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4. Serling's moral view, I think, was shaped by his combat experience during WWII

Fri Nov 20, 2015, 01:00 PM

Nov 2015

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He served in the South Pacific.

Serling's combat experience affected him deeply and influenced much of his writing. It left him with nightmares and flashbacks for the rest of his life.[4] He said, "I was bitter about everything and at loose ends when I got out of the service. I think I turned to writing to get it off my chest."[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling#Military_service

At their best, I think his Twilight Zone episodes were like mini-morality plays, which is why I think attempts to revive the show have failed.

The revivals always seem to focus on the weird and creepy stuff in the old Twilight Zone but they lack that moral center at the heart of many original Twilight Zone episodes.

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The Twilight Zone Rod Serling's words: Episode "He's Alive'' [View all] Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author marym625 Nov 2015 #1

Stuff like that doesn't get on tee vee anymore. Octafish Nov 2015 #2

Serling's moral view, I think, was shaped by his combat experience during WWII deutsey Nov 2015 #4

I binge watched...... suston96 Nov 2015 #5

a lot of the sci fi writers couched their liberal politics in allegory. Doctor_J Nov 2015 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #3

You inspired me to go find that episode online and watch it. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2015 #6

Rod Serling's script on Hitler telling Hopper's character what he needs to do Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #7

hard to believe it came out in 1963. AlbertCat Nov 2015 #11

Here's the IMDB link Fritz Walter Nov 2015 #8

Bigoted idiots should shut their mouth! n/t RoccoR5955 Nov 2015 #9

Something else that struck me about the episode: Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2015 #10

You know what's REALLY fscked up? markbark Nov 2015 #12

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street sarge43 Nov 2015 #13

I agree with you sarge43 Doc_Technical Nov 2015 #14

Beautifully summed, Doc. sarge43 Nov 2015 #16

Yeah........ those were Sterling's words too Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #18

Like Carl Sagan, a good man who left us far too soon. n/t sarge43 Nov 2015 #21

... FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #23

K&R from Gauleiter WALKER'S Wisconsin-he's alive here big time bobthedrummer Nov 2015 #15

It's available for free at Hulu.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2015 #17

All his scripts are available on line too Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #19

Netflix is also streaming it n/t sarge43 Nov 2015 #20

I had to go watch it, and man was that creepy! loyalsister Nov 2015 #24

Not to hijack the thread Omaha Steve Nov 2015 #25

I support this pseudo highjack. longship Nov 2015 #26