Rod Serling is my favorite screenwriter of all-time--and thus it should be no surprise that The Twilight Zone is my favorite TV show ever!
I actually watched Patterns for the first time not long ago. Sorta of like you say, it's okay--not bad, but also not great. It made me think, though, how the sci-fi elements of TZ really helped those become Serling's best works. He could pull no punches in those universes without getting roasted by the heavy censors of that McCarthyism Era.
Thanks for reading! I unfortunately see the readership stats, and this post did NOT do well. (I get it; it’s not a good essay. It’s too rambling. I stick by the Olivier song, though, he's great.)
It was pretty wild to see Jack Palance actually doing some darn good acting in “Heavyweight.” I always assumed he was Bad Guy or Bust.
Serling's the best. Sure, he's preachy. What of it? Is he WRONG on anything he's preachy about? I don’t think so.
You're of course totally right on how Serling could put his opinions into sci-fi and that made people accept them more. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
Rod Serling is my favorite screenwriter of all-time--and thus it should be no surprise that The Twilight Zone is my favorite TV show ever!
I actually watched Patterns for the first time not long ago. Sorta of like you say, it's okay--not bad, but also not great. It made me think, though, how the sci-fi elements of TZ really helped those become Serling's best works. He could pull no punches in those universes without getting roasted by the heavy censors of that McCarthyism Era.
Thanks for reading! I unfortunately see the readership stats, and this post did NOT do well. (I get it; it’s not a good essay. It’s too rambling. I stick by the Olivier song, though, he's great.)
It was pretty wild to see Jack Palance actually doing some darn good acting in “Heavyweight.” I always assumed he was Bad Guy or Bust.
Serling's the best. Sure, he's preachy. What of it? Is he WRONG on anything he's preachy about? I don’t think so.
You're of course totally right on how Serling could put his opinions into sci-fi and that made people accept them more. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.