tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post7127778349160691014..comments2024-03-29T04:57:26.162-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: CULT TV FLASHBACK # 48: Twilight Zone: "Death Ship" (1963)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-39351088569078041792012-02-19T17:40:55.366-05:002012-02-19T17:40:55.366-05:00We know so little about space, is it infinite or f...We know so little about space, is it infinite or finite? Will the universe end in expansion or in collapse or at all? Is there alien life or are we all alone? Time travel, metaphysics, multi-dminesions, quantam theories, the possibilities for stories are as seemingly as infinite as space itself. The genre of sci-fi is inexhaustible.Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419980258148279356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-22747093312925809452008-09-10T14:55:00.000-04:002008-09-10T14:55:00.000-04:00"I do especially enjoy the concept of outer space ..."I do especially enjoy the concept of outer space as terrain of mystery, awe and terror...a realm that we - even as intelligent and technologically-advanced human beings - are not quite able to understand at this point."<BR/><BR/>PRECISELY. And that's what set old school sci-fi apart from the stuff we see today, where Captain James T. Kirk only *works* in space - he's really from Iowa. Space as a work environment... how is that interesting? But space as a location of the unknown, unsettling, mysterious and perhaps deadly. That's a different matter!<BR/><BR/>I remember being mesmerized by seeing this episode on TV as a kid, and later realized that the best thing about the science-fiction genre was the sense of wonder the best of it conveyed. You can't get that in a film noir, western or just about any other genre. - Wes ClarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com