I am not a fan of science fiction, or horror, generally. But a few movies or TV eps have been among my relatively short list of favorites at times [I have very limied 'taste' in motion pictures or literature.] I have to agree that The Twilight Zone presents an interesting and thought-provoking prospect. Most episodes, if they have any basis in reality, IMO is that they explore psychotic minds... a man who normally does not gamble wins a trip to Las Vegas, gets 'hooked' on a slot machine, and imagines that slot machine is chasing him and wants to kill him... an army offier suddenly finds himself in a small confined space with 4 other characters with no background-- as if that could be an insane asylum from which he is determined to escape.
As a kid, I had a fascination with tarantulas. My grandmother's house was on a large tract in a tiny town, and there were many holes for me to flood them out, just for the fun of it. One result is that Tarantula (1955) became a favorite of mine, just imagining if our sizes were reversed.
For Star Trek, I have 2 favorite eps which most "trekkies" would probably regard as 2 of the worst: "Shore Leave" and "Spectre of the Gun." Since I am much more a fan of westerns, I am interested in what ST has to 'say' [supposing that's the case] about the Old West or the fancied notions thereabout. For "Shore Leave," it's just thought-provoking about having our fantasies made manifest for us, only we don't know how or why; thus it being very dangerous. When I have posted on these episodes on message boards, I get a lot of thumbs-down and dislikes, for pointing out the inconsistencies. It's like Star Trek is their religion and I am committing blasphemy :laugh: .
