The 80s kept the Vietnam War relevant in the movies. It is a long lasting scar on all involved. A comic horror romp involving Vietnam War does add to the confusion for many watching House (1986), trying to diffuse tonal shifts in order to find harmony in the film's execution. I can't dismiss House, never to be considered a tone poem. I get the war's inclusion, though. Roger Cobb is a man of true emotional wreckage in need of rescue. His allowing a fellow soldier to endure torture at the hands of those considered the enemy has long tormented him. Perhaps the house creates a delusion Cobb endures which calls to life real horrors and what manifests is a type of exaggeration. Moll returning to Cobb in the form of a vengeance seeking walking corpse still clad in military fatigues, albeit tattered with flesh deteriorated and skeletal bone exposed. His boy giggling outside a window as Cobb grabs a remote and "shuts him off" as to turn away an existing scourge of his soul. The jungle set in the film doesn't look too genuine, but in a recollection perhaps authenticity is scewed somewhat anyway. I just watched Witchboard a couple weeks ago, and, low and behold if it wasn't Stephen Nichols in Cobb's Vietnam remembrance. Wendt's Harold sums up Cobb's dilemma. He mentions the war, missing boy, divorce to the wife, and aunt's suicide; Harold clarifies to us that what Cobb experiences could be a product of an unsettled mind.
4th of July 2025 Marathoning
McDowell and Comi prepare to leave for Mars. Aliens visiting the UN, dropping off their cook book, providing goodies for humans on Earth, easing them into trusting them, spiriting them away to be food for them on their home planet. To Serve Man is nearly 60 years ago. I've been watching Twilight Zone since I was a teenager in the mid 90s thanks to Sci Fi Channel. Many of my family have passed since (for instance, my mother's siblings are all about gone except one last sister), and it wouldn't be right to avoid a marathon during the 4th if just for nostalgic reasons. Syfy didn't see the value of TZ on Independence Day, except last year, so even though I cannot watch episodes like I do during New Year's Eve and Day, it is nice to try and sneak in a block of episodes whenever possible. I started with Death Ship from the fourth season, continuing with Stopover in a Quiet Town and The Gift . To Serve Man would feel like a later afternoon watch but SYFY showed it at 3:...
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