My Compliments To Mr. Serling by KatesFriend
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'The Twilight Zone' and science fiction on television. Rod Serling's career made science fiction and fantasy a respected adult genre for TV. Today's sci-fi directors and producers source their first inspiration to shows like 'The Twilight Zone' and 'Night Gallery'. With small budgets (even for television) Serling and other pioneers took the fantastic beyond something 'only children watched' and challenged it to be reflective, frank and sometimes subversive. And he did it without making it look or seem alien, people saw themselves or society in the tales. But he would readily admit, it was never easy both technically and critically. The key he believed was the ideas; stories mattered. Perhaps the Zone's opening caveat, "key of imagination", was a metaphor for this principle. Search for 'Rod Serling interviews' on YouTube and one is amazed by the amount and depth of content available. Amazed because this material was filmed or recorded no later than the early 1970's. Some for TV but much for educational institutions, Mr. Serling was certainly generous with his time. After their original viewing cycle, all of it was expected to spend the rest of eternity gathering dust in a byzantine collection of disparate archives - hmmmm, there's a concept for a Twilight Zone story in there somewhere. The avenues and interest in re-broadcast being severely limited in those days - no YouTube, no internet, no cable TV. I mention this because I had no idea that all this material ever existed, let alone being available through the web. My favourite is a short two-part (and incomplete) interview Serling gave at the University of Kansas in 1970 - see links below. The entire session is definitely worth the listening (some footage is lost in places but the audio remains) with some of Serling's noted bluntness showing in a few passages - don't forget, he is speaking of the TV culture of his era. But then he settles into the kind of science fiction which he as a producer preferred and enjoyed - 4:50 into part one. I'll let you listen to his remarks for yourself but I couldn't help but think: here I am, more than forty years into his future, casually watching through a magazine sized wireless laptop computer at my kitchen table. An interview which, even Mr. Serling must have believed, would be seen by only a few hundred people for a handful of years. If only he had known, how amazed would he have been? Rod Serling Interview at University of Kansas 1970: Part One, Part Two And, submitted for your approval, one of my favourite tales from 'The Twilight Zone': 'The Obsolete Man' with Burgess Meredith and Fritz Weaver
Thank you for viewing. And now, please forgive my absence but I must do my taxes. Pray for me.
Comments (26)
Fidelity2
I am amazed. 5+!
anitalee
Cool
johndoop
Very interesting picture Well done !!!!
magnus073
What a cool dedi Clayton, you did great. I am a huge fan of the Twilight Zone, as well as Night Gallery and almost everything Rod Sterling was associated with.
tetrasnake
Reminds me of my aunt and uncles neighborhood in Virginia. Excellent render!
ArtistKimberly
Beautiful scene!
mgtcs
this is really a realistic image my friend, excellent and creative my friend, loved, it!
KatesFriend
I should apologise. I didn't set the gallery category correctly when I posted. I posted this as a Poser rendering when it is more a Photo Manipulation (PhotoShop) with a few Poser elements placed within. So I've corrected that little detail. In truth, I used GIMP, not Photoshop because I'm cheap. So there really should be a GIMP'ed category as well.
drifterlee
I used to watch that show all the time!
Cyve
Fabulous creation !!!
artofsouls
Great scene and thanks for the story line brought back some old memories
eekdog Online Now!
so loved that series and his Night Gallery series.
flavia49
fabulous picture
Faemike55
Twilite Zone, Night Gallery, Outer Limits and even Nightmare Café (with Robert Englund) were and still are my favorite shows Great dedication
GrandmaT
Great job!
tennesseecowgirl
I was a big fan of that show.... nice to see this. and great work.
Minda
Big fan here and this is amazing work clayton..
MagikUnicorn Online Now!
Amazing ! Well done :) Bruins vs Maple Leafs ;-)
ACue
Love it! Your vehicle reminds of of the Tintin moon rocket, which only had three booster pads. Excellent dedication and research on Rod Serling, one of my most important humans of history.
VDH
Very nice creation!
ragouc
Good composition.
1010
Love your touch to this photo.
Valeriya
Excellent work!
UVDan
A lovely dedication to one of my favorite shows. I loved the Obsolete Man episode.
myrrhluz
I just listened to the Rod Serling interview. It was very interesting. I loved the show too. I watched some of them fairly recently with my son. One of my favorites is 'The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.' Wonderful image! I love that it is so normal until you see the parts that are not so much. The differences are made more strange by their being in a place so familiar. When you watch Star Trek, of which I am a great fan, you are usually almost totally in another world. But when you are in a world that largely seems to be your own, and then there are flying ships and large planets on the horizon, it is more jarring. The cat looks unfazed. He's probably on his way to dinner. Excellent image and dedication!
Deane
Hugely popular series and always a firm favourite for the inventive ideas and concepts presented. A master of taking the familiar and combining it with a few simple twists to take us into stranger territory. Superb image and dedication!