Not All Men

I really don't see how this episode could classify as a part of the Twilight zone. To me it felt like a B grade Horror film with good cinematography. As for the premise, it didn't go further than, meteorites turns men crazy. I really hope this reboot will offer some more promising episodes in the future, because this really misses all the points that made the twilight zone so great.

This is an important story, one I hope is remembered. Not All Men is a social commentary cleverly disguised as b grade horror. It addresses toxic masculinity and gives us a glimpse of the genuinely awful ways women are treated in society. It isn't a perfect episode. The ending if thought about too much doesn't really make sense, but the points hit home. Sexism is prevalent in society. No matter how woke we think we are. Lots of people are casually sexist, whether intentional or not and this episode addresses this in a really cool way.

The biggest problem with the new series is that it took all the wrong lessons from its predecessors, the original Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. Those shows were both politically charged, yes, but the main focus was always telling an engaging story, with the social commentary serving as background material.

But this series has a message to deliver first and foremost, and seems to have little interest in whether or not it makes a good watch. The only kind of commentary that works effectively is the subtle kind; sledgehammer commentary like in this episode simply makes people feel like they're reading an opinion piece.

So men are born violent and aggressive. And women are so helpless and dim-witted that, amidst a townful of homicidal maniacs - none thinks to grab a weapon or seek shelter. They just run into the mob.

If it were done competently, this episode would rival Joseph Goebbels for vicious propaganda. So it's probably best that it's not done competently.

Because women aren't helpless and stupid. And men aren't violent and primitive.

And both groups have the basic sense to change the channel rather than endure such an artless barrage of insults.

I'm not sure what Jordan Peele and company are trying to do with this series, the original Rod Serling show managed to sneak in social commentary, tackling a variety of issues, but first and foremost they told interesting stories. With "Not All Men" we are basically told that all men suck, unless they have a feminine side to their personality, and that women would be better off if they had their own planet. I'm not saying that women haven't been stuck with the short end of the stick since, well forever, but this episode didn't seem to have anything more clever to say then, "Men suck, am I right ladies?"