Screened so many but maybe i should choose the eye of the beholder the lighting the use of shadow and the twist it was amazing even if i think enough time at last is my biggest fear
Hmmm, I'm not sure if it's the Twilight Zone, old or new or something, but I remember a story where a cure was developed for something and they decide to spread it globaly through vapor by throwing it into a vulcano. Many, many years later the side-effects manifest, loss of sanity. World's population affected. And the story follows a monologue or dialogue of two last sane people, and after the story is told, one man walks into the rain, knowing there is nothing to be done.
The eye of the beholder 100% When I was a kid it was the first episode i watched and it stuck with me all this time. Whenever i thought of the twilight zone it was "The eye of the beholder", and I thought everything else about the show was just weird, but that episode actually sacred me and left a mark. It was one of the reasons I watched when it was on even though I thought it was weird, to see if any other episodes would have the same effect.
The MAGA mob gives me Chills...Trump gives me Chills...the GOP gives me chills!!!.The FOX news loonies gives me Chilld!!...Thats not fiction...its happening right now..BE AWARE
Nothing in the dark really helped me get over my fear of death. The way he says "what you feared would come as an explosion, is more like a whisper." It really gave me an optimistic perspective of death. Love the channel and the show.
I've loved The Twilight Zone since I was very little. I'm 32 now and the show has gotten older, but the message and power of the show hasn't dulled even a bit all these decades later. Rod Serling was a man of rare character and talent. He had an astounding ability to show us the foibles of our nature. It also benefited from some excellent writers like Richard Matheson and numerous talented actors.
My favorites--I have too many favorites but I will list about five 1. Five Characters Search Of Exit 2. Monsters Due On Maple Street 3. To Serve Man 4. Nightmare At 20,000 Feet 5. Number Twelve Looks Just Like You---THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THIS ONE!!
They do have a rather interesting point 'n click pc game that I love. It's fairly cinema-esque and definitely pretty good at getting the horror across.
Where we go when we're dead is up to our own divinity and understanding of the world, whether we believe in good or evil there will always be two places for where our soul goes
Wrong...dead wrong. Such a Manichaean POV is the viewpoint of fanatics, fools and children, NOT thinking beings. Anyone claiming to know for sure is lying.
Lacey Stephens- Not off hand. HULU or NETFLIX perhaps? Actually, if you've got fifty dollars to spend, as I did, you can buy the entire series on DVD from Walmart.
Yeah. Great point. After all, there have NEVER been any communist spies and suspicions ALWAYS turned into lunacy, especially with masculine males stabilizing things and ensuring that things remain at a reasonable, just and conscientious level, which surely isn't a significant factor nowadays with such influence being suppressed deliberately.
When I was 6, I started watching The Twilight Zone and apparently said a bunch of cryptic crap whenever somebody asked me a question. I also memorized the intro and would recite it at random times, which freaked people out. The first episode I watched was Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, and I watched it because my 6 year old brain thought it was an old episode of Star Trek.
Something a lot of people do not know is the guy who created the twilight zone Rod Serling was a WW2 veteran. He fought in the pacific theatre. He puts a lot of what he saw into the Twilight zone.
I've always thought humanity must be a little mad. To live your life, strive, hope, achieve, dream, but all the while knowing no matter what you do it all ends the same in a known reality that is terrifying only perhaps followed by an unknown that is completely unknown. The fact that we are able to brush our impending doom aside day after day and function, seems almost a feat of utter insanity.
Depends on your POV...I have come to the conclusion that death being inevitable means it's all the more important to live a life that I can be glad I say I lived. This comes from seeing and experiencing certain things in real life that lay far beyond the boundaries of the accepted. Then I contrast these things with humans' arrogance in the perennial idea that, yes, our ancestors knew less than we did but, by (insert deity or lack thereof of your choice), we've got it figured out this time! But that is a self-serving lie. On some matters, you may have improved, yes. But the human mind has limits, regardless of the era. It's why we give the unknown things names and the closest approximations we can come up with. But is it even close to as right as we like to pretend?
I remeber in 5th grade we use to watch a bunch of these episodes, later doing worksheets discussing the morality and effects of the conflicts. Those were the best days
Last year my friend's english teacher watched The Monsters are Due on Maple Street and did a worksheet on it. I ended up asking the teacher for a copy of the worksheet so that I could do it at home.
