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   Message 58 of 67   
   Barry Margolin to Arthur Lipscomb   
   Re: The 10 Best Twilight Zone Episodes,    
   23 Jul 20 01:10:45   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    Arthur Lipscomb  wrote:   
      
   > On 7/20/2020 4:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   > > Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:47:57 -0700 Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
   > >>> Sat, 18 Jul 2020 10:06:35 -0700 Barry Margolin   
   > >>> wrote:   
   > >>>> Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   > >>>>> barmar@alum.mit.edu wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>>>>> How could he leave out "Eye of the Beholder"? This had to have   
   > >>>>>> inspired   
   > >>>>>> Shyamalan when he created "The Sixth Sense".   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> Which TZ ep do you think you are talking about?   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> The one where a woman was getting reconstructive surgery because she was   
   > >>>> horribly ugly.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Donna Douglas!   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> All the visual trickery they used during the episode is not unlike the   
   > >>>> way we were fooled in The Sixth Sense.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> You were fooled in "The Sixth Sense"?   
   > >>   
   > >> It didn't fool me; I knew the kid was speaking to Bruce Willis all along.   
   > >   
   > > I've never seen the movie. I guessed the end from the trailers, and my   
   > > friends said that once you knew the surprise twist, the movie itself wasn't   
   > > worth sitting through.   
   > >   
   >   
   > I completely disagree.  It holds up very well on repeat viewings when   
   > you know the twist.   
      
   Once you know the twist, the fun is in seeing how he pulled it off. The   
   whole movie is one long easter egg.   
      
   --   
   Barry Margolin   
   Arlington, MA   
      
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