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and yes, you could carry a hand gun on a plane.Here's the link
http://graemearkell.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/8/38485229/nightmare_at_20000_feet.pdf
And if there are any young ones reading this today - yes, people used to smoke on airplanes.
Here's the link
http://graemearkell.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/8/38485229/nightmare_at_20000_feet.pdf
And if there are any young ones reading this today - yes, people used to smoke on airplanes.
How things have changed (and for the better in this case)and yes, you could carry a hand gun on a plane.
How things have changed (and for the better in this case)
Like Wayoftheredpanda says, I remember the TV adaptation (wasn't William Shatner in it?) - Good story - I read it online yesterday and you do get the impression at the end that the guy was probably hallucinating
or was he? mwahaha
Thanks - I know someone posted a video here quite a while backWilliam Shatner was in one and John Lithgow was in another and I think there is at least one more adaptation.
I agree when it comes to the written story. It's madness. But in the two adaptations I mention above, they gave us a very clear ending that he did see something and he was validated for his behavior.I have never seen any adaption of this. As for the story i think it is of medium Matheson quality. He was a rather , i think, uneven aurhor with high highs and low lows. He lets us decide if the man is real or imaginery. I think it is about one mans slip into madness, not a real thing.
Isn't that often the case with adaptations though?? And when it comes to the choice.... . Dont you think it can have something to do with it being easier both to sell and to visualize with the main character being at least something of a hero instead of a mad man??I agree when it comes to the written story. It's madness. But in the two adaptations I mention above, they gave us a very clear ending that he did see something and he was validated for his behavior.
It's interesting that both onscreen stories chose to follow that path and not the path Matheson laid out.
Absolutely.Isn't that often the case with adaptations though?? And when it comes to the choice.... . Dont you think it can have something to do with it being easier both to sell and to visualize with the main character being at least something of a hero instead of a mad man??
And carry loaded guns, too.Here's the link
http://graemearkell.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/8/38485229/nightmare_at_20000_feet.pdf
And if there are any young ones reading this today - yes, people used to smoke on airplanes.
Give William Shatner a cigarette and he can do wonders. (It starts at 1:00 in.)I like the twilight zone adaptation, despite the dated monster costume
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I think it would've been far more scary if they kept it obscured in the storm. The atmosphere and acting were good as far as I remember, though
I agree. The story is kind of meh. The TZ episode with Shatner, however, is iconic. The public, whether reading or viewing, doesn’t take well to open questions. So the TV version sits better, and with me, too.Weighing in early, won't be around later.
This is one of those stories many of us probably saw first as a Twilight Zone episode with William Shatner.
I didn't realize what a bare bones story it was. Definitely the seed, but I think the visual is so much better. Which I never say. I always feel the source written material is better, but not in this case. I may be speaking through nostalgia and a little girl's curiosity. Totally enthralled in the power of horror. I didn't think the writing was particularly great. It was serviceable and a great idea though. And the potential was right there.
What I also find interesting is that Matheson's version doesn't give us the ending most of us know. The story ends with the question, is he really seeing something? or is he just off his rocker?
Both visual versions of the story, the one with Shatner and the one with John Lithgow, give us the ending that there was something on that wing. And I think that makes it an even better story than Matheson originated.
And you did not need to take your shoes off to board a plane.Here's the link
http://graemearkell.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/8/38485229/nightmare_at_20000_feet.pdf
And if there are any young ones reading this today - yes, people used to smoke on airplanes.