Plot
The series revolves around best friends Mitchell Taylor and Stanley Hope. Like earlier Eerie, Indiana residents Marshall Teller and Simon Holmes, they are constantly encountering strange and out-of-this-world phenomena in their hometown of Eerie, Indiana, depicted as the "weirdest place on Earth."
Weird things happen but only Mitchell and Stanley seem to notice, and in an effort to prove to people what they have known for a while now, Mitchell and Stanley begin collecting evidence of the strange phenomena they encounter. [1]
I do solemnly swear that everything I am about to tell you is true. A spill of weirdness from another dimension turned my hometown into the center of weirdness for the entire universe. You don't believe me! Just watch.
Development
In 1997, the earlier show Eerie, Indiana , generated a new fan base when Fox's children's programming block Fox Kids aired the series, gaining something of a cult following despite its short run. The renewed popularity of the series encouraged Fox to produce this spin-off. [3]
Rick Karo from Hearst Entertainment, one of the production companies behind the show, opined that Eerie Indiana "is one of the great Cinderella stories in television; it has gone from almost working in prime time over five years ago to a hit series on Saturday mornings." The series was shot on location in Canada, with Toronto standing in for the town of Eerie. [4]
Reception
Alex Strachan from The Vancouver Sun wrote that "judging from the first episode of The Other Dimension, the new producers have rung in the new with much of the old; the story, about an otherworldly satellite dish that literally hypnotizes viewers with its 2,000-channel television universe, is zany and charming at the same time; Switzer has a low-key, sweet naturalness to him, and the writing can be tart and clever; it's always hard to judge from one episode, but if the series follows through on its early promise, it will provide a welcome alternative to the junk that passes as Saturday-morning kids' TV." [5]
Common Sense Media stated "though it lacks some of its predecessor's pizzazz, The Other Dimension is still an entertaining blend of comedy and mock horror that's nicely suited for families; while there are some surprises and potentially worrisome concepts like ghosts and brainwashing, most kids will recognize the satire that keeps it from being truly scary." [6]
Stephen Harber from Den of Geek wrote the series is "neither a remake or a reboot, the show was more of a spinoff; and because the two new main characters were supposed to be versions of Marshall and Simon, the new lead actors were dressed to resemble Marshall and Simon as much as possible without actually being them; although this show gave Eerie a new lease on life, it promptly disappeared after its initial run on Fox Kids in 1998 and has since become more of a TV urban legend." [7]
John Allemang from The Globe and Mail observed that "this Canadian-made show is kid's sci-fi played for laughs, and it works surprising well; parents who look in will appreciate the witty swipes at so-called normality — a statistics department inspector, for example, who is deeply troubled that Eerie's most average family doesn't own the correct proportion of generic cereals." [8]
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