Line #19 Series/TheOuterLimits1995


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2	[[caption-width-right:250: ''"Please stand by."'']]
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4	-> ''"There is nothing wrong with your television. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now controlling the transmission. We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can deluge you with a thousand channels, or expand one single image to crystal clarity... and beyond...\
5	We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive. For the next hour, we will control all that you see and hear...\
6	You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the deepest inner mind to...'' '''''The Outer Limits."'''''
7	-->-- '''[[OpeningNarration The Control Voice]]'''
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9	Exactly 30 years after ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' was ScrewedByTheNetwork in 1965, the series was once again brought to the airwaves (by Creator/{{Showtime}} and later by the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]]) for a new generation to experience stories that reach from the deepest inner mind to the, well...[[TitleDrop you know.]]
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11	Thanks in part to the boom in popularity of supernatural and Sci-Fi shows [[TheNineties at the time,]] like ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'', it was decided by the Higher Ups that the 1960s cult classic ''The Outer Limits'' would be revived in the hope to capitalize on similar success ([[HistoryRepeats which is oddly similar to how the original series was commissioned in the first place]]). And unlike the short-lived run of its predecessor, this series would indeed be successful enough to last 7 seasons, from 1995-2002; continuing on in syndication long after its original run.
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13	The format remains mostly intact, though it does notably have less emphasis on the MonsterOfTheWeek being its main plot basis. Generally, the stories involve exploring a specific scientific concept and its effects on humanity, or projects a completely alternate society that may highlight the flaws of our own (through FantasticRacism for instance). A lot of episodes drift towards being [[ScareEmStraight cautionary tales]] (or [[CruelTwistEnding just being cruel]]) so expect a lot of {{Bittersweet\|Ending}} or {{Downer Ending}}s. Also of note is that, oddly for an anthology series, each season would usually involve a ClipShow which would attempt to [[ArcWelding tie some of its unconnected stories together]].
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15	The series's Control Voice is supplied by Creator/KevinConway, and the surreal artwork of the introductions can mostly be attributed to Jerry Uelsmann. The series is available in DVD sets. If you were looking for the original 1963 series, that is [[Series/TheOuterLimits1963 over here.]]
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19	!!''The Outer Limits (1995)'' subpages:
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21	[[index]]
22	[[index]]
23	* [[TheOuterLimits1995/TropesAToH Tropes A to H]]
24	* [[TheOuterLimits1995/TropesIToP Tropes I to P]]
25	* [[TheOuterLimits1995/TropesQToZ Tropes Q to Z]]
26	[[/index]]
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