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The new Nightmare at 20,000 Feet was horrible

posted 5 years ago by Mister Babadook (2623)
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Talk about taking a classic episode and turning it into a cliche, boring, uncreative episode. I mean he finds an ipod and for some reason its on a podcast telling him exactly whats gonna happen on the plane and he instantly starts running around panicking about it. So throughout the entire episode we're being told what is gonna happen step by step.

Then they crash on an island and everyone attacks him, i dunno what the fuck was going on i fell asleep about halfway through, it was just a mess. I get they wanted to put a new spin on the episode but it was just bad.

I'm really hoping that isn't the entire show, taking classic episodes and putting a new boring spin on them that isn't even close to being as good as the original ones.

[–] Xcalat3 (3701) 5 years ago

It was veey dissapointing, both episodes were but i expected much more from this one.

[–] Mister Babadook (2623) 5 years ago

Yeah same here, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet is by far the most famous and beloved episode of the original Twilight Zone, and its such a shame what they did to it, they just took away everything that made it a classic.

As i said i know they wanted to put a new spin on it, but the gremlin on the wing of plane was what made that episode so great, taking that away and replacing it with an ipod telling you the future is a giant step down.

I may give one more episode a shot, but if its horrible as well i'm done with this show. I was excited to finally have an anthology show back on tv, but if every episode is gonna be like this one was i'm not wasting my time with it.

[–] Guitar King (4356) 5 years ago

Well, Jordan Peele is a complete dumbass so what did you expect?

[–] RoloTony (1163) 5 years ago

He’s being elevated and celebrated too quickly - he’s being set up to fail. He will follow the sad path of M. Night I fear.

[–] cyberbob (3488) 5 years ago

He didn't write either of the first two episodes

I'm sure CBS, which has failed to reboot Twilight Zone twice already (in the 80s and early 00s), threw millions at him to be the face of the franchise

The first two episodes were underwhelming, but I wouldn't place the blame squarely on Peele's shoulders.

[–] beavis (3249) 5 years ago

anything with adam scott is bad

[–] Tyalt (280) 5 years ago

Party Down was pretty good

[–] RoloTony (1163) 5 years ago

Yup. I can’t even suspend enough disbelief to “believe” it. The iPod is just so nonsensical. Both eps suck so far.

[–] MikeCable (1662) 5 years ago

I was left in two minds, but mostly disappointed. I was totally expecting a new modern take of the monster on the wing episode and couldn't wait to see how it would be done. The 80s one was quite humorous from memory and a lot of fun thanks to John Lithgow, so I imagined it'd be real dark and scary this time, a lot more edgy. Instead, we got something completely different!

I wanted to like the clever take on the episode and how it went in another direction, but at the same time I thought the protagonist's behaviour was just completely unrealistic and plain stupid at times. Especially when he went and looked in that guy's bag as they slept, as if no one would notice him peeking around corners and sneaking into the row in front of them (against a forward bulkhead!) and stuff. That ruined it for me, and the way they woke up and volunteered all that info about being football players or something instead of wanting to tear him a new hole.

Combined with the first, very predictable and boring episode about the comedian with completely unlikable characters all-round, it is not doing so well. I'll check out episode 3.

The title is "30,000 feet" in the new series, the minimum altitude a jet would cruise at.