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Its hard to live up to the memory of a TV series that crept into childhood dreams.
Rather than running from the past, this new incarnation has put it in the spotlight.
Its a risky approach, inviting unflattering comparisons should the new series fall short of its inspiration.
(Case in point: the solid-but-less-than-classic Nightmare at 30,000 Feet.)
The Kanamits stuck with him, too.
I remember feeling like the aliens were so non-aggressive and non-threatening.
It felt like the aliens knew what they were doing.
Its how they were and they were obviously superior to us.
(She is, of course, but theres more to it.)
The self-aware outing began as an even more radical experiment.
I wanted to do a black-and-white episode in the square format, Perkins says.
I wanted to use old cameras.
Which isnt to say the episode isnotclever.
What is The Egg?
Andthistime it will be okay forever.
For anybody whos experienced real grief, Perkins says, theres that sort of bottomless quality to it.
Theres no barrier, no border to grief.
It feels like an ocean.
But theres a connection stronger than continuity that unites the episodes, and points toThe Twilight Zones continued relevance.
