Author Topic: The twilight zone  (Read 7757 times)

You unlock this door with the key of imagination, behind it is another dimension, a dimension of sound, of sight and of the mind.  It is a dimension of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas.  You are now crossing into; The Twilight Zone!


I was born too late to enjoy it when it was made (somewhere in the 50's), but man, it is probably the most well written, thought provoking show on television.  They are filled with nightmarish irony, mostly making a supernatural situation make logical sense.

I just finished watching "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", basic storyline:

UFO flies over maple street, all appliances including cars stop working, people think it was a meteor, and because it came so close, everything must have had a power surge.
They decide to go downtown, an old man decides to go to the next block to see if it is having the same problem.
Kid tells them not to leave because "they" don't want them leaving, and that he read that they send a group of aliens disguised as humans to prepare the ship for landing in his books.
They don't believe him, then get into a car, car won't start.
They decide to walk into town, but then joke that they should check if everyone is who they think they are.
Everyone gets worried and takes it seriously.
One car starts, it belongs to a very mysterious man, who didn't seem to care much about the situation.
Rumours spread about a man who gets up at 3 am and looks at the sky.
Everyone turns on him.
He explains he has insomnia.
They all light candles and camp out at his front yard.
One person starts arguing with another.
The man's wife had told them all he had been working on some kind of radio in his basement.
Turns out to just be a ham radio.
He gets defensive and argues some more.
A man starts walking towards them from the darkness.
They accuse him of being the monster from outer space.
The man who has been accusing everyone and arguing shoots him.
Turns out to be the old man who went to see if the other blocks were having the problem too.
They all turn on him.
He runs to his house.
They throw rocks at his house and him, he accuses the boy who told them all about the invasion.
Everyone starts arguing and fighting.
The whole street is being destroyed and people start killing each other.
The camera pans out to a flying saucer and two human figures, they remark that if you make some appliances break and flicker a few lights, the planet destroys itself.
They say that maple street is in no way unique.
They fly away into space.


Many of you may know about "tower of terror" at disneyland and disney world, this is part of the twilight zone, the story and the ride opened at the same time, as a halloween special.  In futurama, "The Scary Door", was making fun of twilight zone.  Also, the famous "gremlin" story of the gremlin tearing the wing of the plane apart during a storm was a twilight zone episode.

Probably one of my favorite shows.

The gremlin one when the guy looked out the window and the gremlin was RIGHT ON THE loving WINDOW
That loving scared me.

But yeah, The twilight zone is loving awesome. There's also comics on it.

The gremlin one when the guy looked out the window and the gremlin was RIGHT ON THE loving WINDOW
That loving scared me.

But yeah, The twilight zone is loving awesome. There's also comics on it.
do you have to say the f word all the time? and it wasnt scary, it wasso not scary, i think 4 year olds watch it.

Yes. I love this show.

do you have to say the f word all the time?
I you can't handle swear words then you shouldn't be on the internet.

do you have to say the f word all the time? and it wasnt scary, it wasso not scary, i think 4 year olds watch it.

Get out. It's an abolsute classic, and if you can't realize that, then maybe you should stop critisizing it.

I once made a thread of this show on New Years day.

It's basically a tradition for my family to watch The Twilight Zone New Years marathon each year :o

I once made a thread of this show on New Years day.

It's basically a tradition for my family to watch The Twilight Zone New Years marathon each year :o

Oh yes. My dad and I watch the New Years marathon and the July 4th marathon on SyFy.

Oh yes. My dad and I watch the New Years marathon and the July 4th marathon on SyFy.
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There's two marathons?

Why wasn't I informed D:

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There's two marathons?

Why wasn't I informed D:

Yes, I think the other one is 4th of July but I am not completely sure.

Yes, I think the other one is 4th of July but I am not completely sure.
I'll be sure to watch it.

Also: http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/show/237/summary.html

THIS SHOW SUCKS ITS NOT SCARY, JUST STUPID

THIS SHOW SUCKS ITS NOT SCARY, JUST STUPID
GOD KIDS NOWADAYS AMIRITE

THIS SHOW SUCKS ITS NOT SCARY, JUST STUPID
says the guy with the dancing gir avatar

THIS SHOW SUCKS ITS NOT SCARY, JUST STUPID
Hey forget head. Opinions exist for a damn reason. starfish.