Oh dear...

[al_fruitbat]

The BBC is remaking The Day of the TriffidsThe problem is the fundamentals here - it's not the inevitable yoof characters they'll impose that'll kill it. What will kill it is the inability of the BBC to deliver intelligent drama any more. They won't be able to deliver the science, they won't be able to deliver the bleakness, they won't be able to

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[secondhand_rick]

It is billed as a "fast-paced, futuristic and electrifying take" on Wyndham's work.

I just hope they cast some decent celebs in it!

[bateleur]

Triffids is not about 6 foot plants with stinging whips

It isn't.

It will be.

[undyingking]

I posted a while ago about a play of it we had here where the triffids themselves didn't actually appear at all. I thought that was pretty effective, but I can't see that approach appealing strongly to the BBC.

[amuchmoreexotic]

Oh man, Triffids are the vegan alternative to zombies.

It could be good if they drop the contrived "everyone goes blind because of orbital weapons" idea and instead make the blindness due to a sudden massive release of toxic triffid pollen.

Also, make the triffids run fast!

[percyprune]

I thought the last attempt at Triffids (with John Duttine) to be very respectful, if a little ploddy by modern standards.

[lathany]

I thought that the eighties series was decent enough. Why can't they re-make Tripods which was pretty dire and a long way from the books? I've always been suspicious of this urge to remake the good series rather than the bad.