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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0096009232894
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
Label: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 11, 2005
Running Time: 1571 minutes
Sales Rank: 4467
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: May 21, 1985
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Featuring 65 Episodes! Entranced by magicians, comic strips, and science-fiction magazines, Ray Bradbury began 'educating' himself at the Los Angeles Library three to five times a week. By twenty-seven years of age he 'graduated,' having written over several million words. In his early twenties, he supported himself by selling newspapers on street corners and writing for radio programs such as Suspense, Escape, CBS Radio Playhouse, and X Minus One. Bradbury has now written over one thousand short stories--400 of which have been published in such magazines as The New Yorker, The New Republican, The Saturday Evening Post, Amazing Stories, Colliers, Dime Detective and McCall's. He has also written for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and for Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone. And now, showcased in this 5 DVD set are some of Ray Bradbury's finest works.
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Rating:  - Hit or miss series
Having remembered this series from the 80's & seeing the episodes again,I remembered how poignant & creative Ray Bradbury was. His sense of nature,
locales,imagery & most of all his childlike views of both this world
& otherworldly possibilities were on display on many of the episodes in
this series & otherworks he did. The mini series "The Martian Chronicles" starring Rock Hudson back in the 1970's was truly a great piece of work
from Mr.Bradbury. When I think back to other true geniuses in television
such as Rod Serling & Alfred Hitchcock,I would put Ray Bradbury's name in
that select list.
In my grading evaluation of the episodes in this series, some were outstanding,some ok & some very poor which is why I graded out this series 3 out of 5 stars.
Some of my favorite episodes from this series were Silent Towns,The Town where no one got off,The Playground,The Concrete mixer,Marionettes,Gotcha,Here there be Tygers,The Lonely One & The Toynbee Convector.
I do recommend this series to any fans of Ray Bradbury as a tribute to a man who can truly be said when it came to imagination,his was limitless.
Rating:  - Ray Bradbury Theater
If the creative mind is a mystery to you...this is a MUST! Especially if you're entertaining "writing" Sci Fi...you need this. In this series you'll find stories that later developed into portions of Bradbury's other works like The Martian Chronicles and Something Wicked This Way Comes. It was a tickle to see the "first drafts" (as it were) of these thoughts, and then realize how he altered them for the larger presentations. Needless to say, there is a "star studded" cast.
This is Bradbury...he's something you put in your collection if, for no other reason than he is one of the major Science Fiction masters. No Science Fiction collection is complete without his contributions. But, then, there's also the fun of watching the creative mind at work? I'd recommend this collection of stories. There's something for everyone inside! I do have one reservation: Because a number of the episodes end with a negative or frightening conclusion, I would not recommend this for children of an impressionable age.
For the real SciFi buffs, here's a amusing item. In this collection is a story called The Jar. Now, anyone familiar with Rod Serling knows what that story is about. It's the same theme...two authors deal with it to the same conclusion. You decide who did the better job or writing!
Rating:  - Dribble
I'm an avid Sci-Fi fan. I loved Twilight Zone and Outer Limits, even if the early OL was a bit campy. But....this series is horrendous. The A/V quality equals that of a high school education film. I've watched about ten episodes so far....and each one was excruciating to watch. You're not missing anything if you skip this set.
Rating: - fun for the price but terrible audio and video quality
The problem is that, yes, these are DVD's but the "source" for both the audio and video were VHS tapes. Its not even a good transfer so you see not just a fuzzy picture but lots of blurring when anything is moving fast across the screen. The audio is too low and sometimes a little out of sync too. Just be warned that you buy this only if you REALLY want to see these episodes again.
Rating: - Ray Bradbury is my hero.
Ok I'm a Ray Bradbury fan so get ready for a good positive review of this material. I dunno what it is there's just something about Ray. I like his style. I guess his stories or some of the acting and era these shows were filmed in aren't going to be to everyone's liking or suit their tastes but something about them for me goes along with Ray Bradbury's taste and style. Each episode starts with him walking into his "junkroom" of ideas where he keeps all these little odds and ends. All these objects inspire him and each one becomes a story in and of itself so that gives you an idea of this man's capacity to imagine and dream up things. The performances in my opinion, compliment the stories. Some of the ideas come from his real life experiences and he sets up some episodes by telling you this story and then showing you how it inspired him. So you really get to see the act of writing or how his brain works which I think is pretty cool. It doesn't always make sense and so that's another realistic and mystical factor of his work. I think it's worth it if you're interested. Just buy it already!!! ;)
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