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I'm not asking for your favorite episode, I'm asking for what is objectively the best episode of The Twilight Zone. My answer is The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. 
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Sep 16, 2015 20:03
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I dont know i dont really remember ever watching it sicne its so old and im a millenial
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Sep 16, 2015 20:04
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Nooner posted:I dont know i dont really remember ever watching it sicne its so old and im a millenial k
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Sep 16, 2015 20:04
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I don't remember the plot very well but some sort of terrible irony was involved.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:05
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I think i saw one when i was little where like the mannequins in a department store like came to life or something, or maybe just one of them did?
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Sep 16, 2015 20:07
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Nooner posted:I think i saw one when i was little where like the mannequins in a department store like came to life or something, or maybe just one of them did? that was Dr. Who, dummy
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Sep 16, 2015 20:08
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I only remember a few but I liked them all just about the same. The writing was always good, I'm sure there were some bad episodes but I don't remember. The mannequin episode where each mannequin gets to be a normal person one day out of the year and the pocket watch that stopped time were especially good.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:08
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Hector Beerlioz posted:that was Dr. Who, dummy oh yeah well than what is that guy above me talking about thne, JERK!
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Sep 16, 2015 20:09
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there was the one where they're playing a game of football but one of the players looks down and he's holding a baseball and he's like huh and it turns out he'd been playing baseball the whole time
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Sep 16, 2015 20:09
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Nooner posted:oh yeah well than what is that guy above me talking about thne, JERK! I thought you were talking about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9HCzAXoDI8 Sorry Nooner
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Sep 16, 2015 20:12
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The airplane one scared the poo poo out of me when I was a kid.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:12
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People like that Burgess Meredith one.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:13
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jiharlequinade posted:People like that Burgess Meredith one. That one ruins my day if I watch it
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Sep 16, 2015 20:13
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The one where three astronauts crash onto an alien world and they're radio is busted so they're stranded. They eventually go crazy and the last one walks over a hill and sees a sign that says "Reno, 5 miles"
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Sep 16, 2015 20:14
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i like "Welcome to Winfield", "The Convict's Piano", and "Shelter Skelter"
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Sep 16, 2015 20:14
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:i like "Welcome to Winfield", "The Convict's Piano", and "Shelter Skelter" Explain why, please.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:15
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Hector Beerlioz posted:Explain why, please. idk dude theyre cool and also from 80s twilight zone which no one talks about i forgot about the button one with the button to get money but kill someone
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Sep 16, 2015 20:19
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Hector Beerlioz posted:That one ruins my day if I watch it Having that kind of an effect does speak to its quality.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:20
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hello boils and goons, what are everyones graveorite deadisodes of tales from the crypt i like the one w/ christopher reeves cannibal diner and also the one with ben stein and the simpsons guy stealing souls
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Sep 16, 2015 20:22
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jiharlequinade posted:Having that kind of an effect does speak to its quality.  Also, feel free to talk about the following shows: The Twilight Zone The 80s Twilight Zone The Outer Limits The 90s Outer limits Amazing Stories Monsters Tales From the Crypt Let's make this an episodic scifi show thread in light of my lovely op.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:24
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The one where tiny aliens land in an old woman's attic and chase her around with miniature rayguns. https://youtu.be/n99iNW9595o
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Sep 16, 2015 20:27
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Monsters on Maple Street is a very solid episode that nicely hits all the hallmarks of 60s sci-fi. I don't think it's my favorite though, I'll have to think about which one that would be. I think one of my least favorites is the one where some people see a UFO and all hide in a roadside diner, and they conclude somehow that one of them must be secretly a martian(?), but SPOILERS the martian is actually the soda jerk working at the diner. The paranoia idea is a good one well-suited to Twilight Zone (see also Monsters Are Due On Maple Street!) but it's really obvious that they are ignoring the one other character, and that's if the premise of "one of you MUST be an alien!" even made sense in the first place. Good idea, awful execution.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:32
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Crash_N_Burn posted:The one where tiny aliens land in an old woman's attic and chase her around with miniature rayguns. I like this one a lot too, even if it's mostly for the gimmick of (nearly) no spoken dialog. I really like when shows try occasional high-concept episodes. That reminds me, there was one where a bumbling janitor activates a time machine and the episode suddenly becomes a silent movie with title cards for all the dialog. Great gimmick, but the episode was mostly a slapstick comedy iirc.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:39
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Ralp posted:Monsters on Maple Street is a very solid episode that nicely hits all the hallmarks of 60s sci-fi. I don't think it's my favorite though, I'll have to think about which one that would be. I thought the driver was the martian and the soda jerk was a venusian?
