Skies Ablaze - The Day Of The Triffids - Day One Preview - BBC One

[Indzzgracey]

Wish I could see this!

[planecrazynl]

@Indzzgracey the first episode i have seen last sunday on BBC HD , next sunday the 29th episode 2 will be broadcasted

[anisete46]

this is not uninteresting, but the original version is much better IMHO

[kelpie555]

my neighbour made the new movie and this series he also makes comapre the meerkat and pg tips and the movie son of rambow

[Dazspa]

Worst version ever!

It's been two years since this debacle was shown on t.v. so hopefully some enterprising individual will get a decent version made.

[timur50]

that movie sucks...

[Gr33kWaRChieF]

Some said, it was glorious... as if the heavens ignited... and god himself was conducting the show!.... PERFECT!

[Gr33kWaRChieF]

Some said, it was glorious... as if the heavens ignited... and god himself was conducting the show..! LOVE IT!

[SuperChocolateCakez]

I LOVE that movie!!! :)

[chingpongionglong]

I hope this will air in Sweden aswell!!! :O

[NarniaDude1239]

IS THIS REAL!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheGrasshugger]

@NarniaDude1239

Yes.

[KaitainCPS]

@evee44

That's how the book ends: on the Isle of Wight, hope for humanity, but no resolution.

[Steve10578]

@KaitainCPS - I was hoping they would make Night of the Triffids.

[youngmasterpete]

is there a place to watch all these

[ballebanan]

The solar flare scenario is completely BS, the sun can flare, but at worst we'll see some faint auroras at lower latitudes. It wouldn't "ignite" the sky such as this. Plus, the people on the side of the planet unaffected by the phenomenon would retain their sight. For the most part, this story needs the viewer to activate their suspension of disbelief.

[bicnarok]

@ballebanan dont get a flap on, its not real just a story for fucks sake. You can pick mistakes in any movie and series. Not only that, the sun is very well capable of messing us up with a CME or solar flares, so don´t underestimate it:)

[pablin365]

GOOD PLAIN FUN ¡¡¡¡¡¡

[busdriver153]

the man on the plane he say "stupid people " cover your eyes!!!!!

[jimsms]

man eating plants??? ooooooh scary. I loved how wen the triffids were 'slowly' moving towards the people they made out like they were screwed wen they could hav just literally walked away. And wen they were shooting the triffids they always made sure that they were really close to them. I was like "for fuk sake take a few steps back u fuking morons". And wen the blind were chasing the woman who could see at the start, they looked like creatures out of some B grade zombie movie. Crappy film.

[player1vladimir]

@evee44 sorry for the late reply my computer was broken

this works perfectly

[danmarino1970]

man eating plants? c'mon... you want to see a true apocalyptic movie.. i recommend "The Road"... talk about shift in consciousness. Th only monsters in this movie are the humans still left alive... if you can read the book before the movie.. both are extraordinary. peace.

[sluc8068]

@danmarino1970 If you actually read "the day of the triffids" or even watched the old bbc series, I think you would discover that the themes are very similar to "the road." It is NOT a story that can simply be reduced to the idea of "man-eating plants" and it was written more than 50 years prior to "the road."

[danmarino1970]

@sluc8068 thanks for the advice but i'm partial to movies and books that keep cataclysm as real as possible. this movie would have done well with just the beta and gamma rays cooking everything in sight.. and downing all electrical grids.. no water, no sewage, no food, no medical services.. etc. be well mate.

[sluc8068]

@danmarino1970 to each his own i guess. But the original story was obviously inspired by the cold war and the advancements in bio-engineering and even suggests that the meteor shower may have been a man made weapon that goes wrong. Considering these and the context of the original story, the cataclysm was fairly realistic, and the themes were very original. I don't know why I'm defending it so much but I guess the series and the movie didn't do it justice.

[brian060983]

4.5/10

The first part of the movie is boring & the atmosphere is plain awful. The second part gets better with more action & you also gonna see the Triffids alot more. But avoid this flick. You have to wait over 1 hour & 30 minutes before it becomes decent. Don't watch it.

[TekfreakStudios]

@brian060983 I only watched about 30 minutes of this film, and the only part I found somewhat entertaining was this part.

