tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post1439494890385582815..comments2024-03-20T15:28:13.030-05:00Comments on The Twilight Zone Vortex: "Twenty Two"JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-47055322986735763152020-04-09T13:29:18.505-05:002020-04-09T13:29:18.505-05:00I might also add that Jonathan Harris' voice w...I might also add that Jonathan Harris' voice was rather sexy when he wasn't Smithing it up. Jennifer L. Schillighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685338133114831826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-56617007585764754812020-04-09T13:28:28.004-05:002020-04-09T13:28:28.004-05:00No mention of Arlene Martel/Sax as Spock's bet...No mention of Arlene Martel/Sax as Spock's betrothed T'Pring in the Star Trek episode "Amok Time"?Jennifer L. Schillighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685338133114831826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-58763510346099841582019-05-16T01:16:00.715-05:002019-05-16T01:16:00.715-05:00'22' has become my favorite of the origina...'22' has become my favorite of the original Twilight Zone episodes. Arlene Martel's chilling performance as the beautiful, but sinister morgue nurse, and her line "Room for one more, honey!" uttered with that evil grin, is unforgettable. <br />Barbara Nichols, as the nightclub dancer hospitalized for exhaustion, but tortured in her sleep by a recurring nightmare, manages the most bloodcurdling screams. And just having the creepy, patronizing Jonathan Harris as my doctor would give me nightmares!<br />Then the final scene - no longer a dream - where the nightmare seems to be playing out in real life. Barbara attempts to board a plane to Miami only to be welcomed by Arlene, now the stewardess, again with that same greeting "room for one more, Honey!". In her hysteria, Barbara can't get away from that plane fast enough. <br />On another site, I read that the moment where she stumbles on her way back to the terminal and falls to the tarmac was unscripted, but it worked so well the director decided to keep it. <br />Some don't like the taped episodes. But I find these early videotapes fascinating. While the tapes may have deteriorated, and the lighting may look a bit strange today, the video still provides a fluidity of motion that looks like a live broadcast. As for the special effects, given the low budget, they're fine, with only the moment of the explosion giving away that it's really a model.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11133266942947533892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-79622654387749805292018-12-19T17:31:28.889-06:002018-12-19T17:31:28.889-06:00Twenty Two can be considered a viable companion pi...Twenty Two can be considered a viable companion piece to the previous TZ chiller "Perchance To Dream". AGAIN, we are dealing with the participation within a terrifying nightmare and the antagonist, again, is a female Grim Reaper. What stunts it in juxtaposition with " Perchance " is #1, the stigma of its' recruitment to videotape. #2, if Serling had waited, but as the ketchup says "Heinzsight is only 20/20", for the fourth season, more detail and enhancements could have, with the blessings of more running time, made " Twenty Two" a masterpiece. The use of the elevator to the basement floor was too ephemeral; I would have found taking the darkened fire exit creepier. Then, when the footsteps stopped outside Liz's door, if the door was open and suddenly the stalker appeared like in the Hitch-Hiker at least once, to startle both Liz, and us. Then, to justify the doctor's curiosity, if he'd been down at the basement floor, and heard a familiarizing scream, yet missing out on the source. Still, "Twenty Two', if only fair compared to " PTD", IS all things considered, a satisfying excuse to sit up to watch with a Fluffernutter and a glass of milk on a cold night.naruto65https://www.blogger.com/profile/12170480906969053086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-74182781999404757862018-12-19T17:25:32.090-06:002018-12-19T17:25:32.090-06:00Twenty Two can be considered a viable companion pi...Twenty Two can be considered a viable companion piece to the previous TZ chiller "Perchance To Dream". AGAIN, we are dealing with the participation within a terrifying nightmare and the antagonist, again, is a female Grim Reaper. What stunts it in juxtaposition with " Perchance " is #1, the stigma of its' recruitment to videotape. #2, if Serling had waited, but as the ketchup says "Heinzsight is only 20/20", for the fourth season, more detail and enhancements could have, with the blessings of more running time, made " Twenty Two" a masterpiece. The use of the elevator to the basement floor was too ephemeral; I would have found taking the darkened fire exit creepier. Then, when