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⌈ Secret Post #5509 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Based on 6

[(Anonymous)]

I'll try and give these without the twists. All Twilight Zone twists, even the minor ones, need preserving. They are all on wikipedia if you are curious, but uninterested in the show. My faves, in reverse order, are from both the classic and eighties rival of the show:

The Star: Based on the Arthur C Clarke story, grief, faith, and wonder, and spaceship.

Quarantine: A 20thC guy wakes up in a world of Amish New Age Mystics, but why?

A Message from Charity: A "modern" teenager develops a psychic connection with a girl from Puritan times. I don't think it is a great episode, or even a great story, certainly no great paradigm reshaping twist, but it has an easy charm that makes me love it nonetheless.

King Nine Will Not Return: A WW2 bomber has crashed in the desert. (this is the one which really fucked me up when I first saw it, this is the one which made me love the Twilight Zone Twist, waaaaay back when I was just a tweenie).

He's Alive: This one is about politics, and is as subtle as a brick to the face with it. Which it needs to be, it ain't messing about with the message here. Honestly more people should watch it, especially these days. Just not if you are planning on going into politics, please.

One For the Angels. This is a bittersweet heart warmer, no joke, of a tale of a man who has just one talent, and a chance to do one great thing with it. It is just perfect. Of them all, if I could only have one, this would be the one I pick.

Re: Based on 6

[(Anonymous)]

Wow... I love The Twilight Zone. The Star is one of my favorite short stories. How did I never know there was an episode based on it?

Re: Based on 6

[(Anonymous)]

"He's Alive" should be required viewing in every single classroom in America. That end speech is powerful. Same goes for "Deaths-Head Revisited", which is another not at all subtle episode, and understandably so.

"One for the Angels" is a very touching episode, too, good call. And I appreciate you mentioning a few from the '80s version. A few of my favorites from that one are "The Burning Man", "Dead Run", "Nightcrawlers", and "A Little Peace and Quiet".

Re: Based on 6

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, the premise of He's Alive on paper sounds cheesy at best and schlocky at worst.

Re: Based on 6

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it is all in the performance. The conceit behind it has been used time and again since too, partly because it was so powerful, so it seems even more trite now than it did then, but even so, the performances are just so powerful.