Alfred hitchcock presents the big kick3/11/2024 They're short story characters, not novel characters, so to speak. (To the point some episodes are downright silly and really show Hitchcock's and Lloyd's love of the irreverent.) But again these characters weren't really crafted multidimensionally. (You can try but it's difficult given the creators intentions.) It's meant to be lighter fair. So delving deeply into Miles' motivations isn't really the intended way to consume AHP. The characters also aren't meant to be as deep or as complete as Hitchcock films because they weren't crafted by him, Hitch wasn't in charge of Hitchcock Presents. Once you know this you come to enjoy it a lot more, I think. And that's really the story ending that was intended by the makers. It is often were the bad guy gets away with his crime. The true ending desired by Hitchcock's idea for the show and the show-runners is the one that happens in-episode. That's because time the TV censors would not allow certain endings to happen, so Hitch has to verbally tie up "immoral" endings. Frequently the ultimate end-game of the narrative isn't reveled until Hitch's closing narration. That's kind of the whole shtick of the show. I love Hitchcock Presents but they aren't meant to have fulfilling endings. (General show format SPOILER ALERT here.) Hi there, I'm an old AHP hand maybe I can help. I’m genuinely interested if anyone else felt unfulfilled by “Revenge” or the entire series in general. If it does, please forgive - it wasn’t my intention. I’ve seen every Twilight Zone episode many times over and I’m eager to consume more surreal black and white sci-fi! What am I in for from Hitchcock Presents?ĮDIT: the title of this post may seem sensationalist or “bait-y”. If you haven’t seen this story in a while, please watch it again! Did you also feel unsatisfied at the end? Why? What are your other thoughts about the episode? Perhaps someone who felt the same about this episode can articulate better what I felt. But I’m also realizing that Vera Miles’ character study of a mad woman was so spooky that I needed to see just more of THAT! Seeing the husband’s sentencing might have helped closed the story for me. This was fun to think about after the episode but I still did not feel satisfied with the ending. however, she still seemed cruel as she identified her “attacker” in that last scene. Or am I labeling her as cruel because we, as a society, tend to judge women more harshly than men? (would I have felt cruelty from the husband had their roles been reversed in the story?) If she was mad, then she surely didn’t intend to confuse her husband. But even though we know the wife is not intentionally trying to jam up her husband, I got a hint of evilness or cruelty from her in those last lines because it was delivered with an air of nonchalance (given that she was supposed to be identifying her attacker). Her madness was confirmed in that deadpan voice and blank expression. Vera Miles: her delivery of her last lines was exquisite. But would I have been fulfilled by watching the husband’s trial and sentencing anyway? Would I have felt sorry for him? It wasn’t enough that Hitchcock closed the show by explaining what happened to the husband. The reveal was amazing but am I the only one that felt unfulfilled at the end? The plot reveal in “Revenge” was dreadful (within the context of the plot) and absolutely delightful! You can say that I was DREADFULLY DELIGHTED by the reveal! It started Vera Miles, from one of my favorite TZ episodes, “Mirror Image”. I just watched “Revenge” from S1 of Hitchcock Presents. Twilight Zone stories, I’ve felt, painted a complete ‘world for any given episode’: at the end of each, I’m left satisfied, feeling as if my questions have been answered about the world the characters live in, why characters behave the way they do (I’m sure there’s a literary term for this but I don’t know it and trying to describe the best I can). I’m a 60s Twilight Zone fan that is just starting to get into Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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