). But there are still a few gems out of the space-themed ones like “Third from the Sun”.

Watching this show in syndication as a kid, I remember not seeing some of the earlier “Twilight Zone” episodes. Sure, some of the great ones were replayed often, but it was always episodes from season 3/4/5 that aired over and over (season 4 obviously being trimmed and/or cut since they were hour long). So in some cases, this is the first time I’ve seen a few of these episodes before.

As a whole, does the show still hold up? Absolutely. Now fifty years later, some of the episodes feel very dated, but others could have easily fit in if they were still being aired today (of course, in color and wish some advances in clothes and such). But watching this show, I am often troubled by things that occurred back then that is perfectly fine, while today it would be a huge uproar if it happened on TV (a man grabbing a young boys hand or sitting down and talking to him, smoking cigarettes etc.). But even with those small things that do shake me out of the episode I am watching, I still found the episodes incredibly enjoyable.

Since I find it nearly impossible that someone has never seen an episode of “Twilight Zone”, I’ll go ahead and discuss one of my favorites from this season.

“Walking Distance” – One of my favorite episodes of the entire Series deals with a man who decides to take a trip back to the town where he once lived. But when he arrives, he soon finds out something is not quite right when he meets himself as a young child and runs into his parents circa 1930. Being back in time, he is able to relive some of his childhood memories, but a discussion with his Dad quickly sets him on the right path.

A small side note – this was initially one of the first Blu-ray (and HD DVD) titles announced back in 2005. For some reason Image just never released them on either format. I guess that’s probably a good thing since they would have used the 2004 DVD re-masters instead of these new ones.


Season 2 Review (by Brad Lowenberg):
Season Two of the hit show offers up even a better selection of some of the best episodes that the show produced over its 5 seasons on the air. Season One seemed more like a test launch for the Network (and Serling), and in season two it appears he was given a bit more leeway to create some truly fantastic episodes that didn’t rely on ‘network notes’.

As a whole, does the show still hold up? Absolutely. Now fifty years later, some of the episodes feel very dated, but others could have easily fit in if they were still being aired today (of course, in color and wish some advances in clothes and such).

Since I find it nearly impossible that someone has never seen an episode of “Twilight Zone”, I’ll go ahead and discuss a few of my favorites from this season:

The Eye of the Beholder – Janet’s hideous face has made her an outcast all her life. As she awaits the results of her last-chance surgery, she ponders the consequences of failure – to be banished forever to a village of freaks!

– – There are probably a dozen or so “Twilight Zone” episodes that have been spoofed so much in Hollywood that the ‘twist’ is long gone. Eye is one of those episodes. If you’re watching it for the first time, you probably expect everyone to be ‘normal’ looking and Janet to be ‘hideous’, but just as the title of the episode says, it truly is in the eye of the beholder!

Will the Real Martin Please Stand Up? – State troopers follow tracks from an unidentified flying object to a diner where they try to determine which of the seven bus passengers stranded inside is really a Martian

– – Just like the previous episode I discussed, this surprise here has long been ruined but watching it again with a fresh eye (after not seeing it in close to a decade), I was still unsure of who the ‘real’ Martian was. This episode plays on the strengths of people’s emotions and trying to determine who appears to be an outcast.

Nick of Time – A superstitious newlywed becomes obsessed with a penny fortune-telling machine. But are his pennies revealing his future – or determining it?

– – Easily one of my favorite episodes of the Season, this one stars a regular on “Twilight Zone”; William Shatner, in one of my favorite roles – a man who continues to plop pennies into a machine to see what his fortune might be. It’s definitely an interesting episode to watch, as one man is willing to destroy his new relationship over what some silly machine has to say.


Season 3 Review (by Brad Lowenberg):
Season three of the hit show offers up a huge assortment of great episodes. It’s getting harder and harder to watch these Seasons as they hit Blu-ray because I always want to say how this is the best Season yet…but that changes once the next one hits Blu-ray.

As a whole, does the show still hold up? Absolutely. Now fifty years later, some of the episodes feel very dated, but others could have easily fit in if they were still being aired today (of course, in color and wish some advances in clothes and such).

Since I find it nearly impossible that someone has never seen an episode of “Twilight Zone”, I’ll go ahead and discuss a few of my favorites from this season:

“It’s a Good Life” – One of the episodes most spoofed on Television and Movies (even adapted for the Theatrical Film) features a young boy who can send people into the cornfield. Better be nice to him…

“A Game of Pool” – Often overlooked, but a great story about a Pool player challenged to a game of pool by…a ghost!

