Twilight Zone - A Small Talent For War

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  • @dingus_khan_4204
    @dingus_khan_4204 8 місяців тому +50

    "In your hearts, you long for peace" is probably the most true and tragic line ever written

    • @JohnRRoe2
      @JohnRRoe2 Місяць тому +1

      NOW, these days after what happened to this place & country what used to be: UNTIED STATES of AMERICA those words NOW speak MORE Truth than ever before!!!!!!!!

  • @raksh9
    @raksh9 6 років тому +359

    The 80s Twilight Zone had some real gems. This is one of them.

    • @drindy5166
      @drindy5166 2 роки тому +4

      💯% I miss this series... some episodes were written by truly genius talent.

    • @raksh9
      @raksh9 2 роки тому +6

      @@drindy5166 When you look back at the list of writers for this show, it's surprising to see how many big names in horror and fantasy were involved. Stephen King, Robert McCammon, Richard (I Am Legend) Matheson, among others.

    • @drindy5166
      @drindy5166 2 роки тому +1

      @@raksh9 no kidding eh! That is awesome, explains a lot really! 👊🧡👍

    • @raksh9
      @raksh9 2 роки тому +2

      @@drindy5166 Definitely! Check out the episode list for the 80s series on Wikipedia, it lists all the writers for the stories. It will give you even more appreciation for the show. Which reminds me, I need to watch it again!

    • @drindy5166
      @drindy5166 2 роки тому +2

      @@raksh9 goiny by memory here but, one of my favorite episodes was something along the lines of "the devils alphabet".

  • @jt7638
    @jt7638 6 років тому +413

    John Glover did an incredible job in this role. The glint in his eye, the smirk when he gets the treaty. His sass and ambiguous wording. What fun!

    • @HarrisO.R8
      @HarrisO.R8 2 роки тому +13

      I agree!!...John Glover is always good....but, I'd like to know how they manipulated his voice when recorded it almost sounds like a voice over.....one thing for sure, he shot the piece and talked normally...then made a separate recording afterwards , then overlap it on to the show.

    • @joegiu5575
      @joegiu5575 2 роки тому +8

      @@HarrisO.R8 Double tracking to make the voice sound richer and deeper.

    • @HarrisO.R8
      @HarrisO.R8 2 роки тому +6

      @@joegiu5575 ..thanks...quick note..I don't know if you seen a movie called "children shouldn't play with dead things"... But before he died Bob Clark was working on a remake...and I thought..only John Glover could play the director..(the Alan Ormsby role)...if you know the movie I'm sure you'd agree.

    • @feellucky271
      @feellucky271 2 роки тому +5

      @@joegiu5575 I thought he looked like the love child of David Byrne of the talking heads and Rick Ocasek of the Cars with the big suit and it being all shiny. The hair just a general look of him his hair and the big shiny suit. Good show

    • @joserizal9845
      @joserizal9845 2 роки тому +1

      the shoulder pads didnt work for me

  • @arkhitekt7733
    @arkhitekt7733 5 років тому +446

    When bartering for your existence, please be certain of the terms and their meaning...

    • @stvdagger8074
      @stvdagger8074 4 роки тому +34

      Be especially wary of Aliens who say that they wish to serve mankind!

    • @summer20105707
      @summer20105707 4 роки тому +6

      @@stvdagger8074 Serve us to whom and for what?

    • @stvdagger8074
      @stvdagger8074 4 роки тому +1

      @@summer20105707 For the answer see ua-cam.com/video/NIufLRpJYnI/v-deo.html

    • @summer20105707
      @summer20105707 4 роки тому

      @@stvdagger8074 I kind of figured that one out. Its like the book Childhoods end.

    • @AntonyThorburn
      @AntonyThorburn 3 роки тому +2

      common law, maritime law, birth cetifacate.... do do some dilligence????

  • @socksumi
    @socksumi 4 роки тому +417

    "...the nuclear balance of terror which precludes any real victory and we despair".
    This line was the give away. Consider it's meaning carefully. He was looking for one side to be victors.

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 3 роки тому +4

      Hmm... Gotta wonder which side that was don't ya.

    • @T.image79
      @T.image79 3 роки тому +12

      @@emansnas
      Well, he very clearly had an American accent.

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 3 роки тому +11

      @@T.image79 And he synthesized in English. Nothing very subtle about his wicked perverse sense of humor though. Real 'mover and shaker' that guy. Hmm....

    • @donelion6459
      @donelion6459 3 роки тому +3

      More like dead giveaway all things considered.

    • @odysseusrex5908
      @odysseusrex5908 3 роки тому +13

      I've also often wondered, if he didn't like our, "Petty bickering over borders," what do his people fight about?

  • @HariSeldon913
    @HariSeldon913 5 років тому +171

    "The universe is not fair. And don't call me Shirley!"

  • @pt6guy27
    @pt6guy27 5 років тому +123

    The dude looked like a cross between David Bowie and Herman Munster.

    • @gui18bif
      @gui18bif 3 роки тому +7

      A young Gary numan

    • @AdamF8
      @AdamF8 2 роки тому

      @@gui18bif wait its really gary numan?! Holy crap i cant believe i didnt notice

    • @terrypetersen2970
      @terrypetersen2970 2 роки тому +7

      It's John Glover from Smallville.

    • @matthewjohnfoley1357
      @matthewjohnfoley1357 2 роки тому +1

      And Christian bale

    • @orsibob
      @orsibob 7 місяців тому +2

      Pretty sure it's the guy who played the weaselly "LA Slime Ball" in Scrooged

  • @YearOfCam
    @YearOfCam 11 років тому +75

    6:24 - "I THINK YOU HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD ME" = creepiest line on television!

    • @MasterYoist
      @MasterYoist 9 днів тому

      I think, "The book, 'To Serve Man', it's a cookbook", should be right up there with it.

  • @Erin-Thor
    @Erin-Thor 5 років тому +544

    I can still remember seeing this as a kid, and the final line... the delivery and setup was excellent! Our entire family was floored by that plot twist! Excellent episode!

    • @bensoliman8326
      @bensoliman8326 4 роки тому +5

      I'm curious as to when it was aired?

    • @jackmorgan8931
      @jackmorgan8931 4 роки тому +19

      @@bensoliman8326
      If Wikipedia is correct, it was January 24, 1986.

    • @ManBolo5432
      @ManBolo5432 3 роки тому +4

      The narrator line? Or the Edward Wim quote?

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor 3 роки тому +7

      @@ManBolo5432 the explanation at the end, what he meant by a small talent for war.

    • @vxy357
      @vxy357 3 роки тому +3

      @@bensoliman8326 It was around 1983-1984. the Cold war was a hot topic back then.

