glennmartonic yep.....old sci movies of the 1950's, followed up by the best decade of science fiction TV......the 60's. So much was going on and busting out. star trek, land of the giants, the invaders, time tunnel. twilight zone was in full swing by then. My fascination though was with Outer Limits. I'm like 9 years old, to me it was a great age to be wowed, and scared outta my buster browns. I wished i still had my outer limits card set. I've seen them on eBay, and am tempted, but for now my DVD collection works for me. The stories were fun, scary, and made even a 9 year old think. My favorites are invisible enemy, Z anti Misfits and the inheritors. The music score, and sound effects etched in my brain forever like in granite.What an age of science fiction TV, and what a great show......."we are controlling transmission".......Outer Limits.

pdmanske I have a good idea why The Outer Limits was so memorable and it had to do with the original series' mimicking the test of The Emergency Broadcast System and taking things one step beyond.The scariest thing on TV in those days was "This is a test, this is only a test". That always got your attention. It was rude and serious and broke into regularly scheduled broadcasting. It was the weekly abrupt reminder that you were a minute away from a range of life ending terrors and unimaginable destruction. And what did TOL's Control Voice sound like? Thats right, it sounded exactly like "This is a test". We rarely got past "This is a test" but for the next sixty seconds you indulged into thoughts of h*ll on earth and then h*ll beyond earth.TOL is what happened when events were real and you got to "This is an actual emergency". TOL showed you while on the comfort of your sofa real events that warrant EBS activation.That was clever of the writers and producers to tap into thoughts that way. I understand writers must recognize contemporary world to make relevant material but these folks knew more, they knew secrets.After that, the Indian Head test pattern meant you were abandoned and left unprotected by your TV company and left alone with the night time things in your basement and attic.

babyfir77 I probably would have rated this a nine if it weren't for the overall weakness of season two. Thanks, Ben Brady! I read in the Outer Limits Companion that he wanted to make the show his way, which meant getting rid of the shadows and darkness that was the trademark of the first season, plus not always having monsters (bears they called them then) for every episode.Season one was far from perfect, but still many of the episodes and monsters shown were entertaining. Favorites include Hundred Days of the Dragon, The Sixth Finger, The Zanti Misfits (the climax, especially), The Mice, and my number one pick, The Human Factor, which I have written a separate review on IMDb.Season two is not a total disaster, though. The classic Demon With a Glass Hand.....I like The Invisible Enemy and Behold, Eck!

daleja-dale I have been watching this show on the This TV Sub-Channel for 2 years now! What it may lack in modern special effects, it makes up for it in great dialog and great acting performances, cinematography, and of course the sound track (especially in season 1)! The stories are very well told! I like the first season more than the second season! If the short sighted TV execs had not ordered the series in the second season be altered and time changed the show may have been as successful as the Twilight Zone! My favorite episodes included "A Feasibility Study", "Berillo's Shield", "The Gallexy Being", "It Crawled Out of the Woodworks","The Inheritors l and 2" and many others!