Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: early television at its not-so-good

Frankly, this set of science-fiction episodes from the early television era was rather disappointing. I expected the fuzzy technical quality and uninspiring sets, but the episodes lacked some of the tension, suspense, drama, and message I hoped to find. The presence of Lee J. Cobb was one of the things that made me buy this collection, but he wasn't at his best. In fact, many of the performances seem to have needed more rehearsal. The story lines were not very strong in many cases. The collection is interesting in terms of the evolution of television, and two or three of the stories had some good suspense, tension and meaning. Still, I couldn't honestly recommend this particular collection.