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The Twilight Zone Podcast

The Twilight Zone on Stage

The Twilight Zone Podcast

Tom Elliot

Tv Reviews, After Shows, Tv & Film

4.8601 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

After returning from seeing The Twilight Zone on stage at The Almeida Theatre, London, Tom gives his thoughts on the 2017/2018 theatre adaptation of the show. Our thanks to James Rose for adding his voice to The Twilight Zone Podcast.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The President

0:02.0

The President The The

0:40.3

The I'm . ... The question of whether we want more Twilight Zone is always quite a divisive one when the new Twilight

1:31.4

Zone television series involving Jordan Peel was announced I sat back and looked at the response

1:38.8

on social media there were those of us who were happy and hopeful

1:45.0

and there were some who were of the opinion that

1:49.0

the Twilight Zone began and ended with Rod Sailing in the original series

1:55.0

and that anything else that comes after is just imitation.

2:00.0

But in this case, unlike many situations where people have

2:05.1

opposing views on things, I think this is one where each side can actually see where the other

2:14.1

is coming from. You know, sure, I want more Twilight Zone.

2:18.9

But yes, people are right, the original hasn't been matched yet,

2:23.7

and maybe it just never can be.

2:26.9

And those who think that the original series should stand alone

2:30.2

and that to try and carry it on without rod sailing is futile

2:35.0

well those people still love the Twilight Zone

2:38.0

and can at least understand and appreciate

2:42.0

why other people still want more.

2:46.0

We all want to stay in the Twilight Zone.

2:50.0

So when someone comes to a new Twilight Zone product in some

2:56.6

form or another, you know are there any rules to this? Is it okay to do it in one format, but not another?

3:04.6

And I think everyone will have their own views on that.

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