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> The Shatner reference is to one of the strangest Twilight Zone episodes, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, I don't know that earned a title for one of the strangest.
by jpmattia 10y ago
> The Shatner reference is to one of the strangest Twilight Zone episodes, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,
I don't know that earned a title for one of the strangest. There were lots of great episodes in the series, it would be hard to argue any of them were other than very strange.
[Edited to address astrodust's comment.]
- astrodust 10y agoIt specifically says "one of".
- jpmattia 10y agoFair enough. Edited to reflect that.
- mirimir 10y ago> Part of the beauty of The Twilight Zone, as a science fiction show, was that Serling could get away with social commentary by disguising it as harmless fantasy. He was allowed to be critical if he was allegorical at the same time. As he himself put it, "You know, you can put these words into the mouth of a Martian and get away with it." http://www.plosin.com/beatbegins/projects/brenner.html http://www.plosin.com/beatbegins/projects/brenner.html
- phkahler 10y agoThat explains why there isn't anyone doing that today. Hollywood is too PC so there's nothing for them to "get away with".
- zeveb 10y agoPresumably someone who's not PC could use allegory to get away with being un-PC. Think of Joss Whedon's Firefly, in which the Alliance is a thinly-veiled allegory for the triumphant Union shortly after it destroyed the Confederate States.