tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post8675091896741125784..comments2024-03-20T15:28:13.030-05:00Comments on The Twilight Zone Vortex: "The Lateness of the Hour"JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-90960049202762962822017-06-13T19:26:21.606-05:002017-06-13T19:26:21.606-05:00I have to say I'm at a loss about this one, Mi...I have to say I'm at a loss about this one, Michael. I think you are probably right, it looks like a boom mic. It also kind of looks like her lighting shifts to a different angle so it could be something else. Their shooting schedules were so short I'm surprised there aren't more technical blunders like this one, although there are a handful of them throughout the 156 episodes. Thanks for checking out the site!Brian Duranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724290376009803159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-6711009055674004862017-06-13T03:14:32.588-05:002017-06-13T03:14:32.588-05:00Question: What causes the abrupt movement of a sha...Question: What causes the abrupt movement of a shadow at approximately 22:18 at the top of the staircase as Jana speaks from the stairs crying "No pain! No pain at all!" in TLOTH? A boom mic being moved? Something else? Thanks for the great site!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500285924934827182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-23589605460839610892016-08-07T14:43:43.859-05:002016-08-07T14:43:43.859-05:00I greatly admire Stevens as an actress and I consi...I greatly admire Stevens as an actress and I consider her performance in "The Hitch-Hiker" as arguably the strongest female performance for the entire series. Her performance here simply seems jarring to me because she spends most of it raging and yelling while everyone else is quiet and subdued. Of course, this was an intended effect but it comes off a bit too soap opera for me. It's still a decent enough episode and the videotape method was certainly able to provide some quality material ("Long Distance Call," "Static), as well as for other shows like 'Way Out. JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-31923207510061018462016-06-11T00:23:19.432-05:002016-06-11T00:23:19.432-05:00I just watched The Lateness Of The Hour again, and...I just watched The Lateness Of The Hour again, and it was a bit of a slog but the expert acting of the three major actors held my interest. Inger Stevens was just right in my opinion. If she hadn't "overacted", as her work was described in the review, the episode would be cold as ice. <br /><br />Stevens brings life to the episode, and I found her performance touching, all the more so as I remember well from my high school years when she took her own life, as she appeared to be on the verge of doing in TLOTH. <br /><br />There's a cruel irony in this and Miss Stevens' other TZ, The Hitch-Hiker, in that she "comes to an end" in both. In both episodes her character is facing an identity crisis, something she's far more aware of in this one than the earlier ep. Her tragic intelligence as an actress was only occasionally fully utilized. Her two Zones are a couple of good examples of her work.john kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710666533854296630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-71096754339107106292015-02-20T18:43:41.519-06:002015-02-20T18:43:41.519-06:00The videotaped episodes seem so fake. So much like...The videotaped episodes seem so fake. So much like a badly rehearsed theatrical play. So much like old soap operas of that era. Down to the different, badly chosen background music.<br />It takes away from the plot. It certainly takes,away from the creepy, suspenseful feeling the viewer gets in the filmed episides.<br />It's weird.I<br />nger Stevens in the video episode is not as good at acting as she was in the Hitchhikker? I can't understand why.<br />Nevertheless, it's annoying to me.<br />I could have sworn that Twenty-Two had a filmed version.<br />I don't recall seeing a videotaped version.<br />Were there two versions done of any of these 6 episides?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037238530339624465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-84743546598598043062013-04-22T20:22:14.325-05:002013-04-22T20:22:14.325-05:00I have to say that I have no soft spot for the vid...I have to say that I have no soft spot for the videotaped episodes, mostly because George Clemens's camera work was so great in the filmed episodes and videotape so hindered the versatility of what the production team could do in terms of setting and design and camera movement. It's sad to think how great some of those videotaped episodes, and I'd put "Static" and "Long Distance Call" up there with some of the best episodes in the second season, would have come out had they been filmed instead. <br /><br />We really love Serling's previews of the next week's episodes and thought we would try to recreate that in a way here on the blog. If it made you picture Serling delivering those words then we're happy with it. Thanks for reading! JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318310043864039191.post-33989374793416725512013-04-22T17:06:32.364-05:002013-04-22T17:06:32.364-05:00I have a soft spot for the funky look of the TZ vi...I have a soft spot for the funky look of the TZ videotape episodes, especially "Night of the Meek." Your comments, as usual, are on target. Am I sensing a channeling of Serling in the "Up Next" section?Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com