Next fest is: Twilightfest!!

does "something isn't quite right" encompass everything TwilightZone was about? for example, i'd imagine something along the lines of Similo could have been an episode of that show, but would it fit a "something isn't quite right" theme? that implies a certain level of dread and i'm not sure that's what we're looking for.

there's a good description of the show on Wikipedia that describes it as often being a "morality play", about "people who face unusual or extraordinary circumstances, therefore entering the "Twilight Zone."

i think that connects more with the spirit of the show. but they were often about morality in unusual circumstances. which is why I thought something like Similo would be acceptable.
 
Zak:

Yes, good post.

And, again... don't take my post as gospel or as the one true way to approach the fest... Just trying to shed a bit of light for those anxiously awaiting it :)

There will be many ways you can go with the twilight theme/genre.

Later,
Jason
 
An example of a TwilightZone episode that didn't have a "twist" would be the guy who loved to read, but was henpecked and his wife wouldn't let him read (can't remember the specifics of how/why she prevented it). There was a nuclear explosion that wiped out everyone on earth but he survived somehow (was in an underground bunker or bank vault or something).

Once he came out and saw what happened he eventually got a stack of books and prepared to read them, but broke his glasses (he couldn't see a thing without them) and since everyone else was dead he couldn't get them fixed.

It's been a long time since I've seen the episode, so I'm really pulling deep from memory, but that's the basic story .. and isn't a "twist" ending.


But please give us just a couple days to recover from the trip and we'll get all the details, information, explanations, rules, etc posted and then you can questions for more clarification from there, but at least we'll have a common point of view to begin from.
 
yeah, that is a great one.

Another good one is with Shatner pulling into a small town and becoming obsessed with fortunes from a fortune-telling machine. Or Jack Warden on the asteroid falling in love with the robot, or telly savalas with the talking tina doll.

I REALLY hope we ebrace Zak's wikipedia def, because that truly defines the show: Extraordinary circumstances used to reveal and highlight very human traits. That's why it's been famous for so long.
 
Larry R said:
An example of a TwilightZone episode that didn't have a "twist" would be the guy who loved to read, but was henpecked and his wife wouldn't let him read (can't remember the specifics of how/why she prevented it). There was a nuclear explosion that wiped out everyone on earth but he survived somehow (was in an underground bunker or bank vault or something).

Once he came out and saw what happened he eventually got a stack of books and prepared to read them, but broke his glasses (he couldn't see a thing without them) and since everyone else was dead he couldn't get them fixed.

It's been a long time since I've seen the episode, so I'm really pulling deep from memory, but that's the basic story .. and isn't a "twist" ending.


But please give us just a couple days to recover from the trip and we'll get all the details, information, explanations, rules, etc posted and then you can questions for more clarification from there, but at least we'll have a common point of view to begin from.
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I love that one. I would still count that as a twist ending though. TZ always seemed to end in an unexpected way and it usually wasn't good. :)

Mike
 
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Larry R said:
An example of a TwilightZone episode that didn't have a "twist" would be the guy who loved to read, but was henpecked and his wife wouldn't let him read (can't remember the specifics of how/why she prevented it). There was a nuclear explosion that wiped out everyone on earth but he survived somehow (was in an underground bunker or bank vault or something).

Once he came out and saw what happened he eventually got a stack of books and prepared to read them, but broke his glasses (he couldn't see a thing without them) and since everyone else was dead he couldn't get them fixed.

It's been a long time since I've seen the episode, so I'm really pulling deep from memory, but that's the basic story .. and isn't a "twist" ending.


But please give us just a couple days to recover from the trip and we'll get all the details, information, explanations, rules, etc posted and then you can questions for more clarification from there, but at least we'll have a common point of view to begin from.
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I love that episode, but I think that is considered a twist.

It's like... "Oh, great, he gets to read for eternity so it's not that bad!"

then the glasses break

"Now he's in eternal misery all of the sudden"
 
Well, you can call it a twist, but it's more an ironic twist of fate. There are many twighlight zones with what we think of as a twist, but this isn't really one of them.

This one doesn't really fall into the M. Night twist like: "They're not really aliens, but WEREVOLES!" "TO SERVE MAN," a later episode is more in line with that kind of twist.
 
Well, in the dramatic sense, it is very much irony. Which is basically an outcome opposite what he intended.

Coincidence can certainly be the engine of the irony in that one.
 
Blaine said:
Irony, schmirony...it's time to start writing...:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
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Start? I just finished! I am going to send the script to Larry and demand that the mods write the rules/reqiurements around it.

By the way, it was great meeting you Blaine! (Even if you did utter the worst insult known to man: that you thought Como and I were the same person :evil: Don't worry, I know you were joking...I hope. :undecided) I enjoyed the conversation you, I and Shawn had at the after party about writing, etc and I look forward to the next time I make it down.

Oh, yeah, TwilightFest...:D

EDIT: Harris, just saw your post, was glad to finally meet you as well. I'm just glad you didn't kick my ass :grin:
 
Jason Ramsey said:
Zak:

Yes, good post.

And, again... don't take my post as gospel or as the one true way to approach the fest... Just trying to shed a bit of light for those anxiously awaiting it :)

There will be many ways you can go with the twilight theme/genre.

Later,
Jason
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i'll tell you, for a split second friday night you had me in my own private twilight zone for about half a second when you introduced yourself as The Como.
 
heh, heh... I thought about doing that all night long, but figured once I was introduced on stage at the screening that wouldn't hold up :)

Later,
Jason
 
With Twilight Zone...twists are the show. I don't see how anything thats supposed to be like a Twilight Zone would not have a twist.

If its just a feeling of "theres something not right here" the only way there won't be a twist is if you never get to find out what.
 
Weston said:
With Twilight Zone...twists are the show. I don't see how anything thats supposed to be like a Twilight Zone would not have a twist.

If its just a feeling of "theres something not right here" the only way there won't be a twist is if you never get to find out what.
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if you really watch the show (and read this thread) you'd know the show didn't rely exclusively on stories with twists.

doesn't mean you can't do one.
 
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