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Subject: Re: TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE (reposting)
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Date: Tue, 6-Nov-84 11:25:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  6 11:25:16 1984
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Comments previously posted by Mark R. Leeper:

> TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE is an anthology series produced by George Romero (of
> NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD fame).  It is syndicated to any local station who
> wants to fill a half hour here and there.  It had a shaky but interesting
> pilot about a year ago, with an episode entitled "Trick or Treat."  This time
> around the series opener is called "I'll Give a Million."  I expected it to
> leave me yearning for the old TWILIGHT ZONEs I grew up with.  Well, the story
> might have been better compared to Alfred Hitchcock's old half-hour show--it's
> more his style--but I'll give "I'll Give a Million" is a better story than
> most of Serling's fare.  It concerns two wealthy, ruthless old codgers--a la
> TRADING PLACES--who have been pulling shady deals for a long time.
> Unexpectedly, one offers the other one million dollars for his soul.  Since
> neither is particularly religious, it sounds like a good deal.  Or is it?
> 
> Well, what can I tell you?  I used to call TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED "Tales of
> the Totally Predictable" but this story did keep me guessing what was going
> on.  There is something I like a lot about the last five minutes or so, but
> to say anything about it would rule out one or more of about five or six
> possible courses for the plot.  I don't want to do that so somebody (please!)
> who has seen it, talk (write) to me about it so I can tell you what I liked.
> Nice going, Mr.  Romero.  Nice touch at the end.  It shows you are more than
> just a horror story fan.

and (Reference: <195@hocsj.UUCP>): 

> TV fantasy was good in the golden old days: the days of the first couple of
> seasons of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, the first and maybe the second season of STAR
> TREK, but even that was pretty spotty.  This is another of those golden
> years it seems, because TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE so far has had more good
> episodes than bad.  NIGHTMARES, had it sold, would have had at least three
> good episodes.  The best shows were very good in the old days, just like the
> best of British television is pretty good.  But that does not mean that the
> average show from Britain of the 1950's was all that good.  It may be that
> the highs are not as good.  The best of TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE may not
> affect us like the best of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, but then series lasted longer
> in those days.
>