Apple TV+ - Amazing Stories (2020) [/]
Jun 24 2020
Amazing Stories is an hour-long 5-episode anthology series of science fiction stories.
I really liked the 1985 series though only really remember one or two episodes. Maybe because I'm 35 years older but these five episodes were mostly average. They're all kind of feel good with good endings, which I think the 1985 series was also unlike The Twilight Zone or Outer Limits were bad endings were common.
Overall I would not recommend this series. It's not bad but there is so much good television out there.
- The Cellar - the best story, a time-traveling love story with an unexpected yet satisfying twist.
- The Heat - two track athletes reconnect after one of them is killed in an accident; this one seems to have been filmed in Oakland.
- Dynoman and the Volt! - a crotchety grandfather and his grandson learn to bond when he gains super powers.
- Signs of Life - a daughter is relieved when her mother wakes up from a several-years-long coma but she's completely different.
- The Rift - a mother and son witness an airplane crash and find a man who believes he was just in WW2 Burma.
I really liked the 1985 series though only really remember one or two episodes. Maybe because I'm 35 years older but these five episodes were mostly average. They're all kind of feel good with good endings, which I think the 1985 series was also unlike The Twilight Zone or Outer Limits were bad endings were common.
Overall I would not recommend this series. It's not bad but there is so much good television out there.