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>> It sure does... I watch it on MeTV and it is also sometimes on SyFy...
> There
>> was one season where the episodes were an hour long.
> That was an experiment that didn't really work and the next season is back to
>a half hour.
> I prefer the half hour shows since for an hour show the writer has to pad it
>a lot.
Agreed, I do prefer the half-hour episodes.
>> Another show I like is Alfred Hitchcock Presents... The best episodes of
>> that show, IMHO, also have that "it could happen" feel
that you mention.
> Again, the half hour shows were the better ones.
Also agree here. I think Antenna TV shows both.
> So many of the Outer Limits shows were about space aliens, etc.
> I have seen a lot of the old 1950s space movies and to me they are a
>allegory. The good guys are the USA, the bad aliens are Commies. The alien
>comes to take over the US either in peace ("We come as
friends") or by war,
>attacking the world. Either as one of us in almost every way
("Invasion of the
>body snatchers" comes to mind) but just a bit off.
>Some giant hideous monster strikes no fear in me. Its the insidious ones who
>pretend to be good are the ones to watch out for.
Yeah, I tend to prefer the episodes that are not about space aliens for
sure. So many of them are about aliens, or someone who mutates into what
might as well be an alien. :)
Mike
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