Yes, war was hell, and in fiction he had an outlet to vent his feelings about his experiences. And yet this same troubled soul could pen such beautiful and poignant pieces of nostalgia, like "Walking Distance". Serling was special.
"Once Upon A Time" is one that doesn't get near-enough love...while obstensibly a comedic ode to the silent film era which starred the ONLY silent film star to appear on The Twilight Zone, Buster Keaton, it takes the idea of fear of the future and flips it on its head, in this case, the unknown future is the present-day (i.e. 1950's) and his present is, of course, turn-of-the-century America (silent film era)...a sort of a different what-if, this time asking the question of how a person from the past would react to the present...which answers itself comedically yet also poignantly... I think at some point someone should take a look at the Twilight Zone comedies, as they do exist and are every bit as meaningful as any of the more serious and frightening episodes of the program...😊
I loved the episode mostly because Buster Keaton was in it. Anyway his character Milligan borrowed the time machine from the Professor to travel into the future in the hopes that it would be better. He ends up feeling intimidated by all the technology of the 1960s and wanted so badly to get back home. Rollo, on the other hand wanted to go back to the 1890s because he was nostalgic for "the good old days." When Mulligan and Rollo return to 1890 Mulligan was more grateful for what he did have. Rollo couldn't handle life in the past because he was used to moden technology of 1962. So he was sent back to the future. So the moral here is the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
Great essay, and a good reminder of why The Twilight Zone is one of the greatest TV shows of all time, and why it remains relevant after so many years. It's hard to pick just one favorite episode of The Twilight Zone, but if I was forced to pick I'd probably go with the season 1 episode called "A Stop at Willoughby".
don't think i've ever come across someone else whos fav episode is a stop at willoughby. it gets mentioned occasionally on best of list but not usually anyones top favorite. something about that scene where it's snowing at night, only to wake up to a bright sunny warm day. willoughby.. willoughby.. NEXT STOP willoughby!!
"A Stop at Willoughby" taps into a theme that Mr. Serling visited more than once: the desire to go somewhere nicer, and/or to return to happier times of the past. How great would it be to rid ourselves of today's problems and enter a serene fantasy world. But with the Willoughby episode, things clearly take a dark turn ... or is it so dark? The protagonist may have gotten his fondest wish.
@@eduardo_corrochio i figured when you were talking about that specific theme, you may have also had that episode in mind. it's such a great episode as well. especially being inspired by Rod himself. that man was such a gem among men. so ahead of his time with his art.
I suggest that anyone who likes Twilight Zone should give the short stories written by Richard Matheson a try (author of 'I Am Legend'). Some of his stories were turned into Twilight Zone episodes. P.s. Richard Matheson is one of main people who influenced Stephen King.
Rod Serling was a true genius.Unfortunately, he burned himself out on Twilight Zone and seemingly lost all his creative abilities when it came to his next series Night Gallery
In 7th grade we read the script or something like that of 'Monster's on Maple Street' and had to study themes in it, especially fear and we had to write a 5 minute screenplay based on the same themes as a group. My group wrote a 45-minute screenplay and we were the only ones who read it. I have snice lost the document though...
The Twilight Zone is one of my favorite sci-fi and philosophical anthology series. Thanks for the video. Also thanks for all your videos! I just recently discovered your channel and have been enjoying all of the content!
Don't waste your time. Typical woke crap. A truly well done show is Black Mirror. Watch it, you will love it. It deals with themes involving technology and explores how morality and tech doesn't always mesh. Well done.
in "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", the neighbors gathered and started to speculate on what was going on. one of the kids claimed it was aliens buy the adults said it was just him reading too much comic books. they speculated to more ground reasons such as military or foreign countries. then at the end it revealed to be aliens.
How lucky I find myself to stumble upon this wonderful video mere days before the 60th anniversary of Rod Serling's enduring series. From the first moments of this video I knew it was going to be special and good-- a keeper. The clips and editing, the narration and writing, the background music-- all just right. It's a distinct pleasure to find a RU-vid video about the TZ that is excellently rendered, artful, respectful, and thought provoking. 👏 PS: My favorite episode is Walking Distance. And that's odd, because I always prefer spooky things over sentiment; but that episode is so touching and nostalgic. It's relatable stuff, and leaves me misty-eyed every time. We yearn for the past, it's human nature. But should we really go home again? Thank you.
