Customer Reviews

The Twilight Zone - Vol. 29

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* "A Nice Place To Visit" (Eps. 28, aired 4/15/60) - When Gangster Rocky Valentine (Larry Blyden) gets shot to death, he is welcomed to a world where he gets everything he wants and wins at everything. But, when he gets bored, he finds out he is just getting his just deserts. Three Stars.

* "A Penny For Your Thoughts" (Eps. 52, aired 2/3/61) - With a lucky flip of a coin, bank clerk Hector Poole (Dirk York) gains the ability to read people's minds. But, as he soon discovers, you can't believe everything that people think. This is a more comedic than serious Twilight Zone episode, and gets four stars.

* "Little Girl Lost" (Eps. 91, aired 3/16/62) - Late one night, the Miller's six year old daughter, Bettina, can be heard throughout the house, but can't be found anywhere. With the help of a physicist friend, they discover a hole from Bettina's room to possibly the fourth dimension. Will the Millers be able to save their daughter in time? Although it has a X Files feel and it was a basis for a later Simpson's episode, the effects limitations of that time really shows. Two stars.

* "I Am The Night - Color Me Black" (Eps. 146, aired 3/27/64) On the morning of the execution of an idealist who murdered a racist bully, the sky has turned pitch black around the town. Emotions run high as the time of execution approaches. This story, penned by Rod Serling, gets somewhat preachy at times, but is still good. Three stars.

The prints used for these DVD are in excellent condition for their age, with only an occasional speck or mark.

I had the unfortunate experience recently of having known a little girl who was drowned in September of 2010 in a bathtub. It was horrible for everyone who knew this little girl. For her this review is dedicated and for her is the reason I thought to buy this particular 'Zone','Little Girl Lost'.
'Little Girl Lost' has always been my very favorite 'Twilight Zone'. Not so much because it's about a lost child, but because it's about other dimensions and about physics.
Defying the laws of matter and force, a little girl tumbles out of bed and rolls into a different dimension. She is immediately joined by the family dog who instinctively tracks her whereabouts. her distraught parents can neither see her or feel her but they can hear her and the little dog. Not knowing what to do, they call a neighbor who is a physicist.
This is interesting since it was much more common to find people in 1950's America who worked in the field of physics and science than it is today. Studies today report that the number of Americans in that field has been greatly reduced. How sad. obviously people in the 50's were somewhat smarter. We might seem more liberal, but people were smarter and more educated then.
What unfolds is a kind of "little girl in the woods" fable that depicts some basics of other dimensions and the simple understandings we had back then. I believe this was all before anyone had even concieved of a worm hole. And definitely before anyone discovered black holes.
The physicist even makes a map on the wall that looks like chart I have seen by physicist on the Discovery channel on the subject.
The whole thing is thought provoking and is what makes the original 'Zone' so good. 'Little Girl Lost' is a true television classic.
James (the 'Alice' fan)

I enjoyed watching the twilight Zone episodes on this disc particularly the episode Color me black - I am the night; it shows what can happen to people with anger-making them blind to each other, disconnecting them from each other.

I have a whole stack of episodes from this series.I wouldn't say every episode is brilliant,but some realy leave you thinking.Here is a good selection from the series.Makes me wonder at times where they got the ideas for these episodes.There is nothing quite like it on Tv these days,they rely too much on special effects rather than a good script and fine acting.The twists and turns to each episode keep you interested.