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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| MANUFACTURER: | Multi Label |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | NTSC |
| TYPE: | Science Fiction |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 086112046532 |
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Customer Reviews of Tales of Tomorrow Vol. 2
Pioneering TV effort is stiff but remains highly effective. Marred by some of the stagy starchiness always found in shows from the advent of TV, this early sci-fi anthology program gets by on the power of good ideas. The show died quickly, perhaps because it did not flinch away from dark subject matter and endings that were left open, if not downright sad.
Past Tense is an episode starring Boris Karloff as a doctor who devises a plot to take some penicillin back to 1923, sell it and get rich as its "inventor." Needless to say, things do not work according to his plan in this morality play, which brings to mind some of the best Serling Twilight Zones. As for me, I just like hearing Boris say 'penicillin.'
A Child is Crying involves abnormally gifted children exploited by the government and armed forces. Think Children of the Damned for starters. The girl at the forefront of Cold War warmaking as this episode progresses is played by Robin Morgan, later the President of NOW, and she gives a tremendous performance for her young age, or for any age. She, and 20 children like her, possess the ability to tell the future; however, they're also too smart to be used in such a way. The quality of the writing precludes me from divulging more.
Ice From Space is a fair episode but suffers more than the others from its limited mîse-en-scene. In it a block of ice is found in a returned U.S. rocket. The ice rapidly begins freezing everything around it, and in a short time will destroy the world. Someone may need to make a sacrifice. Will it be the son living in the shadow of his decorated military father? Anyway, we never see the ice, nor the ending. It's okay as character study, but is still a bit of a cheat, as its ambitions far exceed its abilities to convey the necessary menace. Imagine Monolith Monsters as produced by a theater troupe.
The Window is a brilliant sort of science-noir, and a fun view into the workings of old-time television itself. Performers filming a show at a studio are puzzled to be picking up the actions of a young apartment-dwelling couple on a monitor. It soon becomes clear that one of the people they see is in danger, but they don't know where the transmissions are coming from. Will they be able to help? Frequency may have taken a page from this episode. I also enjoyed seeing the fictional old-fashioned ads.
I believe Tales of Tomorrow has been quite influential, despite being so little known. Fans of intelligent, (very) low-key science fiction will undoubtedly like it.
See also: The movies and shows aforementioned; The Outer Limits; Dr. Who