Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone

[shootemindehead]

Ummm...I hope it's not going to just be a load of remakes. That would be crap. Nightmare at blah blah has already been remade anyway. We don't need another one. The beauty of something like 'The Twilight Zone' is the unfolding of a strange story, concluding in a "surprise" ending, or at least something that the audience isn't supposed to see coming. So remaking the old stories is pointless.

[blind2d]

Ummm...I hope it's not going to just be a load of remakes. That would be crap. Nightmare at blah blah has already been remade anyway. We don't need another one. The beauty of something like 'The Twilight Zone' is the unfolding of a strange story, concluding in a "surprise" ending, or at least something that the audience isn't supposed to see coming. So remaking the old stories is pointless. While I agree with this... I'm just excited to see more Adam Scott! He's dreamy... <3

[bassman]

It looks like other anthology shows of the time, like Romero's Tales from the Darkside or Spielberg's Amazing Stories. Sort of like short films you could see in a movie theater (in fact, I remember seeing a screening of a compilation of 3 episodes of Amazing Stories at a movie theater back in 1988. People who did not know it was a TV show thought that it was an actual movie!) The 2000s version of Twilight Zone looked more like a "direct-to-video” The 80’s Twilight Zone in particular has very poor picture quality because of the post production process used. While the series was shot on film, it was then converted to one inch master tape transfers for editing, dubbing, effects, etc. Because of this particular process, the original 35mm film negatives were discarded, leaving only deteriorating videotape masters. The show had poor picture quality when it first aired, which of course is even worse now. This is the reason this particular series only has a SD release and no HD transfers like the original. The HD collection of the original series looks phenomenal because they had the original film negatives to remaster, but sadly they can’t ever do it for the 80’s show. The PQ and life expectancy of the 80’s series was doomed from the start. Jordan Peele’s new series has collected an impressive cast list recently. Apart from Adam Scott that I mentioned earlier, they’ve also announced Greg Kinnear, Steve Yeun, Kumail Nanjiani, Jon Cho, Jacob Tremblay, Allison Tolman, with more to come. Hopefully having these “names” is an indication that they’re being attracted by great writing. Looking forward to it!

[JDP]

The 80’s Twilight Zone in particular has very poor picture quality because of the post production process used. While the series was shot on film, it was then converted to one inch master tape transfers for editing, dubbing, effects, etc. Because of this particular process, the original 35mm film negatives were discarded, leaving only deteriorating videotape masters. The show had poor picture quality when it first aired, which of course is even worse now. This is the reason this particular series only has a SD release and no HD transfers like the original. The HD collection of the original series looks phenomenal because they had the original film negatives to remaster, but sadly they can’t ever do it for the 80’s show. The PQ and life expectancy of the 80’s series was doomed from the start. I actually watched the 80s Twilight Zone episodes when they first aired, and they did not seem to have any poorer picture quality than any of the other TV shows of the time. The effects of deterioration are being noticed now, though, after decades of storage. Tape does not preserve its quality like film does. It was a lack of foresight from the show-maker's part not to save the 35mm original footage. If it was still around they could just re-edit the episodes directly from it and improve the picture quality.

[bassman]

Exactly, it was poor decisions all the way down the line. While it may not have been noticeable, particularly on the tube TV sets of the time, the show still suffered on its initial airing because they used the tape transfers. Coincidentally, the original series has six episodes in the second season that were filmed on tape in an effort to cut costs. They also had to shoot these episodes on stage so that they could essentially do live cuts in-camera. These episodes were restored to the best of their ability for the HD transfers, but it makes it very clear how inferior tape was to film.

[bassman]

They’ve now announced the show’s premiere date of April 1, 2019. Two episodes premiere on April Fool’s Day, with one episode per week after that. https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/jor...-premiere-date New actors continue to be announced as the production progresses. Thus far we have: Adam Scott, Ike Barinholtz, John Cho, Lucinda Dryzek, Taissa Farmiga, Greg Kinnear, Luke Kirby, Sanaa Lathan, Kumail Nanjiani, Rhea Seehorn, Allison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay, Jefferson White, Jonathan Whitesell, Jessica Williams, DeWanda Wise and Steven Yeun. Not too shabby, with more to come.

[blind2d]

They’ve now announced the show’s premiere date of April 1, 2019. Two episodes premiere on April Fool’s Day, with one episode per week after that. https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/jor...-premiere-date New actors continue to be announced as the production progresses. Thus far we have: Adam Scott, Ike Barinholtz, John Cho, Lucinda Dryzek, Taissa Farmiga, Greg Kinnear, Luke Kirby, Sanaa Lathan, Kumail Nanjiani, Rhea Seehorn, Allison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay, Jefferson White, Jonathan Whitesell, Jessica Williams, DeWanda Wise and Steven Yeun. Not too shabby, with more to come. Nice! I'm even more excited for it now! EEEE!!

[bassman]

In a fantastic new article by Rolling Stone, Jordan Peele reveals that his upcoming film Us, was actually created with inspiration from the Twilight Zone episode, Mirror Image: Its initial inspiration, appropriately enough, was the old Twilight Zone episode “Mirror Image,” which he saw as a kid. In it, a woman encounters her duplicate in a bus station and becomes convinced it arrived from a parallel universe, bent on replacing her. “It’s terrifying, beautiful, really elegant storytelling,” Peele says, “and it opens up a world. It opens up your imagination.” As I believe I’ve said before in this thread, he’s clearly a huge fan of Rod Serling’s seminal series, which helps give me a more optimistic approach to this new Twilight Zone series! It’s a fantastic Rolling Stone article in which he discusses his entire career, inspirations, etc. I highly recommend it: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/...-story-782743/

[bassman]

New trailer for the super bowl: Love it! EDIT: CBS removed the trailer, for whatever reasons, but I’ve replaced it with another copy. It may not last long, as well. It doesn’t make much sense for CBS to remove free publicity!

[bassman]

First trailer with episode footage: Lookin’ pretty great to me! Also, the poster has been released:

[bassman]

A couple episode-specific trailers: Nightmare at 30,000 Feet The Comedian Premieres next week!!!

[bassman]

The review embargo lifted today, and thus far out of all the reviews I’ve found, the general consensus seems to be that Peele pulled it off! They’re saying it’s a good balance of fan service/nods, while also carving out its own relevant path and earns a seat right alongside Serling’s original as a continuation. Can’t wait to see the first two episodes for myself in a few days!

[bassman]

There doesn’t seem to be too much interest here at this point, but it’s worth noting that CBS has put the first episode up for free on Youtube. It’s a very enjoyable episode and only excites me more for the rest of the series! It looks like Peele revived the show in a very positive way. CBS has the episode set to where it can’t be embedded on other sites, but you can see it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/19GO8-Rrn0g

[blind2d]

There doesn’t seem to be too much interest here at this point, but it’s worth noting that CBS has put the first episode up for free on Youtube. It’s a very enjoyable episode and only excites me more for the rest of the series! It looks like Peele revived the show in a very positive way. CBS has the episode set to where it can’t be embedded on other sites, but you can see it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/19GO8-Rrn0g Yaaaay!!! I'm super excited for this!!

[Neil]

There doesn’t seem to be too much interest here at this point, but it’s worth noting that CBS has put the first episode up for free on Youtube. It’s a very enjoyable episode and only excites me more for the rest of the series! It looks like Peele revived the show in a very positive way. CBS has the episode set to where it can’t be embedded on other sites, but you can see it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/19GO8-Rrn0g Only available in the US