“Once Upon a Time” – Maybe a bit too goofy for some, but when a janitor from the 1980’s finds a helmet, he goes…into the future! Full of laughs.

“Five Characters in Search of an Exit” – Ever heard of the term ‘bottle episode’? It’s when an episode uses one or two sets for the entire episode as a way to save its budget for a much for lavish episode later on in the Season. This is like the definition of a bottle episode as it takes place in… a bottle (well, cylinder, but still). I’ve seen this bunch of times, and it always pops out a great episode of ‘whodunit’.

“I Sing the Body Electric” – Written by Ray Bradbury (!) this film serves as almost an inspiration for films like A.I. when a robotic grandmother helps raise children. A very spooky story.

This is probably the last Season of ‘great’ episodes. Season Four was an interesting idea (hour long episodes) and season five had far more failures in its Season than ever before (still worth a watch), but to many, season three marks the end of the ‘great’ “Twilight Zone”. Really a shame.


Season 4 Review (by Brad Lowenberg):
We’re almost done with “Twilight Zone” (no more “The”) on Blu-ray. With this Fourth Season, we only have one more left before it’s all over. And Season Four is the weirdest of them yet.

Gone are the half-hour versions of the show replaced with hour-long ones to help fill time on CBS’ schedule. After watching so many of the 30 minute episodes, it’s tough for viewers to adapt to the new hour long segments which often feel padded and slow. But surprising, Season Four offers up several decent episodes.

Since I find it nearly impossible that someone has never seen an episode of “Twilight Zone,” I’ll go ahead and discuss a few of my favorites from this season:

“In His Image” – The first episode of the season is an interesting tale of robot who figures how he isn’t who he thinks he is and eventually meets his true counterpart.

“Valley of the Shadow” – A reporter trapped in a town that won’t let him leave. Personally I feel this story could easily be remade in some way on “Fringe”.

“On Thursday We Leave for Home” – Many regard this as the best of the Season. A group of people survive on a planet far away and live in fear of what happened on Earth. But when a space ship comes by and offers to take them to Earth, their leader tries to stop them.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 5.0/5


This massive 24-disc set comes housed in a giant keep case, similar to those of other recent complete series releases like Star Trek: The Next Generation or Dexter. It is a bit unyielding to get to the discs but as a bargain option especially if you don’t already own the individual sets.


SEASON 1:
Where is Everybody?

  • Commentary by Earl Holliman
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard
  • Original Pilot Version with Rod Sterling Sponsor Pitch – Commentary by William Self; Alt. Opening and Closing Narrations; Rod Sterling Lecture at Oaks College
  • Radio Drama starring John Schneider

One for the Angels

  • Interview with Dana Dillaway
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard
  • Radio Drama Starring Ed Begley Jr.

Mr. Denton on Doomsday

  • Commentary by Martin Landau
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard

The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Walking Distance

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Steven C. Smith, John Morgan and William T. Stromberg
  • Rod Sterling Lecture at Sherwood Oaks College
  • Alternate Audio Mix
  • Isolated Scre
  • Radio Drama starring Chelcie Ross

Escape Clause

  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Mike Starr

The Lonely

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Steven C. Smith, John Morgan and William T. Stromberg
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard
  • Radio Drama starring Mike Starr

Time Enough to Last

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Burgess Meredith
  • Radio Drama starring Tim Kazurinsky

Perchance to Drama

  • Interview with Suzanne Lloyd
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Fred Willard

Judgment Night

  • None

And When the Sky Was Opened

  • Commentary by Rod Taylor
  • Zicree Interview: Douglas Heyes
  • Rod Sterling Lecture at Sherwood Oaks College
  • Isolated Score

What You Need

  • Tales of Tomorrow Episode: “What You Need”
  • Isolated Score

The Four of Us are Dying

  • Interview with Beverly Garland
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Isolated Score

Third from the Sun

  • Commentary by David Simkins and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Richard L. Bare
  • Isolated Score

I Shot an Arrow Into the Air

  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Chelcie Ross

The Hitch-Hiker

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Kate Jackson

The Fever

  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Stacy Keach and Kathy Garver

The Last Flight

  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Charles Shaughnessy

The Purple Testement

  • Commentary by William Reynolds
  • Interview with Ron Masak
  • Isolated Score

Elegy

  • Isolated Score

Mirror Image

  • Commentary by Martin Milner
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Morgan Brittany and Frank John Hughes

The Monsters are Due at Maple Street

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Frank John Hughes

A World of Difference

  • Commentary by Ted Post
  • Isolated Score

Long Live Walter Jameson

  • Commentary by Kevin McCarthy
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Lou Diamond Phillips

