I must admit I tend to agree with you. I watched them at my gran’s as she was the only person I knew with a TV at the time - rented in those days of course.
It was where I watched A for Andromeda which introduced the gorgeous Julie Christie to the world. A series lost to the world, unfortunately only snippets remain.
Not at all. Apart from the comedy aspect. Ok as kids we were fooled easily but looking back at those old movies you realise how technology has changed. Sometimes you can’t even see the join.
John Wyndham wrote some very original sci fi stories. Day of the Triffids is a thought provoking idea which has also been recently adapted to good effect. A film was released in 1963. His other stories are also excellent in my opinion.
I am a great John Wyndam fan but the 1963 film would have to rank as one of the worse versions ever made. There are a couple of TV series which follow the book more faithfully and are quite good but the Howard Keel film? Nah!
Love his other books, The Crysalids, Kraken Awakes, Midwich Cuckoos are favourites - there have been some pretty dire versions of the latter too
Watched a recent two part interpretation of Day of the Triffids with Dougray Scott and Joely Richardson. I think this is considerably better than the 1963 B movie.