124, Parting Gift (104, Double Trouble)
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:49 pm
Lucky you! I usually post just 1 / week.
Anyway it seems to me, that this episode is based upon Ray Bradbury's Marionettes. In that story, a husband who values playing golf & such as having more value than being with his wife. He learns of a company that makes androids that are modeled on customers. These androids take care of the drudgery tasks that the customers would rather avoid. However, there is a catch! Bradbury himself wrote the screenplay for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents version Design for Loving (1958), which had much the same plot as the Ray Bradbury Theater version that I saw. I never read the short story, though.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_000_zps959b5e9c.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_009_zps2d755aff.jpg[/img]
People are panicking as flying saucers approach the earth.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_059_zps4e2058e2.jpg[/img]
Anyone recall the Twilight Zone episode with Agnes Moorhead?
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_101_zps9a52e360.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_109_zps2563825a.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_129_zpse3d9f85b.jpg[/img]
This clip was used in earlier episodes, & probably in later ones.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_142_zpsd741d648.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_144_zps249a221b.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_145_zps4fd33078.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_146_zps391b745e.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_147_zps196bfcd8.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_150_zps864b4f98.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_151_zps6a047bba.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_204_zps0a6de254.jpg[/img]
So, these space aliens out of the apparent kindness of their hearts, come to Earth, and share their technology with the Earthmen. Nobody even begins to question their motives, or exercise the least bit of caution, as was done in the cases of Garon & the Monster Machine.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_209_zps840a6799.jpg[/img]
I love this sequence:
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_210_zps57b0f9a2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_211_zps869cabd6.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_214_zpsdc22df96.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_215_zps398c81a8.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_225_zps00962782.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_246_zps17d8bd0a.jpg[/img]
They merely begin building the robots, according to the aliens' instructions.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_247_zps35cc0ea2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_300_zps11615701.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_333_zpsd6593b40.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_400_zps1420dde6.jpg[/img]
Making matters worse, Mr. Freezer (of 9, Black Looks (13, Deep Freeze)), goes into business mass-producing the robots.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_401_zpsec25e129.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_411_zps61dac734.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_432_zpsb20fe8cb.jpg[/img]
Tawashi's robot fills in for him while he is on vacation, but--
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_440_zpsae5768f6.jpg[/img]
Papa is thinking this will only make humans lazy, & end badly.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_455_zps5a65e52d.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_463_zps47f68237.jpg[/img]
The Marionettes, for lack of a more appropriate term, arrest all the human-designed robots, while those same humans are on vacation.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_489_zps07129ab7.jpg[/img]
This is an amusing sequence.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_560_zps1c4ceecb.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_607_zps5acd7704.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_623_zpsfb1da846.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_658_zpsd442d814.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_664_zps438fc02e.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_672_zps63209806.jpg[/img]
Now, both humans & robots are in jail, while the Alien-designed robots have replaced them all.
More to come--
Anyway it seems to me, that this episode is based upon Ray Bradbury's Marionettes. In that story, a husband who values playing golf & such as having more value than being with his wife. He learns of a company that makes androids that are modeled on customers. These androids take care of the drudgery tasks that the customers would rather avoid. However, there is a catch! Bradbury himself wrote the screenplay for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents version Design for Loving (1958), which had much the same plot as the Ray Bradbury Theater version that I saw. I never read the short story, though.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_000_zps959b5e9c.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_009_zps2d755aff.jpg[/img]
People are panicking as flying saucers approach the earth.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_059_zps4e2058e2.jpg[/img]
Anyone recall the Twilight Zone episode with Agnes Moorhead?
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_101_zps9a52e360.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_109_zps2563825a.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_129_zpse3d9f85b.jpg[/img]
This clip was used in earlier episodes, & probably in later ones.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_142_zpsd741d648.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_144_zps249a221b.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_145_zps4fd33078.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_146_zps391b745e.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_147_zps196bfcd8.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_150_zps864b4f98.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_151_zps6a047bba.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_204_zps0a6de254.jpg[/img]
So, these space aliens out of the apparent kindness of their hearts, come to Earth, and share their technology with the Earthmen. Nobody even begins to question their motives, or exercise the least bit of caution, as was done in the cases of Garon & the Monster Machine.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_209_zps840a6799.jpg[/img]
I love this sequence:
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_210_zps57b0f9a2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_211_zps869cabd6.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_214_zpsdc22df96.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_215_zps398c81a8.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_225_zps00962782.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_246_zps17d8bd0a.jpg[/img]
They merely begin building the robots, according to the aliens' instructions.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_247_zps35cc0ea2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_300_zps11615701.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_333_zpsd6593b40.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_400_zps1420dde6.jpg[/img]
Making matters worse, Mr. Freezer (of 9, Black Looks (13, Deep Freeze)), goes into business mass-producing the robots.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_401_zpsec25e129.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_411_zps61dac734.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_432_zpsb20fe8cb.jpg[/img]
Tawashi's robot fills in for him while he is on vacation, but--
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_440_zpsae5768f6.jpg[/img]
Papa is thinking this will only make humans lazy, & end badly.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_455_zps5a65e52d.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_463_zps47f68237.jpg[/img]
The Marionettes, for lack of a more appropriate term, arrest all the human-designed robots, while those same humans are on vacation.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_489_zps07129ab7.jpg[/img]
This is an amusing sequence.
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_560_zps1c4ceecb.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_607_zps5acd7704.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_623_zpsfb1da846.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_658_zpsd442d814.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_664_zps438fc02e.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/124_Parting_672_zps63209806.jpg[/img]
Now, both humans & robots are in jail, while the Alien-designed robots have replaced them all.
More to come--