[brian060983]

@TekfreakStudios

haha. Your right. Great comment from you.

[player1vladimir]

Hmmmmmm........ i don't know about your youtube, but here on the side were the suggestion are i have:

Katty Perry California gurls make up tutorial

kim kardashian smokey eyes

and so on and on about make up...

How could they put science fiction and make up in the same category?

Or maybe Triffids aren't science fiction???

[SARAHfromLONDONuk]

Very well done :)

[MrGrinningManiac]

I have to say, I utterly adored this version. Even though it might change this or that, or make it slightly "dark n' gritty", it was still a damn good show, Rufus made a damn good villain, and is it just me, or is the concept of panicking masses of blind people a thousand times more terrifying than a hungry horde of zombies?

[RandoAnonymous]

Purists are so annoying. I am sure the book is the literary wonder of the world but I will never read it. Just give me a Sci-Fi movie/show that's not stale and I will watch it if the plot is sound.

[felino321]

Very nice, I watched it in Spain.

[freyaxxk]

Free-kaay :(

[BradBrassman]

@PNETriffid Really? I am mixing up the book & the first film. I thought the opening sequences well done however, and found the Solar Flare angle a bit more believable.

[BradBrassman]

@PNETriffid Really? I am mixing up the book & the first film. I thought the opening sequences well done however, and found the Solar Flare angle a bit more believable.

[PNETriffid]

@BradBrassman

Yes I'm afraid you are mixing up the book and the film. In the novel, Wyndham makes no mention of seawater, and the problem of finding a remedy to triffids is left open. Solar flares work well enough, but I like the idea of triffids being part of the USSR's super weapon (blinding 'comets', followed by disease, then the triffids themselves).The opening scenes were ok, but I think they lacked the compelling tension of the book's opening; there's not enough silence at the start,imo.

[PNETriffid]

@BradBrassman

Yes I'm afraid you are mixing up the book and the film. In the novel, Wyndham makes no mention of seawater, and the problem of finding a remedy to triffids is left open. Solar flares work well enough, but I like the idea of triffids being part of the USSR's super weapon (blinding 'comets', followed by disease, then the triffids themselves).The opening scenes were ok, but I think they lacked the compelling tension of the book's opening; there's not enough silence at the start,imo.

[ma049]

How could this programme have been so bad? I mean the original book is great, the 80's show was fantastic. With modern production values how could it possibly fail

The cast was just weird. The direction or pacing or something was all wonkoid (whatever it was I couldn't tell if this story was supposed to be playing out over days, months or weeks.

An equally big problem was the triffids themselves. Not just the bad effects, the world of triffids was not convincing.

[BimboBoy84]

Reminds me of "V" :)

[doctorwhonico]

Just watched it. Great, great, great stuff !!

[0Dolores0]

I've just finnished watching the whole serie, and I already nominate it to be the best movie/serie of year 2010! :D

[FLICKGEEK]

Do you actually see the triffids in this version?

[HenriBartlett]

yes

[choaty5]

read the book

[Spartacus217]

@choaty5 I read the book as a teenager. It was awesome. The movie version with Howard Keel was crappy. This version loooks truer to the book. Is it available for purchase?

[FLICKGEEK]

The movie was really low in quality.

Have you seen the 1980s miniseries? its fantastic, type in

Day Of The Triffids ep1pt1

(On youtube)

[HenriBartlett]

the book is great

[PNETriffid]

@choaty5

The idiots who made this claptrap obviously did not read the classic original. May I recommend WyndhamWeb, the internet's first dedicated John Wyndham site?

[aussierigger]

BRILLIANT! I saw an ad on the box...at last my child hood plant phobic, totally freaked out, memories have surfaced...Mankind stupified by the coloured sky...

[bezerkoid]

This is a pretty cool series. I loved it. Can't wait for the DVD release.

[goodvanilla]

I was not able to see this on tv and can not stream it on bbcone website because I am in another country. Will this be released on DVD/Bluray or become available for streamin internationally ? Anyone know ?

[goodvanilla]

going to relpy myself since I found the info on a diff site : latest clips, info and news on the official The Day of the Triffids website dayofthetriffids co uk for the upcoming DVD release 1st Feb and BD out 22nd Feb.

