The underlying thought that this modern reboot of Twilight Zone left with me is that it was nothing but a missed opportunity. The criteria to return to the series is twofold; you need to have a bunch of unique tales to make it stand out from Serling's original to make it worthwhile, which they don't, and secondly do that one thing more directly (in an era that almost demands it) that Serling couldn't, in to approach the themes and societal issues more directly than the creator couldn't back in the 50s. Rod Serling once said "I think it's criminal that we're not permitted to make dramatic note of controversial themes that are inherit in our society" so it's disappointing that only two episodes in it's run, s1e03 Replay and s2e09 Try, Try, really hits the target. Black Mirror remains the anthology series that I genuinely think that Rod would approve of.
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The underlying thought that this modern reboot of Twilight Zone left with me is that it was nothing but a missed opportunity. The criteria to return to the series is twofold; you need to have a bunch of unique tales to make it stand out from Serling's original to make it worthwhile, which they don't, and secondly do that one thing more directly (in an era that almost demands it) that Serling couldn't, in to approach the themes and societal issues more directly than the creator couldn't back in the 50s. Rod Serling once said "I think it's criminal that we're not permitted to make dramatic note of controversial themes that are inherit in our society" so it's disappointing that only two episodes in it's run, s1e03 Replay and s2e09 Try, Try, really hits the target. Black Mirror remains the anthology series that I genuinely think that Rod would approve of.