S4YA S311 – Still Valley- Twilight Zone

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Submitted For Your Approval - A Twilight Zone Podcast

Twilight Zone | Brandon Cruz

94 episodes

9 months ago

From start to finish, the Twilight Zone remains one of the most compelling series in television history. In honor of the show, Brandon (of Apathetic Enthusiasm) and a variety of guests, both regular and special, watch the series from start to finish and discuss the characters, themes, and ideas Rod Serling brought to the screen. Submitted for Your Approval, we present to you, a Twilight Zone podcast.

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S4YA S311 – Still Valley- Twilight Zone

Submitted For Your Approval - A Twilight Zone Podcast

49 minutes

6 years ago

S4YA S311 – Still Valley- Twilight Zone

Matt Hurt joins the show again to cover the importance of avoiding an on-the-nose book about witchcraft in, “Still Valley”!

Matt is the host of Anthology, a podcast where he watches and reviews The Twilight Zone as a first time viewer. He also hosts The Obsessive Viewer, a general movie/tv discussion show and Tower Junkies, a podcast devoted to Stephen King with a special focus on The Dark Tower series.
To get a hold of Matt, you can do one of the following ways!

Twitter: OVAnthologyPod
Facebook: Anthologypod
Web: Anthologypod.com
Email: Matt@obsessiveviewer.com

SHOW NOTES – Still Valley

Show Info

Originally aired: 1961-11-24
Starring:

Vaughn Taylor (as Teague) ((was in 5 episodes!))
Gary Merrill (as Paradine)

Directed by: James Sheldon (6 other episodes)
Written by: Based on “The Valley Was Still” by Manley Wade Wellman

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* You: Confederate soldier stumbles into elegey esque town, finds warlock gets book and doesn’t use it
* Me: The Confederacy debates on whether to use books to win a war
* IMDB: In June 1863, Confederate soldiers come across a warlock who can help bring victory to the Southern cause.

Discussion:

Initial thoughts

Just ok not that interesting
Not sure what it was trying to say

Stray Observations

Making Confederates actual bad guys… but not
Fascination with Civil War
Book named Witchcraft… does that count as show don’t tell?
Squanders too much time showing still valley

What do you rate the episode?

Matt: 5.5/10 Warlocks
Me: 5.5/10

Choose your Own Endventure

Matt – Slaughtered because they use the book. Arrogance
Brandon – Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies

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