In the late 1980s THE TRIPODS was on P.B.S. here on Saturday afternoon, significantly just before DOCTOR WHO. Thinking it was inspired by or a "sequel" to THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, I tried watching it. Well.
Coming into the middle of the series, I had a tough time figuring out what was going on (my fault), but I was in my early forties (not my fault). Also it was soon obvious that THE TRIPODS had nothing save the creepy imagery from Wells's masterpiece.
To be fair, THE TRIPODS looked like excellent watching for teen-agers or even precocious pre-teens. It is streets ahead of tiresome things like ANDROMEDA, allegedly flowing from the sainted pen of Gene Roddenberry. At the risk of sounding rarefied -- not to be encouraged in a North American -- THE TRIPODS could be a culturing in the best sense of the term for the very young.
Oh yes. Pay no mind to terms like "production values," "slow," or "wordy" in this or most other contexts. In translation they mean a lack of splashy "special effects" for the zombies, and attention to character or context exposition sans car chases, karate fights, and automatic weapons fire, also for the zombies. I do "live" theatre, so do not see compelling necessity for rapid, snappy mono-syllablic and often four letter dialogue punctuated by phantasmagoria. Rather too Generation X, thanks.
Coming into the middle of the series, I had a tough time figuring out what was going on (my fault), but I was in my early forties (not my fault). Also it was soon obvious that THE TRIPODS had nothing save the creepy imagery from Wells's masterpiece.
To be fair, THE TRIPODS looked like excellent watching for teen-agers or even precocious pre-teens. It is streets ahead of tiresome things like ANDROMEDA, allegedly flowing from the sainted pen of Gene Roddenberry. At the risk of sounding rarefied -- not to be encouraged in a North American -- THE TRIPODS could be a culturing in the best sense of the term for the very young.
Oh yes. Pay no mind to terms like "production values," "slow," or "wordy" in this or most other contexts. In translation they mean a lack of splashy "special effects" for the zombies, and attention to character or context exposition sans car chases, karate fights, and automatic weapons fire, also for the zombies. I do "live" theatre, so do not see compelling necessity for rapid, snappy mono-syllablic and often four letter dialogue punctuated by phantasmagoria. Rather too Generation X, thanks.