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Uncle B

Jul 7 2009, 06:42 PM

The Tripods (1984)
TV series 1984-1985
Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086818/

The 1984/5 BBC series The Tripods was one of the longest adaptations on British television -- as long as War and Peace (1972/3), and with 120 speaking parts. It was the BBC's most ambitious and controversial venture into "telefantasy", with the verdicts of the critics ranging all the way from a minor masterpiece (the view argued here) to a dreadful folly. It overreached itself and the projected third season was cancelled, but the first two books of John Christopher's celebrated trilogy were completely dramatised, and there's much to value: fine scripting, lavish costume and design, ground-breaking model work and video editing, beautifully composed landscape filming, good acting and painstaking care over details.

1- 1 A Village in England - July, 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3273.html

1- 2 England - July, 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3477.html

1- 3 The English Channel - July, 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3519.html

1- 4 France - July, 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3584.html

1- 5 Chateau Ricordeau, France - July 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3780.html

1- 6 Chateau Ricordeau, France - July 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3798.html

1- 7 Chateau Ricordeau, France - August 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3820.html

1- 8 Chateau Ricordeau, France - August 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3844.html

1- 9 France - September, 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3858.html

1-10 France - September, 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_3885.html

1-11 France - October, 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_4075.html

1-12 France - October, 2089 A.D
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_4293.html

1-13 The White Mountains - November, 2089 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_4345.html

Season 2

2- 1 The White Mountains - 2090 A.D.
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_4846.html

2- 2 Travel
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_5439.html

2- 3 Will is arrested
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_5548.html

2- 4 Help from friends
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_5720.html

2- 5 City of Gold
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_5787.html

2- 6 Will is made a slave
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_5830.html

2- 7 Hunt for Eloise
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_5954.html

2- 8 Cognosc
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_6111.html

2- 9 Wills mind is read
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_6361.html

2- 10 Will kills his Master
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_6481.html

2- 11 Escape from the City of Gold
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_6924.html

2- 12 The Forrest Of Death
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_6940.html

As noted before, the last part of the trilogy was never made

although the books by John Christopher are really worth a read.

SYLver

Jul 11 2009, 02:11 PM

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