Season 1, Episode 23.1: Shadow Play

[TwilightZoneTom@Cult Labs]

Season 1, Episode 23.1: Shadow Play

Airdate: April 4th, 1986
Writer: James Crocker/Charles Beaumont
Director: Paul Lynch
Starring: Peter Coyote

A man is convinced that reality as we perceive it is dependent on his staying alive.

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[TwilightZoneTom@Cult Labs]

I've never been that into the original 'Shadow Play'. I don't dislike it, but it's never been an episode that really did much for me.

Strange how I actually really dug this remake. I don't know what it is. I thought Peter Coyote was great, the prison scenes look really good too.

I can't remember whether the parts where he'd mention that different people play different parts in each dream is a carry over from the original, but the dream logic really worked.

Liked this one a lot.

[the human man]

I really enjoyed this one, I didn't know it was a remake of an original. Like Tom says Peter Coyote was excellent and just shows if you get good actors, like Serling did, they carry the story really well. I just think the acting in most of the new episodes lets them down.

[fail:safe]

I had no idea this was a remake, but it shows- a really outstanding tale with a claustrophobic sense of unseen menace about it.

Very impressed.

F:S