tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post1203773888018880494..comments2024-03-13T23:42:41.022-07:00Comments on We Are Controlling Transmission: O.B.I.T.John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-7771198721612988712023-12-03T19:46:36.146-08:002023-12-03T19:46:36.146-08:00Just watched it yet again, it remains the best hou...Just watched it yet again, it remains the best hour of TV I've ever seen, a miracle that some people even got together and thought this would make a TV show. And how many new headlines about government surveilance and individual obsession must you see to understand how dead-on this was?anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14645269475812485732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-74638032598973833682023-04-05T19:20:42.217-07:002023-04-05T19:20:42.217-07:002 1/2 Zantis.2 1/2 Zantis.CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648877307525667089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-12050970514721127432023-04-05T19:20:26.310-07:002023-04-05T19:20:26.310-07:00Yes I was too hard on it as were Peter and John. ...Yes I was too hard on it as were Peter and John. It's a very flawed episode but the idea of the surveillance state is so relevant today that it really deserves points for such an early concept. The court room scenes are kind of dull but it's thought provoking. If you could do easily spy on your partner would you? I wouldn't. I had forgotten the alien was an avatar for the killer, in the last scene when the creature mirrored his movements it reminded me of Anne Hathaway in Colossus.CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648877307525667089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-82620697724995425552023-02-20T20:29:35.678-08:002023-02-20T20:29:35.678-08:00It might not be one of the famous episodes, but Se...It might not be one of the famous episodes, but Senator Orville should be a pretty heroic character to people who believe in what's called "the surveillance state."<br />Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-74445933419593710682023-01-16T18:41:42.125-08:002023-01-16T18:41:42.125-08:00Sony OLED and other "smart" (spy) TVs al...Sony OLED and other "smart" (spy) TVs also have on board cameras trained on you. My fix for that is to keep my router connected only my HTPC, and only that for web browsing. Thanks for stopping by. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12007548640789388359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-34744621036441864012022-07-03T15:24:38.795-07:002022-07-03T15:24:38.795-07:00Now we know specifically why we were forced to go ...Now we know specifically why we were forced to go digital for our now "controlled televisions", that have the capability of O.B.I.T. Even our computer screens are spies, via the camera at the top of the screen, for which I put electrical tape over it, and never use it.<br />When I saw the first commercial for "Alexa", I knew immediately it is a spy device--we are not alone--the truth is out there. I do recall something about a surveillance taking place at a residence, for which a murder took place... probably the only time such a surveillance took place and yielded the murderer immediately. Mind you, this happened long before mandated digital communications. what difference does it makehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393259847436968457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-45900661526690530432022-04-12T16:03:05.867-07:002022-04-12T16:03:05.867-07:00Mobile phones, the internet and CCTV everywhere. W...Mobile phones, the internet and CCTV everywhere. We are tracked, watched, and many stream their entire lives for the world to see. Crazy accurate view of the future of humanity. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782027174901518772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-10066030512720621932019-01-29T21:25:29.365-08:002019-01-29T21:25:29.365-08:001000% agree. Surprised at some of the mediocre re...1000% agree. Surprised at some of the mediocre responses. Is it perfect? No. E.g. I still can't stand the cheery background music during the plane takeoff/landing. But the exposition and finale is the best in the series. ESPECIALLY the eerie single file exodus from the courtroom, leaving the single guard. The camera work given the limitations of the time is exceptional - especially the menace afforded Jeff Corey. Not unlike the Monsters of Maple Street on the Twilight Zone - but so much better Michael Popphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14575283909343545408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-55212092288105030502018-06-19T18:31:01.263-07:002018-06-19T18:31:01.263-07:00This episode is visually static, slow-moving, and ...This episode is visually static, slow-moving, and talky---but nevertheless I found it absolutely fascinating.<br /><br />It’s amazing how very relevant this story is to the present-day world, 55 years after the initial broadcast. The use of the OBIT machine, and addiction to that use, is more representative of present-day society than it would have been back in 1963. Today we have all sorts of methods and devices to spy on people, even as our obsession with social media erodes our real-world interactions. Yes, it really does seem as if we’re willingly destroying our society, though we’re doing it to ourselves willingly, without the influence of an alien race. I have to wonder if any other episode of The Outer Limits speaks quite as plainly to today’s world as this one does.