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The Tripods. I vaguely remember it, but at the time I wasn't into it. Written by Christopher Priest I believe
Little Remembered TV Series and TV Movies
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CupofJoe
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I and some friends saw a scene being filmed near my home. I remember we were chased off by someone on the crew as the didn't want a bunch of possible ne're-do-wells hanging around.
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JunkMonkey
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Not sure about that. Based on books by John Christopher....
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Ah I got the wrong Christopher
The only one I know is The John Cristopher novels . I like the tv series and wish they'd completed it .
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Christine Wheelwright
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I recall reading John Christopher's Tripod Trilogy as a child. Also his Prince Trilogy which seems to be largely forgotten today but was a cracking story if my memory is correct.
He did prequel novel to the Tripod Trilogy which ive not read not have ive not read the Prince Trilogy .
His novel The Death of Grass is quite good , was adapted as film.
With Andy Griffith . I liked the original telefilm but the series just didn't work.
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The Tripods tv series was something that I didn't watch at the time, but very much enjoyed later when viewing on DVD. Even in it's time t was an slow paced serial, and this was at a time when a slower pace (than is seen today) was often the norm.
I very much preferred the first series to the second, but both are still worth watching. It was a pity that the series wasn't completed, and this is another series which I'm staggered hasn't been revisited. A great story, with great characters and a ready made show for the likes of Prime or Netflix.
I very much preferred the first series to the second, but both are still worth watching. It was a pity that the series wasn't completed, and this is another series which I'm staggered hasn't been revisited. A great story, with great characters and a ready made show for the likes of Prime or Netflix.
Danny McG
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The adventures of Don Quick, I really liked that series
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Reboot it.
One US series I liked when in high school was "Search". It was a show about a high-tech detective company, with computer assistance (in the early 70's !), remote monitoring of the field agents, embedded radio transceivers and the like. Episodes rotated among 3 field agents, occasionally 2 of them in one episode, with the same support crew at HQ with old Burgess Meredith as the controller.
I forgot to mention that it was set in the Victorian era.
It disappeared very quickly.
Christine Wheelwright
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I've been thinking about that. It seems that many modern serials (Netflix, Prime etc) are padded out to stretch over too many episodes. I think the difference is that they now do it by adding sub-plots. Years ago they spent more time establishing a feel for the imagined world and the characters within it.
Vladd67
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I wish the network had given it more of chance than they did.
dask
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It does sound really interesting. Was it really that bad or too good to catch on?
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