Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site ahuta.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!ahuta!leeper From: leeper@ahuta.UUCP (m.leeper) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: The worst sf movies ever made Message-ID: <460@ahuta.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 18:38:34 EST Article-I.D.: ahuta.460 Posted: Wed Feb 13 18:38:34 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 02:46:45 EST References: <470@topaz.ARPA> <683@homxa.UUCP>, <24@unc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 22 REFERENCES: <470@topaz.ARPA> <683@homxa.UUCP> , <24@unc.UUCP> Path: ahuta!houxm!mhuxj!mhuxm!mhuxn!mhuxb!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!unc!walker 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 ...ihnp4!ahuta!leeper