What Did Rod Serling Know?
Meldon
Infamous for being an outsider in the industry, in mid-life, I seem to
recall, he lived in
seclusion in a trailer in the desert and later in New York died at a
relatively young age after a series of heart attacks.
Most famous for his series, The Twilight Zone, he wrote the screenplay for
an episode entitled "To Serve Man", which in the end, it was found to be a
recipe!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)
Another more well known work of fiction was the original Planet of the Apes
for which he co-wrote the screenplay.
Both of these amazing works had a common theme, namely, grand dystopian
conspiracy.
In the latter, appears not simply a tale of domination by the great apes but
conspiracies of hidden knowledge and suppressed history. It is generally
understood the film was a social commentary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_apes
Rod Serling may have been presenting warning of malevolence in the form of
benevolence in the only way he safely could.
Sal Video
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Helmut
>Why am I hearing the Twighlight Zone theme in my head the entire time I'm
>reading this?
>
I couldn't say man, but I watched everything he ever produced and
consider him to have been an excellent influence on my life.
Look at me. I didn't turn out to be a racist, bigot or a conservative.
Oh right! Redundancy. Bigot and conservative are the same thing :)
And if Len were here, I could prove it. Will greenie do instead? :)
Meldon
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> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:28:57 -0500, "Meldon" <mel...@meldon.com>
> wrote:
> © 2008 John D Weatherly all rights reserved; no portion of this post
> may be used anywhere else without written permission of the author.
>>Rod Serling became a Unitarian despite the religion to which he was born.
>>
>>Infamous for being an outsider in the industry, in mid-life, I seem to
>>recall, he lived in
>>seclusion in a trailer in the desert and later in New York died at a
>>relatively young age after a series of heart attacks.
>>
>>Most famous for his series, The Twilight Zone, he wrote the screenplay for
>>an episode entitled "To Serve Man", which in the end, it was found to be a
>>recipe!
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)
>>
> those days it was one of the few things on.)
> The book the alien carried was titled "To Serve Man". Everyone
> assumed it held a huge collection of secrets to benefit all mankind.
> The alien kept telling people who asked that "it's written in our
> language, and once you have TRANSLATED it from our language to
> English, you'll know why we're here."
> In the meantime the aliens "Canabits" were taking space ships FULL
> of humans to the Canabits' home world for "tours of paradise."
> Finally, one (linguist?) was able to translate -- like the first page
> of the book, and
> it wasn't a RECIPE; it was a COOKBOOK. The main ingredient was
> "humans."
>
>>Another more well known work of fiction was the original Planet of the
>>Apes
>>for which he co-wrote the screenplay.
>
>
> Oh my! Now, THAT's interesting! Thanks for that tidbit.
>
>
>>
>>Both of these amazing works had a common theme, namely, grand dystopian
>>conspiracy.
>>
>>In the latter, appears not simply a tale of domination by the great apes
>>but
>>conspiracies of hidden knowledge and suppressed history. It is generally
>>understood the film was a social commentary.
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_apes
>>
>>Rod Serling may have been presenting warning of malevolence in the form of
>>benevolence in the only way he safely could.
>>
>
> motive may not be benevolence?
>
> Hmmmmmm..
>>
OMG, whatever gave you that idea? lol
I would suggest the deity is myth and serves only to further a malevolent
plan.
Andre Lieven
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> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:28:57 -0500, "Meldon" <mel...@meldon.com>
> wrote:
> © 2008 John D Weatherly all rights reserved; no portion of this post
> may be used anywhere else without written permission of the author.
>
> >Infamous for being an outsider in the industry, in mid-life, I seem to
> >recall, he lived in
> >seclusion in a trailer in the desert and later in New York died at a
> >relatively young age after a series of heart attacks.
>
> >Most famous for his series, The Twilight Zone, he wrote the screenplay for
> >an episode entitled "To Serve Man", which in the end, it was found to be a
> >recipe!
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)
>
> those days it was one of the few things on.)
> The book the alien carried was titled "To Serve Man". Everyone
> assumed it held a huge collection of secrets to benefit all mankind.
