The Twilight Zone - The Pit of Man's Fears

[PS1gamenwatch]

And the episode where the Sun is moving closer to the Earth and everyone is slowly dying from the heat. Then it's revealed it was all just a dream and in reality the Sun is moving away from the Earth letting us freeze to death.

There was a radio drama version of that episode. Including scenes that were omitted from the original TV version which included a repairman and a police officer.

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

In this day and age, they can probably digitally resurrect him since there's so much archival footage, though the uncanny valley effect may be an unavoidable problem in that case.

That, to me, actually seems oddly fitting.

 

[XYZpdq]

This is the other place!

 

[Nekromantik]

It seems comforting to me that he really seems to 'get' The Twilight Zone and sees it as an intimidating task that he wants to take as seriously as possible,

Peele could be right for the project, I'm more worried about studio heads interfering and changing things. That seems to be the thing to do now a days.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

An edit of the radio scene from Midnight Sun:

 

[knightlautrec]

Yeah, apprehensive is the word I'm going with. Nobody needs a new Twilight Zone when we have the originals. It feels unnecessary and with how hard tv show remakes are shitting the bed, I just don't see this doing well.

And I've already seen the TwLiGhT ZoNe WaS AlWaYs PoLiTiCaL posts on Twitter that Serling was socially conscious liberal yadda yadda yadda. But a socially conscious liberal in 1950s, (IE one who stood against censorship and wanted freedom of expression) is pretty much today's central conservative in comparison to how fucking far gone liberalism is atm. Serling was pretty edgy for his time but he didn't hamfist anything to finger wag at the viewer for their opinions.

 

[BrunoMattei]

I'm currently watching through the 80's series. I bought the box set after watching a few episodes online (The Children's Zoo, Dreams for Sale, If She Dies) but I'm not really sure if I want to watch more as the quality really took a dip after the first few episodes.

Is it worth watching more? Should I skip ahead a season or so?

The quality of the 80's series is all over the place. Some episodes are very good and others are thoroughly mediocre.

Favorite episodes of the 80's version:

The one with a father and an exceptional son and the son has the power to bring anything he sees on TV or in books into the real world. The problem is that if it's alive it comes back dead.

The one directed by Wes Craven where a woman puts on an amulet that allows her to stop time by saying "Shut up!" Twist: at the end, the Russians fire the nukes and she stops time just as the nukes are in the sky above her town.

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

Favorite episodes of the 80's version:

The one with a father and an exceptional son and the son has the power to bring anything he sees on TV or in books into the real world. The problem is that if it's alive it comes back dead.

That sounds an awful lot like the episode with Patrick Warburton, where a kid can summon characters from comic books and that kind of hung.

 

[XYZpdq]

Hey that sure was fun that time Death Note was a stand-up routine right

 

[Cool kitties club]

Eh, 80's TZ had some good episodes

Two of my favorites were the one a trucker is hired to ferry souls to hell and one where a vietnam

Yeah, apprehensive is the word I'm going with. Nobody needs a new Twilight Zone when we have the originals. It feels unnecessary and with how hard tv show remakes are shitting the bed, I just don't see this doing well.

And I've already seen the TwLiGhT ZoNe WaS AlWaYs PoLiTiCaL posts on Twitter that Serling was socially conscious liberal yadda yadda yadda. But a socially conscious liberal in 1950s, (IE one who stood against censorship and wanted freedom of expression) is pretty much today's central conservative in comparison to how fucking far gone liberalism is atm. Serling was pretty edgy for his time but he didn't hamfist anything to finger wag at the viewer for their opinions.

Also most twilight zone episodes were not political or told a more general timeless lesson. Rod Serling convinced of the twilight zone as a vehicle for imagination and intrigue not as a platform to berate the viewers with opinions here’s a nice interview with rod himself:

 

[The Pink Panther]

I am in the process of marathonning the entire show. I have watched every half-hour episode and I am in the process of finishing up season 4. Been a fan of the show for years, but never got to sit down in bingewatch it in full.

My favorite episode, and probably one of my all-time favorite pieces of media, is Walking Distance. Every element of the episode works perfectly. The script which holds true a message of enjoying life in the time you lived in instead of wanting more from the past or future to create imbalance. The atmospheric childhood-like presence created not only by the set design, but the wonderful absolutely BEAUTIFUL score by Bernard Hermann, and the sense of sincerity created within the desperation of Martin Sloan trying to talk to his childhood self is so sincere. The acting is great too, especially Martin Sloan's father near the end who appears as sort of shook, but also, a comforting figure who wants the best for his son, but is also weirded out by seeing him as an old man. It's so fucking brilliant, it really is. Really cinematic feel to it, too. They somehow mastered the show in the fifth fucking episode and nothing comes close to beating it. Not even To Serve Man and The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street. A television episode with this kind of pure sincerity couldn't be made today.

