Aki's Blog

I have heard a lot of the original “The Twilight Zone” series, running from 1959 – 1964, and I finally downloaded it entirely (24,1 GB, gah) yesterday and watched the first episode (“Where is Everybody”), and it was great.

 The Twilight Zone was a series of  free-standing episodes of horror, fantasy and science-fiction, and lots of the episodes are afterwards copied by film directors, authors etcetera, and are referenced for example by The Simpsons (where I actually heard of the show at first).What I love about my family is how I’ve been raised with all these classic films, shows, comics, etcetera; my mother has renewed on a monthly Donald Duck comic since the late 1960′s and still renews on it (although at first it was in her father’s name while she lived there, and now it’s in her name while she lives here), and she’s learned me to love the Monty Python gang, and movies from the 1970′s and 1980′s, such as Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Back to the Future etcetera. Thus, I’m surprised my mother hasn’t even mentioned The Twilight Zone earlier. However, when I first told her that I had downloaded and watched it, her respons was that she was happy for me, since it’s among the greatest series ever, that she followed when she was younger (even though it ended a year before her birth it started airing in Sweden several years later).Anyway, a great show, recommended to EVERYONE! Watch it! 

 * * * * * * *seven stars

Today, one of my absolute favorite film series, Star Wars have been prominent to the world for thirty whole years. On May 25, 1977, Star Wars IV: A New Hope, the first film out of six, was released to cinemas. In my opinion, it is obvious that the first three films – the original trilogy: IV: A New Hope, V: The Empire Strikes Back and VI: Return of the Jedi – was the best ones. The worst films was I: The Phantom Menace and II: Attack of the Clones.

Happy anniversary, Star Wars! You’ve made a lot of difference to the world.