The Day of the Triffids

Every single time there's a new part in the DVD, it always shows the intro. Kind of annoying, but the story is interesting.

Is it just me or is the theme a 'homage' to Ligeti?

This was a good version of the book, but it's worth remembering that the BBC did a radio adaption of this book way back in the 50's, and being radio, much of the effects were in your head ... and it scared the shit out of a lot people.

One of the great Sci-Fi flicks.

Apparently the Beeb is going to remake DOTT. I'm SO thrilled,because it's one of THE best British horror Sci-fi books of all time and finally they have the technology to make a truly convincing triffid,not something resembling a paper mache gladiola.

i read that on wiki, do you know when??

Why so thrilled? just look what happened when they remade Survivors, it was shit. The thing with DOTT is, it had really top class actors which made up for the low budget effects. Modern sci-fi /remakes are all CGI no quality acting. Oh yea I bet will have zero scare factor, the old title sequence is still chilling to this day.

lol, survivors remake was terrible. I watched the first one, and noting the improbability of two muslims, one black guy, and couple of women, and a white rapist murderer all statistically surviving and coming together, concluded it was a more a look at the way the BBC would love the world to look if only they could engineer the right virus.
It was the politically correct virus.
The empty churches should tip them off that being preached to is not a form of entertainment.

I remember coming home from junior school and watching this. My mum used to tape it because it was on before I got home. I remember it being on about the same time as V, because I used to watch one after the other. Scared the crap out of me, but I loved it.

It's interesting that despite the book's title, it isn't really about the triffids. They're just opportunistic predators, like the dogs and escaped animals from the zoo would be.
It's more a study of catastrophe and how humans deal with it. The presence of the plants comes less and less important as the book progresses. The triffids act more as a means of pushing the sighted together.
How long would most humans last without sight, a week at the most, lack of water would kill most of them.