[borgduck]

I'd like to give that security chick one

[borgduck]

Ice cream, that is....

[lolfearme]

I think it was a very well done show. Somewhat rushed of course, but they only had around two and a half hours.

Fascinating concept, straight from the novel of course. Plants are a far better antagonist than the cliché zombie concept.

I enjoyed the acting for the most part, in particular Eddie Izzard. He really gave off the sense of narcissistic, sociopathic corrupt leader.

Only thing I didn't like was a few loose ends. The African man from the main characters memory needed more back story...

[BradBrassman]

And how sea water fucks em up.

[cookieyeah1]

Very, very good sci fi. Well done Auntie.

[1yungfreezy]

dam i had a dream about dat same shit yo 3 nights in a row 3months ago real talk

it happened exactly like that dat crazy

[rickrussell]

I was wondering if anyone would mention the 1981 version. One of the things that made the disaster so disturbing was that none of the main characters saw it -- leaving all kinds of rumors and innuendo.

Better way to handle it, IMO.

[fedaykin6666]

man-eating mobile plants? ya fuckin kidding me?

[coleor]

thats the triffids for you! a vegetarians nightmare!!!!

[borgduck]

LOL!

[Crapulency]

Evven the BBC's worst is better than the best of the rest

[RomBurns]

Can we get a translation here please? Actually on second thoughts, don't bother.

[taurus170582]

This is better than Doctor Who, nice work BBC.

how did they manage to get Jason Priestley (of BH 90210)?

[soulsonicfarce]

Wonderful cast?

Maybe.

Awful script. Wooden acting. Mediocre effects and cinematography.

Absolutely.

Most disappointing BBC.

[NoMatch2Me]

total crap dont waste your time i mean it's the fucking bbc...they should just stick to documentaries

[trigga1uk]

wonderful cast!

[MyMerlin1]

This was very good i liked it , thank you BBC.

[PNETriffid]

@MyMerlin1

Be honest your a BBC employee aren't you? There can be no other explanation for your positive comments on this dreadful adaptation of a truly wonderful original novel.

[Rain9959]

@PNETriffid - I totally agree, this was just the BBC trying to outdo Hollywood with sensationalism and gimmicks. The book was a classic piece of speculative, literary sci-fi - not a B-grade cartoon flick to scare the kiddies.

[varangian1081]

This show was utter bollocks and a wasted opportunity for the BBC to show it can produce drama that doesn't originate from an 18th century novel. Maybe if it had been "Pride and Triffids" or "Triffid Heights".......

[StarSeeker5000]

Sorry, I forget that the good ol us of a is the ONLY country on the face of the earth, with its own unqiue language and all that jazz.

question, how long have you had shite for brains.

LOL

[jakejumpover]

It's weird for you to forget then remember something that isn't even true. Oh wait you must be an idiot.

English accents are sooooo fruity sounding.

[TheAjhomie]

arent well all but remember

there will be survivers always

the weak slow down the strong

keep up

like life was still the same,thnx enjoy lol wooohoooooo

[secretorganisation]

oh im soo scared

[redzero27]

oh my god. they stole my idea?? well a big part of what I was writing. i guess it is a big cocept to deal with. solar flare.

[HardcoreFlea]

You're a numpty. Day of the Triffids comes from a 1951 novel, and I feel for you if you've never read it.

[MrZeps]

The world is struck by millions of man-eating mobile plants...

I'M A PLANT AND I GANNA GET YOU.....

sorry plants aren't scary..

[mindstormsabrewin]

MrZeps. "Plants aren't scary"?! You ever get a good close look at creamed spinach? It's the stuff of nightmares!

[wolfman8325]

Hopefully this wont have that ultra cheap doctor who look. You know the kind, like a kids show, shot with crappy DV cameras, and bad cgi.

[slugworths]

Someone said that it look likes Lego sailors are on the thunder child.

[StarSeeker5000]

Well I watched it and my suspisions have been proven correct, just as I knew they would because I'm always 100% correct, in every aspect of life :)

just like the bbc version of merlin - SHITE

just like the bbc version of robin hood - SHITE

just like the remake of survivors - SHITE

It was, is and always will be a pile of kack. A total waste of license payers money. Sack the actors, writers and directors. Thanks for taking a classic and destroying it in every possible way.

