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ChesterJT posted: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. That is a good one New page  Let's go with the plastic surgery one, where everyone is ugly
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Let's go with the plastic surgery one, where everyone is hot
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Sep 17, 2015 02:04
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If I were to pick one, it'd be "Midnight Sun." That's the one where Earth is moving towards the sun and everyone is dying from the heat. In the end, it's revealed that it had all been a fevered dream of the main character, and Earth is actually moving away from the sun and everyone is freezing to death. Good poo poo.
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ChesterJT posted: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. Really great one everyone seems to forget. The fortune telling machine was always kind of eerie looking.  I like "The Silence." Loud braggart dude severs his vocal cords in order to win a high-money bet with a rich aristocrat who bets him he can't stay quiet for a year. Turns out the rich aristocrat was penniless and was only keeping up appearances, never thinking the guy would actually go through with and win the bet 
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Sep 17, 2015 02:21
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Retail Slave posted:The one with the creepy kid who could send people to the cornfield with his mind. I've started working my way through it, got off to a promising start but seems to be going off the rails. The DVDs are really bad quality, like vhs quality.
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Sep 17, 2015 06:38
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Kuato posted:I've started working my way through it, got off to a promising start but seems to be going off the rails. The DVDs are really bad quality, like vhs quality. 
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Sep 17, 2015 06:39
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To Serve Man.
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Sep 17, 2015 07:15
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ajrosales posted:To Serve Man. aww gently caress, so good. Definitely heading to my local library tomorrow to pick up some seasons for some weekend binge watching (they have the complete series  )
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Sep 17, 2015 07:35
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Okay, I am a complete Twilight Zone scrub, but I just watched the one with the mathematician and a devil, and hot drat. That is some seriously tight writing. Thank you kindly thread for the recommendations, currently watching 'To Serve Man'. Again, killer writing!
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Sep 17, 2015 08:55
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ajrosales posted:To Serve Man. yeah also cool song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJldXDWhpvA
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Sep 17, 2015 09:00
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you fucks it's the one where the guy turns into hitler and he says oh no im hitler im literally hitler
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Sep 17, 2015 09:41
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The best Twilight zone is the one where the old hunter drowns trying to save his dog and they go to purgatory and he refuses to go to heaven because the gatekeeper says dogs aren't allowed but it turns out it was just Lucifer trying to trick him and they DO get into heaven! This episode makes me feel feelings which is a rare occurrence.
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Sep 17, 2015 09:55
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The one where the retard kid could make stuff happen/appear by thinking about it. His mom died and he wanted her back and welp
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Sep 17, 2015 09:58
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I really like the episode called "Steel" with Lee Marvin as the manager of an old out of date boxing robot looking for one last good bout. And I will say that when I saw the 80s Twilight episode "A Little Peace and Quiet" for the first time it was pretty goddamn scary with the ending. That was peak 80s cold war time.
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Sperghetti posted:The best Twilight zone is the one where the old hunter drowns trying to save his dog and they go to purgatory and he refuses to go to heaven because the gatekeeper says dogs aren't allowed but it turns out it was just Lucifer trying to trick him and they DO get into heaven! That was a good one. And a good dog
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Sep 17, 2015 15:30
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Why don't they put the hour episodes on Netflix?
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Sep 17, 2015 15:38
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Nthing the 80's peace and quiet one; I also had a soft spot for the one where the guy spends a year 'invisible' but can't bring himself to ignore the girl after his sentence is done.
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Sep 17, 2015 15:41
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ChesterJT posted: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. That's "Nick of Time" - one of my favorite Shatner meltdown episodes! <-- Also my avatar! Super ad filled HULU link to episode here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/440803
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Sep 17, 2015 17:32
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Five Characters in Search of an Exit, it was like a Toy Story prequel.
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Sep 17, 2015 20:50
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The Obsolete Man because the ending is just fantastic. 
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Zeroisanumber posted:I don't remember the plot very well but some sort of terrible irony was involved. Mad Monk posted:I only remember a few but I liked them all just about the same. yeah that's the Twilight Zone effect. I've seen them all, some multiple times (granted, awhile ago) but I have a hard time remembering details. I mean some of the irony/twisty stuff like ITS A COOK BOOK, or the goony guy who survive an apocalypse and wants to read but then his glasses broke. Or the The Stop At Willowby (which is one of my favorite ones) where he's keeps finding himself in some kitschy small town and wants to go back so he jumps off the train and e: then dies, are all cool but you pretty much just remember the irony/twist. I actually can't recall like 90% of the episodes though if someone mentions it it kind of comes back to you. I also remember Night Gallery loving owning but I can't remember a single episode  I think I need to go rewatch all the Night Gallery and Twilight Zone episodes again. Rod Serling loving owns.
