Forgive me Lord for I am biased...
Like most people, I first contacted this "object" back in the days of its first appearance on TV. I was just a kid, and it had the most profound impact on me. Gradually forgot about it until, years later, while studying cinema, was asked what were my first audiovisual recollections... and it all came back to me. Finally found it... finished watching it a couple of minutes ago.
(I've been here - he thinks - feels like grandmas attic)
I have noticed that the more formal a film/video is, the most enduring is its impression on me. This is not one of those cases. And yet...
The dystopian world portrayed re-got me by the hemispheres... sure, it poses some issues for the contemporary viewer, as the production values are obviously not on a par with the potential of this universe. The script (thought for 40 mn) and casting also come short, and it has become very dated... so, in order not to make "anachronic" judgments, please remember the TV budgets and general technological conditions at the time.
I will not go on describing it any more, for am afraid of killing something fragile that apparently subsisted within.
