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Brian Cox, Eddie Izzard, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave And Jason Priestly To Star In The BBC’s New TRIFFIDS!!
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“Day of the Triffids,” already the subject of a 1981 BBC series, is getting a BBC miniseries remake starring Brian Cox, Eddie Izzard, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave and Jason Priestly.
Based on the inspired 1951 sci-fi novel by John Wyndham, “Triffids” tells the tale of humans worldwide suddenly blinded as deadly mutant plants roam free.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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and those plants were scary!
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the guy who dies first
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This is a project I always dreamt of making.
major error though: The triffids were never alien. Their origin in the book was never fully disclosed although it suggested they were the result of a russian bio-engineering experiment that accidently released modified seeds into the wild.
It was only the crappy 60s film that changed their origin to alien, in an attempt to link them to the meteor storm that blinds everyone.
In the book the meteor storm and the triffids are unrelated. The meteor storm merely enables the triffids to easily prey on humans.
The book has a lot of things in it that are relevant today. The triffids are initally farmed as a bio-fuel, and it is hinted they are the result of bio-engineering. Easy to make them relevant to today. -
"Based on the inspired 1951 story" makes it sound like you've read it, which obviously you haven't. It had cock all to do with extra-terrestrial invasion. The blindness was caused by a strange meteor event, giving genetically engineered 'Triffids' a sudden advantage over a blinded humanity. The Triffid's themselves were meant to be the result of genetic engineering by the Soviets, whose proliferation occurred due to a failed attempt at industrial espionage. Long winded explanation for sure, but little green men had fuck all to do with it.
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Should have been:
Priestly's character name is "Bradley Token-Yankee-Co-Production-Funding Jr" -
Or even his own copy-and-pastes from wikipedia, if past articles are anything to go by.
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I remember it too, but I was very, very young and it must have been a repeat because if I could remember 1981 I'd very impressed.
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...the Vanessa Redgrave!... Jason Priestly???
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... the Dame Judi Dench!... Vin Diesel???
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Is it just me or are TV executives stuck in a time warp?
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They were a series of books condensed into a tv series. That was a very very very scary concept. the tripods. they were giant mechanical objects that posed as TV masts. which were run by aliens that capped or brainwashed children. and controlled the earth by getting large swathes of the earths population to watching a continous tv program which consisted of a song. played over and over again. The hero of the books was beanpole. The bbc didnt have a huge budget so they could only make the first two books of the tripod series. I remember reading on this site that Some Aussie filmmaker had bought the rites to them and was going to a film trilogy. There is a very good scene in one of the books where our hero returns home to go to back to his uncle. and he doesnt know that his uncle has been brainwashed. and a gang turn up.
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...the Survivors reboot. That was dreadful.
Kudos to Tripods, both series shortly to be released on DVD (March 23rd). Put 'em your review list Harry! -
There's a show that could use a remake.
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Hmmmmmmmm....
a "Day of The Triffids" remake?
Well, sounds like it could be an interesting idea and a cool idea for a remake too
I...like Mr X...remember watching the old 60-ies Hammer Horror version where the Triffids took over after a Comet/World-Wide Comet watching event blinded most of the Earths human inhabitants...it was a cool freaky movie to watch as a kid growing up (although now a days it is pure unadulturated fun campiness to watch)
Just hope that it ISN'T a horrible re-make/reboot of a miniseries/made for TV movie like "Andromeda Strain"!! Oi, that was good concept which went horribly awry and was painful to sit through!!! -
My wife and I saw his 'Sexie' stage show a few years back and it remains the single most enjoyable night out we've had. What a talent.
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Feb 12, 2009 10:13:06 AM CST
The original is a classic. Scared me shitless as a kid
by col. tigh-fighter
So colour me interested. Just as long as its better and more exciting than that total missed opportunity called the Survivors remake.
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..the day the earth stood still..
(you'll get there eventually. that was my first exposure to triffids. http://www.rockymusic.org/sfdf/#note11 ) -
As said above, TRIFFIDS is not an alien invasion story. Even the blindness is hinted to be a human weapon.
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A fine British cast and Jason Priestly? Will they go with the eco-terror message like Andromeda Strain? Us bad humans with our bad pollution. Fooey, because this movie could be a good candidate for a remake.
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The BBC show from the 80's was the best adaptation. Cant see any improvement on it.
Now a really GOOD remake could be wyndham's "CHOCKY". Directed by Cronenberg. Imagine how freaky and strange that could be....
Oh also second the call of an updated remake of Sapphire & Steel. Though i dont know how americans would cope with the downright weirdness of it and that no CGI would be needed to convey the atmosphere and mood conveyed by the actors. -
I really liked the original Triffids movie as a kid, even with its "Nothing can stop them but seawater!" ending. The first BBC production was great—It got more into the social and political ramifications resulting from most of the world going blind. So I'll probably watch the remake. As for Jason Priestly, I never saw 90210, always assumed he was probably a chump TV actor, but the guy actually has a lot of talent. Take a look at the movies Normal Life or Love and Death on Long Island.
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The berg is or was doing chocky as feature film. The new triffids will be written as an enormous sop to the increasingly facist green movement. From what I read in that Gaurdian article. it has. an er writer is wrting it.
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I saw that I think. that was hurts best perfomance.
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I agree. Hurt did an amazing job. It's a funny film, but to me, disturbing as well. Near the end, where Priestly is reading this incredibly long fax from Hurt, where Hurt pours his heart out, a fax that goes on and on across the floor like a roll of toilet paper-- great job.
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Sucks as an actor.
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Jeez, after 8 years of George Dubya Bush you're going to criticize people worried about the environment as fascist? 'WAAAA WE LOST! YOU GUYS ARE FASCISTS!!' Aparently the conservatives saw the liberals win and decided to ape their 1990's style: sour grapes crying about fascism when they lose after being exposed as corrupt crooks. I guess this means the roles have switched, and we can start bashing your patriotism and calling you 'whiny conservatives' whenever you voice any opposition. Let me try it out: Why don't you whiny conservatives move to China if you hate clean air and water in America so much?!?! Oooo yeah, that's nice.
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Feb 12, 2009 7:24:59 PM CST
Make it more mature, like the Triffids are total bums that abuse
by crayotic
hell yeah
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It's right at the top of the "cozy catastrophe" genre. Loved it when I was a kid. 28 Days Later had a real Triffids vibe about it, especially the scenes of an empty London. I liked the '81 TV series, but it could do with a remake: the production values now look less than stellar, although it was relatively faithful to the plot. Curious to see how closely the new version sticks to the book. The Triffids were farmed for their oil, so I have a feeling they're going to be biofuel plantations in this, which would work rather well.
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The UK delivered one of the best horror miniseries in ages, Dead Set, so probably its success may be a new standard of expectations to meet for the filmmakers doing this one. At least, they secured a really good cast.
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Can anyone take plants seriously? Loved the book as a kid & the show, but I don't know how they intend to make scary plants on a BBC budget.
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