Original Story by Anne Collins | ||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by Peter Medak | ||||||||||||||||||||
Original Airdate - October 25, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is the kind of story that I envision everyone thought would be charming when it was filmed, but the finished product isn't as charming as it should be. It suffers from the same malaise that "If She Dies" had; it's just not that engaging. David Dukes was more than adequate as the man felled by Cupid's arrows, and Robert Morse is always delightful. Carolyn Seymour played Megaera a little too highbrow, in my opinion. While she's great at sneering, supercilious types, Megaera needed a more vibrant, earthy actress, I've always felt. One of the good things about the episode are the special effects. The new Twilight Zone was a pioneer in adding effects directly to videotape, and this episode shows just how good that process could be. The arrows Cupid shoots are ingeniously devised; they're like cotton candy and seem to melt into the victim. Peter Medak directed this episode, which means it should be much better than it is. He directed the best ghost story every filmed, "The Changeling." Anyone that could create such a spectacular haunted house, and ghost, should have been able to make this episode more appealing. It's possible that studio intereference caused the issues, or maybe the fast shooting schedules of the NTZ did him in. Even post-editing could be responsible. In any case, I would like to love this episode but just can't bring myself to do it. Like "If She Dies," it's missing some important element that would have energized the production. |
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