Episode #25, segment 2 - A Saucer of Loneliness
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Episode #25, segment 2 - A Saucer of Loneliness
BoG Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:41 pm
#25b: A SAUCER OF LONELINESS written by David Gerrold based on story by Theodore Sturgeon
--------- Directed by John Hancock
A lonely woman (Shelley Duvall) is chosen out of a crowd by a small flying saucer to receive a message. Afterward, everyone wants to know what the message was but the woman will not reveal this, choosing to keep this one special bit of knowledge as all her own. Her own mother (Nan Martin), an alcoholic bitch to begin with, escalates her hostility and throws her out. The woman finds she can trust no one and decides to end it all by walking into the ocean; but...
Given the writing credentials of this one, it should have been a lot better. Duvall is quite bland and nondescript in the main role, while the character of her vicious mother is close to a caricature. When we find out what it's all about at the end, there is no profundity and it's even a bit silly (not to mention pointless). As a commentary on loneliness, it mostly fails; as a glimpse into an otherworldly dimension of the Zone, it's trite. This was dedicated to writer Sturgeon, who died the previous year. BoG's Score: 3 out of 10
--------- Directed by John Hancock
A lonely woman (Shelley Duvall) is chosen out of a crowd by a small flying saucer to receive a message. Afterward, everyone wants to know what the message was but the woman will not reveal this, choosing to keep this one special bit of knowledge as all her own. Her own mother (Nan Martin), an alcoholic bitch to begin with, escalates her hostility and throws her out. The woman finds she can trust no one and decides to end it all by walking into the ocean; but...
Given the writing credentials of this one, it should have been a lot better. Duvall is quite bland and nondescript in the main role, while the character of her vicious mother is close to a caricature. When we find out what it's all about at the end, there is no profundity and it's even a bit silly (not to mention pointless). As a commentary on loneliness, it mostly fails; as a glimpse into an otherworldly dimension of the Zone, it's trite. This was dedicated to writer Sturgeon, who died the previous year. BoG's Score: 3 out of 10