I don't mind death as a concept. A total unknown. The be-all end-all that no-one can escape. Gives you motivation to use your time more wisely and be less opinionated.
This has got to be the most intelligent and well-made show of that era of television, and timeless in its storytelling, and I know Serling would love that I'm saying this in 2021. (Don't @ me trekkies)
Thanks to this video both me and one of my sisters started watching this series and we both agree that it is to this day one of the greatest and smartest tv shows to ever been made
"At some point, we all have to return to the unknown." I would like to thank not only God but also Jesus for having found this channel. I have this impression you came from nowhere and swept the rug from under my feet because each video is such a great experience to watch! Now, I never watched The Twilight Zone series because I don't think it ever came to my country, and if it did, it didn't get popular over here, but after this video and finding out of its reboot I sure as hell am going to check it out now! Thanks again, and keep coming with more!
I totally love Rod Serling,. It makes me furious that, if Hitler had accomplished what he WANTED to do, Rod Serling would have been one of the victims. He was Jewish and he didn't seem like a bad person at all. He didn't even agree with people who value money over people.
The first time i watched Twilight Zone, was when i was about 13 or 14, and was the remake with Forest Whitaker I always liked time travel histories and that one with the woman going back in time to kill Hitler as a baby is still one of my favorites
I loved watching it again once I was older. It's an exceptional delve back through history, highlighting the cultural morals, values, fears, music, storytelling, etc of the 1960s America.
excellent vid. i was born in 1968 so didn't get to watch the show first run but it was never off the air during my entire lifteime and very happy to say i've seen every episode. in addition to some of the greatest acting in television history it's all too easy for people to forget how ahead of its time this show was especially late 50's early 60's at the heart of the red scare and right after the McCarthy era and american society was changing rapidly and alot of people were opposed to the changes and many not at all ready for them. plus television back then was for the most part very nerdy and family friendly it's amazing the show was ever allowed on the air let alone that it became an all time classic.
"It's an alternate world where the people have forgotten the mistakes of the past, and willingly repeat them" Yes, unlike the real world where we definitely don't make the exact same mistakes every century or so
The return to the unknown realization is something I've been using to impress people for years now and I'm kinda ticked off someone else came up with the same ideas. Lol great vid
Just discovered this channel and couldn't stop watching - the analysis is on-point, unique, interesting yet different from many other film analysis channels! Keep this going - can't wait for your next videos!!
Good. Very good. New sub. Watched 1/2 of the one on dystopias but stopped until i could watch the Lobster. This was the next I chose. As I said. Subscribed.
You are entering a dangerous territory, filled with unclear messages and the slow feeling of disappointment that continuously rising. Welcome to the friend zone.
I encourage anyone and every one to watch "Monsters are due on Maple Street" it's such a good commentary especially now with the socio-political climate the way they are across the world.
For those persons who have the ability and capacity for compassion, analysis and critical thought, many episodes of The Twilight Zone could provide good instruction in overcoming some of the basest fears and anxieties in todays world! Very well done, Thank You!!!
OMG! This was a great video. A lot to pull from what was mentioned. I must admit. I’ve been watching Twilight Zone, since I was 6 or 7 and at 44, the theme music STILL scares me. I still haven’t seen every episode. Growing up, I used to watch single episodes on the local channel. Then, I used to watch marathons on Sci-Fi channel. Not long ago, they had it on Netflix. Twilight Zone is very unique because some episodes can be scary, but others can be thought provoking. Seems there’s something to gain from every episode.
My favorite is "Talky Tina," which my parents always referred to as "Talking Tina." It always terrified me as a child, but my mom's name is Tina, so it now reminds me of her when I watch. It's all about treating your family with love and not letting something come between you, even if it's a creepy doll. YOU BETTER BE NICE TO ME...
What is it about the original TZ that's so affecting? They're superior stories, yes, but each has the ability to unsettle and arouse in the viewer a sense of something approaching dread, or mourning, or melancholy. They ask, 'What if all you know and cherish is taken away, or lost or denied you'? which would have resounded in post-War, Red Scare America, on the cusp of real space exploration and actual annihilation. The episode that marks out just how malleable the Twilight Zone formula could be is the brilliant "He's Alive" from Season 4 (1963). Dennis Hopper is awesome as the pathetic dime-store Fascist who gets tutored in the art of oratory and forging a poisonous ideology by History's favourite demagogue.
