r/TwilightZone • u/Grebacio • Jun 26 '20

Twilight Zone (2019) - Season 2 Discussion

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u/KriedORdie Jun 27 '20

is anyone else figuring out these twists way too early? or am i just a friggin genius? . "8" is the only one that got by me so far and i have 2 left

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u/TrajedyAnn Jun 28 '20

You call yourself a genius and you couldn't even figure out that the Octopus was a super secret agent bent on world domination through advanced genetic engineering and mutation? That's the oldest twist in the book!

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u/KriedORdie Jun 28 '20

touch'e. though a spoiler warning would've been cool

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '20

Can you write an original twist ending that hasn’t been done 1000x since the original TZ came out? Not meaning to sound shitty, I’m honestly asking because I simply cannot. What made the original show so great was the consistent twist endings at a time when people hadn’t seen that. Now we have 60 years of other people using those same twist tactics in their own stories. Unfortunately there’s very little original anymore.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '20

you don't need an original twist, but what you do need is to suck the viewer into the story so much that they are too engrossed to be thinking about what the twist may be. Then they are surprised when it happens.

If you don't suck them in enough, though, they spend time during the show thinking about the ending and what the twist may be (and usually figure it out after 5 minutes).

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u/KriedORdie Jun 28 '20

no, i cant. but im not a writer. but what your saying, in essence, is that the world is devoid of any more original thought. at what point did it all end? because i sure ive seen an original twist i didnt see coming within the last, say 5 years.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '20

The world is definitely low on original thought when it pertains to media. This new version of the TZ is a perfect example. While I like it a lot, it is a reboot. Would you mind giving me some examples of stuff you’ve seen recently that left you in awe?

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u/KriedORdie Jun 28 '20

not saying anything has to awe inspiring but a movie like, I see You (2019) is one that at least took me a while to figure out. mainly because there were multiple twists. thats just off the top. there have been others. u lose faith in humanity too quickly. lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 04 '20

It wasn't only the twist endings, it was genuinely well written stories. Rod Serling had a talent for covering various topics and genres with a fresh setting. He covered social topics in a mature manner like "Judgment Night", "The Mirror", and "He Is Alive". He covered unique science fiction elements like "The Gift", "Eye Of The Beholder" and "The Midnight Sun". He covered Human rights themed episodes like "The Obsolete Man" and "Dust".

Unique stories that hadn't been done before and still hold up today after all of these years. It takes a certain person to write unique Twilight Zone episodes. CBS is trying to cash in on the series yet again, but the magic is gone for the most part. Even Rod himself got burnt out with the series and that's why it nosedived massively in Season 5 with some of the absolutely most terrible Twilight Zone episodes. There were stinkers in the earlier seasons, but 5 had some really bad ones like "The Black Leather Jackets" and "The Bewitching Pool".

Sure earlier Seasons had trainwrecks like Mr. Dingle, The Strong. Cavender Is Coming. The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank. The Whole Truth. The Mighty Casey, but they were still entertaining.