  • @everready19373
    @everready19373 4 роки тому +123

    I remember watching this on TV. What a brilliant episode.

    • @82fdny97
      @82fdny97 2 роки тому

      And as a kid I didn't get it

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      MossadDeUkraine 0:11 not by Deception Deceptive Trade Practices MerchantO'venice IrishTraveler Fooling AnyOne , 0:11 a ukraineMossad doing bad Russian accent as southern drawl or UK accent , BobbyJindal BrownUniv. Acting School Better uhm ... drawl fake Trustable GoodOl'boy accents or UK Royale

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      Alien Says Observe The Blood DeMoons 2:11

    • @82fdny97
      @82fdny97 2 роки тому

      @@kittylionmeowroar7572 ????

  • @metaldad1967
    @metaldad1967 5 років тому +299

    I was expecting a remade "To Serve Man", but this is just as ironic

    • @metaldad1967
      @metaldad1967 4 роки тому +8

      @Alan Smithee with a side of fries 🍟

    • @clintonr9804
      @clintonr9804 4 роки тому +16

      It's a cookbook!

    • @curtisberard7831
      @curtisberard7831 3 роки тому +17

      I figured the irony was going to be the disarmament was going to leave earth wide open for an invasion. Shocking twist!

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      MossadDeUkraine 0:11 not by Deception Deceptive Trade Practices MerchantO'venice IrishTraveler Fooling AnyOne , 0:11 a ukraineMossad doing bad Russian accent as southern drawl or UK accent , BobbyJindal BrownUniv. Acting School Better uhm ... drawl fake Trustable GoodOl'boy accents or UK Royale

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      Alien Says Observe The Blood DeMoons 2:11

  • @Chairmangoodchild
    @Chairmangoodchild 14 років тому +54

    Short, and to the point. If it were 25 minutes long, it would have been a shaggy dog story, but they did it in 8, which was the exact right amount of time needed. Excellent. I really like this one.

  • @paulhammersley4562
    @paulhammersley4562 5 років тому +498

    the UN working together, ,, i couldn't stop laughing,

    • @joeyjamison5772
      @joeyjamison5772 5 років тому +30

      Yeah, that was the real joke!

    • @goshen574
      @goshen574 5 років тому +5

      Ah yes...trump supporters....we need the absurd to keep us entertained....keep up the great work, because I need the laugh

    • @thatguybehindtheglass
      @thatguybehindtheglass 5 років тому +4

      @youareonthetube1 This concludes your regularly scheduled ravings of a madman.

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 4 роки тому +7

      American saying to not think with their guns, I couldn't stop laughing.

    • @paulht3251
      @paulht3251 4 роки тому +2

      PAUL HAMMERSLEY did the United States fill the peace agreement with political pork 🤭🤔

  • @351cleavland
    @351cleavland 3 роки тому +242

    I can't tell you the number of times I've entered a room and declared, "People of Earth, Attend my words!"

    • @adamgardiner5869
      @adamgardiner5869 3 роки тому +7

      Nice. Lol!

    • @djquinn11
      @djquinn11 3 роки тому +11

      You might get away with that in Cleavland but here in Detroit it just falls on deaf ears...

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 3 роки тому +10

      When I was a kid, I also knew a kid who'd enter a room and say that.
      This short episode is quite similar to original Twilight zone series episode "To serve man", with the bigger weird looking alien appearing at a United Nations meeting to stir things up.

    • @750suzuki
      @750suzuki 3 роки тому +3

      @@djquinn11 Deafened by gunfire?

    • @davekirkpatrick5724
      @davekirkpatrick5724 3 роки тому +2

      wasn’t it “People of the Earth”?

  • @modman287
    @modman287 5 років тому +93

    That fade to black ending legit made me freeze in place with chills for 10 seconds

  • @DarthCipient
    @DarthCipient 7 років тому +1442

    That alien later visited the Klingon homeworld, and they killed him.

    • @dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780
      @dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780 6 років тому +80

      Worf tries charging at cheaply made alien man.
      Alien steps aside, making Worf flip and trip over himself, slamming through every table in the room before throwing himself off balance and out the airlock.
      Alien: "This creature's potential appears to be limited by the very fabric of the reality he inhibits. His talent for victory may very well be the smallest I have seen."
      Worf: "Your sidesteps have no honor!"

    • @altha-rf1et
      @altha-rf1et 6 років тому +117

      They went to Ferengie Home world, he was robbed

    • @XX-sp3tt
      @XX-sp3tt 6 років тому +9

      Canon. :-)

    • @XX-sp3tt
      @XX-sp3tt 6 років тому +8

      Pull out disruptor and shoots alien.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 6 років тому +51

      Then he went to the Borg. He was rejected. He has nothing worth accumulating.

  • @jamescarter3196
    @jamescarter3196 6 років тому +55

    John Glover, the alien representative, was excellent as Lionel Luthor on ‘Smallville’.

  • @THE-HammerMan
    @THE-HammerMan 6 років тому +226

    This episode honored the true genius of Rod Serling with a tale worthy of having been an original episode! Excellently written!

    • @nataliaturner4845
      @nataliaturner4845 4 роки тому +13

      Yeah this one sticks with me like the originals did! It's terrifying, but the reflection at the end leaves you with a sense of hope (reminds me of Aesop's fables, too, come to think of it :)

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      but 6:04 if they have mobsterKlingon ukrainians can be savage as kardashians and The Situation , but what is IQ? going to be higher in Russians BlonDish & nice , see Russians Encyclopdia Says They have the Highests number of PhDs and Test Scores Percentage wise & People with at least a Bachelor Level Degree , but Look how wimpy they fight & wimpy Tactics , if I in Charge Of Russia Or At Least Head Of war Dept. Div. That'd be Totally Different but I Advanced Elite Military Martian Sorta Look Like him but Tall BlonDish Big Cat Angel Lion Germanic Like , And I Cloned MySelf

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      MossadDeUkraine 0:11 not by Deception Deceptive Trade Practices MerchantO'venice IrishTraveler Fooling AnyOne , 0:11 a ukraineMossad doing bad Russian accent as southern drawl or UK accent , BobbyJindal BrownUniv. Acting School Better uhm ... drawl fake Trustable GoodOl'boy accents or UK Royale

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      Alien Says Observe The Blood DeMoons 2:11

  • @maylinkllcdonotuse6541
    @maylinkllcdonotuse6541 4 роки тому +61

    6:03 when your class turns in the project but the teacher was going to fail you either way

  • @jt7638
    @jt7638 3 роки тому +98

    What a touching piece. I thought it quite beautiful how proud everyone was when they crafted a historic agreement to craft world peace. "Good luck to us my friend, good luck to us all."