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Sep 17, 2015 21:03
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The Fuzzy Hulk posted:Five Characters in Search of an Exit, it was like a Toy Story prequel. Yeah, I think that's definitely one of the great episodes. I'll suggest one that's completely different - A Stop at Willoughby.
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Sep 17, 2015 21:04
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I like "Nothing in the Dark" where a very young Robert Redford plays a kindly vision of Death. Three characters in the whole episode, one room, lots of deep stuff on loneliness and fear and death. Might come across as a bit trite to some people but it's actuall;y good.
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Sep 17, 2015 21:06
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Mover posted:I like "Nothing in the Dark" where a very young Robert Redford plays a kindly vision of Death. Three characters in the whole episode, one room, lots of deep stuff on loneliness and fear and death. Might come across as a bit trite to some people but it's actuall;y good. I don't recall that at all. But that's cool, because it means there's an episode I get to watch for the first time.
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Sep 17, 2015 21:08
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oncearoundaltair posted:I don't recall that at all. But that's cool, because it means there's an episode I get to watch for the first time. if you haven't, watch Night Gallery too.
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Sep 17, 2015 21:09
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the one where they were toys in a salvation army box was sad as poo poo iirc
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Sep 17, 2015 21:10
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Xaris posted:if you haven't, watch Night Gallery too. Noted. Although I'm sure for years it's been on my list of different stuff to watch/read/listen to.
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Sep 17, 2015 21:15
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oncearoundaltair posted:Yeah, I think that's definitely one of the great episodes. I'll suggest one that's completely different - A Stop at Willoughby. Nostalgia kills, a good moral.
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Sep 17, 2015 21:22
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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? you are making me so furious e: oh no wait that was a real one
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Sperghetti posted:The best Twilight zone is the one where the old hunter drowns trying to save his dog and they go to purgatory and he refuses to go to heaven because the gatekeeper says dogs aren't allowed but it turns out it was just Lucifer trying to trick him and they DO get into heaven! That is not the best one but it's very good and probably has the happiest ending of any Twilight Zone.
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Vastarien posted:All the ones written by Richard Matheson Death Ship kind of sucked
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Ralp posted:That is not the best one but it's very good and probably has the happiest ending of any Twilight Zone. The happiest ending is the one where two kids go to live in a magical land to escape their parents' divorce. The portal to this paradise is in the bottom of their pool but they totally didn't drown themselves, seriously guys they're fine. I assume some network censors were involved with that one.
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Ralp posted:That is not the best one but it's very good and probably has the happiest ending of any Twilight Zone. That's a point about happy endings in TZ. Lots of these episodes have unhappy endings or in some cases, tragic. Even dumb sci-fi episodes like the one with Jean Marsh as a robot who lives with a prisoner isolated on a planet - it's really sad. I can't think of a series now that so consistently ended with "You depressed enough yet? Here, watch this ad and be in the mood to buy stuff". 
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Sep 17, 2015 22:09
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This whole thread belongs in the Corn Field for not mentioning It's A Good Life
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Helsing posted:This whole thread belongs in the Corn Field for not mentioning It's A Good Life iirc they did a sequel to that in the 80s series with Bill Mumy all grown up.
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Hector Beerlioz posted:iirc they did a sequel to that in the 80s series with Bill Mumy all grown up. I know that Joe Dante directed a remake of that story as a segment of the movie in 1983(?) e: Yeah, 1983. Bonus: Kevin McCarthy was in it - 
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Sep 17, 2015 22:30
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Ralp posted: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. that bumbling janitor was buster loving Keaton, mister Episode was brilliant. also : the one with the guy that was driven mad and eventually killed by his appliances also : the boxing episode also: the time machine episode with the three bank robbers cannae pick a favorite, the well is far too deep
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Sep 17, 2015 23:16
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It was the one with hitler
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Sep 17, 2015 23:17
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I don't remember the title to the episode but the plot was a spaceship crashed and they were all waiting for the rescue ship to arrive. After years of waiting, the ship arrives and one of the characters decides he doesn't want to go so he runs back into the cave. He changes his mind and runs out just in time to see the rescue ship take off.
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buttcrackmenace posted:that bumbling janitor was buster loving Keaton, mister holy poo poo That is probably the one thing you could say to completely change my mind about the slapstick shtick of the episode, I'll have to rewatch it. 
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