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They went home and wrote this script. Every character in this show was dysfunctional. It started and ended with it. It never stopped in between. If it had been a more healthy family who found themselves in a tough situation it could have been more relatable. But every choice and every action was exactly what you'd expect to see on the stage on the Springer Show. If chaos, dysfunction, a personal lack of any moral code, over the top villainy racism, train wreck is your thing, you might enjoy this one. If not, save yourself the torment and pass on The Lie.

Who ponies up the money to produce this stuff?

However, based on the first episode, it feels like this reboot will quickly end up in the dust bin of television history. I've been a huge fan of the original series so I was both nervous and excited to hear about this reboot. Having watched it I have to believe that Rod Serling will return to haunt those responsible for this lazy, exploitative rendition of his hard work and good name. I continued to watch for the entire episode hoping there would be a Twilight Zone worthy payoff towards the end. There wasn't. This episode was an hour of drawn out painfully unfunny comedy, and lazy, uninformed politics that didn't even relate to the episode theme at all. It was the sad poke in the eye partisan cheap shots we've grown used to seeing in cable news these days. So if you were hoping to kick back and relax with clever, insightful, and thought provoking entertainment, you're not going to find it here. There is very little in this episode that is recognizable as a Twilight Zone brand. Frankly, I'm surprised that this even passed the pitch or script approval phase. And I'm very disappointed that the finished episode made it to broadcast. With each train wreck reboot of time honored classics like this, the more jaded and less willing I am to watch others. It would have been different if they hadn't built this show on the coat tails of the Twilight Zone name. But they did. And now they're destroying both productions. There will never be a marathon airing of this show, 1 year or 50 years later. I genuinely hope that the quality of the show improves over the following episodes. However, its going to take some time after this disaster to sit down and give it another chance. It was actually painful to watch the great legacy of the original Twilight Zone brand dragged through this embarrassment.

This is a spoiler free review. There was some genuine talent in this production. And it didn't feel like it was underfunded like I worried it might be. However, they did seriously miss the mark. When I first heard of this I hoped it reinvigorate the movement taking in to consideration the best parts of feminism and leaving behind the other parts. Sadly, it achieved the opposite. Feminism isn't a young movement anymore. Over the years we've collected very good data on what works, and what doesn't. I didn't see these lessons portrayed at all in this film. In fact, I saw many of the parts that don't work well put up as the movements shining achievements. I was particularly dismayed they suggested that we should choose a president solely on the basis of her gender. This is an example of entitlement, not as earning and deserving of ones position. With simple logic like this how can this movement be taken seriously? It left me with the icky feeling afterwards that this was nothing more than haphazard political propaganda paid for by the least ethical of special interests groups. The fact that is was released just before an election, with a political message that was telling us how women should vote didn't help. I wish they had taken this opportunity to share what women have achieved and how to revive the movement from its currents remnant status. Public opinion polls show the movement is at an all time low. Its less popular now than in the 60s when it was new and a foreign scary way for both genders to think. And its still falling in its status today. If you ask your friends and family today what is feminism? You'll likely get a response something like its a bunch of maladjusted angry women who care more about whats bad for men, than whats good for women. After watching I took the opportunity to discuss it with friends and co workers. The responses were not encouraging. Ladies, take back the movement from the radicals. Feminism is seen as a dangerous and angry group by most today. Without some thoughtful reform this movement will fade in to history as another misguided and failed political movement. As of this moment, feminism popularity is in the single digits. Its demise is closer than you might want to think. If you don't engage now, it might be too late tomorrow. It is possible that we could achieve a world where gender is no more considered in a persons worth than hair color or height. It truly is possible. But we're heading in the opposite direction. Feminism is making women less valuable not more, in its current form. I debated for some time whether to include a reference to Ms. Hekcate's review here. However, if we're going to save the movement, we need to be willing to step in to uncomfortable territory. Her review was titled, "boys should be afraid", and included a line that stated, "Your terror of women is well noted, boys .. as I can hardly call you men :)" This is exactly the type of man hating bigotry, that real feminists have stood against and whats turning people away from the movement today. When you encounter men or women in the movement with outlooks like these, try to befriend them and find out whats driving them. Perhaps with your compassion and taking the time to care about them, they might grow in to healthy and helpful representatives of the movement. Hers are the only voices that people hear and remember. We really need to change that. Improving the station of women in society shouldn't be perceived to come at the expense of trying to destroy men. And since they still have the power, how likely are they to want to share it if we advertise we celebrate their demise? Would you let someone in to your club who openly despises and wants to destroy you? Men as a group may have their follies and faults, but they aren't suicidal or idiots. You really can represent women better Ms. Hekcate.