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Tag: Science fiction

What’s not to like right? It is my favourite genre of fiction by a long way indeed.

Day of the Triffids

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The original Day of the Triffid from the 1970s. It was a great story and a good version. It’s interesting to see the differences between this and the newer version, which I really liked. In fact I like both now, and of course the big finish sequel story too, but now I feel like I have to see the new version again.

Listening to the lost stories

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I’ve been listening to these stories for a few days. They are pretty good. Not all of them, but on the whole they are and I’ve been enjoying how they’ve been brought back and amended for audio.

Of course, as with any set of stories there are some you like and some you don’t like as much, but so far these have been of a particularly high quality and I’ve enjoyed the characters and the stories themselves. I’m looking forward to hearing all of the 6th Doctor lost stories.

Watching Survivors, the original series, and comparing it against the newer versions

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I really liked the BBC remake of Survivors and I can just remember the original 1970’s series, so it was interesting to go back and watching the original again after all these years. It’s quite interesting to see the difference between the 1970’s series and the remake.

But not only that, there are massive differences between the two TV series and the Big Finish audio story which was released last year. The fact that all of these things are based on the same basic story is quite amazing.

The 1970’s and 2000’s TV stories have quite substantial differences in their story arcs. In the original 1970’s version Abby Grant only lasts the first season (because the actress was actually sacked from the series). In the remake the she lasts the entire story. In fact the remake is quite different in terms of it’s overall approach. It is more concerned with what caused the disease and has a whole different story around the drug company who created the virus in the first place. This part of the story just doesn’t exist in the original which is much more about people finding ways to subsist and create communities and develop farming methods, and then eventually establish trading a communication between settlements.

If you didn’t know that these stories were based on the same original you’d be forgiven for thinking they had anything to do with one another. Even so, I’ve enjoyed them both. I think it might be time to have a listen to the big finish dramatisation again, and then possibly even read the book.

If I do all that it might just satisfy my obsession with survivors. For now anyway.

Falling Skies: Season 4

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So I couldn’t help myself. After watching season 3 the whole way through I had to get season 4 as well, and I’ve watched the whole thing now. Of course it leaves off at the end on a cliff hanger. I won’t give anything away though. I thought it was very good, and of course left everything open for season 5 which I believe is coming in 2015.

I think I can wait.

Falling Skies: Season 3

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I missed series 3 of falling skies because our then cable TV provider was unable to actually provide a service for reasons best known to them. So when season 4 came out on Channel 5 I thought I might need to catch up. So I decided to buy season 3 on blinkbox and see if it was worth keeping on watching it. It was. In fact, I’ve become somewhat addicted to Falling Skies again.

So I’ve now watched the whole of season 3 and I’m ready for season 4, which I’ve only missed one episode of.