<br /><br />(Oh, a note to outer-space aliens in disguise, hoping to escape detection---don’t forget the personal grooming! Those furry hands are kind of a turn-off, and very noticeable.)<br />octobercountryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730345596655835129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-37546241286335553172018-05-25T12:30:42.208-07:002018-05-25T12:30:42.208-07:00And now we have an Alexa "mistakenly" re...And now we have an Alexa "mistakenly" recording its owners' private conversation and broadcasting it out. If anyone who's seen OBIT still buys one of these, better watch it again anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14645269475812485732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-63466113320249379222014-08-29T06:29:18.677-07:002014-08-29T06:29:18.677-07:00It would seem the two guys reviewing this episode ...It would seem the two guys reviewing this episode were completely lost on the implications of the frightenly disturbing O.B.I.T. When I was a kid watching O.B.I.T I was not really into it because the "bear" was not that scary to me, but as an adult watching this episode brought chills down my spine. How profitic was it that this machine could unknowingly view and track anybody almost anywhere and see all that you say and do. Jump to 2014 where this scenario has virtually come true as big brother tracks and reads literally anything/everything about you including email, texts, phone calls and can track you anywhere you go by tracing your cell phone signature! We are literally one step away from an O.B.I.T. controlled Earth! And the fact that aliens were behind this technology in an effort to spiral the Earths population in to a paranoid self implosion so they could come and conquer our planet? With the speed at which technology is propelling mankind into the future does everybody think it was ALL created by man alone?? Think about it! Now O.B.I.T. is one of my favorite epidodes! What is your wavelength?G-Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-55599480763955429282014-01-31T06:51:45.641-08:002014-01-31T06:51:45.641-08:00I agree about the senator sometimes coming across ...I agree about the senator sometimes coming across as "a spoiled child not getting the toy he wants" (especially in the early scenes), but I just don't think that has much to do with Peter Breck himself, mainly just some of those lines he has. One moment like that that stands out is when the medical examiner (or whatever exactly he is) tells Orville that he was too busy DOING that job to notice something like the contentment or discontentment at the place, and Orville treats that as some incredibly uncooperative answer! But I do think there are plenty of moments that show him in a different light, like when Scott tells him "As long as I'm insane, I'm safe" and Orville says very quietly "Lousy way to live." And I think Breck makes the most of moments like that.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-6589188332574911272013-12-11T08:52:25.916-08:002013-12-11T08:52:25.916-08:00Must stand up to defend OBIT -- not just my long-t...Must stand up to defend OBIT -- not just my long-time OL favorite but my favorite hour of episode TV, period. Such a tense, dark mood and dark look at human frailty. And now in the final analysis it also has the honor of being OL's most prescient script: In 2013 the cameras see all, the databases know all, and our beloved devices, as Vic Perrin intones, are "cunningly conceived" to be turned against us and "prey on our most mortal weakness." <br /><br />PS, while y'all are considering the OL award for Best Actor (Culp, Landau etc.), I submit Harry Towne for consideration as Best Supporting Actor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-17112625313138351582013-08-16T18:38:24.695-07:002013-08-16T18:38:24.695-07:00Nobody appreciates good acting anymore. You have t...Nobody appreciates good acting anymore. You have to judge O.B.I.T. from a 1963 perspective. Jeff Corey was fine as the alien and Peter Breck was good as the Senator. And the person that said Jeff Corey had a penis- like nose, probably is jealous that he can't satisfy any woman with his own penis!! Hence, he was conscientious about it!! O.B.I.T. was just fine. So long,Mate!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-14999860389505544142012-12-09T15:04:48.649-08:002012-12-09T15:04:48.649-08:00Yous is NOT a lone voice. O.B.I.T. is one of my f...Yous is NOT a lone voice. O.B.I.T. is one of my favourite episodes of the series.Hamhockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16163655302116087944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-17218082406208956732012-05-20T03:22:48.631-07:002012-05-20T03:22:48.631-07:00Another blow to the prosecution ... C. Lindsay Wor...Another blow to the prosecution ... C. Lindsay Workman ("Dr. Anderson") died on April 24th, 2012, at age 88. No more derogatory remarks against his superiors.