Survivors

[altariel]

I decided to rewatch Seventies post-apocalyptic gloom-fest Survivors well in advance of the remake. It's over a decade since I watched it and it's rather good. Bleak as hell, mind you. I'm particularly enjoying how the only people to get through the plague are nutcases, survivalists, and British character actors. Look! Peter Miles! George Baker!

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[raspberryfool.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not sure about rental but Amazon UK is selling 3 series of Survivors and Day of the Triffids (that's with Triffids - but i suppose you could expurgate them!) so i might have to decide which series gets my money.

In terms of scariness (ie the thought that this really could happen), i think Survivors probably has the edge. DOTT requres two unlikely events to occur - the mass sudden blindess and the walking, genetically mutated and deadly plants, and the suspension of disbelief. Germ warfare / terrorism has been a possibility, albeit a remote one, for many years.

But reading DOTT gave me the shivers because Wyndham points out that within three short generations, humanity could go from civilisation to savagery.

[raspberryfool.livejournal.com]

Sorry, meant to post Amazon URL:

http://tinyurl.com/2mrq9v

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I rewatched Day of the Triffids earlier in the year and thought it was excellent. Scared the pants off me. I tend not to worry about whether or not the premise of something actually works; this kind of thing is intended on a symbolic level as much as an "it could happen to you!" level.