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The Outer Limits - A Feasibility Study

episode 1.29

USA 1964
produced by
Joseph Stefano, Leslie Stevens (executive) for Villa Di Stefano, Daystar Productions
directed by Byron Haskin
starring Sam Wanamaker, Phyllis Love, David Opatoshu, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Wright, Frank Puglia, Glenn Cannon
screenplay by Joseph Stefano

TV-series
Outer Limits, Outer Limits (original series)

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Yup, here it is, another stupidly written episode of Outer Limits that is actually a disgusting and unreflected piece of anti-Communist propaganda meagerly dressed up as science fiction.

The story: Aliens teleport a small neighbourhood (six times six blocks) to their planet - complete with houses and everything - to see if the inhabitants can survive the alien planet's climate or if they will catch the planet's disease too easily. Why do the Commies, er the aliens do this: Because they want to enslave mankind, but this is only feasible if mankind shows some resistance to the planet's disease - cause what good is a dead slave, right ?

At first, the abducted humans, all to-the-bone Americans, do not even realize what has happened to them, but then one of them, Ralph (David Opatoshu) leaves the neighbourhood by car - and has to realize that everything else seems to have vanished ... and he catches the planet's disease when attacked by a few of this Communist swines. Alien swines I meant ... shit, can't they make their disgusting propaganda at least a little bit subtler ?

Ok, ultimately another character, Doc (Sam Wanamaker) - who has marital problems because his wife (Phyllis Love) wants to have a career of her own (did we really need to know that ?) - finds out everything, gathers the whole neighbourhood in the neighbourhood church (now that's what I call hammering the message home, yuk) and tells them that they are all doomed but they can save America, er mankind from slavery if only they sacrifice themselves and all contract the planet's disease - and since everyone in the neighbourhood is a good patriot, America is once more saved from Communism, er ... what the heck, I give up.

 

You know, even a story as silly as this one (and this one is very silly) could have worked if approached with a little subtlety and some emphasis on suspense and atmosphere, or if the episode at least wouldn't take itself too seriously - but I guess all these suggestions are lost on a series as primitive and blunt as Outer Limits. Don't watch !!!

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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