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +3

      MossadDeUkraine 0:11 not by Deception Deceptive Trade Practices MerchantO'venice IrishTraveler Fooling AnyOne , 0:11 a ukraineMossad doing bad Russian accent as southern drawl or UK accent , BobbyJindal BrownUniv. Acting School Better uhm ... drawl fake Trustable GoodOl'boy accents or UK Royale

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +3

      Alien Says Observe The Blood DeMoons 2:11

    • @bjorn.sandenstein
      @bjorn.sandenstein 2 роки тому

      @@demoessadderodentia5599 you are an extremely deranged and highly schizophrenic *person,* if you can still be called that

    • @TheKurgain
      @TheKurgain Рік тому +1

      ​@kittylionmeowroar7572 can you elaborate?

    • @zonesquestiloveunderworld
      @zonesquestiloveunderworld 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@kittylionmeowroar7572I feel genuine sorrow for you. Losing contact with reality and being unable to distinguish which is which, is tantamount to a waking nightmare or a living hell. And I mean that, I really do. I hope you can find peace someday. But you won't find it by indulging your paranoia.

  • @HighMojo
    @HighMojo 6 років тому +107

    One of the best and most memorable TZ episodes. The lesson taught by this episode has stuck with me for decades. It is easy to misconstrue the other party's intentions if they remain ambiguous about what they really want if they couch their language in equivocal terms, which is why the best course of action in such situations including the situation dramatized in this episode is to ask bluntly for their intended objectives.

    • @hueyfreeman9297
      @hueyfreeman9297 2 роки тому +5

      I’m the same way with women!

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      MossadDeUkraine 0:11 not by Deception Deceptive Trade Practices MerchantO'venice IrishTraveler Fooling AnyOne , 0:11 a ukraineMossad doing bad Russian accent as southern drawl or UK accent , BobbyJindal BrownUniv. Acting School Better uhm ... drawl fake Trustable GoodOl'boy accents or UK Royale

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      Alien Says Observe The Blood DeMoons 2:11

    • @BigBangBBT
      @BigBangBBT Рік тому

      ​@@hueyfreeman9297😂😂😂

  • @carmelaszymanski8232
    @carmelaszymanski8232 6 років тому +340

    This reminds me of HOW To Serve Man

  • @jessmanuel540
    @jessmanuel540 8 років тому +432

    Lol. Smoking inside the office. Ah, the 80's.:)

    • @cedricproper5256
      @cedricproper5256 7 років тому +14

      I smoke in my office now. It's still ok here.

    • @razieluchiha7580
      @razieluchiha7580 7 років тому +18

      Are they hiring ?

    • @Frobbl
      @Frobbl 7 років тому +19

      You should see the 50s. Back when they also had drinks in the office.

    • @neonyankun
      @neonyankun 6 років тому +8

      If I was an ambassador of a superpower, I'd smoke wherever I please. What are they gonna do? Kick me out from the negotiations? :D

    • @tothineownselfbetrue4182
      @tothineownselfbetrue4182 6 років тому +1

      Raziel Uchiha 😂😂😂😂😂👍💜

  • @chillinlee
    @chillinlee 4 роки тому +55

    So I guess the aliens weren't impressed with Monochrome computer screens and dot matrix printouts. Can't blame them.

    • @freeidiot
      @freeidiot 3 роки тому +5

      Possibly our folks used something like Comic Sans font and hence the invasion:).

  • @TheClovenHoof666
    @TheClovenHoof666 5 років тому +22

    I always liked this episode of the Twilight Zone... there was some great stories in the 80's version...it always brings me back though so does the old Twilight Zone too...I always think late Saturday night watching...retro gold

    • @NightRunner417
      @NightRunner417 5 років тому +2

      Yeah there were some pretty good ones. I particularly liked this one and the one with the watch that could stop time... lol and that crazy one with the kid's guardian Shadow Man.

    • @TheClovenHoof666
      @TheClovenHoof666 5 років тому +1

      I loved those two episodes... particularly the Shadow Man one...though when you say crazy...do you remember the really weird one were blue people were organising every moment in frozen time and they had to make sure every moment was just like the other.....it was really unusual even for the Twilight Zone lol

    • @NightRunner417
      @NightRunner417 5 років тому +1

      @@TheClovenHoof666 No I don't... I might have missed it which isn't a surprise since I know I never saw them all. I'll have to try to find it. Do you know offhand what it was called? Sounds like just that touch of bizarre I need in my life, lol.

    • @TheClovenHoof666
      @TheClovenHoof666 5 років тому

      I found it....its called 'A Matter of Minutes' its also up on UA-cam...here's the link..ua-cam.com/video/m7x7Kd3ILIg/v-deo.html

  • @MynameisBrianZX
    @MynameisBrianZX 9 років тому +236

    I love how the alien has sass.

  • @MPDeventer
    @MPDeventer 7 років тому +320

    How 8 minutes can be so memorable Last saw this 30 years ago, now and then had to think about it during that period.

    • @Neptun776
      @Neptun776 7 років тому +10

      same here.. remarkable short episode.. the alien actor is cool

    • @davidbrogan606
      @davidbrogan606 6 років тому +1

      What a bunch of crap.

    • @lisa1162
      @lisa1162 6 років тому +12

      This was is one of my favorite episodes, and it would pop up in my head from time to time in the last 30+ years.

    • @quantumskywalker6888
      @quantumskywalker6888 6 років тому +8

      Sometimes memories can be muddled.
      Not in this case, for me.
      I've watched this only once back then and all these years later I realized I still remembered the alien's look, his voice, laugh and the line "I think you have misunderstood me".
      Weird!
      :)

    • @plugs313
      @plugs313 6 років тому +11

      When I saw this on UA-cam, I thought ''No way!'' I also remember seeing this years and years ago and it was burned in my mind, thinking about it every once in a while all this time and now, seeing it again... well... WOW!

  • @jonathanbradshaw2293
    @jonathanbradshaw2293 5 років тому +139

    "We've been debating this for centuries"
    "Give us one more day to change your mind"
    "Yeah ok then whatever"

    • @anthonyevans535
      @anthonyevans535 5 років тому +3

      Why do you want to kill your own children??

    • @johnmilius3031
      @johnmilius3031 4 роки тому +7

      @@anthonyevans535 Look up the ancient Spartans.

    • @TheIrishRushin
      @TheIrishRushin 4 роки тому +11

      He should have asked for another 100 years. Seriously it may have worked.

    • @TheIrishRushin
      @TheIrishRushin 4 роки тому +15

      except for the part where in 100 years the result is the same.

    • @yanasitta
      @yanasitta 3 роки тому +5

      That's some big brain negotiating, one day.

