Flesh-eating plants escape when a solar storm blinds most of the planet's population, and they're hungry for humans! Based on the book, and a remake of the previous TV series of the same name, The Day Of The Triffids is a post-apocalyptic drama that also focuses on the breakdown of society.
i liked it. but still there are points what makes me wanna read the book again, because it was better.
things i liked better in a book:
origin of triffids. (how they could not use that triffids were used also as garden plants :o )
triffids letting themselves out.
trilegged triffids(No big spectacles)(Or was it only the first mini series Triffid? :D) . https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Triffidwynd.gif
but the head of triffid was still superb, just like in the mini series. only better
So mostly i liked all parts in that miniseries except not enough triffids action :P
at ending there were surrounded by triffids but there were not enough of them.
mask thing was off but i can deal with that. :P
conclusion: day of the triffids book on to my todo list.
and yes, it was short.. a lot of good stuff was out. there would have been room for a lot more triffid action.
and did i mention more triffid action?
(hammering triffid with a torch until it died was fun)
Still i know triffids are more like a minor characters, but non the less, more action would be grand)
by Greyhound posted 14 years ago
It seemed interesting at first, but most of the character development was REALLY rushed, along with pretty much everything in the second part. They could've stretched it out into 4 eps of 60 mins each and focused more on the details, but I guess they didn't have the budget or whatnot to do that. Overall, it was an ok mini-series, but I wouldn't watch it again :)
by kaibren posted 14 years ago
i'm at 48 min right now and for know i love the atmosphere, it really gives that end of the world feeling.
and one fun part. nice thing to say too blind person: "i just will look around".
by Senseicads posted 14 years ago
The book was awesome, its actually fairly famous, written by John Wyndham i think? i had to study it in school. I really liked the book, and I am going to Dl the series on I player in a bit :)
by GodZionu posted 14 years ago
kaibren said:
ps. It's really interesting to look that only Estonians have read that book or cares to write about it here.
Estonians rule!!!
by wckiller posted 14 years ago
afrokiwi said:
Well i am not from Estonian, I have read the book and enjoyed the mini series :-) ... it is worth the DL.
well... lemme guess... you're from New Zealand and just living in Den Haag... Am I right? ;)
(I just thought of that since you have "kiwi" in your Nick and Sheep as your Avatar... And I know the Admin of a site who is from NZ and is constantly made fun of (in a good way) about these 2 things ;) )
So am I right? ;)
ontopic: never heard of book or mini-series.
by kaibren posted 14 years ago
nivalis said:
ps. It's really interesting to look that only Estonians have read that book or cares to write about it here.
what's your hypothesis?
i had never heard of the book, or movie, btw.
it's a book about killer plants taking over the world, because most humans get blind. good read.
and i was just making a remark because only we three had talked about that..
by afrokiwi posted 14 years ago
Well i am not from Estonian, I have read the book and enjoyed the mini series :-) ... it is worth the DL.
by kaibren posted 14 years ago
godzionu said:
its just 2 part movie. or miniseries. whatever you call it.
who cares, it's something new about the one of the best books i have ever read.
ps. It's really interesting to look that only Estonians have read that book or cares to write about it here.
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things i liked better in a book:
origin of triffids. (how they could not use that triffids were used also as garden plants :o )
triffids letting themselves out.
trilegged triffids(No big spectacles)(Or was it only the first mini series Triffid? :D) .
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Triffidwynd.gif
but the head of triffid was still superb, just like in the mini series. only better
https://davidszondy.com/future/Dystopias/triffid01.gif
and ending.. a lot of triffids and city in ruins.. walking heavily armored rounded with triffids to get to target(when they were attacking whole that time).
So mostly i liked all parts in that miniseries except not enough triffids action :P
at ending there were surrounded by triffids but there were not enough of them.
mask thing was off but i can deal with that. :P
conclusion: day of the triffids book on to my todo list.
and yes, it was short.. a lot of good stuff was out. there would have been room for a lot more triffid action.
and did i mention more triffid action?
(hammering triffid with a torch until it died was fun)
Still i know triffids are more like a minor characters, but non the less, more action would be grand)
and one fun part. nice thing to say too blind person: "i just will look around".
Estonians rule!!!
well... lemme guess... you're from New Zealand and just living in Den Haag... Am I right? ;)
(I just thought of that since you have "kiwi" in your Nick and Sheep as your Avatar... And I know the Admin of a site who is from NZ and is constantly made fun of (in a good way) about these 2 things ;) )
So am I right? ;)
ontopic: never heard of book or mini-series.
what's your hypothesis?
i had never heard of the book, or movie, btw.
it's a book about killer plants taking over the world, because most humans get blind. good read.
and i was just making a remark because only we three had talked about that..
who cares, it's something new about the one of the best books i have ever read.
ps. It's really interesting to look that only Estonians have read that book or cares to write about it here.