It started with one apocalypse:
Turned to another:
What will survive a zombie apocalypse:
No one
What I want to survive a zombie apocalypse:
No one
#theyrecomingtogetyoubarbara
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Mike Shema (@CodexWebSecurum) June 11, 2016Diverted into fantasy:
And spent some time on a mix of John Carpenter movies and an epic year for film, 1982:
Who will escape from New York:
No one
Who I want to escape from New York:
Snake doesn't care what I want
#thenamesplissken
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Mike Shema (@CodexWebSecurum) June 11, 2016What I will run out of:
Bubblegum
What I want to run out of:
Reasons for needing bubblegum
#theylivewesleep
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Mike Shema (@CodexWebSecurum) June 11, 2016
doesn’t feel like an outdated menace even though the book was published in 1951. Furthermore, the central character’s initial condition serves as an excellent hook that gives both a brief history of the triffids and underlies the high tension with which the book starts off. Where Cormac McCarthy’s 
focuses on the harshness of personal survival and meaning after an apocalypse, Triffids considers the ways a society might try to emerge from one.
stays very close the book’s plot and pacing. Read the book first, as the time-capsule aspect of the mini-series might distract you — 80’s hair styles, control panels, and lens flares. If you’ve been devoted to Doctor Who since the Tom Baker era (or before), you’ll feel right at home!
