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| Topic | CBS Access CANCELS the Social Justice REBOOT of the TWILIGHT ZONE!!! |
| Zeus 02/25/21 3:19:41 PM #13: | wolfy42 posted... Black Mirror, and that is hit or miss itself (about 50% of the episodes are good) So far I've only seen the misses, although the museum episode had some redeeming qualities. From what I've seen of it, that series certainly had some SJW overtones. But it kinda brings to mind one of the possible problems with the TZ -- the episode length. The first episode is listed as having a 55-minute run time, and the TZ has historically *never* performed well as an hour-long program. Even Rod Serling couldn't pull that off, and the hour-long season was probably the worst in the original run (although it was also shorter). Looking over the lengths of the other episodes (which seem wildly inconsistent, with one episode being listed as being only 37 minutes long (which would be a lot of commercials?)). The TZ was for successful for its twists, reveals, and surprises, which work better in shorter formats. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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