It's Not a Man at All -- 2 Minute Twilight Zone -- The Old Man in the Cave

[@Galantski]

Goldsmith: "The old man in the cave knows all. He said if you mix an iced tea with lemonade, you come up with an Arnold Palmer."

[@MasterTaiki]

New Vegas is basically this episode and Howard Hughes mixed.

[@brodyun-heroichero3498]

While I know the episode is a moral story about faithlessness, I feel it can also double as a warning about refusing advice from others. People who believe they know best at all times (such as the soldiers) will often fall due to their own negligence. Whilst freedom is all good and well, you should always at least take others advice/opinions into account. You never know, you very well could learn something about yourself through the challenging of your own beliefs.

[@undergroundbasement]

One of my favorites of the old Twilight Zone. I couldn't figure out and it never explained on how Goldsmith was the only one who was aware of the computer in the cave and referred to it as "The Old Man In The Cave".Supposedly he had been going up to the cave for years getting computer information on weather,soil,food,radioactivity,ect.Did Goldsmith build it? Goldsmith came off as highly intelligent.Goldsmith always puzzled me.

[@The-Rose-and-the-Cross]

I only regret that, in the episode, they didn't actually show the townspeople (specially Major French) in agony due to radiation.

[@woodychadwick9834]

And now I have one of those computers in my pocket.

[@voicetube]

Wow… I've seen this episode several times and like so many other Twilight Zone episodes, just PURE GENIUS! These two-minute versions are probably a good way to turn new generations of young people onto this amazing and important television series.

[@j.clementec.m.1558]

This reminds me of the survivalist storyline and the gunners from fallout 4

[@scottuehlinger7887]

"Friends, Romans, Farm Animals......" James Coburn gives an Inspired Performance in this episode..always one of my favorites!

[@frankroy2005]

"The Old Man in the Cave" is a half-hour episode of the original version of The Twilight Zone. It is set in a post-apocalyptic 1974, ten years after a nuclear holocaust in the United States. The episode is a cautionary tale about humanity's greed and the danger of questioning one's faith in forces greater than oneself.

[@emilytrott]

Very prophetic watching this in April 2020 with the Covid-19 pandemic and it's social distancing/stay at home policies. I'd forgotten all about this episode until a few minutes ago.

[@PaulKyriazi]

Wow, flawless editing and music manipulation, as well as story clarity. Good job.

[@dafrog491]

Such a great episode

[@BipolarPics]

You saved me the trouble of having to watch the whole episode. Thank you.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

the closing scene from the full episode is eerily similar to the No Country for Old Men when Moss walks into the aftermath of a drug deal gone bad.

[@DrKenHildebrandt]

Though I strongly disagree with the assertion that faith without reason is a good thing, I can relate to the Old Man in the Cave's messenger who states in the end, "Maybe this has to be the destiny of man. I wonder if that's true. I wonder. I guess I'll never know."

[@rgaleny]

they did die from a lack of faith. Greed and fear are a two edged sword. I sympathize with with the impulse behind your statement. There is no freedom without the law.

[@MyPedorro]

Great work!

[@marciereynolds6627]

Bear with me, not to make everything religious, but it's an updated version of Adam and Eve, this time she gets two cans given her, The old man in the cave represents God. The Soldier would be Satan hungering for the death of people and tricking them with the poisoned food (apple) and the rebellion is faithlessness and shows death from sin.

[@ALCPEREZ]

This is just like watching it in syndication.