I enjoyed The Twilight Zone immensely when I was a kid, but seeing it as an adult, I was staggered by the lack of scientific and historical knowledge of the writers and dismayed by enough plot holes to drive a herd of buffaloes through. Here are some examples:
An astronaut goes nuts just for being kept in a capsule for a few days.
Asteroids are miniature earths.
A space explorer crash-lands on a planet 4.3 light years from his origin, but he communicates in real time to his mission control.
An old geezer goes nuts over a slot machine, and the casino workers just stand there watching until he pushes it over. Try that in a casino.
The writer(s) are clueless as to when the U.S. entered WWI.
Mannequins come to life for a month and live among real people. Where do they live? How do they get money? How did Marsha come to know she has a mother to buy a gift for?
A young woman allegedly has serious surgery on her face, but when her head is unwrapped, there is not a sign of it.
A man can stop time all over the earth with a stopwatch, yet he can move objects. Why don't aircraft fall from the sky? Does he stop Earth in its rotation and orbit? How about the entire solar system?
Enough. One Step Beyond I believe was a better show. If one accepts the paranormal aspect, it is far more believable and better written.
An astronaut goes nuts just for being kept in a capsule for a few days.
Asteroids are miniature earths.
A space explorer crash-lands on a planet 4.3 light years from his origin, but he communicates in real time to his mission control.
An old geezer goes nuts over a slot machine, and the casino workers just stand there watching until he pushes it over. Try that in a casino.
The writer(s) are clueless as to when the U.S. entered WWI.
Mannequins come to life for a month and live among real people. Where do they live? How do they get money? How did Marsha come to know she has a mother to buy a gift for?
A young woman allegedly has serious surgery on her face, but when her head is unwrapped, there is not a sign of it.
A man can stop time all over the earth with a stopwatch, yet he can move objects. Why don't aircraft fall from the sky? Does he stop Earth in its rotation and orbit? How about the entire solar system?
Enough. One Step Beyond I believe was a better show. If one accepts the paranormal aspect, it is far more believable and better written.