  • @Daniel-sh3os
    @Daniel-sh3os 4 роки тому +58

    What we have here is a failure to communicate!

    • @shafiquezaman256
      @shafiquezaman256 3 роки тому +1

      Is that a line from, cool hand Luke?.

    • @Daniel-sh3os
      @Daniel-sh3os 3 роки тому +2

      @@shafiquezaman256 Dropping a line from Cool Hand Luke, here, BOSS.

    • @shafiquezaman256
      @shafiquezaman256 3 роки тому

      @@Daniel-sh3os I'll be good Boss. Great film.

    • @Daniel-sh3os
      @Daniel-sh3os 3 роки тому +1

      @@shafiquezaman256 Great Film. I could of seen James Dean playing Luke if he had lived, although I think Paul Newman did a great job with the role.

    • @starguy2718
      @starguy2718 2 роки тому

      Lucille, washing her car.

  • @fr-tigerfangs7039
    @fr-tigerfangs7039 5 років тому +48

    A small talent for war... The whole episode is about jumping to conclusions based on how we personally interpret things. A rephrasing of what the Alien said would have made them understood what he really meant. The end would have been the same, with the annihilation of the planet, but hey, at least, humanking would not have looked so stupid! Great episode!!

    • @SeraphSeph
      @SeraphSeph 2 роки тому

      Actually if they thought like the Russians the aliens may have been impressed and not killed us. They *wanted* us to be hostile.

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      MossadDeUkraine 0:11 not by Deception Deceptive Trade Practices MerchantO'venice IrishTraveler Fooling AnyOne , 0:11 a ukraineMossad doing bad Russian accent as southern drawl or UK accent , BobbyJindal BrownUniv. Acting School Better uhm ... drawl fake Trustable GoodOl'boy accents or UK Royale

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      Alien Says Observe The Blood DeMoons 2:11

    • @corwinzelazney5312
      @corwinzelazney5312 2 роки тому +3

      @@demoessadderodentia5599 are you on something?

  • @jeffreysiegel9125
    @jeffreysiegel9125 5 років тому +109

    "If we are pawns of dark powers, then even our highest aspirations become a grim joke...
    But if not, then noone will goad us toward world peace, or take it away once we achieve it.
    Doubters please note: You've just seen it achieved once, however briefly...in The Twilight Zone."
    Thank You Rod Serling!

    • @phuckweed
      @phuckweed Рік тому +1

      ​@@dr2599and making those clear and concise points under everyone's comments 🙄

  • @greedyd5524
    @greedyd5524 6 років тому +379

    It’s a cookbook!!!!

    • @fredweller1086
      @fredweller1086 6 років тому +25

      To Serve Man

    • @Danae78
      @Danae78 6 років тому +4

      I thought that

    • @Hmongboi228
      @Hmongboi228 6 років тому +7

      Yeah, for the first 2 minutes, I thought of that too. I thought that this was just a modern remake but it wasn't..

    • @houstonrebel4449
      @houstonrebel4449 6 років тому +4

      I thought it was a remake of that too at first

    • @vinvass2674
      @vinvass2674 6 років тому +13

      You are woefully backward in the art of cannibalism, your sauces are lacking in flavour and, worst of all, what you really want to be is vegans.

  • @jasonsmith4330
    @jasonsmith4330 6 років тому +71

    I'd been told about this clip and despite that it was so well done it was still a thrill to watch. It speaks well of war and peace, and to the fantasy that alien visitors will have achieved a superior culture just because they've got superior technology.

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      MossadDeUkraine 0:11 not by Deception Deceptive Trade Practices MerchantO'venice IrishTraveler Fooling AnyOne , 0:11 a ukraineMossad doing bad Russian accent as southern drawl or UK accent , BobbyJindal BrownUniv. Acting School Better uhm ... drawl fake Trustable GoodOl'boy accents or UK Royale

    • @kittylionmeowroar7572
      @kittylionmeowroar7572 2 роки тому +1

      Alien Says Observe The Blood DeMoons 2:11

    • @phuckweed
      @phuckweed Рік тому

      ​@@dr2599I think it's the aliens trying to communicate with us 😂

  • @MissMarinaCapri
    @MissMarinaCapri 2 роки тому +19

    Interesting plot twist, I remember seeing this on my parents cathode ray tube console TV set when it first aired in New York City broadcast television.
    Moral of the story, never assume others meaning, never judge a book by its cover. Learn to think outside the box of our mindset.

  • @1969apophis
    @1969apophis 5 років тому +84

    Thank you for sharing this episode..I saw this many years ago and it was a emotionally disturbing episode...but one of my favorites from this series...

    • @nataliaturner4845
      @nataliaturner4845 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, I can't say I truly like this one so much, only for the fact that so many people actually subscribe to some conspiracy-version of this premise in rl, which I find equal parts maddening & depressing. But as a thought experiment or commentary on our capacity & deepest desire for world peace, I can appreciate it. This is one of the newer episodes that stand out w/the best of the originals to me.

  • @grimsnark4849
    @grimsnark4849 6 років тому +286

    Your planet has sorely lagged behind in Nehru Jacket technology.

    • @arielfornari6595
      @arielfornari6595 6 років тому +4

      Grim Snark
      -HAH HAH HAH! You floored me on that one dude!!! BTW, this may sound weird, but there's a very famous political analyst in Mexico, his name is Alfredo Jaliffe & he's also taken a liking to sometimes wearing Nehru jackets. He's into conspiracy theories BTW. I wonder if he's seen this episode?

    • @michaelmclaughlin261
      @michaelmclaughlin261 6 років тому +5

      And shoulder padding ... eighties fad or mark of the galactic masters?

    • @zant5721
      @zant5721 5 років тому

      Grim Snark 😆😆

    • @robertorebollar8978
      @robertorebollar8978 5 років тому

      No aigth

    • @mikerose51
      @mikerose51 5 років тому +1

      What is a Negru ...jacket lol

  • @sn00ke
    @sn00ke 6 років тому +272

    If I were a powerful alien, I'd just go around pranking civilizations with pretend extinction

    • @Gigatless
      @Gigatless 4 роки тому +14

      That's why you aren't one

    • @markdemell8056
      @markdemell8056 4 роки тому +5

      You need help pal!

    • @Grey_Shard
      @Grey_Shard 4 роки тому +7

      That was the plotline of the first half of the book "Illegal Aliens" by Phil Foglio.

