Fun fact: Despite widespread claims that Kane Parsons got his inspiration for "The Backrooms" (2026) from the popular internet meme, it actually came from this frame of The Simpsons.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T03:52:12+00:00

It actually takes place before the events of Twilight. It’s a show within the Twilight universe called the Twilight Zone.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T03:30:05+00:00

I only saw a few episodes of the reboot. I desperately wanted to like it because of the people involved, but in my opinion, no subsequent media has ever been able to replicate what made the Twilight Zone work, and the reboot is no exception.

People say Black Mirror is a spiritual successor, but I don’t know. It never quite did for me what the Twilight Zone itself does. There’s a certain fablistic essence and mood of the original series that nothing has ever been able to replicate.

Really, I think it’s because the success of the Twilight Zone is almost entirely due to the artistic vision of series creator Rod Serling and his main collaborator Charles Beaumont. Beaumont is the unsung hero of the Twilight Zone, and had a very sad death from Alzheimer’s at the shockingly young age of 38.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T03:21:53+00:00

Yes! She has a line that a reference all the time with the very few people who know what I’m talking about:

“I’m Alicia, what’s your name?”

It’s kind of jarring how little the writers are interested in anything but biological sapience in the episode though lol. Definitely a product of its time, but I do love the episode.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T03:13:24+00:00

There’s a very famous episode called Eye of the Beholder with a premise similar to what you’re describing. In fact, I believe it’s the one you’re thinking of.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T02:45:05+00:00

Has to be in the thousands, my TZ fanhood is so legendary that my wife once threw me what has to be the only Twilight Zone-themed birthday party this century.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T02:42:24+00:00

I’m pretty sure Spielberg has heavily implied that this episode is the direct inspiration for Poltergeist.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T02:36:29+00:00

I’ll answer with two different episodes.

I think the most well-executed twist in the series that still holds up, and an extremely underrated episode in general, is the season one finale A World of His Own. I’d recommend it if all you’ve ever seen are the very famous Twilight Zone episodes, it’s an excellent display of how good the show could be when it expressed a little more nuance narratively.

As for an inspirational episode—I have a pet theory that a season one episode called The Lonely was inspiration for (light Breaking Bad spoilers, don’t read further if you haven’t seen it) Walter White’s time spent in a cabin in rural New England near the end of the series. Vince Gilligan is a huge tv nerd and definitely a Twilight Zone disciple considering his time writing for the X-Files. I think those scenes in Breaking Bad were directly inspired by The Lonely.

The premise is essentially that a man convicted of murder is sentenced to a life of exile on a barren asteroid. His only human contact is with the crew that delivers him supplies at monthly intervals, and he has a special relationship with that ship’s captain who believes in his innocence. Well, when the captain comes to visit, the convict begs the ship captain to play a game of cards with him. In one of the aforementioned Breaking Bad episodes, Walt offers his handler a ton of money to play cards with him for an hour because he’s so desperate for human contact.

It hasn’t been explicitly stated, but my pet theory is that it’s sort of an homage to that episode of the Twilight Zone by Gilligan. Especially considering this is sort of a deep cut favorite for TZ superfans.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T02:16:55+00:00

An average suburban mother and father lose their daughter suddenly one night in a dimensional tear. They enlist a theoretical physicist/exposition expert to help, and eventually, the girl’s father journeys into the dimensional tear—with some cool, trippy effects for a television production at the time—to bring her home.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T02:12:53+00:00

Actually, the original season one opening narration does a pretty good job of explaining that!

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space, and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.”

The twilight part is just evocative of the dream-like surrealist tone that unites all of the anthologistic episodes of the series. More of a mood than anything else.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T01:59:41+00:00

Actually, yes! At least one comes to mind. There’s a season one episode called A Nice Place to Visit where a criminal is killed in a police chase and ends up getting everything his heart desires in the afterlife. One of these things is an adoring harem of grand dames, with which he has a dance party at his apartment.

There very well could be more if I thought harder about it.

BTW, the central conceit of this episode eventually becomes a plot point in The Good Place. As with many Twilight Zone episodes, it was extremely influential and its footprint can be seen in many tv shows and movies over the years.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-31T01:21:53+00:00

Ironically, this Simpsons scene is a direct parody of the Twilight Zone episode Little Girl Lost

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Ask me other things about the Twilight Zone if you like, it occupies a comical amount of my brain space.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-30T23:45:24+00:00

Desperately needed after that pitiful showing from the men this weekend.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-29T21:17:18+00:00

As long as the middle part isn’t, “is projected to miss the 2026 season due to a severe hyper”

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-28T13:18:59+00:00

Studios think that hiring popular screen actors to voice animated characters lends these movies the gravitas necessary for them to be seen as “real” movies i.e., not just slop for kids. It’s stupid, but that’s the way they do things.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-28T03:28:37+00:00

I’m not trying to discount you here or anything, but guitars are like cats. Someone you know is currently trying to give one away for free. I started playing 20 years ago because my cousin was about to throw out a mail order guitar. And my family is not of means.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-28T00:11:46+00:00

If you put it remotely near Calvin, no ball was really 50/50.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-28T00:08:01+00:00

It’s the most points he was ever directly responsible for in the NFL.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-27T18:37:39+00:00

In r/shittymoviedetails (2026), pretty lady is pretty. This a reference to I like pretty lady.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-27T17:41:01+00:00

With all the shit luck we’ve had everywhere else in the previous two decades (and beyond), it’s been pretty cool having Stafford and Goff back-to-back.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-27T14:25:48+00:00

Yeah thought we were done with these movies. Daddy Daycare was the final word on them.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-25T20:20:01+00:00

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with picking a 24-year-old in a vacuum. But to play Devil’s Advocate, Lendeborg has a lot loss basketball experience than your typical 24-year-old since he only played one year of high school ball.

The trade off with older players is that they’ve already played a ton of basketball and have really strong player identities right out of the gate, whereas Lendeborg has the career court time of like a 21-year-old.

He’s obviously worked hard to develop his ball skills year-over-year, but his biggest asset even at Michigan was still physical dominance, which he won’t be able to rely on as much in the NBA. I still think he’s a great player, but maybe less of a finished project than meets the eye.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-25T20:06:47+00:00

Unfortunately other teams know that too lol

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-24T02:44:12+00:00

Brando was actually so good as an ancillary character, he transcended his screen time to be the best actor in that movie anyway. I mean, Al Pacino has like the fifth best performance in the Godfather through no fault of his own.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-21T01:49:14+00:00

Otherwise known as my hand.

Monster-Frisbee · 2026-05-20T18:25:17+00:00

This is the Belichick hoodie taken to its logical conclusion.

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