 

[RumblyTumbly]

I re-watched the entire original series last year, and it was a blast. So many great gems. I can't even begin to name them all. Twilight Zone is right up there with Star Trek as having so many episode references and parodies throughout the decades.

Although I have to say, the last episode "The Bewtichin' Pool" was absolutely horrible, and probably the worst episode in the series. I was like "fuck...what a shitty note to leave on". But I think towards the end they were starting to run out of ideas anyone (At one point, I caught myself saying "Another evil doll one?" lol).

 

[Stardust]

The show is great, but that is the problem with a remake. The remake either has to redo an episode we know the twist to, or the remake has to steer away from its predecessor's episodes, leaving only so many options and more than likely underwhelming.

Twilight Zone is, again, great, but it is incredible the first time watching. I still watch episodes every morning on SyFy, and try to catch things overlooked before though.

 

[The Pink Panther]

Although I have to say, the last episode "The Bewtichin' Pool" was absolutely horrible, and probably the worst episode in the series. I was like "fuck...what a shitty note to leave on". But I think towards the end they were starting to run out of ideas anyone (At one point, I caught myself saying "Another evil doll one?" lol).

The Fear was originally supposed the swan song of the series. The Bewitchin' Pool was held back in production due to the whole dubbing situation, which pretty much cemented itself as being the worst produced episode of the show just based on those production troubles alone.

Even if the episode I mentioned was the finale, that also wouldn't have been a good finishing point, as at that point Rod was pretty much saying "ha ha, lol the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" which was pretty damn basic.

 

[The Pink Panther]

Also, not to doublepost, but here's my power top 20 for those who want to watch episodes to get into the series:

20. Judgement Night
19. The After Hours
18. Shadow Play
17. Two
16. Number Twelve Looks Just Like You
15. Five Characters In Search Of An Exit
14. The Silence
13. Deaths-Head Revisited
12. A Piano In The House
11. Long Live Walter Jameson
10. It’s A Good Life
9. A Game of Pool
8. The Eye of the Beholder
7. The Changing of The Guard
6. Perchance To Dream
5. A World Of Difference
4. The Obsolete Man
3. To Serve Man
2. The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
1. Walking Distance

 

[Mr. ShadowCreek]

I re-watched the entire original series last year, and it was a blast. So many great gems. I can't even begin to name them all. Twilight Zone is right up there with Star Trek as having so many episode references and parodies throughout the decades.

Although I have to say, the last episode "The Bewtichin' Pool" was absolutely horrible, and probably the worst episode in the series. I was like "fuck...what a shitty note to leave on". But I think towards the end they were starting to run out of ideas anyone (At one point, I caught myself saying "Another evil doll one?" lol).

I remember in "The Bewtichin' Pool" the girls accent changes between worlds. It goes from a Southern accent to more city accent. I think it was never explained either. It was weird.

 

[Jason Wynn]

The original series is one of my favorite TV shows and still holds up today.

The 80s revival, while not as good as the original, I still really enjoy and consider it a worthy successor.

The 2000s revival was....ok. It had some dumb episodes, but it's not as bad as people tend to paint it. It's worth at least one watch.

This newest reboot I don't even want to see. Just looks like your standard woketard shit to me.

 

[The Pink Panther]

I remember in "The Bewtichin' Pool" the girls accent changes between worlds. It goes from a Southern accent to more city accent. I think it was never explained either. It was weird.

They bought in June Foray (yes, THAT June Foray) to dub her voice because apparently in the filming of the outside scenes they couldn't fucking hear her.

So it sounds fucking weird hearing this 46-year-old woman (at the time) play this fucking 12-year-old girl. Basically, the voice of Rocky as a real-life girl.

 

[heyitsmike]

Also, not to doublepost, but here's my power top 20 for those who want to watch episodes to get into the series:

20. Judgement Night
19. The After Hours
18. Shadow Play
17. Two
16. Number Twelve Looks Just Like You
15. Five Characters In Search Of An Exit
14. The Silence
13. Deaths-Head Revisited
12. A Piano In The House
11. Long Live Walter Jameson
10. It’s A Good Life
9. A Game of Pool
8. The Eye of the Beholder
7. The Changing of The Guard
6. Perchance To Dream
5. A World Of Difference
4. The Obsolete Man
3. To Serve Man
2. The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
1. Walking Distance

No "The Hitch-Hiker"? Inger Stevens was fine as hell.

 

[The Pink Panther]

No "The Hitch-Hiker"? Inger Stevens was fine as hell.

It's a great episode.

Just not on my top 20.