Best of the Tripods 1080p BBC 1980s AI Enhanced Super Quality John Christopher

[@TheChurlishBoor]

This scared the shit out of me when I was a little boy. Gave me the most awesome, yet terrifying dreams. It was fab! The books since became some of my favourite books.

[@roteba1]

God bless the BBC. Adapt the first two books of a trilogy to the screen, and then decided you can't be bothered to do the third one!

[@philh8288]

I think the ratings were poor after series 2, if I remember rightlly, so they scrapped it.

[@HiNickCares]

That's because they made it boring.

[@sha11235]

@@philh8288 The ratings were okay, it was just that they couldn't see the value of this show and how great it was, the dummies.

[@chrisnettleship4331]

It was costing them too much to make. With limited CGI in the 1980s (they literally had to use the weather map computer for the SFX). The third series would have doubled the buďget and apparently required filming on location in Spain where a site was to double up as the Panama Canal. They also needed to superimpose balloons with rebels dropping bombs on the Tripods from above. Easy to do in these heedy days of CGI but not so easy back then.

[@theangrygamer1008]

Such a pity this show never got finished

[@chrismaguire3667]

Glad it wasn't, actually. I saw it when I was younger and, even though the CGI was crude in comparison to today, thought it was the bee's knees, now it's stilted and acted, in these clips, as woodenly as The Woodentops. Maybe today, with a better script, graphics and actors, it would go 3 or series. Maybe.

[@davidreece6193]

Too true. I never read the books at school except for Trillions by the same author. I did read them in my 39s because series 1 was released by BBC video then we had 5 years no second series on DVD. By put series 2 came with a caveat it came as a double disc set so you had to buy it regardless of already owning series 1. Yes it was a shame it was never finished but the cost was just to tremendous at that time. All they did was have an announcer read out the synopsis of what series 3 would have been, it was interesting that most of the blue screen special effects were done during the night time whilst the weathermen weren’t using the software to record the weather reports..The weathermen had some sophisticated software for the time.

[@chrisparkes2179]

@@chrismaguire3667 It wasn't CGI. It was physical effects with models and life sized props such a feet and claws and CSO. With a few very basic computer graphic shapes here and there.

[@sha11235]

True.

[@c6jones720]

As a kid I seem to remember that being scarier than doctor who, especially the capping scenes.

[@creamysmooth79]

This is a show that could really do with a remake.

[@ChrisWickland]

I still watch this now with my kids. Awesome series and great writing.

[@mignon-and-fancy]

Schön zu sehen das es noch mehr Fans gibt!! Habe natürlich die Bücher, 1. und 2. Staffel und alle 4 Hörbücher😅.. Liebe es! Vielleicht wird es ja irgendwann mal komplett verfilmt!! 😊😊😊

[@dredzed6786]

I read these books as a kid. Had no idea there was a TV show based on them.

[@aidjunkie5335]

I remember reading the books in the seventies as a child, excellent and a bit scary. Thanks for putting together these clips.

[@jasperdoornbos8989]

Me too!

[@peterhowell744]

Perhaps a prequel could be done

[@Andelot79]

The tripods was terrific. I loved it, when I was a little boy and never forgot about that show. I‘m still wondering, why there‘s no remake.

[@Hervusky]

C ÉTAIT VRAIMENT SUPER CES ÉPISODES DES ANNÉES 80 .....

[@41gdr]

I loved this show.

[@KeithWWatson]

Love those Tripod designs

[@Geffo555]

John Christopher was one of my favourite writers when I was a kid. He could conjure such a thick atmosphere in his stories. Especially in The City of Gold and Lead. The BBC should have another go at the trilogy. Modern special effects would really bring it to life for a new generation.

[@HiNickCares]

They would ruin it like they did war of the worlds.

[@robertbrown3413]

@@HiNickCares Thay canot anyway - Disney own the IP of all John Christopher/Sam Youd books. Which is even worse!

[@Iknowwhoateallthedonutsfromthe]

It's amazing... Maybe one day we'll see continuing or remake...

[@seanmeadows129]

I wish they had spent more on the effects instead of putting things in the series that were never in the novels. John Christopher's books are really good and I think this series should have been made accurate to the books.

[@sha11235]

They had to add stuff because the books aren't that long.

[@TK421Collectibles]

So underrated! Thanks for the video!

[@manuhonkanen2111]

I started sleeping head under my blanket at the age of 7 because my parents made me watch this sick show. Gave me horrible nightmares for many years to come!

[@Peterookitty78650]

I remember these tripods before I was afraid but now I'm not anymore

[@robertbrown3413]

Legend has it Michael Grade cancelled season 3 (which would have been even more expensive than 2) to guarantee the budget for hundreds of episodes of Eastenders. Judge for yourselves if 'Enders is high quality drama as he put it!

[@gordonissocoollike]

Excellent. So sad they never finished the story

[@ReiverBlue1971]

Major improvement over the original, lovely job

[@richardnunziata3221]

I never understood why they drop the series in such an unfinished state.

[@madmarkc275]

Well according to the beeb, Little And Large (or was it Cannon And Ball?) was trouncing Tripods in the ratings 🤔!! The beeb could've moved Tripods in the schedules so as not to clash but nope.

[@peggyerickson2549]

Unfinished episodes were due to budget cuts

[@sha11235]

The people running the BBC didn't understand the value of it and didn't feel it was worth it to continue with a third series, considering the ratings to them weren't as high as they wanted them to be for this kind of expensive project.

[@Dr.MSC.W.Krueger]

Funny as it sounds, everything Sci-Fi is a hard sell in the TV/broadcasting world. Then an now. I remember working on shows that never lasted longer than their pilot...or worse, their conception phase.

