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re: What is the greatest Twilight Zone episode?
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:01 am to hogcard1964
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:01 am to hogcard1964
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Ever notice what actor plays the main alien?
Richard Kiel aka Jaws.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:06 am to burger bearcat
My obsession with nostalgia makes my favorites:
Walking Distance (man happens by his home town and finds that he's back interacting with his childhood self and his young parents)
A Stop at Willoughby (man has daily dreams on the commuter train of a stop in a town that seems to exist in the idyllic past)
One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty (1985) (man returns home and finds himself back in time and mentoring his younger self, trying to give himself a happier life by setting the boy on a different career path and patching up his relationship with his father)
Walking Distance (man happens by his home town and finds that he's back interacting with his childhood self and his young parents)
A Stop at Willoughby (man has daily dreams on the commuter train of a stop in a town that seems to exist in the idyllic past)
One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty (1985) (man returns home and finds himself back in time and mentoring his younger self, trying to give himself a happier life by setting the boy on a different career path and patching up his relationship with his father)
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:15 am to burger bearcat
What I enjoy most about the majority of Twilight Zone episodes is how you can watch them with kids. Shows today are too often either kid shows or child inappropriate.
We've watched a lot of these during family gatherings and everyone enjoys it. To Serve Mankind was a great surprise ending and one that later kept us laughing for days. The shows were serious, but like horror movies, you could laugh at after.
We've watched a lot of these during family gatherings and everyone enjoys it. To Serve Mankind was a great surprise ending and one that later kept us laughing for days. The shows were serious, but like horror movies, you could laugh at after.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:21 am to burger bearcat
Since most of the others have been mentioned in the thread I’ll go with the midnight sun. It always stuck with me for some reason
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:38 am to randybobandy
Yep
Posted on 9/16/21 at 10:04 am to Fewer Kilometers
The Willoughby story is a great one
Posted on 9/16/21 at 10:53 am to mauser
I like so many that it's tough to pick a favorite. But I'll mention one that hasn't been yet: The Hunt.
It's just such a simple concept yet so well-executed. And ultimately it's a sweet story at its heart.
Also, I feel like I have to say this at this point, since it keeps being misnamed. But the episode is called "To Serve Man," it's not "mankind." If we're talking about best TZ episodes, let's at least respect it enough to name it correctly.
It's just such a simple concept yet so well-executed. And ultimately it's a sweet story at its heart.
Also, I feel like I have to say this at this point, since it keeps being misnamed. But the episode is called "To Serve Man," it's not "mankind." If we're talking about best TZ episodes, let's at least respect it enough to name it correctly.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 10:58 am to burger bearcat
Any episode with time travel peaks my interest.
Execution
Back There
Odyssey of Flight 33
A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
A King of Stopwatch
Execution
Back There
Odyssey of Flight 33
A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
A King of Stopwatch
Posted on 9/16/21 at 12:00 pm to burger bearcat
It might be easier to list those that weren't great.
Another aspect, that has been discussed many times, is the list of future movie and TV starts that appeared on Twilight Zone.
Hardly an episode without someone that you recognize.
Another aspect, that has been discussed many times, is the list of future movie and TV starts that appeared on Twilight Zone.
Hardly an episode without someone that you recognize.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 12:42 pm to CocomoLSU
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I like so many that it's tough to pick a favorite. But I'll mention one that hasn't been yet: The Hunt.
An excellent episode and it ends with such a true statement........
"You see, Mr. Simpson, a man, well, he'll walk right into Hell with both eyes open. But even the Devil can't fool a dog!"
TV was so much better back then IMO
Posted on 9/16/21 at 3:08 pm to Dale Murphy
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Big fan of The Howling Man
My favorite episode as well
Posted on 9/16/21 at 3:30 pm to mauser
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The Willoughby story is a great one
In the movie Everybody Wants Some, the character "Willoughby" (played by Kurt Russell's son) is a Twilight Zone obsessed college baseball player.
Spoiler:
He turns out to be a thirty year old man who relives his past by jumping from one college team to the other.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:01 pm to burger bearcat
Another one I like a lot is "The Grave". It has a pretty loaded cast.
Strother Martin
Lee Marvin
Lee Van Cleef
James Best
That was some pretty impressive star power for one episode
Strother Martin
Lee Marvin
Lee Van Cleef
James Best
That was some pretty impressive star power for one episode
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:06 pm to burger bearcat
Living Doll is awesome
My favorites are
The one where Darren flips a dime on its side and can read minds
The one where Burgess Meredith survives the apocalypse only to have his reading glasses break
The one where the guy lives in a glass room for a year.
My favorites are
The one where Darren flips a dime on its side and can read minds
The one where Burgess Meredith survives the apocalypse only to have his reading glasses break
The one where the guy lives in a glass room for a year.
This post was edited on 9/16/21 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:11 pm to alajones
Another good one is The Silence, where the guys make a bet for half a million that one can’t stay silent for a year. And in the end the bettor admits he lost his fortune years ago, and the bettee admits that he had his vocal cords severed to win the bet.
I also always liked Five Strangers in Search of an Exit.
I also always liked Five Strangers in Search of an Exit.
This post was edited on 9/16/21 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:58 pm to burger bearcat
An interesting episode that stood out as an oddity in the catalog was the Twilight Zone version of Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce. It's probably the only adaptation in the series, as far as I recall. Great atmospheric little piece that absolutely fit in well with the mindset of the show, though many of the original viewers were probably already familiar with the story.
I liked the creepier ones...The Hitch-Hiker deserves a mention, an episode in which an attractive female driver can't seem to shake the persistent presence of a man seeking a ride.
I liked the creepier ones...The Hitch-Hiker deserves a mention, an episode in which an attractive female driver can't seem to shake the persistent presence of a man seeking a ride.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:42 pm to burger bearcat
Watch - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.
It’s actually a French short film - so not a Twilight Zone original. Beautiful filmmaking. No dialogue. Appeared on season 5.
Sterling’s intro.:
“Tonight, a presentation so special and unique that for the first time in the five years we've been presenting The Twilight Zone, we're offering a film shot in France by others. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival of 1962, as well as other international awards, here is a haunting study of the incredible from the past master of the incredible, Ambrose Bierce. Here is the French production of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
It’s actually a French short film - so not a Twilight Zone original. Beautiful filmmaking. No dialogue. Appeared on season 5.
Sterling’s intro.:
“Tonight, a presentation so special and unique that for the first time in the five years we've been presenting The Twilight Zone, we're offering a film shot in France by others. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival of 1962, as well as other international awards, here is a haunting study of the incredible from the past master of the incredible, Ambrose Bierce. Here is the French production of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
This post was edited on 9/16/21 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:54 pm to CocomoLSU
I like escape clause
Posted on 9/16/21 at 10:26 pm to burger bearcat
The kicking can - is that what it’s called?
Posted on 9/17/21 at 12:28 am to DLauw
Yes, they're all available on Paramount +
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