6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
Overview
Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Leslie Nielsen, and Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to the later Twilight Zone which also covered one of the same stories, "What You Need". In total it ran for eighty-five 30-minute episodes.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Leslie Nielsen, and Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to the later Twilight Zone which also covered one of the same stories, "What You Need". In total it ran for eighty-five 30-minute episodes.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
As an anthology science fiction series, 'Tales of Tomorrow' primarily explores universal human dilemmas and scientific ethics across its varied episodes, rather than consistently promoting a specific political ideology.
This 1950s anthology science fiction series exhibits traditional casting practices typical of its era, with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
As an anthology series from the early 1950s, 'Tales of Tomorrow' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Historical context and available information suggest no representation of queer identities within its science fiction narratives.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Tales of Tomorrow is an anthology series, with each episode presenting a new, self-contained story. There are no recurring legacy characters or a single source material across the series that would establish a canonical gender for characters to be swapped.
Tales of Tomorrow was an anthology series from the 1950s. There is no widely documented or readily available evidence of specific characters from its various adapted stories being portrayed by actors of a different race than their established source material, especially given the casting norms of the era.
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