People are Alike All Over

  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Blair Underwood

Execution

  • Isolated Score

The Big Tall Wish

  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Blair Underwood

A Nice Place to Visit

  • Isolated Score

Nightmare as a Child

  • Isolated Score

A Stop at Willoughby

  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Zicree Interview: Buck Houghton
  • 1977 Syndication Promo
  • Isolated Score

The Chaser

  • Zicree Interview: Douglas Heyes
  • Isolated Score

A Passage for Trumpet

  • Commentary by Mark Fergus and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Isolated Score

Mr. Bevis

  • Isolated Score

The After Hours

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Anne Francis/Douglas Heyes
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Kim Fields

The Mighty Casey

  • Rod Sterling Lecture at Sherwood Oaks College
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Paul Dooley

A World of His Own

  • Zicree Interview: Richard Matheson
  • Isolated Score

Season 1 Bonus Features

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse “The Time Element”
  • Zicree Interview: George Clemens (Part 1) (Audio Only)
  • Emmy Awards Footage



SEASON 2:
King Nine Will Not Return

  • Commentary by Martin Grams Jr.
  • Zicree Interview: Buzz Kulik
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Man in the Bottle

  • Interview with Joseph Ruskin
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Ed Begley Jr.

Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room

  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Zicree Interview: Douglas Heyes
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Adam Baldwin

A Thing About Machines

  • Commentary by Len Wein and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Howling Man

  • Interview with H.M. Wynant
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Zicree Interview: Douglas Heyes
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Fred Willard

Eye of the Beholder

  • Commentary by Donna Douglas
  • Commentary by Joseph Dougherty and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Steven C. Smith and Jon Burlingame
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Zicree Interview: Maxine Stuart/Douglas Heyes
  • Isolated Score
  • Alternate End Title
  • Rare Color Photos
  • Sponsor Billboards

Nick of Time

  • Commentary by Matthew Weiner and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Marshall Allman and Jamie Anne Allman

The Lateness of the Hour

  • Original Production Slate
  • Sponsor Billboard
  • Radio Drama starring Jane Seymour and James Keach

The Trouble with Templeton

  • Zicree Interview: Buzz Bulik
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Michael York

A Most Unusual Camera

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Night of the Meek

  • Commentary by Len Wein and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Original Production Slate
  • Radio Drama starring Chris McDonald

Dust

  • Zicree Interview: Douglas Heyes
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Back There

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Jim Caviezel

The Whole Truth

  • Original Production Slate
  • Radio Drama starring Henry Rolins

The Invaders

  • Commentary by Michael Nankin and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Commentary by Jon Burlingame and Gary Gerani
  • Zicree Interview: Douglas Heyes
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

A Penny for Your Thoughts

  • Commentary by George Clayton Johnson and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: George Clayton Johnson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Twenty Two

  • Isolated Score
  • Original Production Slate
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Odyssey of Flight 33

  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Zicree Interview: Robert Sterling
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Daniel J. Travanti

Mr. Dingle, the Strong

  • Commentary by Don Rickles
  • Commentary by Martin Grams Jr.
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Static

  • Zicree Interview: Buzz Kulik
  • Isolated Score
  • Original Production Slate
  • Radio Drama starring Stan Freberg

The Prime Mover

  • Commentary by George Clayton Johnson and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Martin Grams Jr.
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard

Long Distance Call

  • Commentary by Bill Mumy and William Idelson
  • Original Production Slate

A Hundred Yards Over the Rim

  • Commentary by Cliff Robertson
  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Zicree Interview: Buzz Kulik
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard
  • Radio Drama starring Jim Caviezel

The Rip Van Winkle Caper

  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard

The Silence

  • Commentary by Marv Wolfman and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Sponsor Billboard
  • Radio Drama starring Chris McDonald

Shadow Play

  • Commentary Dennis Weaver
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Mind and the Matter

  • Commentary Shelley Berman
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?

  • Commentary Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary Gary Gerani
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Richard Kind

The Obsolete Man

  • Commentary by Matthew Weiner and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Jason Alexander

Season 2 Bonus Features

  • Suspense: “Nightmare at Ground Zero”
  • Zicree Interview: George T. Clemens (Part 2) (Audio Only)
  • Zicree Interview: William Tuttle (Audio Only)



SEASON 3:
Two

  • Commentary Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Rod Sterling Teaser
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Don Johnson

The Arrival

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Blair Underwood

The Shelter

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Ernie Hudson

The Passerby

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Morgan Brittany

A Game of Pool

  • Commentary by Jonathan Winters
  • Commentary by George Clayton Johnson and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Buzz Kulik/Buck Houghton
  • Jonathan Winters Reads the Alternate Ending
  • 1989 Remake clip
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Mirror

  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Tony Plana

The Grave

  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Commentary by Martin Grams Jr.
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Michael Rooker

It’s a Good Life

  • Commentary by Bill Mumy
  • Commentary by Marv Wolfman and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Deaths-head Revisited

  • Commentary by Neil Gaiman and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Buck Houghton
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring H.M. Wynant

The Midnight Sun

  • Commentary by Lois Nettleton
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Still Valley

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Adam West

The Jungle

  • Commentary by William F. Nolan, John Tomerlin and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Ed Begley Jr.

