However, the singer goes on to imply that he’s “ gone too far”, i.e.
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Indeed going back to the title, the term “Twilight Zone” is best known as the name of a classic sci-fi series whose episodes tend to have these sort of twist, deeply-psychological endings. So to assert that you’re “ steeping into the Twilight Zone” can be taken as akin to putting forth, as the vocalist further implies shortly thereafter, that you’re going mad or in the very least are having a difficult time making sense of what’s going on.īut what is it that has put the subject/vocalist into such a state? This isn’t really expounded upon in the lyrics. What it appears to speak to, most simply put, is the subject, “ a guy”, being on the verge of some kind of mental breakdown. Whether comedy, mystery, horror, sci-fi, human drama, or any other genre is your game, you'll likely find something to enjoy in the breadth of The Twilight Zone.That said, this is a song that even listeners who haven’t read the book can appreciate.
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Despite premiering well before it could fully be appreciated, having to deal with the inane TV standards and practices of the era, and being constantly underfunded, Serling managed to keep everything afloat and write some of the best multi-genre material ever seen on the small screen. When taking the long view, however, The Twilight Zone firmly resides in my top-five television programs of all-time. Those efforts aren't bad, per se, but are simply padded with dialogue to fill time rather than written for a longer runtime, for the most part. About the only reason I would even consider dropping this from a perfect ranking is the fourth season of the show, which produced hour-long episodes. The others largely depend on personal sci-fi tastes or the time-period in which they are viewed. But only a true handful of episodes are truly bad. Does the show have its share of clunkers? Of course. Like I said, the best TZ episodes are treasures that will be enjoyed and studied for decades to come.
That was ten years before the moon landing! I can't imagine what my grandparents would have thought about a show like this, dealing with space travels, aliens, and all manner of oddities hardly a decade removed from the Second World War and firmly in the Cold War. It absolutely astounds me that this show premiered in 1959. The deeper themes about society or humanity are just as relevant now (if not sometimes more so!) than they were upon original airing. The lion's share of the credit here goes to show creator and writer Rod Serling, who is truly one of the most inspired individuals to ever put pen to paper in screenplay format. When TZ is hitting on all cylinders, it is easily one of the greatest anthology pieces ever produced. Yet, when looked at as a whole rather than the sum of its parts, The Twilight Zone is 10/10 all the way. If I were to average out all my individual episode rankings, that number would probably fall between 7-8 stars. Just recently, I finished a kick of re-watching all 156 episodes of the original Twilight Zone series.
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