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This series should never have had previews at the beginning of episodes.

posted 14 years ago by toldyousew
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That took away from the suspense and surprise factor of the stories.

~ I can sing better than Taylor Hicks!

[–] wbf200 14 years ago

Leslie Stevens felt the same way, but the network insisted that a teaser be added at the start of the show, preferably showing some sort of monster as a hook. The all-knowing network execs claimed their research showed that viewer interest jumped when they saw a monster in the teaser. But they never really understood the show or gave it the support it deserved, which is why it was canceled mid way through the 2nd season.

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[–] rwsmith29456 10 years ago

Yeah, they wanted to show a glimpse of the 'Bear' in each episode. People say it became 'Monster of the Week'.

[–] wallerworld 14 years ago

I'd go so far as to say they should be edited out of the re-issues, because they are merely spoilers. Save them for the DVD bonus features, if at all.

Or as an alternative, put a chapter stop after the teaser, so we can skip it.

There are a few episodes where the opening is integral to the plot, which is a different matter.

[–] cljohnston108 11 years ago

There are a few episodes where the opening is integral to the plot, which is a different matter.

I'm about 12 episodes in, and I've taken to using the 10-second jump forward button on VLC Player at the beginning of each episode... except for one (when I forgot), which turned out to be advantageous: "It Crawled Out Of The Woodwork".
The scene shown in the teaser was not repeated during the episode, as with the others, but rather only referred to as the origin of the creature, as well as the episode title.

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[–] rockmail 11 years ago

Mission impossible is even worse. I look away for three minutes to avoid "pre-watching" the show.

Hulu doesn't show the Outer Limits preview parts by the way. A great place to watch the shows, other than the commercials.

Netflix DOES show the MI previews - Boo Hiss.

[–] KobiyashiMauru 11 years ago

I always enjoyed the previews of the creatures. I guess I was one of the ones the Networks polled.

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