Bojan Scores
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Terry you’re very devious when a bird’s involved...
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Post by Bojan Scores on Feb 18, 2021 1:31:13 GMT
Yes the two kids are annoying. I started to watch it again last year thinking I'd probably not get another opportunity to see it during a real life virus pandemic.
The problem with Survivors is that, apart from 2 episodes set in London, it's set in the country, which is quiet & sparsely populated compared to a town/city anyway. So instead of getting a sense of how the nation might fare after a devastating virus, you get people in a big country house squabbling constantly over food & petrol.
Most post apocalyptic films or tv shows are set in the country as it's obviously impractical to create the conditions in a town or city. You'd need to film very late or very early to get a sense of depopulation. In fact if anyone wanted to make such a show, now would be the ideal time!
The BBC version of Day of the Triffids ended up in the countryside, after its initial urban scenes were filmed at stupid o’clock in the morning. I believe Omega Man was filmed early on Sunday mornings (a film of two halves for sure). A film called ‘The girl with all the gifts’ which is some kind of dystopian zombie film, was in fact filmed in the derelict bus station in Stoke city centre. No early filming was needed as sadly Stoke (my home town) actually looks like a post apocalyptic sci fi set.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Feb 18, 2021 16:54:46 GMT
I think the best parts of Day Of The Triffids are those in the urban areas, reminiscent of 'Threads'. The idea of the population being blind & virtually helpless was more interesting than the triffids.
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