How many colectors have one of these?

[Sandy G]

The "Outer Limits" was, at once, AWFULLY Good & AWFULLY Bad. Dark, murky storylines, dark, murky photography, hysterical music, "Horror Show" cliches, $1.98 props...You can make a good case for sheer awfulness or sheer GREATNESS using any aspect of it. Guess that's why, nearly 50 years on, all us 55-year-old, "7 year old boys at heart" STILL love it..

[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.

[Sandy G]

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.

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..

[hi_volt]

I've got the entire set of three seasons on DVD. I remember watching the Outer Limits on my parent's old 23 inch blonde B&W set when I was 4-5 years old back in 62-63. It scared the Hell out of me, and I LOVED it. Actually, thinking back, I'm kind of amazed they let me watch.

The end credit theme song is, IMHO, the coolest one ever and takes me back 50 years whenever I hear it.

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by ggregg

Every show, every location was different, although I think I've seen the same 1958 Plymouth drive by on a number of different shows.

You mean, one of these?

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

You mean, one of these?

It don't get much better than this. And if I ever get to Worcester, Mass, I will beg for a ride

Yeah, that's the real deal...

[ggregg]

No Lee, I think it was like a Savoy 4 door sedan with a dent in the door. Yours is much nicer.

Car crash scenes are funny sometimes on many shows as someone will be driving a 1962 that will turn into a 1955 when it goes off the cliff.....

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by kvflyer

It don't get much better than this. And if I ever get to Worcester, Mass, I will beg for a ride

Yeah, that's the real deal...

Sure. I'll treat you to a few 3-2 kickdowns, WOT.