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From: leeper@ahuta.UUCP (m.leeper)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: The worst sf movies ever made
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Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 18:38:34 EST
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Reply-To: walker@unc.UUCP (Douglas Walker)

 >There are at least three versions of Day of the Triffids
 >that I have heard of.  Two are relatively recent - late 70's
 >- and the other is much older.  I saw the original one, and
 >I thought it stunk.  The acting was  terrible, the plot was
 >abominable, and the 'special' effects were unmentionable.  I
 >haven't seen the newer releases, but with that plot, there's
 >only so far they can go.

The 1981 BBC adaptation shows up on the Arts and Entertainment cable
channel.  It follows the novel page for page.  It is intelligent and
well made.  Since the novel is not really about monsters but about how
societies function, it is well worth seeing.  A friend who is a
post-holocaust story enthusiast says that it is the best post-holocaust
dramatic presentation he has ever seen.

				Mark Leeper
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