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One of my favorite TZ episodes. Your take on death being an angel who is jealous of things that people have helps to explain the plot. I also wish I paid more attention to Paradise Lost when I was in college. 😁
I appreciate you taking the time to leave your thoughts. This TZ episode has grown on me a lot. I'm still not 100% how to read Death's intentions toward the end, but it really makes it interesting to think about. Thanks, again.
I always found this Episode a little campy. Its alright but not a strong one. The plot was very simple and easy to see coming. Q1. Death was in on it all along. Once He set the goal, Death knew what it needed to do to set up the situation to allow him to reach his goal within a short turn around. Human nature is to avoid responsibility until the punishment is greater than the reward. Q2. Everytime I think about death either in real life or with Book/Film my brain always brings up "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." from Do not go gentle into that good night. I alway took away from that poem as a son telling his dying father to fight death and not leave him. Now I have been told by English Majors and Other "Smart? people that I got it all wrong that its a poem about the acceptance of death. I dont see it. It is very rare that a Human is good health (mental and physical) wants to die. Humans always want to do one more thing, see one more Sunset, Kiss one more person, Celebrate one more BDay. Bookman is no different but, we all have a clock with an unknown alarm se to go off and when it does its time. Some are very lucky that their clock gets reset through Drugs, Medical help, dumb luck or whatever and it is those people that really start to live and appreciate life much more than the rest of us. Q3. my moment of awe was watching Death play along with Bookman during his "Greatest Pitch". Letting Bookman have his moment in other to allow him to gain and complete his acceptance and move on. Death's playing along reminds me of how my dad would always let me win at Chess then crush me in other to make me better. Sidenote- I knew there was something I liked about you other than TZ. To hear you say you are a Marx Brothers fan put a smile on my face. I great up watching old movies late night on TV and then renting them at video stores. Sis would always get mad that I wasted my pick on Marx Brothers or laurel and Hardy movies when I could get Tron, or Rambo. Nah, I was good with Night at the Opera or Duck Soup, or Babes in Toyland over some of the silly 80s stuff.
What are your thoughts on this Twilight Zone episode: "One for the Angels"? You can also submit your official rating through this form: forms.gle/dxD7xASaGPEbCptF8
One of my favorite TZ episodes. Your take on death being an angel who is jealous of things that people have helps to explain the plot. I also wish I paid more attention to Paradise Lost when I was in college. 😁
I appreciate you taking the time to leave your thoughts. This TZ episode has grown on me a lot. I'm still not 100% how to read Death's intentions toward the end, but it really makes it interesting to think about. Thanks, again.
I always found this Episode a little campy. Its alright but not a strong one. The plot was very simple and easy to see coming.
Q1. Death was in on it all along. Once He set the goal, Death knew what it needed to do to set up the situation to allow him to reach his goal within a short turn around. Human nature is to avoid responsibility until the punishment is greater than the reward.
Q2. Everytime I think about death either in real life or with Book/Film my brain always brings up "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." from Do not go gentle into that good night. I alway took away from that poem as a son telling his dying father to fight death and not leave him. Now I have been told by English Majors and Other "Smart? people that I got it all wrong that its a poem about the acceptance of death. I dont see it. It is very rare that a Human is good health (mental and physical) wants to die. Humans always want to do one more thing, see one more Sunset, Kiss one more person, Celebrate one more BDay. Bookman is no different but, we all have a clock with an unknown alarm se to go off and when it does its time. Some are very lucky that their clock gets reset through Drugs, Medical help, dumb luck or whatever and it is those people that really start to live and appreciate life much more than the rest of us.
Q3. my moment of awe was watching Death play along with Bookman during his "Greatest Pitch". Letting Bookman have his moment in other to allow him to gain and complete his acceptance and move on. Death's playing along reminds me of how my dad would always let me win at Chess then crush me in other to make me better.
Sidenote- I knew there was something I liked about you other than TZ. To hear you say you are a Marx Brothers fan put a smile on my face. I great up watching old movies late night on TV and then renting them at video stores. Sis would always get mad that I wasted my pick on Marx Brothers or laurel and Hardy movies when I could get Tron, or Rambo. Nah, I was good with Night at the Opera or Duck Soup, or Babes in Toyland over some of the silly 80s stuff.