THANK GOD FOR SKY

[RomBurns]

And the last time Sky made something decent was....? Ok this wasn't perfect, but for what it was, perfectly enjoyable. You didn't enjoy it and that's fine. You're not 100% correct, "opinion" never was, is or will be. Sack the actors? Lol - I think you'll find they're done, been paid, etc :)

[maddalicex]

Put Star - Cock - Seeker5000 in charge of the BBC. Specially with such wonderful vocabulary and intellegence. Probably porn shows 24/7. Dumbo.

[slugworths]

In reply to them doing a victorian remake of war of the worlds. One has been done by Pendragon films with it following the book in every detail.

[lollygaggle]

@slugworths The Pendragon War Of The Worlds was horrendous, cardboard aliens and machines, and instead we have to imagine the majority of the action by watching the faces of those witnessing it.

[MyMerlin1]

Go LONDON

[maddalicex]

There are a lot of stupid people in the world - some on here making negative comments about a show they haven't even seen. Takes all sorts. Duh.

[SirJulian1975]

Wow, this looks rubbish!

[blahhduhhx3]

This really does look fabulous

[willluvsthe411]

WILLLUVSTHE411 HERE ON YOUTUBE!!!

[DJDIGITAL3]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

[melmothd]

OMFG!!! This is my favorite book and movie eva!! :D

I cant believe they are making a tv series out of it

Ive been dreaming of this..

[Flamesofthunder]

their remaking the series

i hope its as good as the book.

The book was stunning it meant alot of things the idea of it is stunning. I thought war of the worlds was a crap movie but amazing book i hope it doesnt happen for this one.

[harnois75]

The point of the 'solar storm' (suggested space weaponry) in the original is not that it's not seen as a huge cataclysmic event on the night, but that it's effects are only realised by people waking up the next day. The problem with adapted Sci Fi these days is that it appears to be all spectacle and pace, whilst incompetantly glossing over the finer points of it's source material. The synopsis suggests it's a remake of the Howard Keel film, but even that might be closer to the original.

[NeoNoircat]

Did not see the previous British version. Wondering what metaphor they're working on here. The original John Wyndam novel is a warning against creeping socialism/fascism, and how folks are "blind" to its advance. I doubt the left-wing BBC is working on that idea, though it certainly is current in this Obama era.

[JustB3NJI]

@NeoNoircat Seeming as they have done dramatisations of the lives of Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse (well parts of their lives) and portrayed them in a positive light (watched both, you walk away liking both people) I would hold back on the cynicism, assuming your intrpretation of the novel is correct that is. From what I know Whyndams axe was the Soviet Union as opposed to any generic ideology.

[ModeMan101]

I don't understand why there's always so much backlash just because it's a new adaptation with recognizable faces. For the record, I liked the '80s BBC version a lot when it was originally on. And you know what magically happens to whichever old adaptation that's dear to your heart when they do a remake like this? Absolutely bugger all. Just don't watch this version if it's not to your taste. Hardly rocket science.

[gadfly1000]

Yeah Eddie fucking Izard. Cheers, BBC. And thanks for the memory of hideous, shrieking Catherine Tate swinging her bingo wings in a bride's outfit in another Christmas "special".

[CRanapia]

Can you make your point without being a sexist dickhead?

[JollyRodders]

How about a decent re-make of War of the Worlds..??

Spielberg's re-make was abysmal.

[NativeMoon]

Id love to see that happen - but in the original Victorian setting of the novel 8))

[borgduck]

You're replying to the guy who was suggesting a War Of The Worlds remake, right? Day Of The Triffids was originally set in the 1950's.

[NativeMoon]

I know - but he was proposing a good remake of War of the Worlds and I agreed. I suggested the original setting of the Victorian era as its always being updated and we have yet to see a version true to the spirit of the novel (that Im aware of anyway). I was rooting for the Tripods in Spielberg's craptastic version.

[borgduck]

I always wondered if the Queen was ever affected!

[StarSeeker5000]

Another classic ruined by the BBC. Eddie Izzard for fucks sake. I mean its Eddie Izzard FOR FUCKS SAKE.

BBC listen....leave the classic stuff alone you always FUCK IT UP and dont you dare go near blakes 7 with your remake bullshit.