    • @Ixions
      @Ixions 3 роки тому +1

      That's the lie every eight year old with a magnifying glass tells themselves. Power corrupts

    • @Ronin1977-v6l
      @Ronin1977-v6l 3 роки тому +2

      then you are not powerful at all, but a stupid one

  • @spacestevie2
    @spacestevie2 9 років тому +368

    Dying is easy... Comedy is hard... :-)

    • @davidthegreat2987
      @davidthegreat2987 6 років тому +1

      I like comedy!😁😀

    • @michaeljacobs4546
      @michaeljacobs4546 6 років тому +6

      "Sheesh, when you die at the Ceasar's Palace, well you really die! - Mel Brooks, History of the World

    • @peglegnoid6139
      @peglegnoid6139 5 років тому

      @@davidthegreat2987 Comedy requires the element of conflict.

    • @sorra300-
      @sorra300- 5 років тому

      is this a hamulton reference?

    • @seikibrian8641
      @seikibrian8641 5 років тому

      @@sorra300- If you mean "Hamilton," no. It's a truism attributed to English actor Edmund Gwenn, though his actual words were probably different. (Several variations have been printed at various times.)

  • @louis-alexandregregoire-sa5361
    @louis-alexandregregoire-sa5361 2 роки тому +29

    I love science fiction. I love horror. The two of them in this work of art is brilliant. Thank you to the writers.

  • @shilohstore6086
    @shilohstore6086 Рік тому +7

    I cannot tell you the way that this stuck with me it lives rent-free in my head for decades and decades now

  • @88hyperman
    @88hyperman 6 років тому +26

    The part where the alien laughs is my favourite!

  • @iL_Mio_Nome_e_Nessuno
    @iL_Mio_Nome_e_Nessuno 7 років тому +186

    You know the real question here should be.. if they have aaaall this technology and resources then who or what are they are trying to fight against?

    • @terrywilder9
      @terrywilder9 6 років тому +14

      In-laws

    • @mikewilliams258
      @mikewilliams258 6 років тому +4

      Valami Izé The word is "then".

    • @rxonmymind8362
      @rxonmymind8362 5 років тому +3

      Time to kill some ahlien's.
      (Inglorious bastards. )

    • @macheleon
      @macheleon 5 років тому +6

      Anyone in their way to domination.

    • @klopez7080
      @klopez7080 5 років тому +7

      It's a form of entertainment for them.

  • @tim8602
    @tim8602 5 років тому +19

    After all these years I still remember this episode.

  • @AllisterCooper2008
    @AllisterCooper2008 3 роки тому +11

    The aliens later changed their mind, so that ambassador walked around the city, was smitten with an attractive local lady, and returned home. A year later, Derek Zoolander was born.

  • @anthonyevans535
    @anthonyevans535 5 років тому +15

    The funny part is when it said "you misunderstood me".. 😄😄😄

  • @JamesSavik
    @JamesSavik 6 років тому +420

    I miss shows like the Twilight Zone: short dramatic plays as opposed to shit comms and unreality shows. Truly, television has DEVOLVED to its shittiest incarnation.

    • @Danae78
      @Danae78 6 років тому +5

      Exactly..but that's why I've turn to good anime for an alternative.

    • @hadara69
      @hadara69 6 років тому +1

      Creepshow tv series coming next year from Nicotero, of "The Walking Dead". Should be creepy!
      ;)

    • @1life744
      @1life744 6 років тому +2

      I agree

    • @waitwhatrly
      @waitwhatrly 6 років тому +11

      Black Mirror is worth a shot, Preacher too

    • @davidb5205
      @davidb5205 6 років тому +5

      So we're just going to pretend like the 1950's and 1960's didn't have utterly dull and cloying sitcoms like "Leave It to Beaver" or shows about magic/witches/vampires like "I Dream of Jeannie" and "The Munsters"
      If you wish to find a modern day Twilight Zone, it's called BLACK MIRROR and it's quite good.

  • @bronxlords
    @bronxlords 6 років тому +39

    They should have asked him what does he really want,

  • @3piper
    @3piper 6 років тому +282

    Why not keep us for comedy ??we are hilarious

    • @burtonwilliams5355
      @burtonwilliams5355 5 років тому +9

      Yep -- Monty Phyton's Flying Circus

    • @raxoo1981
      @raxoo1981 5 років тому +25

      maybe thats why we still exist..someone is observing us like a reality show..for amusememt 😅

    • @MidnightMoon197
      @MidnightMoon197 5 років тому +3

      Here Here!

    • @CentralRazorwing
      @CentralRazorwing 4 роки тому +2

      because they are tyrants and monsters.

    • @ShadowLynx777
      @ShadowLynx777 3 роки тому +3

      Haven't you seen Southpark? We are a joke to them. Earth 2020 was a season finally

  • @odysseusrex5908
    @odysseusrex5908 5 років тому +25

    "It is absurd! How do we know you can do it?"
    "You'll find out tomorrow."

  • @Crambo90ify
    @Crambo90ify 5 років тому +15

    When you think you're so clever and then stumble upon an old Twilight Zone episode.

  • @newguy90
    @newguy90 5 років тому +66

    The lesson of this Twilight Zone episode is to always be true to yourself.

    • @kevinlane1219
      @kevinlane1219 Рік тому +4

      But they were; the ambassador said they wanted peace, and they achieved it. I think the reason lesson is be prepared to join forces with someone and fight alongside them, should the need ever arise.

  • @rmeddy
    @rmeddy 11 років тому +452

    This one totally caught me off guard.
    awesome

    • @ActionableFreedom
      @ActionableFreedom 7 років тому +19

      Not me! I knew it inside of me as soon as he said the planet would be destroyed so suddenly and it just kept getting stronger, this feeling that they had bred us for other reasons. Besides, what a hypocritical peace it would be to have it imposed by eternal threat of annihilation.

    • @StormTiberius
      @StormTiberius 6 років тому +6

      For me it was the title that gave it away.

    • @videox222ify
      @videox222ify 6 років тому +2

      I love it when they do that.

    • @mouseypublishings
      @mouseypublishings 6 років тому +9

      I was waiting for an American to get up and say "hey, fuck you, pal. What makes u better then us? Ill kick ur sissy ass back to mars, u son of a bitch! This is America!"

    • @JamesCraigWhoop
      @JamesCraigWhoop 6 років тому +7

      I know...how many Twilight Zone episodes we're anti-war propaganda. Thank goodness for the 80s action hero

  • @missouribob7850
    @missouribob7850 6 років тому +84

    This was a good episode. I like how everyone is laughing along with the alien without quiet knowing why.

  • @summer20105707
    @summer20105707 4 роки тому +238

    I remember this episode well. This was shocking since we assumed they were peaceful as we are attempting to become. The lesson is NEVER assume anything regarding those you know nothing about.

    • @zs9652
      @zs9652 3 роки тому +46

      Tbh it makes sense in the end too. Why would a super peaceful civilization want to make a whole planet go extinct instead of fixing the problem/guiding us.
      In hindsight the aliens obviously had warmongerer morals.