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Sep 16, 2015 20:41
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started working my way through the 80s one, i'd say the one where that lady freezes time was pretty good. had a pretty off the wall ending.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:43
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the one where a man goes on a train and weird things happen!!! and the plastic surgery clones episode.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:48
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Hector Beerlioz posted:
In the 90's Outer Limits there are two episodes that come to my mind. Trial by Fire, and The Light Brigade.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:57
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The one where things don't go quite according to plan...
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Sep 16, 2015 20:58
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I like the one where they found out that somebody HAD killed Hitler, only to take his place, and that the real Hitler was actually a pretty decent guy
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Sep 16, 2015 20:59
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Peanut President posted:I thought the driver was the martian and the soda jerk was a venusian? Oh hmm, that rings a bell. I might be wrong about everything.
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Sep 16, 2015 21:03
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Hector Beerlioz posted:
Was it an Amazing Stories episode that had Sherman Hemsley as a schoolteacher who gets challenged by the Devil to give him a task he can't accomplish? I liked that episode. Granted, I was like 9 or something.
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Sep 16, 2015 21:09
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^^ that's I of Newton Original series: The Howling Man (Satan is locked up in a monastery); The Invaders (mute woman attacked by spacemen); The Masks (dying rich guy deals with his greedy family). 80s version: The Shadow Man (boogeyman lives under a kid's bed and fucks everyone's poo poo up), A Small Talent for War (aliens threaten to destroy earth unless mankind can get its poo poo together), I of Newton (a mathematician has to outwit a demon to save his soul) Those last two are under 10 minutes each and are among the best parts of the 80s series IMHO. Kuato posted:started working my way through the 80s one, i'd say the one where that lady freezes time was pretty good. had a pretty off the wall ending. A Little Peace and Quiet, that one's good too.
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Sep 16, 2015 21:09
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Talking Tina because, who loves ya baby
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Sep 16, 2015 21:12
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Ralp posted:Oh hmm, that rings a bell. I might be wrong about everything. You might have it right, I just remember the ending being "lol at humans" and then other guy goes "yeah they are dumb, almost as dumb as the jerks from your planet". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHomWdiXch0 Here's the ending
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Sep 17, 2015 01:28
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Hector Beerlioz posted:
the outer limits episodes where a woman transforms back into an alien was cool. also the one where usa nukes an ufo when everyone else tries to negotiate and the aliens wipe america away the best original twilight zone episode were the four eyes trying to read books and how to serve man
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Sep 17, 2015 01:32
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The one with the creepy kid who could send people to the cornfield with his mind. Also I wish the 80's series would be available on Netflix or Hulu or something. I have the 2003 UPN series on DVD, and you can find the original everywhere, but not that drat 80's series.
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Sep 17, 2015 01:40
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All the Burgess Meredith ones.
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Sep 17, 2015 01:41
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The one where the guy is put on death row but is trying to persuade everyone he is stuck in a repetitive dream
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Sep 17, 2015 01:48
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All the ones written by Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont.
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Sep 17, 2015 01:51
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Always had an affection for the lesser known William Shatner episode where they're in the diner with the little fortune telling machine and he becomes obsessed with it. He just goes from seemingly normal to batshit crazy so fast.
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Sep 17, 2015 01:52
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