the footsteps stopped outside Liz's door, if the door was open and suddenly the stalker appeared like in the Hitch-Hiker at least once, to startle both Liz, and us. Then, to justify the doctor's curiosity, if he'd been down at the basement floor, and heard a familiarizing scream, yet missing out on the source. Still, "Twenty Two', if only fair compared to " PTD", IS all things considered, a satisfying excuse to sit up to watch with a Fluffernutter and a glass of milk on a cold night.naruto65https://www.blogger.com/profile/12170480906969053086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-46421069497844661272018-12-03T17:55:06.940-06:002018-12-03T17:55:06.940-06:00There isn't anything the least bit wrong about...There isn't anything the least bit wrong about doing a new version of older material. (How many versions of "Robin Hood" and "The Three Musketeers" have there been?). I will say that I think that the version of this story in "Dead of Night" is better, only because it's shorter and tauter -- this material simply can't sustain more than a sketch's length. (In "Dead of Night" we only saw the foreboding dream once, which is all we needed). But the other time "The Twilight Zone" borrowed from "Dead of Night" -- the ventriloquist episode with Cliff Robertson -- it REALLY hit one out of the park. Both versions had a great actor at their center (Michael Redgrave in the original), and both men were frighteningly believable as good, decent men being driven to madness by a hideously malevolent force that they could neither escape nor control. Maybe "Twenty-two" should be regarded as a first draft of the later, and far superior, episode.Thomas DiMaggiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528586971282008329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-61401383223882573302018-11-26T15:32:55.314-06:002018-11-26T15:32:55.314-06:00The Season 2 episode of "Twenty-Two" is ...The Season 2 episode of "Twenty-Two" is one of the most frightening episodes of the series next to Mirror Image. The protagonist, Liz Powell (Barbara Nichols) dreams the same nightmare every night beginning with her reaching for a glass of water (now plastic for safety reasons now-a-days), beginning the nightly course of dream sequences of hearing footsteps near the door, then following the steps to the elevator (doors closing) and riding the lift down to the basement and ultimately the Morgue. Liz Powel stands there only to see the ghoulish nurse pop out and say the line "Room for one more Honey". The glaring eyes on that nurse is bone-chilling and we all have had similar dreams of people chasing us and are feet are stuck in quick sand!). The doctor, rightfully suggests, recommends breaking the sequence of events such as not reaching for the glass the next time. However; by reaching for a cigarette/lighter, she knocks off the glass from the nightstand never-the-less and repeats the cycle. Wouldn't reason stand that knowing not to follow the footsteps would avoid room 22? . Jonathan Harris is brilliant in the role of the doctor. The doctor's snide and sexist comments to Liz and his delivery similar to his role as Zachary Smith in "Lost in Space" is discomforting especially if I were a patient! . The doctor's character is just as creepy in and of itself. The final scene at the airport and the same evil nurse now the Flight Attendant with the same line is a show stopper and again the twist ending as TZ is know for in most episodes. I guess it is up to the viewer to determine if the plane sequence at the end of the show is another nightmare with Liz still in her bed? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314582582238025846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-14130014186496313082014-04-09T19:49:38.570-05:002014-04-09T19:49:38.570-05:00Thanks, Jack, good to be back. Sorry about the tim...Thanks, Jack, good to be back. Sorry about the time lapse. Yeah, this is a nice spooky episode that really seems to stay with the viewer. The exploding plane effect at the end is clunky but overall it's a good one. Rewatching these videotaped episodes I realized that, with the obvious exception of "The Whole Truth," they aren't that bad at all. We have "Static" and "Long Distance Call" coming up and I enjoy both of those episodes. Would love to have seen George Clemens' photography for these episodes but I'm glad at least they realized that videotape was a bad idea and cut it out. Thanks for reading!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-15292016019212197392014-04-09T19:31:36.561-05:002014-04-09T19:31:36.561-05:00Nice review! So glad you're back. This is one ...Nice review! So glad you're back. This is one of these episodes with a deathless catch phrase that pops out of my mouth every so often.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com