Once Upon a Time

  • Commentary by Martin Grams Jr.
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Five Characters in Search of an Exit

  • Commentary by William Windom
  • Zicree Interview: Lamont Johnson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Jason Alexander

A Quality of Mercy

  • Commentary by Leonard Nimoy
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Nothing in the Dark

  • Commentary by George Clayton Johnson and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Lamont Johnson/George Clayton Johnson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

One More Pallbearer

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Chelcie Ross

Dead Man’s Shoes

  • 1985 Remake clip: Dead Woman’s Shoes
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Bill Smitrovich

The Hunt

  • Commentary by Earl Hamner and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Earl Hamner
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard

Showdown with Rance McGre

  • Commentary by Robert Cornthwaite
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Kick the Can

  • Commentary by George Clayton Johnson and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Shelley Berman and Stan Freberg

A Piano in the House

  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Zicree Interview: Buck Houghton/Earl Hamner
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Michael York

The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

To Serve Man

  • Commentary by Jeff Vlaming and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Richard L. Bare
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Blair Underwood

The Fugitive

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Little Girl Lost

  • Commentary by Mark Fergus and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Person or Persons Unknown

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard

The Little People

  • Zicree Interview: Buck Houghton
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Four O’Clock

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Stan Freberg

Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Trade-Ins

  • Interview with Edson Stroll
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring H.M. Wynant and Peggy Webber

The Gift

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Dummy

  • Commentary by Cliff Robertson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Bruno Kirby

Young Man’s Fancy

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

I Sing the Body Electric

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Buck Houghton
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Cavender is Coming

  • Original Laugh Track
  • Commentary by Martin Grams Jr.
  • Isolated Score
  • The Garry Moore Show clip

The Changing of the Guard

  • Commentary by Len Wein and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Orson Bean

Season 3 Bonus Features

  • Liars Club
  • Tell It to Groucho clip
  • The Famous Writers School promo
  • Zicree Interview: George T. Clemens (Part 3) (Audio Only)



SEASON 4:
In His Image

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Herbert Hirschman
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Thirty Fathom Grave

  • Commentary by Gary Gerani and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard
  • Radio Drama starring Blair Underwood

Valley of the Shadow

  • Commentary by Jaime Paglia and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

He’s Alive

  • Rod Sterling Blooper
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard

Mute

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Death Ship

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Ross Martin
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Jess-Belle

  • Interview with Anne Francis
  • Commentary by Earl Hamner and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Earl Hamner, Buzz Kulik, Anne Francis
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Miniature

  • Commentary by William Windom
  • Commentary by William F. Nolan and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Printer’s Devil

  • Commentary by Bill Warren and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Burgess Meredith
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

No Time Like the Past

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Jason Alexander

The Parallel

  • Interview with Paul Comi
  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Lou Diamond Phillips

I Dream of Genie

  • Interview with John Furia Jr.
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The New Exhibit

  • Commentary by Bill Warren and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Of Late I Think of Cliffordville

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring H. M. Wynant

The Incredible World of Horace Ford

  • Commentary by Jeff Vlaming and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Zicree Interview: Pat Hingle
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Mike Starr

On Thursday We Leave for Home

  • Commentary by Joseph Dougherty and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Barry Bostwick

Passage on the Lady Anne

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard

The Bard

  • Commentary by Bill Warren and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring John Ratzenberger

Season 4 Bonus Features

  • Saturday Night Live Clip
  • Genesee Beer commercial
  • Zicree Interview: George T. Clemens Part 4 (Audio Only)



SEASON 5:
In Praise of Pip

  • Interview with Bill Mumy
  • Commentary by Bill Mumy
  • Commentary by Neil Gaiman and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Steel

  • Interview with Richard Matheson
  • Commentary by Bill Warren and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Louis Gossett Jr.

