Underplayed Gems

The Day of the Triffids (2009)

The Day of the Triffids poster
Genre
drama television series, science fiction television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 2 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 148 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A mysterious event causes most people on Earth to go blind. The survivors must contend with deadly, mobile plants called triffids that have escaped cultivation. The series follows a handful of people trying to find safety and understand what happened.

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What happens

The Day of the Triffids is a drama made in 2009. It is a loose adaptation of John Wyndham's 1951 eponymous novel. The novel had been adapted in 1962 as a theatrical film and by the BBC in a 1981 series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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