Day of the triffids

[F5 Dave]

Well I guess I missed the adverts (I'm dynamite with the remote). so nothing much on, do a channel surf of the sky preview timetable. Hmm, gee haven't seen that for years! Whats the chance they're playing it on prime time? oh. The Americans have got hold of it & remade for TV (no chance of it being a movie).

Short story long I watched the first 1/2 hour & doing the ironing in another room was more inviting.

What a load of crap! The whole premise was faulty & the acting just made it worse.

waste of bandwidth! Feckin Americans, why can't they keep to monster trucks & whatnot to keep themselves amused?

[Str8 Jacket]

I am bginning to wonder if you and Malcolm have a weird connection sometimes....We saw the adverts the other night anf he commented that if the Americans made it it would be crap and probably not worth watching

[F5 Dave]

Well we weren't going to tell you yet hon. but while we're all here there's something we've been needing to say. . .

[Donor]

As soon as I saw it had been remade, I made the executive decision that I would rather scoop my own eyes out using a melon baller than watch it.

Freakin' 'merkins and their damnable ruining of classics!

...now, where's the torrent to download the original... hmmm, the Tripod trilogy could be a go as well...

[Dave Lobster]

Wasn't Day of the Triffids a brit TV series?

The 'mercins can't have remade it, surely??

[Leviticus]

Wasn't Day of the Triffids a brit TV series?

The 'mercins can't have remade it, surely??

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It was made by The BBC back in the eighties. The book was better though

[Kickaha]

I mssed it tonight but as soon as I saw the ad that showed someone being dragged away I thought it would be rubbish,it is one of my Favourite books

The first Midwich cuckoos/Village of the dammed was heaps better than the merkin remake as well

[Donor]

All is good in the world - I has all 6 episodes of the 1981 BBC mini series winging their way to my hard drive... ahhh...

[Kickaha]

hmmm, the Tripod trilogy could be a go as well...

Another series I really like, there was a prequel written as well which I haven't read

The White Mountains
The City of Gold and Lead
The Pool of Fire

Disney has owned the film rights to The Tripods since 1997. It was reported in 2005 that a cinematic version is in pre-production with Australian-born director Gregor Jordan signed on to rewrite and direct for Walt Disney's Touchstone Pictures label. The film version is expected for 2012, with no casting announced as of January 2010.

[F5 Dave]

Ya know I should have been in the garage fettling stuff, but I had a case of the CBFs & was looking for an excuse to stay put.

But on the plus side all my shirts are spiffly pressed & I'm listening to Rockradio1.com etc surfing.

. . . course I should have gone to the garage but it's too hot and other such excuses.

[Leviticus]

The 'mercins can't have remade it, surely??

It has the look of a Modern BBC production, The accents are too good to be yanks

[Big Dave]

Missed it - surely it couldn't be worse than the Hitchhiker's Guide fiasco. Please. My eyes have only just stopped bleeding from that. Triffid stings would be welcome.

Edit - Oh! - free to air - people still watch that? :-)

Eddie Izzard is a yank?

[spacemonkey]

Thankfully the antidote to trifids americanisation arrived in the mail today.... Gormenghast on DVD!

[F5 Dave]

ok now I'm shocked & stunned. I googled it. I'd assumed it was 'mercan as it was so bad.

I was wrong & now I apologise. It's a BBC production. As I said, shocked & stunned.

Bloody Pommy 'mercans.

[Motu]

It's still set in England,and it still has English actors....so for a 21st century remake it's pretty damn good.Not tooooo far away from the book,global warming,Triffid farms etc....but it has been a few decades since he wrote the book.Went out into the garage a couple of days ago and found my 1959 edition,but one of my kids is reading it.The first of The End Of The World As We Know It books...so a classic story.