Reply to: Triffids

[AtW]

Didn't we do this in another thread just a few days before?

In Triffids story civilized society got turned into anarchy (due to blindness, and triffids), guns are very handy in anarchy - they may not work on triffids, but they would work on even more dangerous adversaries - humans.

[Sysman]

^ WHS +

WTF was the final escape from the killer rhubarb all about. Dribble some poison into your eyes through an old wooden mask and they leave you alone?

At least give a few seconds scientific explanation to help some of the audience who are not completely asleep by the end.

All is explained once you realise that it was written for a septic audience.

Intelligent scientists turning to mumbo jumbo. Religious order turning out to be evil. Pump action shotguns. Yep, definite Hollywood traits.

Oh, the script writer?

The two-part drama, which is due to air later this year, has been written by Patrick Harbinson, whose credits include the US series ER and Law & Order.

Conclusion: Disappointing

[Diver]

That film was a travesty.

Wot!

It was dressed up in wimmins clothing an that?


IGMC

[RichardCranium]

You'd know who wins if you'd ever read the book you Philistine

That doesn't follow when a classic gets "adapted" for TV or film. For example, "I am Legend" was turned from a fantastic story with an utterly surprising ending into a piece of tulipe with a dull-as-ditch-water-saw-that-predictable-but-unlikely-bollocks-coming-an-hour-ago ending.

That film was a travesty.

[RichardCranium]

once the disaster strikes you'd try to get firearms from like the only people who have them and who also were trained to use them. Might as well shoot yourself, oops - you'd need a gun for it also!

Didn't we do this in another thread just a few days before?

Yes, we did.

Guns did not work on Triffids. They had to invent special CD-flingers to chop the stinging bit of the flower off.

[Diver]

Blessed are the Cheesemakers.

Reg: There is not one of us who would not gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all.

Dissenter: Uh, well, one.

Reg: Oh, yeah, yeah, there's one. But otherwise, we're solid.

[Diver]

Watch it, Big Nose.

Have I got a big nose, Mum?

Stop thinking about sex!

I wasn't!

You're always on about it. "Will the girls like this? Will the girls like that? Is it too big? Is it too small? "

[Diver]

Didn't watch any of it.

Never liked John Wyndham much.

Philistine!

[VectraMan]

WTS. The second half was a bit more poor than the first. Still kind of enjoyed it though.

[ctdctd]

^ WHS +

WTF was the final escape from the killer rhubarb all about. Dribble some poison into your eyes through an old wooden mask and they leave you alone?

At least give a few seconds scientific explanation to help some of the audience who are not completely asleep by the end.

[Diver]

Well, the second part of Triffids portrayed the supposedly highly intelligent hero and his equally intelligent father as total knobheads once again.
What an anti-climax.

Why do they always portray these characters as incompetents?

They didn't even lock the doors when they went to bed for Christ's sake!

"Something's not right!, Something's up!" lets leave the guns behind and just rush in

C'mon script writers, if you have a total lack of intelligence or common sense, at least grant the audience the benefit of the doubt

It's like the old horror movies, 6 people have been killed, there's a noise in the basement, Let's go down there alone in the dark

[eliquant]

This would never have happened under the Tories.

Dougray Scott was excellent in it, otherwise it was pants.

That blonde lady should have acted better, I'm sure she was better when she 'did' 101 Dalmations.

[Diver]

It's easy for you to say - you'd just dive in deep at the first sign of troubles!

[AtW]

Any idiot can use a gun, it's not using one that takes intelligence

It's easy for you to say - you'd just dive in deep at the first sign of troubles!

[minestrone]

I have a first edition of the Seeds of Time somewhere, completely lost in the house move. Probably in one of the boxes that litter my office.