The (New) Twilight Zone - Surprise: Its shit

[XYZpdq]

I forget, did previous narrators mimic Serling's delivery style?

 

[LN 910]

"I've seen that movie" Jordan Peele says as he regurgitates the same themes and plots for everything he makes.

Guy's half white and married a black woman. I don't really see how he's qualified to write anything "woke", he's like a quarter black by blue check standards but they love him because he looks the part.

 

[XYZpdq]

Also I will say that OG TZ wasn't above some random Shoe Man Bad cheap shots at the USSR along with the actual commentary, like that one with the car that made you tell the truth and so they sold it to Krushchev.

 

[The Nothingness]

You missed the best one:

Jordan Peele Puts His Spin On TV's Classic: 'The Twilight Zone'

Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele has created a new version of TV's classic anthology series — The Twilight Zone — for the streaming service CBS All Access. The show debuts April 1.

www.npr.org

One episode, "Replay," features Sanaa Lathan as a woman who rewinds time by pressing buttons on her dead father's camcorder. She's driving her son to a historically black college and uses the camcorder to evade a bigoted sheriff determined to arrest him.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE TWILIGHT ZONE")

SANAA LATHAN: (As Nina Harrison) You've been profiling us, targeting us, following us - shooting us, killing us. Not anymore. Now we crossed the line. My son will cross that gate.

DEGGANS: This speech comes as white cops with drawn guns face a group of mostly black students recording on their cellphones. It's a powerful image, part Black Lives Matter movement, part nod to the Underground Railroad. But much of the plot is fractured and makes little sense, even in the topsy-turvy universe of "The Twilight Zone." This happens often. Powerful scenes are linked together by weak storytelling and too many holes in the narrative.

Even the 2000 iteration of the series had a better episode with a black protagonist.

Spoiler

To sum it up, Ray learns he has brain tumor that his doctor says a treatment from a specialist will be expensive. Ray admits he has no money, no family, and no friends. Depressed at the fact he is not leaving anything behind, Ray leaves and while walking across the street, is hit by a car. He wakes up to find himself in Memphis, TN days before MLK is assassinated where he befriends a black single mother and her son. The son reveals he wants to be a doctor (though he whispers it to Ray and you probably don't figure it out right before the ending) and when Ray learns of the day MLK dies, the episode climaxes to where he either saves the civil rights leader or the son who is about to be hit by an oncoming car. He choose the kid by jumping in front of the car. Waking up in the present where he learns he underwent the surgery and the specialist runs a program that takes care of the needy. Turns out the specialist is the boy he saved.

 

[Megaroad]

I think Mike Stoklasa calling him M. Night Shyamalan during the Us review is more appropriate than he thought it was.

 

[WaltherPPGAY]

"I've seen that movie" Jordan Peele says as he regurgitates the same themes and plots for everything he makes.

Only 3 of the 4 episodes given deal with racism, a new best for Peele!

Guy's half white and married a black woman. I don't really see how he's qualified to write anything "woke", he's like a quarter black by blue check standards but they love him because he looks the part.

He's married to Chelsea Peretti, a Jewish white woman.

 

[LN 910]

Only 3 of the 4 episodes given deal with racism, a new best for Peele!



He's married to Chelsea Peretti, a Jewish white woman.

The worst kind ?????

 

[Cool kitties club]

If I recall correctly, there was a 1980s remake which was pretty good. They just directly remade each episode though.

Well they remade a few episodes like shadow play but most of the show was brand new episodes. The big difference was the variable length of each episode as the show aired in hour long blocks of episodes ranging anywhere from 5-30 minutes.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Well they remade a few episodes like shadow play but most of the show was brand new episodes. The big difference was the variable length of each episode as the show aired in hour long blocks of episodes ranging anywhere from 5-30 minutes.

Seems like I recall that now. Best I remember they were pretty good.

 

[Cool kitties club]

Here’s the Atlantic on the reboot:
They think the show is overly long and dull. The description they give if the show reminds me a lot of the 2000’s twilight zone and why that was bad. I also like obligatory opening mocking right wing trolls for not realizing Serling was a woke progressive as he did a few episodes on racial relations.

 

[Hatoful Dandy]

The worst kind ?????

Even better: her brother co-founded Buzzfeed.

 

[Fagnacious D]

If I recall correctly, there was a 1980s remake which was pretty good. They just directly remade each episode though.

The 1980s version had some interesting episodes. It seems like they took a lot of inspiration from the 60s and managed to make an updated version of it without being terrible.
"A matter of minutes"
A married couple awakens to find reality being constructed around them.

Modernising The Twilight Zone with political hot takes was a bad idea from the get go, but I'm sure it'll sweep the Emmys because Jordan Peele.

Even the 2000 iteration of the series had a better episode with a black protagonist.

