#the-day-of-the-triffids — Public Fediverse posts

While rereading John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, I re-watched the 1981 TV series. While I was as underwhelmed by the series as I was in 1981, the book remains a classic, but did the illustrator actually read the book's description of the triffids?

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Great Horror Movie Posters, day 303. #GreatHorrorMoviePosters #MoviePosters #Cinemastodon #TheDayofTheTriffids

okay, I'm already here for this. "When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere." #monsterdon #amReading #TheDayOfTheTriffids #OpeningLines

In light of #Monsterdon being about #thedayofthetriffids, I just want to say that the Norwegian radio adaptation of the original story scared the shit out of me when I was a kid.

This should have been the backing song when Tom was ... ahem ... a-salt-ing the Triffids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDb1sfTqDw

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Apparently the whole lighthouse thing with Tom and Karen was because they found out that a lot of their footage wasn't usable, so they needed something to "pad out" the film.

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Another vegetable filled #Monsterdon is in the can!

All hail our fearless host, @Taweret!

Tonight we had a deadly veggie tray of thrills:

* Meteor induced blindness.
* Hangry plants!
* Ice Cream truck escape!
* An eternity of time before someone realizes that plants might not like fire.
* Source of a Rocky Horror reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=129&v=GKhPVHoodrU
* A ... ahem ... salty end.

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So ... the AppleTV show "See" was actually about Triffids?

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Now Tom's gonna be angry about having Triffid goo in his shoes.

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Of course! These are fresh water Triffids!

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"...Tom, why did you throw the axe out the window?"
"Sorry, I'm drunk."

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I suppose it could have been a Land Shark knocking at the door.

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Is everyone still blind?

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"...you scream, I scream, we all scream for .. AAHHHHHHH just got eaten by a Triffid!"

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"...come on Triffids, come and get yer Tootsie Frootsie Ice Cream!"

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"...be vewwwwy vewwwwy quiet, we're hunting Triffids."

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"...I love the smell of Triffids in the morning"

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Bill finally started looking at @Taweret's toots!

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"...we need more power!"
"how about that red truck?"
"of course!"
"wut?"

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The Triffids are assaulting Helm's Deep!

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"...final survivor pickup is tomorrow. Book early to avoid disappointment!"

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"...we are expecting a baby. Perhaps the two ladies could..."
"Doesn't work that way Frenchie."

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LOL! They're gonna escape in an ice cream truck?

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Now they've entered Sweet Water. Watch out for Dolores!

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Tom's gonna be so pissed when he finds out that Whiskey is the only thing that will kill the Triffids.

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"...we've entered the town of Sepia."

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"...oh no, is that Plant Jazz? You can't be playing Plant Jazz, you fools!"

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Meanwhile, back at the Love Shack.

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Is that a black vinyl jacket?

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"...most plants thrive on animal waste, but this one prefers the animal itself."
"or maybe it just got tired of being shit on all the time?"

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