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L.A. 2017: A look back at Steven Spielberg's Early Sci-Fi Time Travel Movie

The title sequence from from Steven Spielberg's L.A. 2017 When I first year two years ago that Steven Spielberg had directed a science fiction TV movie called L.A. 2017 , I was puzzled. How could I not know about this?  I pride myself on my extensive knowledge of Spielberg's work, and even on the relative completeness of my personal collection (when people try to catch me by asking if the collection includes Duel , I smirk and reply it even includes the far lesser known Something Evil .). How could i not be aware of this one? I soon discovered that in a way I was aware: I knew Spielberg had directed an episode of the series The Name of the Game. I was not aware that this was a forerunner of the rotating movie series that would be popularized with mystery shows like Columbo. The Name of the Game consisted of 90-minute episodes rotating between three central characters working for Howard Publications, a large magazine publishing company (why anyone would consider this an int...