We all have our likes and dislikes and I've noticed a pattern to the movies and television shows I like - they all seem to have that "Twilight Zone Flavor"., and I think you guys know what I'm talking about.
In the Twilight Zone a mirror could be a doorway to a different dimension, or a Fortune Telling Machine in a small diner could be a way for Satan to take your soul.
The original "Jumanji" movie had that twilight zone flavor, reinforced by the awesome "Jumanji: the Animated Series" cartoon. That Jumanji board game was cursed with evil, sometimes tricking people into gameplay with life & death consequences.
The Jumanji board game was a portal to a strange dimension called "the World of Jumanji". Win, and you get to return home - lose and you will be trapped in Jumanji forever. The live action movie and the animated series together showed us a strange world that lies outside the reality that we know and take for granted.
This December, 2017, a new movie will be released by Sony pictures called, "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle", starring Dwayne, 'The Rock', Johnson and Jack Black. I've seen the trailers from June 2017 and all I can say is that my, "Twilight Zone Flavor" is nowhere in the previews.
Or am I just a bitter old man?