    • @hybrid5568
      @hybrid5568 2 роки тому +8

      This segment opened my brain to look between the lines and learn deeper.

    • @AaaAaa-ly3on
      @AaaAaa-ly3on 2 роки тому +11

      @@zs9652 Well, the very familiar hand salute when alien disappeared was kinda giveaway... ;)

    • @stephen1340c
      @stephen1340c 2 роки тому

      @@zs9652 Makes sense. That's true.

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts 2 роки тому +2

      @@zs9652 they were looking for foot soldiers

  • @firebird6522
    @firebird6522 4 роки тому +99

    He gives one small clue as to his real intentions at 1:30.
    Careful listeners will note the way he phrases this:
    "... and the nuclear balance of terror which precludes any real victory..."
    He doesn't say peace, he says victory. A clue to his ultimate intentions.

    • @TommygunNG
      @TommygunNG 2 роки тому +8

      Indeed.
      People hear what they expect to hear, especially from network TV. We've all heard how a species or race capable of interstellar travel will be "enlightened" and "advanced," and that that means bleeding-heart peaceful. So most viewers were like the characters in the show--that is, hearing a lament for peace.

    • @bladerunner3314
      @bladerunner3314 2 роки тому +6

      Maybe it was the German translation, but the twist at the end never came as a surprise for me as a kid in the 80s

    • @elijahstovall5440
      @elijahstovall5440 2 роки тому +10

      "You have a small talent for war..."
      Too me that was the first clue. Seemed like he emphasized on small.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 2 роки тому +5

      @@elijahstovall5440 The meaning could go both ways. It could mean that having such a talent, even a small one is not a good thing.

    • @detrockcity3
      @detrockcity3 Рік тому

      Small in the sense of “meager, hardly any” and small in the sense of “trifling, foolish.”

  • @battlestarmarc
    @battlestarmarc 6 років тому +12

    1 of the best 1985 twilight zone episodes.
    Great twist ending.

  • @eddihaskell
    @eddihaskell 6 років тому +53

    The alien looks like Ben Stiller as Bruno.

    • @evilubuntu9001
      @evilubuntu9001 5 років тому

      Sasha Baron Cohen was just born to be in this skit as the alien ambassador.

  • @winternow2242
    @winternow2242 6 років тому +17

    I think jaded viewers in the 1980's could have spotted the ending, still John Glover made an excellent alien. Without much in sci-fi, I kept thinking he was going to turn into a monster, which made him seem monstrous the entire time.

  • @picturepainter
    @picturepainter 2 роки тому +12

    I imagine Isaac Asimov would have been shocked by the twist in this episode if he'd seen it. In the 1970s Asimov once said that if intelligent extraterrestrial life exists and has advanced enough to make contact with other intelligent life, then logically they would have grown up significantly and overcome their barbaric, warlike instincts. For that reason, Asimov found the idea of aliens wanting to invade Earth a bit far-fetched. But in this case it's different. Humanity is looked on as a failed experiment because the aliens that created us felt our appetite for war and conquest was not strong ENOUGH. A disappointed parent deciding to wipe out their offspring for not living up to expectations is a bit harsh, but that's the way it goes...

    • @ak22gml85
      @ak22gml85 Рік тому

      Plenty of parallels in the bible of a disappointed creator/parent destroying his creations/children, time and again actually, because they did not live up to expectations

  • @tigerhong1
    @tigerhong1 4 роки тому +11

    Watched this series as a kid in the mid-80s. Miss this type of TV.

    • @dkyelak
      @dkyelak 4 роки тому +1

      Lots of good episodes. Outer Limits came back in the 90s too I think and it was pretty good too.

  • @DaveMSippel
    @DaveMSippel 6 років тому +356

    That alien was completely screwing with them. He was going to kill everyone no matter what.

    • @Gorilla_Jones
      @Gorilla_Jones 6 років тому +15

      You're missing the point

    • @godzilladestroyscities1757
      @godzilladestroyscities1757 6 років тому +34

      He was pissed that everyone did not kill everyone else. Seems reasonable to me.

    • @Emp6ft10in
      @Emp6ft10in 6 років тому +44

      He was. He knew there was nothing they could do in a day even if they had understood what he meant.

    • @BuceGar
      @BuceGar 5 років тому +10

      Comedy is hard.

    • @charlesneely
      @charlesneely 5 років тому +8

      He did the right thing after all we were ripe for harvesting the Pentagon or the military they were not interested in curing for cancer and all that shit they weren't interested in weapons typical about over bloated military Pentagon Department that I want to see shutdown ASAP all they do is make profit for the war manufacturers but in this episode that's all the Pentagon was interested in no cure for AIDS just weapons technology

  • @senseisakornsin
    @senseisakornsin 15 років тому +16

    This episode of Twilight Zone defined why this series was so great!

  • @CaesarInVa
    @CaesarInVa 6 років тому +101

    To the representative of the USSR, who demands proof that the alien's possess the technological capability to end life on Earth: I'm pretty much thinking that anyone or anything that can materialize and dematerialize at will pretty much has the technology to make life on Earth, at the very least, very uncomfortable.

    • @Yawehplaneswalker616
      @Yawehplaneswalker616 6 років тому +23

      If you can travel across the stars and teleport you have enough energy on your ships to boil the oceans.

    • @terryhawkins8191
      @terryhawkins8191 6 років тому +1

      Yawehplaneswalker616 EXACTLY !!👍👍

    • @chrisbrown5073
      @chrisbrown5073 5 років тому +4

      Had a very similar discussion with my mother several years ago, when we experienced, shall we say an ‘incident’, she tried to out drive it, wasn’t very. Impressed when I explained that if somebody can travel across time and space, then her car isn’t going to do a lot to save her ! Years later she has finally realized her panicked actions, although perfectly natural, were futile , and denied herself the answer to probably the greatest question of all

    • @mauricegilliam7102
      @mauricegilliam7102 4 роки тому +3

      It might b a magic trick.

    • @michaelreynolds9802
      @michaelreynolds9802 3 роки тому +1

      @@Yawehplaneswalker616 not really.

  • @bigtalk2598
    @bigtalk2598 3 роки тому +6

    Very clever. Great acting. Great makeup and special effects (for that time). One of the best episodes ever.

  • @aaronosheroff2980
    @aaronosheroff2980 5 років тому +3

    I’ve been looking for this for years! Thank you!

  • @mrcydonia
    @mrcydonia 6 років тому +264

    Oh gosh, did my ambiguous phrasing give you the wrong idea? Silly me.

    • @peacefuljeffrey
      @peacefuljeffrey 6 років тому +37

      Yeah, he did pretty much taint the whole experiment.

