Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site hocsj.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!drutx!houxe!hogpc!pegasus!hocsj!ecl From: ecl@hocsj.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.tv Subject: Re: TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE (reposting) Message-ID: <229@hocsj.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Nov-84 11:25:16 EST Article-I.D.: hocsj.229 Posted: Tue Nov 6 11:25:16 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Nov-84 00:13:37 EST Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 43 Reference: <207@looking.UUCP> 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. >