Part of a series of graphic novels from Walker Books for Young Readers, THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33 is an adaptation of an episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE by the same name. A jet liner on an international flight from London to New York is swept up by a mighty tailwind that forces it to accelerate at an alarming rate. The passengers don't really notice as the crew does everything possible to get things under control. When it appears the situation has stabilized, they discover that although they are physically where they should be, they have somehow traveled through time into the past. Thus begins the journey of Flight 33 in The Twilight Zone.
Out of all the stories I have read so far in this series of THE TWILIGHT ZONE graphic novels, THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33 is one of the better ones. The original episode has been updated a little, but the overall story has remained the same. Unfortunately, like many Twilight Zone stories, the ending is kind of disappointing. However, that really doesn't make the story any less memorable.
I liked the illustrations in the story. They are similar to the illustrations in other books in the series. They are kind of cartoony, but not too much so. They do an excellent job of capturing the mood and atmosphere of the tale. The text is written in a font a little larger than most graphic novels and comics and the panels are easy to follow. The book includes introductory and concluding essays as well as a page that gives many details about the original episode, including cast, crew, and trivia.
Overall, a good graphic novel adaptation of a classic episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE. This is a book that I think will appeal not only to older children and reluctant readers, but to fans of the original series as well.
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The TRUTH of Flight 33?
In truth that version of Boeing 707 only had 23,000 lbs fuel capacity allowing it a 4,000 mile range. They would have run out of fuel pretty fast. Also the fuselage could not handle a 3,000 knot speed, it would break up in air. In Physics they would only experience time dilation. When they landed they'd only age a few minutes slower than the people still on the Earth, Time travel into the past and future is only a Hollywood wishful-thinking myth. It is impossible.Time is only a concept of the mind not a tractable thing to travel within.However, humoring the imagination of the Twilight Zone scriptwriter of this episode,,, I would recommend that when they returned to 1939, they should have told the ATC at Idlewild to have NYPD. FDNY, USCG, USNAVY, etc, to setup a air-sea rescue team on the Hudson River. Then the Captain could line up the craft with the river current, come in slow with nose up and ditch it like Sully Sullenberg did with his Airbus A320 in 2009. Flight 33 was equipped with life rafts and air cushion ramps for ocean ditching. It would not sink that fast either.Of course President FDR would not let them leave until Albert Einstein had a look at their situation as it concerns his Theory of Relativity. Also FDR would suspect that it had something to do with the NAZI jet technology Hans Von Ohain was working on in 1936. Frank Whittle in UK was also working on it in secret at same time. J.Edgar Hoover (FBI) would have wanted to interrogate them first too. He would have suspected it was just another one of Nikola Tesla's mind-boggling inventions. Tesla being suspected as a NAZI spy by POTUS Wilson, FDR, and Hoover, it would have cast suspicions on the Flight 33 crew. They'd probably be held at Riker's Island incommunicado while FBI tried to figure out what was going on.Who knows, if allowed, they may be able to salvage the craft and refuel later (jet fuel would be available to USA in later part of WWII. But gasoline/kerosene mixture would have worked in 1939.). But likely they may have to live their lives from 1939 forward. That means they may run into their younger selves or their parents. However, they would KNOW the future and would become very rich. But its all just science fiction isn't it? :-)P.S. - No dinosaurs have ever been discovered in New York. Therefore the Diplodocus (or Brontosaur) was incorrect. An American Mastodon or a pack of Coelophysis would have been more accurate, They were both discovered to have visited New York in prehistoric times. This was known in late 19th century.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2015
In truth that version of Boeing 707 only had 23,000 lbs fuel capacity allowing it a 4,000 mile range. They would have run out of fuel pretty fast. Also the fuselage could not handle a 3,000 knot speed, it would break up in air. In Physics they would only experience time dilation. When they landed they'd only age a few minutes slower than the people still on the Earth, Time travel into the past and future is only a Hollywood wishful-thinking myth. It is impossible.Time is only a concept of the mind not a tractable thing to travel within.
However, humoring the imagination of the Twilight Zone scriptwriter of this episode,,, I would recommend that when they returned to 1939, they should have told the ATC at Idlewild to have NYPD. FDNY, USCG, USNAVY, etc, to setup a air-sea rescue team on the Hudson River. Then the Captain could line up the craft with the river current, come in slow with nose up and ditch it like Sully Sullenberg did with his Airbus A320 in 2009. Flight 33 was equipped with life rafts and air cushion ramps for ocean ditching. It would not sink that fast either.
Of course President FDR would not let them leave until Albert Einstein had a look at their situation as it concerns his Theory of Relativity. Also FDR would suspect that it had something to do with the NAZI jet technology Hans Von Ohain was working on in 1936. Frank Whittle in UK was also working on it in secret at same time. J.Edgar Hoover (FBI) would have wanted to interrogate them first too. He would have suspected it was just another one of Nikola Tesla's mind-boggling inventions. Tesla being suspected as a NAZI spy by POTUS Wilson, FDR, and Hoover, it would have cast suspicions on the Flight 33 crew. They'd probably be held at Riker's Island incommunicado while FBI tried to figure out what was going on.
Who knows, if allowed, they may be able to salvage the craft and refuel later (jet fuel would be available to USA in later part of WWII. But gasoline/kerosene mixture would have worked in 1939.). But likely they may have to live their lives from 1939 forward. That means they may run into their younger selves or their parents. However, they would KNOW the future and would become very rich. But its all just science fiction isn't it? :-)
P.S. - No dinosaurs have ever been discovered in New York. Therefore the Diplodocus (or Brontosaur) was incorrect. An American Mastodon or a pack of Coelophysis would have been more accurate, They were both discovered to have visited New York in prehistoric times. This was known in late 19th century.
However, humoring the imagination of the Twilight Zone scriptwriter of this episode,,, I would recommend that when they returned to 1939, they should have told the ATC at Idlewild to have NYPD. FDNY, USCG, USNAVY, etc, to setup a air-sea rescue team on the Hudson River. Then the Captain could line up the craft with the river current, come in slow with nose up and ditch it like Sully Sullenberg did with his Airbus A320 in 2009. Flight 33 was equipped with life rafts and air cushion ramps for ocean ditching. It would not sink that fast either.
Of course President FDR would not let them leave until Albert Einstein had a look at their situation as it concerns his Theory of Relativity. Also FDR would suspect that it had something to do with the NAZI jet technology Hans Von Ohain was working on in 1936. Frank Whittle in UK was also working on it in secret at same time. J.Edgar Hoover (FBI) would have wanted to interrogate them first too. He would have suspected it was just another one of Nikola Tesla's mind-boggling inventions. Tesla being suspected as a NAZI spy by POTUS Wilson, FDR, and Hoover, it would have cast suspicions on the Flight 33 crew. They'd probably be held at Riker's Island incommunicado while FBI tried to figure out what was going on.
Who knows, if allowed, they may be able to salvage the craft and refuel later (jet fuel would be available to USA in later part of WWII. But gasoline/kerosene mixture would have worked in 1939.). But likely they may have to live their lives from 1939 forward. That means they may run into their younger selves or their parents. However, they would KNOW the future and would become very rich. But its all just science fiction isn't it? :-)
P.S. - No dinosaurs have ever been discovered in New York. Therefore the Diplodocus (or Brontosaur) was incorrect. An American Mastodon or a pack of Coelophysis would have been more accurate, They were both discovered to have visited New York in prehistoric times. This was known in late 19th century.
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