The Twilight Zone (2019)

CBS All Access | Release Date: April 1, 2019

2.6	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 87 Ratings

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ArmitasAug 29, 2019

The target audience is white men, and the target audience is white men....that wasn't a typo. If you like being told how horrible you are for an entire season then strap in for a fulfilling ride. If you were looking for a timeless view ofThe target audience is white men, and the target audience is white men....that wasn't a typo. If you like being told how horrible you are for an entire season then strap in for a fulfilling ride. If you were looking for a timeless view of mankind's fears, morals, and knowledge then watch the original.… Expand

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Johan-XavierMay 13, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This show started off great with episodes like the Comedian and the fresh take on Nightmare at 30,000 Feet, but as the shows carried on I noticed a worrying trend of the main antagonist almost always being straight white males. Jordan Peele's Get Out was built solely on evil white people, but it was a new fun idea. This re-imagining of the Twilight Zone has shown that to not be an isolated incident and he has given free reign to each show's writer to take this one step further reaching a new low with Not All Men where only men are affected by a meteor shower making them all evil violent maniacs. It was a commentary on toxic masculinity and the final moments came to the conclusion that all men are evil and violent and that some choose not to be. This is very insulting to all men and this kind of misandristic opinion has no place on TV.… Expand

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greenisgoodAug 7, 2021

TL;DR - Watched only certain episodes from the original and The old movie so I was definitely not comparing. Still, this was quite a letdown on a whole there were just 2 maybe 3 out of all the episodes that were genuinely unnerving andTL;DR - Watched only certain episodes from the original and The old movie so I was definitely not comparing. Still, this was quite a letdown on a whole there were just 2 maybe 3 out of all the episodes that were genuinely unnerving and disturbing in the right way. Everything else which is about 60 to 70 percent of was bad, boring and overly expositional; repeating something again and again even if it is a good social message does not make for good entertainment, even less so for the threshold of The Twilight Zone.

The Good

Every single cast member, all the episodes, hands down were the best part of the show. The writing given to most of them was near garbage but every actor really brought their 'A' game. Even when what I was hearing the actors say and do annoyed and bored me, watching them was the only reason I finished the show.
Special mentions to Kumail from the comedian, Sanaa from replay, Kinnear, Steven, and Marika from A traveler were all particular standouts in the season.

Concepts for almost all the episodes were worthy of the twilight zone but the writing was not. Almost every episode has a decently unique concept if executed better would have made for an excellent rebirth of this legendary show. Ep 4 A traveler being my favorite followed by Ep 3 Replay had probably the best-executed concept even handling the social messaging in an intricate enough way that the message did not overshadow the concept of what was happening.

Effects can be praised but this show was made in a time where effects needed ingenuity and creation hence the stories of the OG TWZ were so good, hence if I am to say a show in 2021 has good effects even as a TV show it is expected and as such the expectations were fairly met.

The Bad

This particular aspect of haphazardly just bolting on social issues to sci-fi/horror stories needs to stop. In the most recent memory Sabrina, Doctor Who, Star Trek, and now Twilight Zone. Social issues have their place here, but they need to be written better they need to be narrated and paced better. Except for 2 or 3 episodes every message is repeated over and over again as if you are listening to an objective announcement rather than a story. It was really boring and without the amazing cast for all 10 episodes, I probably would have stopped halfway and quit out of boredom.

Yes, we want media to involve social issues and have stories that in sci-fi and horror touch on everyday problems, but this is still primarily sci-fi and horror. Stop making it boring, stop repeating the expositional message like an objective announcement we are smart enough to get it if you write it subtly and more intertwined with the genre. This writing is so bad that by shoving the social message in haphazardly, they manage to make the message pointless. Because it feels like it was bolted on to the genre story and the genre of sci-fi and horror is also muddled because that is not where you are focusing on. This means you failed to deliver the message and failed to make a piece of genre entertainment. Turning away both sets of your viewers.

Final Words

I was really excited for this. A similar situation happened when I went into the Doctor Who reprisal all those years ago, not knowing much about the old show but the rebirth bringing back the good stuff from the old show along with the contemporary setting.
Unlike Doctor Who's initial reprisal run this fails as a rebirth attempt. I know that there is a Season 02 and I will be watching it but I have very low expectations going in due to the failure of Season 01.… Expand

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BulgarianCriticMar 20, 2021

I will give my short opinion and socre on all the episodes of the first season.
Ep 1 - 6/10 It was a pretty solid episode which was carried by our main actor but unfortunately it wasn't that entertaining to watch and it did got kinda boringI will give my short opinion and socre on all the episodes of the first season.
Ep 1 - 6/10 It was a pretty solid episode which was carried by our main actor but unfortunately it wasn't that entertaining to watch and it did got kinda boring by the end.
Ep 2 - 7/10 Now this was way more fun to watch and also really hillarious , moral of the story was pretty good too
EP 3 - 8/10 This is how Twilight should be , it was really good , the idea was nice and the actors played an amazing role ( Thumbs up to the cop he played so well that it really made you hate him)
Ep4 - 7/10- This had such a solid start and a really interesting middle part , almost in the entire episode you are intrigued on who this so called Traveler is but the ending was so generic that it kinda killed the entire good vibe of the episode
ep 5- 2/10 An alright idea which was executed incredibly bad , would advise you to skip this one, its a waste of time
ep 6 - 4/10 This was a pretty meh twilight zone episode , the idea was pretty good at least ep 7 1/10 Lmao this was such a **** feminist episode but I will give it 1 point due to the fact that there was a really short time that it was genuinely creepy cuz of the sound design and filming
Ep 8 6/10 Wish this was more developed since it just showed you a great idea but it was not that filled and developed.
ep 9 7/10 Really solid acting and idea with a meh ending
Ep 10 0/10 This was the biggest waste of time in the entire season , because the entire episode was boring as hell even the ending twist was not worth it.
Overall this was a weak restart of the twilight zone with having only a few decent things to watch 4/10… Expand

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goodfellas100May 15, 2020

Yes the new season of the Twilight zone is a disapointment but it doesn' deserve such a low score. It's simple very average and I have no interest in re watching any of the episodes again. I can understand people's anger and disapointment butYes the new season of the Twilight zone is a disapointment but it doesn' deserve such a low score. It's simple very average and I have no interest in re watching any of the episodes again. I can understand people's anger and disapointment but very low scores are very harsh.… Expand

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