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Originally Posted by ggregg
Very well put.
Remember though, they had to put together everything for a show in one week. Then completely start over, every week. Every show, every location was different, although I think I've seen the same 1958 Plymouth drive by on a number of different shows. I think, given the time restrictions, no computer generation stuff, etc, that they did an amazing job. All this was thought up and built from scratch, in a very short period of time. Some of the monsters look pretty hokey in today's world but at the time, it worked. And it's still great TV today.
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Yep...That's part & parcel of what I meant...The show just has this gritty, realistic, "Shirtsleeves" sort of feeling to it...The first season, when Leslie Stevens & Joe Stefano were running things has adifferent feel than when Ben Brady took over, but to say the Brady shows weren't as good as the Stevens/Stefano shows would be an injustice.. I never really bothered to try to catch the 1980s-90s versions...They, and virtually ALL the "Updated" shows miss the point of series like this...They try to bee TOO "Revelant", too "PC", too "Touchy-Feely" and all that other modern day sensibility garbage. The purpose of these shows is to CLEVERLY scare the living PHUCK outta little boys...Not show what a caring, wise & wonderful female Captain of a crashed spaceship can do for all the creatures around her..