Apparently "Eddie Izzard is in it" is enough for me to put movies in my queue

[james_davis_nicoll]

What do people think of the 2009 BBC version of Day of the Triffids?

Comments

[fridgepunk.livejournal.com]

Let me just explain the backstory for the setting: global warming has been solved by having genetically engineered triffids produce oil.

So keep sharp objects away from you while watching.

[fridgepunk.livejournal.com]

Oh, and don't even think about why the triffids are invading central london, nor how they get into westminster from the english countryside so quickly.

[terheyt.livejournal.com]

To be fair, that one part DID come from the book. And was well explained in the book, from what I remember. They just skipped all explanations for everything.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Having missed the movie, I'll say that oil-producing triffids should be highly flammable. I'd do that just for the burning triffid scenes, but we'd best keep them away from James Nicoll.

And isn't the best way into London by the Tube? This could make the morning commute interesting.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

You made me laugh very hard. I have the image of a stack of large leafy Triffids hanging off the handrails on the tube, reading the Times.