<br /><br />"He wouldn't know a periodic table from a TIME-table!"DJSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-16495010770238811602012-05-09T04:02:24.969-07:002012-05-09T04:02:24.969-07:00To DSJ--No, PETER BRECK, gONE!!??? i LOve the Big ...To DSJ--No, PETER BRECK, gONE!!??? i LOve the Big Valley, and of course Barbara Stanwyck and Richard Long have left us. With respects to Mr Cmac, I have to admit to loving this OBIT hour--utterly fascinating. Have fond memories of it while at a big appliance store as a kid, perched in front of a big new TV with a bag of Dubble Bubble while the folks were shopping for Tubes. Must have been TNT's Monstervision. Fond, fond memories.....I understand Mr Cmac's complaint, but found the Monster's revealing to be the payoff...The OBIT control -- rumored to have gone over to The Man From UNCLE?.............Admiral Nelsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-81940949679560764992012-04-18T19:14:29.729-07:002012-04-18T19:14:29.729-07:00Peter and John are right. I hated this. No Zanti...Peter and John are right. I hated this. No Zantis. Both this and 100 Days of the Dragon are really poor. Either the political themes are dated or the show wasn't good at them. Terrible dialog, the show is just an obvious right-to-privacy diatribe or a statement against government oppression, something like that. The governement investigation isn't very believable, the courtroom scenes go on and on with the senator asking pointless questions about the center's "moral situation" whatever the hell that means. I guess if someone has hairy knuckles he's an alien. Kind of like anyone who bends his pinkie in The Invaders is an alien. Conrad Hall really outdoes himself with low angles, overhead shots, and extreme closeups (the frequent shots of the weird-looking JOhn Turturo like guy with the glasses meant to be oppressive eventually become tiresome)- maybe because he knew the material was crappy. Badly written and directed and acted (other than Thriller alum Harry Townes), crummy denouncement. Zero Zantis, I'd like to five it fewer.Cmacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-89176751405301665442012-02-09T21:59:11.266-08:002012-02-09T21:59:11.266-08:00Sad news: R.I.P. "O.B.I.T." star Peter ...Sad news: R.I.P. "O.B.I.T." star Peter Breck, who died February 6th, 2012.DJSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-29026495627202194082012-01-31T21:32:25.682-08:002012-01-31T21:32:25.682-08:00Great episode! Imagine spying around and then foll...Great episode! Imagine spying around and then following a monster for a while and then watch it sneak up on yourself! Once the O.B.I.T. machines are introduced life changes completely as we know it. That sound of the machine itself, unique. Does anyone know how they produced that sound effect? It is some great sound design especially for 1963!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-582988999675008052011-07-13T16:19:13.021-07:002011-07-13T16:19:13.021-07:00A BIT OF MUSICAL TRIVIA : O.B.I.T features a bit o...A BIT OF MUSICAL TRIVIA : O.B.I.T features a bit of incidental music that is heard only once in the whole series and it's in this episode ! (Why ?? You tell me ). It's the piece that follows the bit of dialogue between Senator Orville and Colonel Grover just before they meet the reclusive Dr Clifford Scott ("Not interrogating, Colonel, just a few questions !"). As they climb the stairs leading to Dr Scott's room, the piece is quickly heard ... Nothing special, but still ... Why was it never used again ?QUEBEC OL FANhttp://www.filmscultes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-29822953204603511542011-07-11T20:50:50.778-07:002011-07-11T20:50:50.778-07:00Can't believe I only just discovered this fant...Can't believe I only just discovered this fantastic blog !! Lifelong OL fan from Quebec who used to watch the show in French in the 70s as a kid (show in French was called AU-DELA DU RÉEL). OBIT is one of my favourite episodes. See link below to my French blog on Cult TV and Movies and to see a FRENCH excerpt of OBIT !! <br /><br />http://filmscultes.blogspot.com/search/label/AU-DELA%20DU%20REEL%20%281963-1965%29QUEBEC OL FANhttp://www.filmscultes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-4028478275486733682011-07-02T17:29:04.454-07:002011-07-02T17:29:04.454-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Dr. Milton Taylor, M.A., Ph.D., M.A.http://www.linkedin.com/pub/Mr-milton-taylor/30/74/775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-9925060870798981962011-04-16T13:25:49.782-07:002011-04-16T13:25:49.782-07:00I can't believe these guys didn't give thi...I can't believe these guys didn't give this episode a higher rating. It's one of my favorites. It has a good theme about the invasion of privacy- which is very timely in the 21st Century. Jeff Corey delivers an outstanding performance.Reese Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06138534697475907588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-55557661774754449062011-01-21T11:12:58.743-08:002011-01-21T11:12:58.743-08:00Ted--
I distinctly remember a double bill of Bob ...Ted--<br /><br />I distinctly remember a double bill of Bob Clampett's "TIN PAN ALLEY CATS" and "Architects of Fear!"<br /><br />That was SOME afternoon....<br /><br />LarryLarry Rapchaknoreply@blogger.com