[blackflower75]

They (not the bbc) are remaking Blake's Seven ...It sounds a bit shit too...

;(

[maddalicex]

SarSeeker you talk shite. BBC remakes have always been better than the originals.

[RustiSwordz]

Doctor who is shite. So not all remakes are better. Special effects noit always makes a show not special.

[maddalicex]

But Doc Who is NOT shite. So the rest of your statement is meaningless and stupid, Rusti.

[StarSeeker5000]

hmmm no, I am positive it is you who is talking shite. Infact ive just checked my facts with wiki and it says that you always talk shite. from the moment you slithered from out your moms ass you spoken nothing but shite. look it up on wiki, it says "maddalicex, a lame youtuber who constanly talks shite" go see for yourself. YOU TALK SHIT end of chat. Oh an my name is StarSeeker5000 not SarSeeker so show some fucking respect fuck head.

[maddalicex]

Respect, CockSeeker5000? No. You have to earn respect. Your words speak volumes about you. You are small. And weak. But you know this, don't you? That is why mouth on here. It's all right. Really. I do understand. I will be gentle with you from now on. It is not your fault. You can't help the way you are. Just keep trying. And keep saying to yourself: "I must do better.". There you go. Say thank you, Alice.

[borgduck]

I still prefer the 1981 version.

[Artprincess247]

hmm, looks interesting, i might watch that when it comes out on TV.

[luminescentfeeling]

Looks rather pants, it's been 'Dr Who'd' yet again by using totally type cast 'familiar' actors or people in the public eye (comedians) - instead of people who can act. Fine if you're a 10yr old surrounded by a Nintendo Wii and a skateboard though. :p BBC like to use anyone from Eastenders or even 'ClockWise', a sort of Xenophobic tax payer funded OCD, because pulling out someone from coronation street to appear in a 'Sci Fi' thriller is less costly.

[TheAnnexGal]

WHY....WHY.....WHY...won't anyone make The Chrysalids into a film!?!?

GRRRRR.

[cakeordeath99]

Eddie's asleep LOL 0:57

[coecludd]

Looks like a TV highlight for Christmas. Anybody seen the redesigned Triffids for this version yet?

[mechas8n]

looking forward to this!

[stormthelantern]

Looks great. Thanks to whoever posted the link to this on Shane Taylor's IMDB page.

[TulsaMetroMarketing]

Wasn't this a remake of earlier horror movie in the 60's? Where trees came alive and if I recall a plane crashed into a warehouse on a pier?

[LaFarfalla246]

This reminds me of school as my English teacher in 4th year was a science fiction fan and we had to read 'The Day of the Triffids' as part of the curriculum. Have to say that it was one of the most boring books I've ever read. It was that boring that I can't really remember that much about it. Just not my cup of tea I'm afraid.

[maddalicex]

LaFarfella, you just told us everything we need to know about you.

[LaFarfalla246]

No, you know absolutely nothing about me at all as I have a very wide & varied taste across the board. I just don't like science fiction but that's my own personal preference. I just hated this book and would much rather have read something else, like one of the traditional classics as that would have been more to my taste. Unfortunately, when you're at school, you have to read the book that's been chosen by the teacher. We all have our own likes/dislikes just as you have yours too.

[maddalicex]

Has I said, I know all I need to know about you. You are now dissmissed.

[harrinski]

to be fair, no one likes the books they are forced to read at school. I had to read tess of the d'urbervilles last year at school and it was a horrible experience, only got to page 100

[LaFarfalla246]

Thank you. If we'd been given Tess of the d'urbervilles, I'd have been much happier as that is more to my taste but it obviously isn't yours and that's fair enough. As I said earlier, we all have our own likes/dislikes. We can't all like the same things - it would be a very boring world if we did.

[harrinski]

true. but i was meant to say that i probably would have enjoyed tess if i wasnt forced to read it

[maddalicex]

This isn't about YOU, LaFarfalla. Who gives a monkey's what YOU like to read. Self-absorbed bore.

[claire875]

Going be as good as the Triffs in 81, if not better, cos it's a two parter.

[treblechoir99]

Anothe good series from BBC

[lestube001]

looks good

[hollium]

shabang!