    • @wolfwing1
      @wolfwing1 6 років тому +31

      reminds me of the ending of a choose your own adventure, a alien says, "You may decline our offer, and you can go in peace." if you decide to decline he's like, "oh I'm sorry my english is bad...I meant you can go in pieces." and kills you by cutting you into a dozen pieces hehe.

    • @coprographia
      @coprographia 6 років тому +6

      he’s been hanging out with the Kanamit too long

    • @bedstuyrover
      @bedstuyrover 6 років тому +6

      He was probably a lawyer; which reminds me of Dr Johnson's words, " He saw a lawyer kill a viper on a dung hill hard by his stable and the devil smiled, it put him in mind of Cain and his brother Abel".

    • @jeffweskamp3685
      @jeffweskamp3685 4 роки тому +5

      I think that alien was deliberately dicking around with those UN guys......

  • @CaptApril123
    @CaptApril123 6 років тому +41

    1980's Twilight zone was as close to the original as you could get.. very good.

  • @phoeniximperator
    @phoeniximperator 8 років тому +131

    John Glover plays a great villain

    • @Sommer57
      @Sommer57 6 років тому +10

      Especially in Smallville.

    • @johnmassey175
      @johnmassey175 5 років тому +2

      Gremlins 2 will always be his masterpiece.

    • @traceytaggart1740
      @traceytaggart1740 5 років тому +1

      John Massey oh, you mean the one where he plays Donald Tr-I mean, Daniel Clamp?

  • @Americanpatriot-zo2tk
    @Americanpatriot-zo2tk 2 роки тому +5

    To Mr. John Glover, awesome episode dude thank you for making it!

  • @payntpot7623
    @payntpot7623 3 роки тому +7

    I saw this many years ago on tv. It stuck in my mind when none of the others did. Just lately I have searched for it as it seems so pertinent right now. I had no idea it was from the twilight zone series Thanks for the upload.

  • @tomj3372
    @tomj3372 5 років тому +7

    I remember this episode and have been looking for it for years. Great twist. Thank you.

  • @erickswanson5795
    @erickswanson5795 8 років тому +10

    Great episode, I remember seeing this on TV as a kid in the 80's.

  • @darklight6921
    @darklight6921 8 років тому +33

    loved this episode.

  • @greatsol2444
    @greatsol2444 4 роки тому +38

    "You have failed".
    More relevant in 2020 than ever.

    • @northwestgardener5076
      @northwestgardener5076 3 роки тому +3

      Well Trump failed to take us to war for 4 years, mabey with Biden humanity will be able to show the aliens our more savage side. Lock up the Trump supporter we can make Hitler look like a amateur.

    • @northwestgardener5076
      @northwestgardener5076 3 роки тому +1

      @A M no I just think Biden will do a superior job at getting us into a war, where Trump totally failed to drag us into a new war.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 3 роки тому

      @A M no, Trump is.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 3 роки тому

      @@northwestgardener5076 No, trump did.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 3 роки тому

      @A M dude, that's literally trump, you're the problem with this country

  • @ZekeThePlumber86
    @ZekeThePlumber86 Рік тому +5

    Definitely one of the best episodes of the 80's

  • @BarneyLCornett
    @BarneyLCornett 6 років тому +10

    I remember this show especially... This is only the second time I've seen it since the first time it aired!!!

  • @altoidsours
    @altoidsours 8 років тому +35

    At first I was like "wow this guy looks a LOT like John Glover." Then I was like "this must be John Glover." Then I looked it up and sure enough, it was John Glover. I'm usually bad at recognizing actors too.

    • @lightningshadows7610
      @lightningshadows7610 6 років тому +1

      Thank you I was trying to recognize him he has a familiar face

    • @jonsnor4313
      @jonsnor4313 6 років тому +1

      He is awesome as a bad guy.

  • @aarongranda7825
    @aarongranda7825 5 років тому +27

    Brilliant writing, tight direction, simple plot, easy to understand, point made, message delivered. Sly and scary with a Serling esque twist. Aside from the cheap special fx, Emmy worthy.

  • @susancorgi
    @susancorgi 3 роки тому +9

    This is definitely one of the best episodes 👏👏👏

  • @rizreid8670
    @rizreid8670 4 роки тому +10

    Just love the irony. Alfred Hitchcock did the same thing, often and very well. I miss quality television : (

  • @leeboy26
    @leeboy26 6 років тому +45

    'All' life on earth? Like the rabbits, ants and walruses? What did they do to deserve that?

    • @gplito
      @gplito 5 років тому +1

      Exist...we eat all that stuff, so what?

    • @robertaylor9218
      @robertaylor9218 5 років тому +12

      It wasn't about deserve. Life was manipulated to produce an effective weapon, the weapon wasn't good enough, so the it was destroyed before it became a nuisance. Pretty fucked up, but a good episode.

    • @surfinmuso37
      @surfinmuso37 5 років тому +2

      we are wiping out millions of species right now via incredible stupidity....um hello? What did they do to deserve that mr ignorant?

    • @ericmanget4280
      @ericmanget4280 5 років тому +8

      @@surfinmuso37 99.9% of all species were destroyed before humanity ever came into the picture.

    • @surfinmuso37
      @surfinmuso37 5 років тому +1

      @@ericmanget4280 lol yeah right mate-stop sniffing the bath salts, it scrambled your brain.

  • @bombasticfoku
    @bombasticfoku 16 років тому +4

    Love this episode. One of my most favorite TZ. Thanks for putting this up.

  • @andrewbowers_
    @andrewbowers_ 6 років тому +110

    This was the one and only TZ episode that haunted me my whole life. I must have been around 13yo and I loved the critical message so much that as of that very day, I never backed down from a noble fight - I just got smarter over time. I had the crap beaten out of me many times along the way and I can tell you - it was good. I bet the authors of that TZ script never dreamed it could change a life.

    • @sirien.neiris
      @sirien.neiris 6 років тому +7

      What about the one where they start nuclear Armageddon by striking completely friendly aliens who landed in the Pacific just because they were unable to translate the message fast enough to stop crazy scared politicians?

    • @ichaffee1
      @ichaffee1 6 років тому

      cool man

    • @peacefuljeffrey
      @peacefuljeffrey 6 років тому +3

      What episode was that? Was it an original series episode or a later series episode?

    • @peacefuljeffrey
      @peacefuljeffrey 6 років тому +6

      I really don’t think that the writers would be surprised to learn that their work influenced people’s thinking and lives. I’m pretty sure that was actually a goal of theirs.