> The alien kept telling people who asked that "it's written in our
> language, and once you have TRANSLATED it from our language to
> English, you'll know why we're here."
> In the meantime the aliens "Canabits"
If you're going to offer a citation, then at least using the *same
spelling*
as your cite would help. The alien race was " Kanamits ". Serling
didn't
telegraph such plot points so badly.
> were taking space ships FULL
> of humans to the Canabits' home world for "tours of paradise."
> Finally, one (linguist?) was able to translate -- like the first page
> of the book, and
> it wasn't a RECIPE; it was a COOKBOOK. The main ingredient was
> "humans."
>
> >Another more well known work of fiction was the original Planet of the Apes
> >for which he co-wrote the screenplay.
>
> Rod Serling co-wrote "Planet?"
>
> Oh my! Now, THAT's interesting! Thanks for that tidbit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film)
The script was originally written by Rod Serling but had many rewrites
before
eventually being made.[2] Changes included character names, and having
of
a more primitive ape society, instead of the more expensive idea of
having
futuristic buildings and advanced technology.[3]
> >Both of these amazing works had a common theme, namely, grand dystopian
> >conspiracy.
>
> >In the latter, appears not simply a tale of domination by the great apes but
> >conspiracies of hidden knowledge and suppressed history. It is generally
> >understood the film was a social commentary.
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_apes
>
> >Rod Serling may have been presenting warning of malevolence in the form of
> >benevolence in the only way he safely could.
>
> Interesting. Are you suggesting that Yhwh's (God's) ulterior
> motive may not be benevolence?
>
> Hmmmmmm..
Andre
Meldon
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> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:52:50 -0500, "Meldon" <mel...@meldon.com>
> said. You seemed (no slam intended) to use many words to say "not very
> much."
>>
>>I would suggest the deity is myth and serves only to further a malevolent
>>plan.
>
> times, and He's answered countless prayers (of mine and of others) in
> miraculous ways... I assure you, He's real.
Ah, hah what. Serling talked not of Yhwh nor did I until you did. How much
do you guys earn, about a dollar per post?
Besides, intervening implies imperfection. The deity is not perfect?
>
> Perhaps it's that you aren't seeking Him "for real" that keeps you
> from encountering "The Great Deity."
>
> He DID promise, "If you seek me with all your heart (sincerely), you
> will find me."
>
> So far, that's been true.
>
>
>>
>
Helmut
wrote:
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>On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:52:50 -0500, "Meldon" <mel...@meldon.com>
> I "got that idea" because I was / and am unclear about what you
>said. You seemed (no slam intended) to use many words to say "not very
>much."
>>
>>I would suggest the deity is myth and serves only to further a malevolent
>>plan.
>
> ah ha! Well, since I know Yhwh personally, we've talked MANY
>times, and He's answered countless prayers (of mine and of others) in
>miraculous ways... I assure you, He's real.
>
> Perhaps it's that you aren't seeking Him "for real" that keeps you
>from encountering "The Great Deity."
>
> He DID promise, "If you seek me with all your heart (sincerely), you
>will find me."
>
"He bade me look upon the nature of the beast with His eyes, thence I
plucked His eyes from my head to look upon Him no more."
gaffo
Didn't know he had a hand in Planet of the Apes.
no wonder it was a great movie (unlike the shitty re-make).
it is obvious that the movie was a comentary on the Inquisition.
as an adult I've come to pity Dr Saus(sp) - rather than see him as pure
evil. He was in reality a much more simpathetic character. One full of
fear and bigotry...........to be pitied rather than hated.
the ultimate parody is that Saus was proven right at the end of Beneath
Planet of the Apes when a man indeed did end up starizing all life on
earth!
as for Rod Sering - a man centuries before his time: as was is mentor
Arch Obler.
--
"It is presumed that juries are the best judges of facts; it is, on the
other hand, presumed that courts are the best judges of law. But still
both objects are within your power of decision. you have a right to
take it upon yourselves to judge of both, and to determine the law as
well as the fact in controversy." John Jay, first Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, State of Georgia vs. Brailsford, 1794