Has always intrigued me that TV has been unable to replicate the brilliance of its early SciFi anthology series. Twilight Zone, Outer Limits and Out of the Unknown (UK) were standout scifi story lines, adapting top of the line scifi authors material for the small screen.
There have been efforts to replicate and certainly the later versions of Twilight Zone and Outer Limits werent bad. Amazing Stories had their moment. But in the early years of TV they were everywhere. Science Fiction Theatre, Tales of the Darkside, Out of this World, Ray Bradbury's Theatre, Tales of Tomorrow.
With increased capital and CGI I would have thought the anthology style would thrive. But apparently not. The last one I recall was American Horror Story but that was 2 decades ago. Have producers run out of ideas?
Where is the genius of Serling (TZ) and Stevens (OL) and Stefano (OL). With virtually a shoe string budget, some good writing and scripting and some clever cheap special effects, they remain the giants of the genre fifty years on.
There have been efforts to replicate and certainly the later versions of Twilight Zone and Outer Limits werent bad. Amazing Stories had their moment. But in the early years of TV they were everywhere. Science Fiction Theatre, Tales of the Darkside, Out of this World, Ray Bradbury's Theatre, Tales of Tomorrow.
With increased capital and CGI I would have thought the anthology style would thrive. But apparently not. The last one I recall was American Horror Story but that was 2 decades ago. Have producers run out of ideas?
Where is the genius of Serling (TZ) and Stevens (OL) and Stefano (OL). With virtually a shoe string budget, some good writing and scripting and some clever cheap special effects, they remain the giants of the genre fifty years on.
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