If I were a betting man, I'd bet against this episode of The Twilight Zone. Back in 1961, gold went for thirty five dollars an ounce; today it closed at around eleven hundred eighty. Fifty more years, who knows? But the safe bet is that nothing that exists fifty years from now will resemble anything that's around today with the pace of technology on the one hand, and the burgeoning debt problems of countries all around the world on the other, including our own. The Rip Van Winkle of 2010 wouldn't need a hundred years to cash in, but might not want to wake up in a future devastated by today's turbulent economies.
For the principals of this story, the one that made it to the end (and the one who almost did), I ponder which finale was more ironic, the one shown here, or that of Bogart in " The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", who's ill fortune was simply borne away on the wind. Unintended consequences are always at the center of man's most brilliant plans.
Speaking of which, how is it that a truck sitting idly in a Death Valley cave manages to start up after a hundred years? Even if the gas didn't evaporate. I know the Sixties were a simpler time, but I think Serling should have given that some thought. Yes I know, too much to consider for a twenty five minute show, but reliance on that kind of suspension of disbelief was a hallmark of the series.
So what was more remarkable than the twist ending here? How about Rod Serling hawking Oasis cigarettes during the commercial break. It was the first time in sixty episodes that he personally plugged a product, but even with his endorsement, the brand didn't last long. In fact, I don't even remember it.
For the principals of this story, the one that made it to the end (and the one who almost did), I ponder which finale was more ironic, the one shown here, or that of Bogart in " The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", who's ill fortune was simply borne away on the wind. Unintended consequences are always at the center of man's most brilliant plans.
Speaking of which, how is it that a truck sitting idly in a Death Valley cave manages to start up after a hundred years? Even if the gas didn't evaporate. I know the Sixties were a simpler time, but I think Serling should have given that some thought. Yes I know, too much to consider for a twenty five minute show, but reliance on that kind of suspension of disbelief was a hallmark of the series.
So what was more remarkable than the twist ending here? How about Rod Serling hawking Oasis cigarettes during the commercial break. It was the first time in sixty episodes that he personally plugged a product, but even with his endorsement, the brand didn't last long. In fact, I don't even remember it.