Spoiler

To sum it up, Ray learns he has brain tumor that his doctor says a treatment from a specialist will be expensive. Ray admits he has no money, no family, and no friends. Depressed at the fact he is not leaving anything behind, Ray leaves and while walking across the street, is hit by a car. He wakes up to find himself in Memphis, TN days before MLK is assassinated where he befriends a black single mother and her son. The son reveals he wants to be a doctor (though he whispers it to Ray) and when Ray learns of the day MLK dies, the episode climaxes to where he either saves the civil rights leader or the son who is about to be hit by an oncoming car. He choose the kid by jumping in front of the car. Waking up in the present where he learns he underwent the surgery and the specialist runs a program that takes care of the needy. Turns out the specialist is the boy he saved.

I saw a couple of episodes of the 2000s version of the Twilight Zone and it was pretty awful. The remade version of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street". One of the families is strongly hinted to be Muslim. You can see where it's going. It's pretty cringe worthy. The newest twilight zone sounds even more unwatchable than the last.

 

[AnOminous]

The 1980s version had some interesting episodes. It seems like they took a lot of inspiration from the 60s and managed to make an updated version of it without being terrible.
"A matter of minutes"

Most of them sucked, though. There were also a couple good ones written by Harlan Ellison, like the one starring Danny Kaye (right before he died).

 

[CatParty]

I don't know how to describe it, but the original Twilight Zone felt it had rules.

Modernising The Twilight Zone with political hot takes was a bad idea from the get go, but I'm sure it'll sweep the Emmys because Jordan Peele.

An Early Run-In With Censors Led Rod Serling to 'The Twilight Zone'

His failed attempts to bring the Emmett Till tragedy to television forced him to get creative

www.smithsonianmag.com

Did Rod Serling’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Use Sci-Fi to Push Politics Past...

Jordan Peele's "Twilight Zone" reboot led to claims that it was either "newly political" or upholding Serling's legacy.

www.truthorfiction.com

oh. it's always been political

“The writer’s role is to be a menacer of the public’s conscience,” Serling later said. “He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus the issues of his time.”

 

[UE 558]

An Early Run-In With Censors Led Rod Serling to 'The Twilight Zone'

His failed attempts to bring the Emmett Till tragedy to television forced him to get creative

www.smithsonianmag.com

Did Rod Serling’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Use Sci-Fi to Push Politics Past...

Jordan Peele's "Twilight Zone" reboot led to claims that it was either "newly political" or upholding Serling's legacy.

www.truthorfiction.com

oh. it's always been political

Difference though is that Peele’s been handling politics poorly . It’s not wrong to have political commentary in a piece of work as long as it isn’t hamfisted and isn’t something that a fucking teenager would come up with “Fuck Drumpf” or “fuck da police”

 

[In Heaven]

Difference though is that Peele’s been handling politics poorly . It’s not wrong to have political commentary in a piece of work as long as it isn’t hamfisted and isn’t something that a fucking teenager would come up with “Fuck Drumpf” or “fuck da police”

IMO, the problem is that politics will be the ONLY thing the show focuses on. Think of it this way: would YOU want to watch a show that just repeats the same message day after day after day, especially if you have no interest in the topic at hand?

 

[UE 558]

IMO, the problem is that politics will be the ONLY thing the show focuses on. Think of it this way: would YOU want to watch a show that just repeats the same message day after day after day, especially if you have no interest in the topic at hand?

The best kind political commentary is the kind that the lowest common denominator won’t instantly pick up on. It compliments the story, it normally shouldn’t be the crux

 

[Oh Shit I'm Sorry]

You missed the best one:

Jordan Peele Puts His Spin On TV's Classic: 'The Twilight Zone'

Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele has created a new version of TV's classic anthology series — The Twilight Zone — for the streaming service CBS All Access. The show debuts April 1.

www.npr.org

One episode, "Replay," features Sanaa Lathan as a woman who rewinds time by pressing buttons on her dead father's camcorder. She's driving her son to a historically black college and uses the camcorder to evade a bigoted sheriff determined to arrest him.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE TWILIGHT ZONE")

SANAA LATHAN: (As Nina Harrison) You've been profiling us, targeting us, following us - shooting us, killing us. Not anymore. Now we crossed the line. My son will cross that gate.

DEGGANS: This speech comes as white cops with drawn guns face a group of mostly black students recording on their cellphones. It's a powerful image, part Black Lives Matter movement, part nod to the Underground Railroad. But much of the plot is fractured and makes little sense, even in the topsy-turvy universe of "The Twilight Zone." This happens often. Powerful scenes are linked together by weak storytelling and too many holes in the narrative.

"I have gained the ability to time travel. I shall use it to drive my child to school."

 

[Travoltron]

I think Mike Stoklasa calling him M. Night Shyamalan during the Us review is more appropriate than he thought it was.

I keep thinking the same thing.

 

[RumblyTumbly]

We already have a new Twilight Zone.

Its called Black Mirror. It isn't always great, but the hits are awesome.