Having just watched the final episode of "Day of the Triffids" can now report that the only cars that will remain in running order following an invasion of carnivorous plants are:
Smart convertible
2CV
Range Rover
So there you have it- no more discussions needed on what to buy:-)
Edited by Pugugly on 29/12/2009 at 23:53
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In fairness there was a MK5 Escort that was doing very well.......and a very nice ex-ministerial Jaguar XJ which looked classically Rat....oh and BMW 1150GS motorbike
Edited by Pugugly on 29/12/2009 at 23:54
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there was also a Skoda Superb police car ... of course, all would have had to have been converted to run on Triffoil biofuel, so maybe some vehicles adapt better than others?
;-D
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SQ
So there you have it- no more discussions needed on what to buy:-)
So all the Prius owners are wrong; they are not the green future
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 30/12/2009 at 22:11
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So all the Prius owners are wrong; they are not the green future
Given the discovery of a cheap, plentiful, renewable, carbon neutral fuel source, hybrids would be rendered completely irrelevant.
I'd have been killed in that Smart. By the time I'd worked out how to get the thing in gear, said plant would have been through the window and I'd have been Triffid fodder.
And was I the only one who thought the "Mad Max" treatment looked completely fantastic on that old Rangie?
Edited by DP on 30/12/2009 at 10:21
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Funnily enough I have the original 70s version of the show on DVD and Range Rover (MK1 - arguably the most handsome) was the star of that version - the latest version was a bit low on scares but was well produced and cast - Eddie Izzard was a class act.
Yep the Rangie was pretty. Anyone see Doomsday and the chase with the Bentley GT ?
Edited by Pugugly on 30/12/2009 at 11:35
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So it look as though the car to buy for an uncertain future is a Mark 1 Range Rover then. Recently confirmed by Mr Clarkson in his drive through Bolivia.
Agree that the program was bit light in scary moments. Why didn't someone pop down the garden centre for a large pack of Tumbleweed?
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The Triffids looked a bit like the local Hoodies.
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Agree that the program was bit light in scary moments. Why didn't someone pop down the garden centre for a large pack of Tumbleweed?
True! This, and many other unanswered questions suspended my ability to suspend disbelief.
As with all these futuristic S/F adaptations - they happen in a parallel world where no-one read the original book of course. More prosaically, like the world of Eastenders or Corrie where no-one watches the soap or has any knowledge of it - very bizarre - like us, but different..
From a vaguely promising start, last night's finale descended into a mess of poor editing - did anyone else notice how cut-shots were rarely spliced so the reaction to a line of script was reacted to by other cast actors as if they were in a different room? The dialogue was strangely stilted, while the acting was even more wooden than the Triffids (third Triffid from left put in a marvellous performance btw).
The weather seemed to go from wintery scenes to early summer & back again in the space of one scene. The Eddie Izzard character was never explained - no pre-cursor, history or character development - who was he, why was he on the plane, how did he manage so quickly to assume a Spook-like level machiavellian expertise.. etc etc.
The fate of the Mother Superior was never revealed - 'The triffids know me. I'll be alright..'
was the last we heard as she wandered off.. poor old Vanessa, bet she wished she'd done the Celebrity Big Brother gig instead at that point.. so probably for the best all round.
The light-bulb moment of inspiration at the end - the hero's big moment - seemed to suggest that a vaccination against Triffid poison magically made them invisible, inedible or uninteresting (or possibly all three) to Triffids - eh?
Christmas Car crash TV at its best (motoring link).
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Enjoyed the drama but had to laugh at the ease with which the doctor and his 2 charges were conversing in the 2CV at speed. It must have been towed for that scene.
And yes I liked the Range Rover with a spurious spotlight on the roof and bits of wire fence in the windows. Mind you, if the leccy windows give up, what can you do? I don't think Triffoil will catch on; did you see the smoke from the Range Rover as it took off?
Edited by Hawkeye {P} on 30/12/2009 at 11:45
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Lud will have some break necking tales of 2CVing
Edited by Pugugly on 30/12/2009 at 11:48
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Well, as anyone who watched Top Gear Bolivia Special, as quoted by clarkson "the most unreliable car in the world is the most reliable". So it would seem the range rover was well chosen!
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I noticed that the malevolent vegetables didn't gain entry into No. 10, but then there is enough in there already.
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I found it very educational - didn't know the Smart is RWD.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00plzxf/The_Day_of_.../
see 31:15
BTW coupe rather than convertible?
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The battery must hold up well on those Smart thingies - Triffic in fact.
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The battery must hold up well on those Smart thingies
Was it actually set in the future? I thought I heard them mention 2010 at some point, and got the impression it was more of something that could happen now if someone had discovered man eating plants in Zaire. But could be wrong.
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The book was first published over fifty years ago!
MK1 Landie?
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