CBS' New Twilight Zone: A Serling Homage or Redundant Reinvention?

If I want to watch CBS' "Twilight Zone" revival, I'll have to pay. Right now, that's not going to happen.

It's not that the subscription fee unsettles me (though it does play a part), but rather a nagging fear that this latest incarnation might miss the mark and therefore, the point.

Rod Serling's original vision is rich in conceptualization and open to expression in such a way that nearly anyone can learn from and enjoy it. The same can be said of prior "updates", which I consider edifying and entertaining, even if on the whole they can't eclipse the original. (Why not toss "Night Gallery" in there, as well? With the exception of the 2002-2012 radio show, it's more of a companion piece to Serling's emanating source than the others.)

Though another "Twilight Zone" was inevitable, we now roam an injudicious age where proven concepts are tilted to favor misinformed agendas and radical revolts. "Star Wars" is no longer thematically a good-vs-evil saga, but one of garish gray. "Star Trek" is serialized and confined to confounding contradictions, which must have the Great Bird of the Galaxy's ashes turning over in their urn. CBS (whether in regular or streaming form) is no stranger to this vexing reinvention game. Would a new "Twilight Zone" (set to transmit April 1) reject the nauseating novelty?

Though I'm not brimming of optimism, I do believe that the talented Jordan Peele (as host or otherwise) could still do right by us--us old-timers, that is. Unlike today's myopic, mind-controlled youth, we who've sprung from the past see from various vantages when it comes to irony, characterization and allegorical depth. (We don't condemn or censor shows like "All in the Family", "Good Times" and "Sanford & Son". We memorialize them.)  We, therefore, are the indigenous, soulful citizens of quality television, which includes the classic "Twilight Zone", but will that "wondrous land whose boundaries are that of the imagination" now wish us into Anthony Fremont's dreaded cornfield?

I'll wait for some feedback on this latest edition's vibe. If it's positive, maybe I'll latch on before a freebie opportunity arrives. For now, I can only hope and pray that Serling's spirit keeps this "remake" in conversant, thought-provoking check.