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

  • Interview with Richard Matheson
  • Commentary by Richard Donner and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Rod Sterling Lecture at Sherwood Oaks College
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

A Kind of a Stopwatch

  • Commentary by Martin Grams Jr.
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard
  • Radio Drama starring Lou Diamond Phillips

The Last Night of a Jockey

  • Commentary by Mickey Rooney
  • Sponsor Billboards

Living Doll

  • Interview with June Foray
  • Commentary by June Foray
  • Commentary by George Noory and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Commentary by Gary Gerani
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Tim Kazurinsky

The Old Man in the Cave

  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboard
  • Radio Drama starring Adam Baldwin

Uncle Simon

  • Commentary by Martin Grams Jr.
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Peter Mark Richman and Beverly Garland

Probe 7, Over and Out

  • Commentary by Ted Post and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Louis Gossett Jr.

The 7th is Made up of Phantoms

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Richard Grieco

A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Adam West

Ninety Years Without Slumbering

  • Interview with Carolyn Kearney and George Clayton Johnson
  • Interview with George Clayton Johnson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Bill Erwin

Ring-a-Ding Girl

  • Interview with Earl Hamner
  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Sponsor Billboards

You Drive

  • Interview with Earl Hamner
  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Sponsor Billboard

The Long Morrow

  • Commentary by Mariette Hartley
  • Commentary by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Kathy Garver

The Self-Improvement of Salvador Ross

  • Commentary by Martin Grams Jr.
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Luke Perry

Number 12 Looks Just Like You

  • Commentary by Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Black Leather Jackets

  • Interview with Michael Forest and Earl Hamner
  • Sponsor Billboards

Night Call

  • Interview with Richard Matheson
  • Commentary by Michael Nankin and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Mariette Hartley

From Agnes – with Love

  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Ed Begley Jr.

Spur of the Moment

  • Interview with Richard Matheson
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

  • Conversations with Rod Sterling (Part 1)
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Queen of the Nile

  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Kate Jackson

What’s in the Box

  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Mike Starr

The Masks

  • Commentary by Alan Sues
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Stan Freberg

I Am the Night – Cole Me Black

  • Interview with Terry Becker
  • Sponsor Billboards

Sounds and Silences

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Richard Kind

Caesar and Me

  • Commentary by Robert Butler and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Jason Alexander

The Jeopardy Room

  • Commentary by Martin Landau
  • Commentary by Richard Donner and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Sponsor Billboards

Stopover in a Quiet Town

  • Interview with Nancy Malone and Earl Hamner
  • Isolated Score

The Encounter

  • Commentary by George Takei, Robert Butler and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

Mr. Garrity and the Graves

  • Commentary by Ted Post and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Chris McDonald

The Brain Center at Whipple’s

  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Stan Freberg

Come Wander with Me

  • Isolated Score
  • Sponsor Billboards

The Fear

  • Commentary by Ted Post, Peter Mark Richman and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Sponsor Billboards
  • Radio Drama starring Jane Seymour and James Keach

The Bewitchin’ Pool

  • Interview with Earl Hamner
  • Commenrary by Earl Hamner and Marc Scott Zicree
  • Isolated Score
  • Radio Drama starring Karen Black

Season 5 Bonus Features

  • Conversations with Rod Sterling (Part 2)
  • Conversations with Rod Sterling (Part 3)
  • The Mike Wallace Interview
  • Netherlands Sales Pitch
  • Excerpt from Rod Sterling’s Sherwood Oaks Experimental College Lecture
  • Alfred Hitchcock Promo
  • George Clayton Johnson Home Movies
  • Zicree Interview: George T. Clemens (Part 5) (Audio Only)
  • Additional Sponsor Billboards

 

VIDEO – 4.0/5


The Twilight Zone comes to Blu-ray shown in its original 1.33 Black & White presentation and although it is a tad uneven from one episode to the next, where some look a bit overly sharpened, others though appear sharp and well defined. Still, even the poorer ones do seem clean, free of any dust, debris, scratches and other flaws.

AUDIO – 3.5/5


Each episode comes with a PCM Stereo track with seasons 2-5 getting both original and remastered audio. Either option is fine as they both output clean and clear dialogue levels and the music, particularly the classic Twilight Zone theme, comes through nicely enough, but with little power behind it. This one is a bit more consistent between episodes, at least.

 

OVERALL – 4.5/5


Overall, The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series is a fantastic, if not bulky, set that for anyone who hadn’t picked up the individual sets when they were released by Image Entertainment, might be worth the cost in having in one case. For those who do own the others, you’re not getting anything new and the discs themselves are exactly the same.

 

 12/23/2016  Blu-ray Reviews, Quick Hit Reviews Tagged with:

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