tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post411640397343278062..comments2024-03-20T15:28:13.030-05:00Comments on The Twilight Zone Vortex: "The Invaders"JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-7339743505385214572018-11-29T11:36:30.728-06:002018-11-29T11:36:30.728-06:00I am so glad that Rod Serling gave this showcase e...I am so glad that Rod Serling gave this showcase episode to Agnes Moorehead. She joins the list of splendid performers -- Anne Francis, William Shatner, Jack Klugman, and Lois Nettleton were four others -- who really got a chance to demonstrate their acting chops on the series. (I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when "The Invaders" was pitched to the network brass. "Rod, Chuck -- I've looked over this script of yours. Where the hell is all the dialogue?" "Well, sir, there ISN'T any until the last two minutes.' "WHAT THE %$÷<^&?????") Anyone who wants to see Moorehead at her best should take a look at the films "Dark Passage", "The Magnificent Ambersons", and "Jeanne Eagels". (In the last-named of these, she blows poor Kim Novak off the screen and right out of the theater, without raising a bead of sweat).Thomas DiMaggiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528586971282008329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-71325571089514064932018-08-23T16:13:06.375-05:002018-08-23T16:13:06.375-05:00I have seen this episode a number of times both fr...I have seen this episode a number of times both from watching the New Year's Eve marathons and my own DVD complete collection. The first time I viewed the episode the twist ending was the most effective of course. The beginning of the episode starts off with a lonely cabin in the woods with an old woman preparing a meal with no electricity except for lanterns giving one a sense of isolation and the fear of being alone. Then the sound of something landing on the roof and a big thud with sawdust raining down inside the cabin. When the old woman climbs the attic stairs to the roof she sees a metallic object with a tiny figure descending down to the roof which spooks her to go back downstairs. The entire episode makes the viewer side with the old woman against the alien force even though they are 12 inches high which is quite chilling in itself. Amazingly, there is no dialogue exept for occasional grunts by the woman. Then at the very end when the old woman chases the last spaceman back into the ship and she starts hacking at it with an ax causing it to catch on fire, the camera zooms in on the logo on the side of the ship, U.S Air Force Space Probe 1, and a radio voice saying not to send out another probe to retaliate as this is a race of giants and far too superior to launch a counter-attack. I would rate the episode initially an "A" but does not lend itself to subsequent viewings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314582582238025846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-69743939242325984012014-01-22T18:44:15.444-06:002014-01-22T18:44:15.444-06:00I'll agree with you here, Jack. I still think...I'll agree with you here, Jack. I still think it's a great episode but it suffers from overexposure big time. But if I'm trying to be objective then it's interesting enough to me to get an "A," even if I've seen it a million times (and yes, the spacemen look ridiculous). Thanks for reading.Brian Duranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724290376009803159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-78781270786203474802014-01-22T18:01:42.505-06:002014-01-22T18:01:42.505-06:00This episode suffers a lot from the fact that we n...This episode suffers a lot from the fact that we now have HD TVs with big screens. Those spacemen look like squeaky dog toys! This was a very good writeup, though I have seen this episode so many times I'm tired of it and don't know that I'd give it a straight A. It always seems to turn up on the New Year's Eve marathon right around the time I turn on the TV!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com