Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

ShangLuda Admirable film.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Robert Griffith "There is nothing wrong with your television set...". One of the most famous opening lines to one of the greatest sc-fi series of all times, "The Outer Limits"(1963-65 - 49 episodes). I've been re visiting this ground breaking, awesome anthology series. I have fond memories of watching this late at night, as a 12 year old...Under the covers of my bed and peering out...And having my mind blown by some of the head-y sci-fi concepts and story lines. In the pilot, "The Galaxy being", scientist Cliff Riobertson converses with an alien from the andromeda galaxy about such things as what death is and the concept of God! A great show, with great writers (Like Harlan Ellison), actors (Like Robert Culp. David McCallum, Bruce Dern, Martin Sheen and Cliff Robinson) and veteran sci-fi directors like Byron Haskin. The show was years ahead of it's time and featured some truly memorable creatures and aliens. The influence of the show also spread later on to shows like "Star Trek" and "The terminator"(based loosely on two famous episodes, "Soldier" and "Demon With A Glass Hand"). If you have never seen it, THIS is must see sci fi TV. Here are my 10 favorite episodes, which I also highly recommend, but you really can't go wrong watching any of them!1 - "The Sixth Finger" 2 - "Demon With A Glass Hand" 3 - "The Galaxy Being" 4 - "Soldier" 5 - "Nightmare" 6 - "The Zanti Misfits" 7 - "It Crawled Out Of The Woodwork" 8 - "A Feasibikity Study" 9 - "Archetects Of Fear" 10 - "Corpus Earthling"

Theo Robertson !!!!!! Suggestive Spoilers !!!!!!This is a show that is possibly most remembered by the audience for its opening narration : " There is nothing wrong with your television set . Do not attempt to .... " which is a pity . Certainly THE TWILIGHT ZONE seems far more fondly remembered even though it's an inferior anthology series . In fact I would say when it comes to American Sci-Fi television only the early seasons of THE X FILES surpasses TOL in any way . This is pulp sci-fi at its most cerebral and compelling and whilst not every episode is a masterpiece it's always entertaining TOL was broadcast on American television in 1963 the same year the BBC produced a show in Britain called DOCTOR WHO . Both shows share a common ground but where as Doctor Who started off as an educational family adventure series where stories alternated between historical dramas and SF adventures, from the outset TOL had a monster fixation along with imagery . This was down to producers Leslie Stevens and Joseph Stefano who felt the show needed a monster in every story euphemistically called a " bear " in order to grab the audiences attention To be blunt these " bears " have dated very poorly to an audience who have spent their lives on a diet of Hollywood blockbusters but the producers deserve some credit for making the aliens appear .... well alien . All too often American TV shows have aliens who appear human because it either saves on the budget or because the production team lack any imagination . It's not a show that had totally convincing landscapes or aliens but this leads to a form of affection . Can anyone say Nightmare is dreadful television when you see a young Martin Sheen being tortured by demonic monsters in what looks like a small , bare television studio ? Most episodes are shot very much in a film noir style which lends to a gloomy , brooding atmosphere . Try and imagine Mickey Spillane on acid and that sums up a great many episodes It's the stories themselves that are important and like all great pulp science fiction it's a combination of the mind blowingly original material mixed in with literary roots . Nightmare owes a nod to THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE , while The Man Who Was Never Born steals an important line from Doestoevsky . Interestingly the same line is reused in Genesis Of The Daleks in 1975 . MACBETH is the inspiration for The Ballero Shield whilst I Robot owes more than a nod to FRANKENSTEIN both the novel and the 1933 film version . Where some stories fail however is that they're resolved a little too easily . The Man With 6 Fingers temporarily seems unable to read someones mind at a crucial point and when someone mentions rain in Speciman Unknown you'll know what will happen next None of this is plagiarism but when THE TERMINATOR was released in 1984 James Cameron found himself the victim of a lawsuit from Harlan Ellison who claimed that the film had stolen ideas from his two contributions to TOL Soldier and The Demon With The Glass Hand so Cameron settled out of court . To be honest one can't help wondering why Cameron didn't go to court since the two episodes have very little in common with the film save for a premise of people from the future going through time to present day America . In fact the original TERMINATOR shares much of the 1972 DOCTOR WHO story Day Of The Daleks where plot and time travel paradoxes are concerned . Perhaps Louis Marks should have sued Cameron too ? TOL has left a legacy and that involves Betty and Barney Hill who claimed under hypnosis they had been abducted by aliens . Strangely when they described in great detail the aliens they claimed abducted them the description was identical to the one that appeared in The Bellero Shield which was broadcast a couple of weeks previous to the hypnotic sessions . The case seems to have turned in to a meme of sorts since for 40 years when someone claims to have been abducted by aliens they're always the ones described by the Hills . It makes you wonder what the world would be like today if the show had never been produced or sort of legal cabaret Harlan Ellison would have brought if he'd written an episode with bug eyed monsters ? In short THE OUTER LIMITS is American television at its most cerebral and imaginative and most of all its most entertaining . It hasn't dated very well but for anyone who has enjoyed science fiction B movies or or Gothic horror or film noir then it's must see television because it combines the three genres very well

fexil I love both series of 'The Twilight Zone' I enjoyed 'Star Trek' the 60s series & many of the ITC series. But this series to one who has never seen it on TV before (under 40) is a real dull clunker! Very dry sci-fi with no personality. Tedious stories that you find yourself doing something else (reach for a book to read etc) instead of watching as it does not catch the imagination.I tried the highest IMDb rated episodes too: also really dull & interest was never found in any of them. The first episode is so ordinary in style & pace & so lacking in anything to inspire the viewer, even with what could have been a good story if used in other shows.The very annoying & patronising start 'We are taking over your TV' appears to mindlessly brainwash viewers into thinking this junk is worthy. It amazingly gets compared to the brilliant 'The Twilight Zone' too by many, who obviously can't see the boring directing & pacing of this series for what it really is.No wonder it was very cheap on Amazon! 2/10

geary642 I was just getting out of the air Force in 1963 at age 21. I never missed an episode in all the years it ran on network TV. It is my all time favorite Sci-Fi show. Intelligent, far reaching and creative. I watched all the re runs while they were still coming on TV but alas, I guess they are not being shown any longer. Just reading the comments of the people on the forum I have found kindred spirits who appreciate something great that happened to us as we experienced the Outer Limits over the years. All the wonderful present day stars and great character actors that we saw make their early TV debuts were on the show. I have so many favorite episodes that I won't mention them here as others people have named them exactly as I would have. I wish people today could appreciate what the writers and actors who put on the show gave to us in the area of science fiction TV. FYI,I found out that on Netflix using the Watch Now feature for members I can watch the entire first season 32 episodes on my PC for free. A total of 4 discs, the second season is only available to rent the last 17 episodes on 3 discs.