    • @sirien.neiris
      @sirien.neiris 6 років тому +5

      the one I've mentioned? Sorry, don't remember at all - it is so long time ago, I was really small when I was watching this series. Yet many episodes got stuck in my head. This one was one which I remember strongest - its message about fear of unknown was really well given. Another one I remember was with the girl-child-witch and that inquisitor who was hunting her, ending with her mind-burning him and him walking away in confusion - when she was asked what did she did to him she just said "I've took the evil out of him".

  • @ShadowLynx777
    @ShadowLynx777 3 роки тому +3

    Alien: Silly hoomans, we wanted you for war.
    Hoomans: Ooooohhh you should have said so.
    *deploy enough nuclear warheads to melt a planet*
    Alien: Haha now we're talking.

  • @bakabaka98573
    @bakabaka98573 2 роки тому +9

    It's ironic that the USA ambassador was arguing for peace.

  • @abundantYOUniverse
    @abundantYOUniverse 6 років тому +70

    His outfit is just screaming for accessories.

    • @wizard9403
      @wizard9403 5 років тому

      Honk if he reminds you of Cosmo Kramer!!

    • @ai6894
      @ai6894 5 років тому +6

      Or better yet, David Bowie.

    • @stargazerlilly608
      @stargazerlilly608 5 років тому +2

      I laughed way harder at this than I should have 🤣😂😅😆

    • @tiki_trash
      @tiki_trash 5 років тому

      Woefully lacking in flair

    • @delilahsamsons6503
      @delilahsamsons6503 5 років тому

      He should have fired his hairstylist though..that look don't go with that Nehru..😜!

  • @DaveDaShrubber
    @DaveDaShrubber 6 років тому +120

    I can't believe Tony Robbins would destroy the earth.

  • @Allbbrz
    @Allbbrz 8 років тому +10

    One of the best TW episodes of the 80's reboot, although little short, still straight to the point.

  • @spinocus
    @spinocus 5 років тому +55

    One of the greatest Twilight Zone episodes ever made.

  • @StefanUrkel
    @StefanUrkel Рік тому +3

    I still remember not seeing the ending twist ahead of time.. grew up watching twilight zone, outerlimits, and night gallery.. they could be really spooky watching them late at night on old school TVs downstairs all by myself. Even though they were scary to me, I somehow couldn't stop watching when they came on.

  • @wayneg2139
    @wayneg2139 5 років тому +5

    I remember watching this a long time ago. I was very impressed with the irony! One of my favorite re-boot episodes.

  • @SaltpeterTaffy
    @SaltpeterTaffy 9 років тому +176

    This episode predates Star Trek: TNG by two years. I wonder how much of an influence it was on Q's character.

    • @Blaydelk
      @Blaydelk 8 років тому +8

      +SaltpeterTaffy Q? Q wasn't even close to kirk and spock, I respect your interest but I detest your knowledge. The real Twilight Zone was way back, way before Star Trek and very scary. Did you know that they were threatening to kill us all? That is part of the reason the Hippies took LSD, they wanted to escape. Oh the lieing pentagon shits used to fly over our farms, making sonic booms, just to scare us into the ground like a bunch of ground squirrels, violent idiots. Saltpeter? Why do you call your self that, potassium nitrate was used to keep soldiers from getting so horny but it isn't effective, jack off, its the only real cure.

    • @SaltpeterTaffy
      @SaltpeterTaffy 8 років тому +35

      What the hell are you even talking about. I'm talking about the Star Trek series that came out a) AFTER b) THIS Twilight Zone episode. TOS has nothing to do with my comment whatsoever.

    • @jamesmohr9168
      @jamesmohr9168 8 років тому +13

      I am doubtful that Q was influenced by this guy, at least to any significant extent other than making life miserable for humans. ;-)
      Speaking of LSD, seems someone here might be having a few flashbacks.

    • @SaltpeterTaffy
      @SaltpeterTaffy 8 років тому +8

      The concept of Q may predate this episode, but John de Lancie's performance does not. Holy crap guys is this why William Shatner went off on the Trekkies in SNL all those years ago? >_>

    • @emartin86
      @emartin86 8 років тому +3

      Blayde Keel. I can't tell if your insane & took way too much LSD over the years, which may have led you to have paranoid delusions, or if your a genious. Great comment though.

  • @kennethflores93
    @kennethflores93 6 років тому +4

    This is def a gem among a handful of episodes that are amazing albeit with some scary connotations.

  • @SpreadingtheMuse
    @SpreadingtheMuse Рік тому +2

    Just met John Glover at a sci fi con. Showed him this episode on my phone and he was very curious. He asked me to send him the link {I did}. My impression was that he hadn't seen this performance in decades.
    I also said that no matter what you do, do not watch his Tales from the Crypt episode at 2 am right before going to bed. It doesnt jive well. ;}

  • @nickger4936
    @nickger4936 2 роки тому +4

    Holy cow that twist was incredible.

  • @justleslie8609
    @justleslie8609 3 роки тому +6

    This and "To Serve Humans" are eye openers

  • @RGC-gn2nm
    @RGC-gn2nm 5 років тому +80

    The Russian was right. Go figure

    • @alhassanait1749
      @alhassanait1749 5 років тому +2

      Good point !! but their technology seems very advanced . no chance ...

    • @dtho6231
      @dtho6231 4 роки тому +6

      @@alhassanait1749 I don't think it was issue of tech, but the will to conquer. We didn't have the will to fight. That is what they wanted, to breed a race who had the inherit will to conquer like humans use to do, it is why they allowed us to exist (in context of this episode). We then thought peace was good, abandoned right by conquest, and that was the end of us ironically lmao. It is basically an episode to challenge conventional views. We glorify peace, but I think this episode was trying to subvert things we hold as innately good values and present as a bad or a potential weakness.

    • @misspriss2482
      @misspriss2482 4 роки тому

      @@dtho6231 It's only a weakness if there is someone around who isn't honestly committed to that goal. Even if the alien had left, I would have given this peace treaty a few years at most before someone broke it. Do you honestly think that every country was going to destroy their weapons and not keep a secret stash somewhere? Someone would have taken advantage of the situation.

    • @dtho6231
      @dtho6231 4 роки тому +1

      @@misspriss2482 Bro I am not advocating the policy lmao, I am just saying what the episode was trying to get across.

  • @losnamerales3403
    @losnamerales3403 2 роки тому +4

    I love this episode from when I was a child... its like an armed robber bursting into your house saying "get down or else" everybody hits the deck then robber shoots everybody because he meant dance when he said "get down" 🤔😅

  • @adambrown3918
    @adambrown3918 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the video. I haven't seen this decades. You have a new subscriber. 😊

  • @dr.sinawahn4156
    @dr.sinawahn4156 4 місяці тому +1

    This was my very first contact with the paradox, when I was a child and this episode was shown in TV. It was a real eye opener. Everything can be complete different to what we may think.