Do I miss the sci-fi of the 50s and 60s NO
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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.
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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
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Day of the Triffids sorry No
The musical The little shop of horrors yesss
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.
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Great movie. However I found it difficult to watch the first and the last thirty minutes of it without fast-forwarding. No patience left these days 
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Nooooo!!!
Fast forwarding?.. sacrilege no less! 
The Day The Earth Stood Still - 1951
Klaatu barada nikto
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Classic stuff. They don’t make them like that anymore.
I remember this.Mostly interesting I think because it was Steve (then called Steven)McQueen’s first leading role.
Towards the end of the 60’s, The Devil Rides out was a good film as it starred Charles Grey as Mocater and he was excellent with evil poses.
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Nice one,Kate Bush liked it too and used some lines from it in Hounds of Love see Todays Top Tunes.
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