Day of the Triffids, what happens when envirokooks run things -SPOILERS
RichA
triffids for their clean oil. Triffids kill people. So, when a solar
incident causes mass blindness, another envirokook decides Triffids
are "oppressed" and opens the farms up, releasing them. Of course, the
first one killed is the envirokook who let them go, always sweet when
some idiot dies. The series is a good one and a warning not to
squander Earth's monetary resources on global warming nonsense.
Anim8rFSK
<e166b6d5-13cf-478d...@21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
RichA <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
In the book the Triffids were used for vegetable oil. I suspect that
using them to replace fossil fuels would require a LOT more Triffid
farms. Also, I felt the conspiracy, with the evil Triffid Oil Overlords
keeping their true nature secret from the ignorant populace and foolish
government was just stupid. Again in the book, everybody knew about
Triffids, but kept them docked so they weren't dangerous. So you had
Triffids in half the gardens in England. Only trouble is, suddenly
everybody is blind, and the Triffids are hungry...
And what the Hell happened to make the human race blind, that apparently
happened all over the world at the same moment? A solar flare? And yet
it doesn't penetrate sleep masks? Apparently the guy that wrote this
doesn't realize the Earth is a sphere, much less that it rotates; this
is a level of science that makes THE CORE seem well thought out. The
original had a meteor shower of suspicious origin that didn't have an
immediate effect, so the world was exposed before the danger was known.
Male and females Triffids? And the males are on the loose? What the
hell?
It's an enjoyable production, but every time the writer varies from the
book, it's a major mistake. Well, except for the Environkook being evil
and dying horribly. But that's just common sense.
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RichA
> In article
> <e166b6d5-13cf-478d-be74-923971730...@21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
>
> RichA <rander3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Environkooks decide fossil fuels are evil, so they start cultivating
> > triffids for their clean oil. Triffids kill people. So, when a solar
> > incident causes mass blindness, another envirokook decides Triffids
> > are "oppressed" and opens the farms up, releasing them. Of course, the
> > first one killed is the envirokook who let them go, always sweet when
> > some idiot dies. The series is a good one and a warning not to
> > squander Earth's monetary resources on global warming nonsense.
>
> In the book the Triffids were used for vegetable oil. I suspect that
> using them to replace fossil fuels would require a LOT more Triffid
> farms. Also, I felt the conspiracy, with the evil Triffid Oil Overlords
> keeping their true nature secret from the ignorant populace and foolish
> government was just stupid. Again in the book, everybody knew about
> Triffids, but kept them docked so they weren't dangerous. So you had
> Triffids in half the gardens in England. Only trouble is, suddenly
> everybody is blind, and the Triffids are hungry...
>
Kind of expensive, keeping garden plants that need human blood/meat to
survive.
Anim8rFSK
<6ab6a180-132b-4ca7...@m3g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
RichA <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 4, 11:23�am, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
> > In article
> > <e166b6d5-13cf-478d-be74-923971730...@21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > �RichA <rander3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Environkooks decide fossil fuels are evil, so they start cultivating
> > > triffids for their clean oil. �Triffids kill people. �So, when a solar
> > > incident causes mass blindness, another envirokook decides Triffids
> > > are "oppressed" and opens the farms up, releasing them. Of course, the
> > > first one killed is the envirokook who let them go, always sweet when
> > > some idiot dies. �The series is a good one and a warning not to
> > > squander Earth's monetary resources on global warming nonsense.
> >
> > In the book the Triffids were used for vegetable oil. �I suspect that
> > using them to replace fossil fuels would require a LOT more Triffid
> > farms. �Also, I felt the conspiracy, with the evil Triffid Oil Overlords
> > keeping their true nature secret from the ignorant populace and foolish
> > government was just stupid. �Again in the book, everybody knew about
> > Triffids, but kept them docked so they weren't dangerous. �So you had
> > Triffids in half the gardens in England. �Only trouble is, suddenly
> > everybody is blind, and the Triffids are hungry...
> >
>
> Kind of expensive, keeping garden plants that need human blood/meat to
> survive.
That's an invention of this version as well. They're carrion eaters,
but they don't need to eat people.
It's an intriguing thought that a Triffid in your garden might keep it
free of pests, but since they're docked and can't poison prey, they
won't be eating anything that doesn't throw itself into their maws.
LOL, there's a Wiki on Triffids:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffid#Appearance_and_habits
The base of a triffid is a large muscle-like root mass comprising three
blunt appendages. When dormant/docile, these appendages are rooted into
the ground and are used to draw nutrients, as with a normal plant.
Anim8rFSK
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> > > It's an enjoyable production, but every time the writer varies from the
> > > book, it's a major mistake. �Well, except for the Environkook being evil
> > > and dying horribly. �But that's just common sense.
Okay, let me state right here, that when I posted this, I had only seen
part one. I have just finished part two, and it makes the sci-fi
channel version of RIVERWORLD seem faithful and good by comparison.
WHAT A STEAMING PILE OF CRAP! It's not as bad as the remake of THE
PRISONER, but it's damn close.
Frankly, the Howard Keel "Look! Salt water disintegrates them!" version
was better than this. Voodoo masks from Zaire prevent blindness if you
have them on when blinding poison is poured directly into your eyes,
which stops Triffids from eating you? WTF? And our hero had known this
all along but had repressed the memory. And his mother recorded her
research on 3" reel-to-reel tapes thirty years ago? Did they DO the
math? That was bloody 1980!