It's been a slow Sunday news morning so I have my TV on in the background, free OTA HD tuned into Comet TV. They are airing episodes from The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992). An interesting episode just aired called "The Pedestrian" caught my eye. The conditions are not far from what we see the Dems attempting to accomplish now. I'm posting this if anyone else wants to watch it.
In a totalitarian city, a rebel persuades his nervous friend to commit a subversive act: taking a walk with him around the neighborhood at night.
Storyline
A man, Leonard Mead, convinces his friend to go walking with him through the city at night - even though the authorities frown on anybody who doesn't stay in their home and watch TV 24/7. When the two men are caught by a government drone, they must explain themselves or die trying. Written by Gislef
This episode is based on the short story "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (February, 1952).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0683227/
Part 1:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dLPiSyHcDiU&t=60
Part 2:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zKp9O4FDfLk
Part 3:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3FAxgSgp_eU
Spoiler Alert!!
Synopsis -
Sometimes in the near future, Leonard Mead goes to the apartment of his friend Donald Stockwell. Donald eventually hears him over the sound of the television and reluctantly lets his friend in. Leonard berates the television as a mindless tool and gives Donald black clothing like what he's wearing so they can walk unseen in the night. Donald is reluctantly to tear himself away from the television but Leonard points out that it's the same show, retitled and slightly redressed, that the government shows every night. When Leonard describes the wonders of walking at night, Donald finally gives in and goes with his friend.
Outside, the two men walk across long-overgrown sidewalks and trip on tree roots. Leonard insists that they chew grass and blow dandelion thistles into the air. A patrol helicopter passes overhead and they duck down to avoid it. Donald is reluctant to embrace the experience but soon is overwhelmed by his friend's enjoyment and awe and begins to appreciate the experience.
The two men avoid a patrol car and Donald finally realizes that he's had enough. He asks to be taken back and Leonard leaves the way to their apartment. As they go, Leonard explains that he never watches his television and uses his imagination and his night walks to entertain himself. He hopes that one day, others will go out and walk and rebel against the government that keeps them enslaved at their television. The patrol helicopter and the patrol car circle back and after a brief chase, finally corner the two men.
The patrol helicopter hovers overhead and a mechanical voice identifies them as criminals and demands that they identify themselves. Leonard confidently steps forward and identifies himself as a writer who wanted to go for a walk, take in the night air, and see things. The voice, confused, notes that they have air conditioners for air and televisions to see things. Leonard lies and says that his television is broken. When the voice berates Donald, Leonard insists on taking full responsibility and says he's been out walking many times before, while this is Donald's first time. The voice orders Leonard to get inside the helicopter and Donald wonders what will happen to his friend. Leonard says that he'll be taken to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies for "treatment." He steps forward as the helicopter opens, and tells Donald not to go walking any more. There's no one inside the helicopter and Leonard wonders if the patrols, and the voices, are all automated and there is no one left alive to enforce the rules.
The helicopter door closes and the voice tells Donald to disperse. As the helicopter flies away, Donald says that Leonard was a fool and he'll never walk at night again. However, as he walks back home, he picks up a dandelion and blows the thistles into the air.
It's been a slow Sunday news morning so I have my TV on in the background, free OTA HD tuned into Comet TV. They are airing episodes from The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992). An interesting episode just aired called "The Pedestrian" caught my eye. The conditions are not far from what we see the Dems attempting to accomplish now. I'm posting this if anyone else wants to watch it.
>In a totalitarian city, a rebel persuades his nervous friend to commit a subversive act: taking a walk with him around the neighborhood at night.
>Storyline
A man, Leonard Mead, convinces his friend to go walking with him through the city at night - even though the authorities frown on anybody who doesn't stay in their home and watch TV 24/7. When the two men are caught by a government drone, they must explain themselves or die trying. Written by Gislef
This episode is based on the short story "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (February, 1952).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0683227/
Part 1:
>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dLPiSyHcDiU&t=60
Part 2:
>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zKp9O4FDfLk
Part 3:
>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3FAxgSgp_eU
**Spoiler Alert!!**
Synopsis -
>Sometimes in the near future, Leonard Mead goes to the apartment of his friend Donald Stockwell. Donald eventually hears him over the sound of the television and reluctantly lets his friend in. Leonard berates the television as a mindless tool and gives Donald black clothing like what he's wearing so they can walk unseen in the night. Donald is reluctantly to tear himself away from the television but Leonard points out that it's the same show, retitled and slightly redressed, that the government shows every night. When Leonard describes the wonders of walking at night, Donald finally gives in and goes with his friend.
>Outside, the two men walk across long-overgrown sidewalks and trip on tree roots. Leonard insists that they chew grass and blow dandelion thistles into the air. A patrol helicopter passes overhead and they duck down to avoid it. Donald is reluctant to embrace the experience but soon is overwhelmed by his friend's enjoyment and awe and begins to appreciate the experience.
>The two men avoid a patrol car and Donald finally realizes that he's had enough. He asks to be taken back and Leonard leaves the way to their apartment. As they go, Leonard explains that he never watches his television and uses his imagination and his night walks to entertain himself. He hopes that one day, others will go out and walk and rebel against the government that keeps them enslaved at their television. The patrol helicopter and the patrol car circle back and after a brief chase, finally corner the two men.
>The patrol helicopter hovers overhead and a mechanical voice identifies them as criminals and demands that they identify themselves. Leonard confidently steps forward and identifies himself as a writer who wanted to go for a walk, take in the night air, and see things. The voice, confused, notes that they have air conditioners for air and televisions to see things. Leonard lies and says that his television is broken. When the voice berates Donald, Leonard insists on taking full responsibility and says he's been out walking many times before, while this is Donald's first time. The voice orders Leonard to get inside the helicopter and Donald wonders what will happen to his friend. Leonard says that he'll be taken to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies for "treatment." He steps forward as the helicopter opens, and tells Donald not to go walking any more. There's no one inside the helicopter and Leonard wonders if the patrols, and the voices, are all automated and there is no one left alive to enforce the rules.
>The helicopter door closes and the voice tells Donald to disperse. As the helicopter flies away, Donald says that Leonard was a fool and he'll never walk at night again. However, as he walks back home, he picks up a dandelion and blows the thistles into the air.
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