Sunday, January 24, 2010

Twilight Zone News Roundup January 24, 2010

A blogger on LiveJournal is happy that SyFy is running episodes he hasn’t seen yet.
http://urbeatle.livejournal.com/170666.html

A review of a comic book adaptation of “The Odyssey of Flight 33.”
http://panelpatter.blogspot.com/2010/01/twilight-zone-odyssey-of-flight-33.html

I guess someone thought the Disney Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Ride was a movie.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100117121935AA1Uvr3

Mentions that Lloyd Bridges appeared in Rod Serling’s western series The Loner.
http://news.puggal.com/lloyd-bridges-18926/

A clip of Rod Serling discussing writing.
http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/rod_serling_where_do_ideas_come_from.html

I don’t care for astrology, but Rod Serling gets mentioned as a famous Capricorn.
http://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2010/01/capricorn-2010---disciplined-responsible-earth-spirits.html

Rod Serling quoted on the difference between science fiction and fantasy.
http://aoaosoft.com/2010/01/18/what-is-science-fiction/

Someone picks their top five science fiction shows and includes The Twilight Zone.
http://www.tampabay.com/features/popculture/before-caprica-invades-our-tv-time-our-top-5-sci-fi-shows-we-cherish/1066259

Even though Rod Serling’s political views were regarded as liberal, conservatives also draw inspiration from “The Twilight Zone.” Here’s another use of “To Serve Man” (adapted from a Damon Knight short story) to argue against President Obama’s proposals.
http://thecurrent9171787.blogspot.com/2010/01/healthcare-bill-and-twilight-zone.html

Twilight Zone wall paper.
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/the-twilight-zone/images/1054422/title/twilight-zone

Not sure why this entry came up as if it were something new.
http://www.uk.imdb.com/title/tt0734552/

An E-Bay auction for Japanese Twilight Zone DVDs. I don’t know much about E-Bay, so I’d be a bit leery about a seller who posts a $6.00 shipping charge and then rants and raves that the shipping is more.
http://cgi.ebay.com/TWILIGHT-ZONE-Vol-1-Japan-LD-Box-PILF-2387-Laserdisc_W0QQitemZ290392905098QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Laserdisc?hash=item439cc4158a

A post about Kirk Douglas list Seven Days in May written by Rod Serling.
http://elizabethfoxwell.blogspot.com/2010/01/wcftr-kirk-douglass-suspense-related.html

A film that is “best characterized as an homage to Rod Serling.”
http://www.famousmonstersoffilmland.com/official-downstream-websites-launches/

Steve King is called an admirer of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.” I don’t know. In Danse Macabre, I remember King heaping scorn on The Twilight Zone.
http://hallucina.blogspot.com/2010/01/stephen-kings-under-dome.html

Another post mentioning the marathons.
http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?id=3509

I know there’s a Mike Wallace interview of Rod Serling. I didn’t know there was a “lost” interview though.
http://forsale.oodle.com/view/1959-the-mike-wallace-lost-interview-rod-serling-dvd-twilight-zone/1745766910-springfield-ma/

John Landis, who was involved in Twilight Zone: The Movie, has joined the company Mass Hysteria.
http://theotcinvestor.com/top-3-otc-bb-and-pink-sheet-market-movers-596/
And again
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/press-release/alto_gdhi_mhys_ppii_vtpi_wtkn_redhotpennystock-com-ppii-mhys-gdhi-wtkn-vtpi-alto-redhotpennystock-com-alert--712150.html


A list of Twilight Zone facts.
http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/09/30/facts-about-the-twilight-zone-and-creator-rod-serling-37476/

Photo of a Twilight Zone/Rod Serling stamp.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/textdrivebys/4287571762/

An actor with a TZ credit appears as a guest speaker.
http://newsblaze.com/story/20100120080043zzzz.nb/topstory.html

A “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” bobble head.
http://bifbangpow.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-twilight-zone-gremlin-bobble-head.html

Someone asks about a story from the 1980s Twilight Zone.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100120120806AAV8tqX

A Mickey Rooney interview where Rod Serling’s “Requiem for a Heavyweight” gets mentioned.
http://filmjournal.net/trouserpress/2010/01/21/mickey-rooney-exclusive-interview/

