Another episode that is nothing more than all men are violent and evil. I loved the old series and had so high hopes, but I’m done.
This was complete utter disaster of an episode and while I haven't finished the whole season. This is hands down the worst episode ever for the season. Where do I even start okay the fact the meteors affect only males and make them toxic. Great job with the clear message and agenda to paint men as the villains. But not only is that sexist on that front also to women by making them damsels in distress. Great job on whoever wrote this trashy episode that fails in every way. I don't care if I spoiled it trust me it's not worth watching.
If I were to rewrite this episode I would have kept the meteor thing and removed the dumbass mansplaining/woke part. Instead this meteor amplifies a person's dark primal self regardless of gender. You would establish characters with minor toxic things about them. Then when the meteor virus kicks in everyone is in chaos because of their dark selves. Fights ensue with families and friends and lovers. This would have been a far better and interesting premise than this crap. What I like about this premise is that it's like that one episode of classic TTZ where everyone is freaking out over no electricity. But with a modern twist and kinda exploring the same thing of everyone against each other. While yes not entirely original it's far better than a sexist virus.
For those curious, this is what the episode boils down to.
As it turns out, the meteorites are not the cause of men being violent, evil assholes in the episode. It is just a placebo that for reasons unknown made them all believe they could do whatever they wanted. The end of the episode has a kid say that "there is no cure" because there is no commonality. He mentions having chosen to embrace the anger near the end but stopped and it was all his choice, not a reaction to the meteorite in his back pocket. The final shot before Jordan Peele appears is a soldier telling Amy (main character) that she should smile more and that she would look better if she did, to which she defiantly says, "No." I'd bet $100 feminists who watch this cheered at that as if it's some "empowering" moment or some other bullshit.
Outside of that, this episode just does not feel like an episode of The Twilight Zone. If anything, it felt like a Purge movie. It was enjoyable until the in-your-face "all men are evil by choice" at the end, but as far as feeling like it is part of this series it fails.
Maybe I was expecting to much of this show, I had been given a few chances, but this shitty episode was just enough for me.
I have read and seen prior adaptations of “The Screwfly Solution” and always thought it was a good story.
This? This is the “#metoo" version and as such it fell flat on me. It wasn’t even subtle in it. The entire “hook” in the end is that men are choosing to be evil monsters who want to rape, pillage and destroy just as soon as they are given the tiniest excuse to behave that way..
The worst thing about the ending was that it wasn’t even well written. it’s not like we got some actual story telling. We outright have the characters deliver the explanation at the last second. Bad writing all around.
To me the casting and plots are fine. It’s just after keeping your attention throughout, the pay off has sucked.
This one had a great idea. Then just threw out a lazy “all men are just assholes” conclusion.
Yasss, there should be a series about this. Post-apocalypse but instead of zombies, the men are just insane.
The problem with an anthology series like this one, especially with a pedigree like The Twilight Zone, an amazing episode can always be right around the corner, so I'm compelled to keep watching. Yet, this iteration has yet to deliver.
This is what armchair extremists, who blog about how innocuous words and gestures are a deliberate slight against them, actually believe.
I wanted a high-budget adaption of the classic Twilight Zone, not a poorly-written Black Mirror clone fueled by political resentment. There were a couple of interesting episodes at the beginning, but this is becoming one miss after another. No witty writing, no intellectual setups, no twists, just another platform for the worst humanity has to offer. This episode is essentially nothing but hate and violence porn. Sexual porn is more uplifting and watchable than this.
CBS is really making a name for itself - taking beloved franchises and parading their corpses around because they know no one can stop them.
So much salt in these comments ignoring cold hard facts. This one was pretty close to the truth. Just look at any time societal rules are slightly shaken (riots and natural disasters). People become monsters pretty fast.
Another attempt at "The screwfly solution" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwfly_Solution) I personally liked the version of "Masters of Horror" better: https://trakt.tv/shows/masters-of-horror/seasons/2/episodes/7
I wonder if it's possible to give any of the new TTZ episodes a spoiler with a comment since it seems you always get exactly what the description already says paired with the snippet at the end of the previous episode - it usually isn't anything more than that. No deep insights and everything painfully laid out verbally so you can't miss "the message" of the episode. Wonder what they expected their audience to be like if they try to make so sure you understand what they are saying...
Review by Jitse LemmensBlockedParent2019-05-10T20:16:35Z
A wise woman once said: "A guy like you should wear a warning - It's dangerous-I'm falling... I'm a dick ted to you don't you know that you're toxic?"
I'm sticking with my theory that the last episode of this season will wrap everything up as being a parody of reality or something like that. An episode of the writersroom of the Twilight Zone 2019 creating all these... stories in order to make a point and failing miserably at it, suddenly realising they themselves have created the Twilight Zone in their reality... our reality. And that we now live in the Twilight Zone due to all this propaganda instead of the "real world".
I didn't find this episode as annoying as the rest of 'm... even IF I am of the male type but it was once again a way too obvious tale without any nuance. Unlike other movies where a certain group of people suddenly go berserk this one was handled with extreme comedic effect. Hell, all men were attacking eachother, guess it would have been too harsh to see some actual male on female violence or rape. Can't go TOO far can we Mr.Peele?! No that would be wrong to show that.
In a way it's utterly fascinating to attempt to get into but I find it very hard to understand the mindset the creators and everyone else involved (or the people defending these mediocre stories).
Next week: The "remember that we're all immigrants!" episode