# Watch the Twilight Zone Marathon with JoeSki **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511 "2005-01-01T02:24:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/1 "2005-01-01T02:24:32Z")
For any one unaware, Sci Fi is playing a uncut Twilight Zone Marathon. I know for damn sure I’m not the only person watching this. Join me, or I’ll unleash armies of mutant bug ants followed by a brigade of evil children with special God like powers. Right now I’m watching an episode where apparently, the earth has been swept off it’s normal course around the sun, and is getting closer and closer to the big ball of burning gas. I’ve seen this already when I was little and knows how it ends. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/2 "2005-01-01T02:31:21Z")
You know…the main character in this story is pretty hot. No pun intended; honest. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/3 "2005-01-01T02:35:25Z")
I’d watch it if I didn’t already own all of them on DVD 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/4 "2005-01-01T02:50:52Z")
Episode: **The Invaders** Some old lady keeps grabbing her head. No idea what’s going on. Lice maybe? ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/5 "2005-01-01T03:00:13Z")
This is awesome! Old woman is kicking the hell out of these little invaders. Old lady 1 Aliens 0 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/6 "2005-01-01T03:00:33Z")
I don’t have cable, but if you throw out the titles, I’ll play couch critic. Even when Richard Matheson first wrote “The Invaders,” it had to have been a hoary old cliched plot. It is so obvious. Was obvious even back in the late-50s, early-60s. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/7 "2005-01-01T03:11:07Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > I don’t have cable, but if you throw out the titles, I’ll play couch critic. > > Even when Richard Matheson first wrote “The Invaders,” it had to have been a hoary old cliched plot. It is so obvious. Was obvious even back in the late-50s, early-60s. > > Sir Rhosis I didn’t find it obvious. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/8 "2005-01-01T03:15:10Z")
Me niether. If I had to guess, I’d say she’s crazy and just imagining things. In any case, I’m finding this episode hysterical. Maybe I’m feeling a little cocky tonight, but I can’t help but think how much ass I’d kick in this womans predicament. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/9 "2005-01-01T03:17:31Z")
^^^Maybe it’s just me. I’m SF paranoid." I read a story looking for the surprise, looking for the wool to be pulled over my eyes, trying to spot the Shaggy Dog waiting for me in the final sentence/scene. I now call it “The Sixth Sense Syndrome.” As soon as the New Kid on the Block shot him, I said "Oh Dear Fucking God, we’re not going to have to sit through two hours of dead Bruce Willis, are we?. Sure enough, we did. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/10 "2005-01-01T03:19:33Z")
Oh man, that gave me a much needed laugh. US space men? I would have expected that if the episode was a tad different, but it’s too silly for me to think of it as predictable. I don’t think I’ve seen a similiar story anywhere else. Comin’ up: **The Obsolete Man**. Sounds like a good one. Looks Orwellian. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/11 "2005-01-01T03:22:31Z")
^^^You’ll like that one. Great performances by Burgess Meredith and Fritz Weaver. Great camera work, lots of weird angles and all that film speak. 😃 Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/12 "2005-01-01T03:28:13Z")
I’m loving it. It’s like I,Robot in reverse. Or not. Never read I,Robot. I’m starting to think about that TZ DVD **DuderDude** mentioned. I bet I’d love it. Is the price right? How many episodes? ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/13 "2005-01-01T03:47:39Z")
Unless something really dumb happens at the very ending of this episode, I think **The Obsolete Human** is going to end up being my favorite TZ episode. Absolutely gripping. The dialog reminds me of Fahrenheit 451 for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/14 "2005-01-01T03:51:16Z")
If you get past the Big Brother government and the argument that the world could never get this exact way, then this episode is one of the very few TZ eps that could conceivably happen in the real world. No supernatural elements, no aliens, spaceships, etc. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/15 "2005-01-01T03:53:18Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > If you get past the Big Brother government and the argument that the world could never get this exact way, then this episode is one of the very few TZ eps that could conceivably happen in the real world. No supernatural elements, no aliens, spaceships, etc. > > Sir Rhosis It’s happening now. People locked up with no thought of their rights, we are obsolete. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/16 "2005-01-01T03:53:32Z")
Favorite episode! I have spoken! Damn. Wish I had recorded it 😃 . Alright, one more hour of this show, and then I’m going to hit a book or two. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/17 "2005-01-01T03:56:20Z")
Reeder, I put the word “exact” in my post because I absolutely knew someone would make a post similar to the one you did. Similar, sure, eactly, no. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/18 "2005-01-01T03:57:19Z")
What I never got was why the US spacemen were fucking with the huge old lady. What were their orders? “That thing is immense. Rogers, go poke her with something sharp.” ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/19 "2005-01-01T03:57:42Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > If you get past the Big Brother government and the argument that the world could never get this exact way, then this episode is one of the very few TZ eps that could conceivably happen in the real world. No supernatural elements, no aliens, spaceships, etc. > > Sir Rhosis Why couldn’t a 1984ish world ever take place? It seemed very scary and plausible while I read it. Wasn’t Russia under Staline pretty close to what Orwell described? And in **The Obsolete Human** the State was ran by robots, right? That didn’t seem any more plausible than a Big Brother government. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511/20 "2005-01-01T03:57:52Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > Reeder, I put the word “exact” in my post because I absolutely knew someone would make a post similar to the one you did. > > Similar, sure, eactly, no. > > Sir Rhosis A rose by any other name is still a rose. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-twilight-zone-marathon-with-joeski/282511.md?page=2)