![]() In short, the 2002 Twilight Zone need not have been The Twilight Zone, but another anthology series of the fantastic. I am glad that a talented black actor was hired to fill Serling's shoes, since the racial aspect is appropriate, in line with TZ philosophy, and would have greatly pleased TZ's creator. ![]() Whitaker should have been considered more, and the intros and episodes would have been more effective as a result. Whitaker sounds too gentle quoting lines like "Chalk one up for the good guy," (S1E10) whereas phrases like these came off of Serling's tongue so naturally that they never felt written. Moreover, writing for the host post was not done with Whitaker in mind, but rather the gruff, oddly eloquent and aggressively charismatic chimney that was Serling. Of course times are different, and while Serling was fully invested in TZ, Whitaker was an employee and obviously wasn't expected to be on set. Likely his ultra brief intros were filmed in a studio over the course of a day or two, and the effect comes across as cheap. Particularly during rain, grasping a useless umbrella. While Serling was often filmed on set, sometimes filmed post production with a blurry camera pan making it appear he was amid the action, Whitaker was pasted onto the screen, photoshopped if you will, sometimes a little too obviously. Whitaker was unfortunately not a great host, yet I would blame this not on the actor, but on production. That same concept was borrowed here, hiring the talented Forest Whitaker as host. The second season of the original TZ began a trend of presenting Rod Ser ling on-screen for the episode introductions. Kretchmer (5 episodes), Suicide Kings director Peter O'Fallon (2 episodes), and Brad Turner (4 episodes), who helmed a 1980 TZ episode while a directing rookie, and who has filmed a large portion of 24, along with ST:DS9, Stargate and its spin-offs, and an impressive seventeen episodes of The Outer Limits (1995). Other long-time TV directors include John T. This includes veteran Allan Kroeker (3 episodes), who had directed an episode of the 1980s TZ as well the season finales of three different Star Trek series ( DS9, Voyageur, Enterprise), and the always pleasant actor, writer and director Bob Balaban (2 episodes), who directed the series pilot for Tales from the Dark side. Examples of this are the good episode "The Pool Guy" (S1E9) which is more in line with The Outer Limits, or the terrible "The Harsh Mistress" (S1E9) which is more suited to Friday the 13th.Ī number of experienced TV directors were involved in many of the episodes. While these episodes might not necessarily be bad, some are even quite good, they are not necessarily TZ material. While some episodes do maintain the spirit of the original, by focusing primarily on character, character development, and/or on some element of human nature, a number of episodes focus on their science fiction, fantasy or horror elements rather than on character or theme/morals. This is the second attempt at reviving Rod Serling's groundbreaking The Twilight Zone (1959-1964).
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