A post about “The Fever.”
http://1950sunlimited.blogspot.com/2010/01/twilight-zone-wednesday-fever.html

One of Mark Kneece’s Twilight Zone graphic novels shows up on ABE books. I guess I’ll skip any more of these links for now since these books are still in print and available new.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1404917325&searchurl=kn%3DTwilight%2BZone

Rod Serling Presents The Twilight Zone on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738&gid=2216788630

Some one is selling their copies of the previous Twilight Zone DVD set that preceded the current definitive edition collection.
http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-cds-dvds-blu-ray-Twilight-Zone-DVD-Collection-Original-Series-Rod-Serling-37-DVDs-W0QQAdIdZ178369370

An inaccurate overview of the original series. 1-3 stories per episode? Errr . . . maybe in the 80s version, but not in the original.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978007082&grpId=3659174697243100&nav=Groupspace

Hugh Jackman to star in a film based on a Richard Matheson story. Along with Serling and Charles Beaumont, Matheson was one of the most important writers on the original Twilight Zone.
http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2010/01/21/hugh-jackman-will-begin-filming-real-steel-in-michigan-this-summer/comment-page-1/

A “This Date in History site gives some background on “The Hitch-Hiker.”
http://canadianattic.blogspot.com/2010/01/january-22-2010.html

Pedro Vargas draws Rod Serling.
http://pipsqueakscorner.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-ive-been-up-to.html

Someone tries to classify Rod Serling’s personality. Their methods don’t seem very scientific though.
http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/popular-culture-type/26909-rod-serling.html

Archive of American Television Rod Serling Page.
http://www.emmytvlegends.org/node/3745

If anyone is looking for a collection of stories that were adapted into Night Gallery episodes, here’s an auction for you.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rod-Serlings-Night-Gallery-Reader_W0QQitemZ150407069193QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Fiction_Books?hash=item2304f5be09

Another criticism of plastic surgery that references “Number 12 Looks Just Like You.”
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/01/22/jeffrey-scott-shapiro-heidi-montag-plastic-surgery-addiction/

Rand Ravich to write Leonardo DiCaprio’s Twilight Zone.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i21640ce071c3e4ce361339e796d159d2

Another story about John Landis that mentions his involvement with the 1983 Twilight Zone movie.
http://blog.reelloop.com/6582/news/john-landiss-comeback-burke-hare-secures-awesome-cast/

Surrogates director Jonathan Mostow mentions The Twilight Zone as an influence.
http://www.disneydreaming.com/2010/01/22/surrogates-question-and-answer-session-with-director-jonathan-mostow-part-1/

Another “Number 12 Looks Just Like You” reference.
http://dugoutdaisy.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-twilight-zone-is-genius.html

Twilight Zone Season 1 wallpaper.
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/the-twilight-zone/images/1066929/title/twilight-zone-season

Someone joins The Rod Serling Memorial Foundation. That’s something I should do too.
http://www.wilsonjoe.com/2010/01/submitted-for-your-approval.html

All right, I just skipped linking to a copy of another Mark Kneece graphic novel on E-Bay. These are new and in print folks! But here’s something I couldn’t resist!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/The-Twilight-Zone-Annual-1965-Rod-Serling_W0QQitemZ120515424422QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Annuals_Books_EH?hash=item1c0f4770a6

A dimensional Twilight Zone party?
http://clubpenguinhallofcheats.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/club-penguin-dimensional-twilight-zone-party/

A Talking Tina bobble head.
http://www.buy.com/prod/The-Twilight-Zone-Talky-Tina-Talking-Bobble-Head/q/loc/58207/213644942.html

A town named Willoughby has an event based on “A Stop at Willoughby.”
http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/01/24/opinion/nh1883982.txt

The Desilu Playhouse presentation of Rod Serling’s “The Time Element” that some fans consider as The Twilight Zone’s unofficial pilot episode. Besides the following link, you can also find it at BitTorrent.
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2110347/5426554/

Phew! That’s it for now. I really need to do these things more often so I can do a few at a time instead of a lot at once.

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