tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post292269634812198791..comments2024-03-20T15:28:13.030-05:00Comments on The Twilight Zone Vortex: "The Shelter"JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-41126831340374589362016-03-17T01:24:52.111-05:002016-03-17T01:24:52.111-05:00The Shelter has never worked for me. I agree wholl...The Shelter has never worked for me. I agree wholly with its director, Lamont Johnson, in regarding it as too full of itself and pompous (no fault of the actors). Once the panic begins it starts to feel like a civics lesson. It does capture the zeitgiest of the period in which it was made, roughly the Eisenhower-Kennedy era cusp of the Cold War. What holds my interest throughout is the natural, intelligent, totally credible performance of Larry Gates as the doctor. His low key authority sells his character and predicament, and to a degree the episode. john kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710666533854296630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-10257521090124120552016-02-24T11:28:29.223-06:002016-02-24T11:28:29.223-06:00I know exactly what you mean, Jack. I often find a...I know exactly what you mean, Jack. I often find a lot more to like when I go back over an episode that I haven't seen in a long time. Of course, it sometimes works the other way as well and I often find that an episode is not as good as I once thought it was. With the best episodes of the Zone I feel like I see something new every time I watch them, no matter how many times I've watched them. JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-50339828269490458652016-02-24T11:09:12.900-06:002016-02-24T11:09:12.900-06:00A very thoughtful post! I remember this episode bu...A very thoughtful post! I remember this episode but of course I don't remember it as well as "Monsters." I wonder if you have the same experience that I do when working on these old anthology shows. Sometimes the first viewing is disappointing but then the second (or third) reveals things of more interest. It seems like I get the plot out of the way the first time and am then able to look at details on repeat viewings.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com