The Twilight Zone : Seriously. Is it me or does this feel like…

Seriously. Is it me or does this feel like…

we are in a real-life Twilight Zone episode with the impending dissolution of the message boards.

I can hear the Chancellor now. "You of the IMDB Twilight Zone board...are OBSOLETE!"

::::looking around for Anthony Fremont:::: Wishing I could put the people behind this decision in the cornfield, "Drive" them to a "Stopover in a Quiet Town" or have Talky Tina pay a "Long Distance Call".

Maybe this is just a "Spur of the Moment" decision and we won't be popping out of "The Bewitchin' Pool" saying "Where is Everybody?".

No worries, though. I know we will meet "Twenty Yards Over the Rim" or even within "Walking Distance". This "Changing of the Guard" surely won't be the end of our TZ Fam.

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination..."

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Since this board's closing, I guess "next stop's Willoughby". I'm moving to another board, " going my way?" We'll be "the passerby"on the way until "the arrival" there. At least now, we'll have experienced "two" boards after "the hunt" to find it after spending "the after hours" figuring where to look. When we get there, we'll "ring-a-ding girl", hope she'll let us in to see "what you need" and us too. We'll be back on a board "time enough at last". Hope they have "a piano in the house".

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when we get there, we'll "ring-a-ding girl", hope she'll let us in to see "what you need" and us too. We'll be back on a board "time enough at last". Hope they have "a piano in the house".


Nice, richspenc!

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination..."

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Rich- Very well done!

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Never say never...

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Thanks. Still got my sense of humor. 😉

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The TZ was a prophetic show -- today's reality isn't too far from what the show was warning about...

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The TZ was a prophetic show -- today's reality isn't too far from what the show was warning about...


Indeed.


That's one of the things I love about this show (along with the other obvious reasons) that the social issues/morals in these episodes are as relevant today maybe moreso than they were when they originally aired.

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-- today's reality isn't too far from what the show was warning about...

Like that one with the Scarey Dummy?



You Fill Me with Inertia.

Re: Seriously. Is it me or does this feel like…

Yes, I will very much miss the imdb message boards, and this one, too, since I drop by here every so often... The end of an era.

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I am so disappointed that they've decided to shut down the boards on us. :-(

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I just don't see a reason big enough for them to have made their minds up to make such a huge decision.

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I don't think they think of it as being a huge decision. They have done a cost benefit to how wise it is to maintain the boards and they think they can do better.

It is a bummer. I hope you are feeling better soon (not just about the TZ boards)..

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...and, uh ... I don't know the ins and outs of imdb business methodology. But over and over again I've read that Amazon purchased imdb? So is the boards closure really issuing from imdb itself, or from "Amazon headquarters"? Not that it matters a whole lot, but there seems to be a dichotomy on where to place the responsibility for this decision...

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Well, IMDb came into being ca 1990 and roughly 8 years or so later became a subsidiary of amazon.com. The gory details are outlined reasonably well (for once) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb

Offhand I'm guessing that the "click-bait" traffic generated by amazon ads isn't what it once was.

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Thanks for your reply, doug65oh, and for the link. Nice to get an explanation.

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I've enjoyed posting with you and others here on the TZ board, shall miss it. Some really good discussions here.

Rather than PM you, Jennie, on a personal level, I shall miss posting with you a good deal, hope that you know that that other site (and no, it's not A Nice Place To Visit hell and I'm not Mr. Pip). If not, you can PM me or just go to the classics board, where it's being discussed. It's sort of a clone of this place but without the IMDB search engine, so we'll have to make do.

This is, btw, an open invitation to all .

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Telegonus- Thanks very much. I will miss you very much. I remember fondly our discussion of Robert Warshaw on the TBYOOL board. You are only person I know (well, I use "know" liberally) who has read his book. I enjoyed your input on a lot of classic films as well as TZ. I may check out the classic film site, but I don't think anything can replace IMDb for sheer breadth of content.

There are several old movies I absolutely love and have never had anyone with whom I could discuss them. IMDb provided an invaluable venue for stimulating discussion. (And, really- when it comes to classic films-- it was largely a troll-free zone. Trolls have neither the patience nor the intellect to watch anything in Black and White).

Take care. You are a great guy!

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Never say never...

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Thanks, Jennie. The new site's up and running. I enjoyed our exchanges, too. The loss of all these boards, often on obscure movies and TV shows, is a great loss for many of us. As to the new site, it's good enough but no IMDB. Still, for the time being it shall have to do.
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