[@ElfBaconCreates]

Are the white tripods the handling machines And the red ones are the fighting machine

[@Lorenz-Bruchtal]

You're welcome. Thank you!

[@richardbunt2278]

They triepods look cool

[@Space_Rebel]

Funnily enough I just rewatched them. Read the third book in the series. The BBC decided to cut it short bc the boss of the corporation didn’t like sci fi! The third series would have been epic.

[@ahsenkhan5386]

If you want to know why we will never get the tripods back Its because BBC sold the rights to Disney and we all know how Disney treats their own IP, they couldn't get STar wars to be the best film in a decade. Fact: MCU, Lucasfilm are ruined by Disney They have other IPs like Tron, Duck Tales, Flight of the Navigator blackhole Black Cauldron pentalogy series that they Choose NOT to revive it and make it better

[@Mr_probe_o_sonda]

1:24 is the probe

[@tonbopro]

the White mountain loved the book

[@lepterfirefall]

Had to get the final book to finish the story.

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

When I worked at the BBC in 1992, I did enquire why the series got booted off the schedules in 1985. The BBC viewed the cost of series two a risk, due to the financial expenditure. The show was a co-production with an Australian TV Network company, which was typical of the BBC on more expensive productions, including Dr Who: The Five Doctors which aired in 1983. The ABC in Australia partly funded the anniversary special. The ratings played a larger reason why the third series never materialised. To justify cost you must have ratings to prove the series has a place in the schedules. As the BBC is a media based business, it's trying to justify spending more money and having very little viewership following the series. Science Fiction and the BBC has always been a bone of contention, just look at the 1970s BBC series Moonbase. Partly financed by 20th Century-Fox and the BBC. It only lasted one series and cost quite a bit to make....

[@iangreen4572]

This is how they should've done War of the Worlds, instead of the dross we got. If the BBC could do this in the early 80's on a limited budget, why couldn't we have gotten a decent movie?

[@stephenbrachtvogel2381]

Wish it could have had a ending love the snow

[@liamhollin8265]

As a 10 year old boy, hearing that the third series and conclusion to the story would never air, I was gutted. About time some one resurrected the brand

[@toainsully]

What I find ironic is that BBC blocks it on KZbin even to those in the UK

[@DKTronics70]

This would make an awesome open world video game. We now have the tech to do this awesome show justice, we just need a dev to want to make it.

[@MrMjp58]

I’m not much of a science fiction fan, but I loved this series. I could never understand why it just petered out.

[@sha11235]

Had to do with the BBC not getting it.

[@Dr.MSC.W.Krueger]

Good enough adaption. I think I liked the books better. Some extensive usage of a Quantel Paintbox to do all those composite shots of the models; the very same ones used on Doctor Who at that time. Random trivia: SFX/VFX veteran Ron Thornton (of Blake's 7, Captain Power and Babylon 5 fame) worked on this show as a model builder.

[@TheEyez187]

2:20 - Sorry dude, but if you can't dodge getting stood on, well you deserved to get stood on! :D

[@trespire]

Scared the living sh!t out of me as a kid. Best Sci Fy series to ever grace the TV screen.

[@familyalfaro7310]

what time period does this take place in because it looks kind of like the 1800s but in one of the shots we see something for an electrical line and in another shot gasoline canisters

[@rich_edwards79]

Really enjoyed the books, but the TV show diverged so much from the source material that they should probably have called it something else. (Same goes for the Changes Trilogy by Peter Dickinson, anothrr favourite of mine which also recieved a less-than-faithfull Beeb adaptation with the same dodgy 'Doctor Who' special effects.) It would be great to see this brilliant sci-fi adventure tale faithfully adapted, with just enough modern CGI to make the Tripods believeable, and keeping the British / Alpine settings, but apparently Disney now own the rights to all of Sam Youd's stuff so chances of that are very slim :(

[@happisakshappiplace.6588]

Nice one mate. Any new news on the new WOTW movie coming this year?

[@whendinosaursruledtheearth4788]

No it's all gone quiet

[@happisakshappiplace.6588]

@@whendinosaursruledtheearth4788 I did read something that they have made a distribution deal but that could be anything and that was before Xmas. Yeah it has gone quiet.

[@darania1]

The new WOTW trailers on YT now...

[@glennandrews4026]

I watched this show and also gave me those nightmare

[@tornadotaz9678]

I just wish the BBC would bring this back along with the third installment.

[@barbapapa9741]

Where does the idea of the Tripods come from? from "War of the Worlds" by H.G.Wells? Did John Christopher borrow it from HG?

[@nazochasing1337]

what's the music on background?

[@ulysses2162]

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[@TinaLouise73]

2089 dosnt seem so long away now in 2024!

[@colinlaybourn354]

Why make a series based on war of the worlds?

[@jacktindall1765]

Hopefully, someone or a team of people using AI will be able to complete this trilogy one day. I wouldn't care if it looked a little fake, I'd just love to see part three done. They could use AI to recreate Beanpole and company.

[@thekingofra5063]

I believe that Spielberg bought the rights to this series before making War of the Worlds. I guess to avoid any copyright infringement...

[@charliefordfrancis]

Which bits are enhanced?

[@paulmoreno225]

Does anyone know what that red tripod is called?

[@P4l3dg3]

Crab rave

[@mrmucro2704]

I wonder how the tripods can walk with their legs stretched out.

[@Tekwyzard]

You're not meant to notice that they couldn't, and that if they tried, especially the scenes where the feet are very slowly coming down. They they'd be so busy picking up their own fallen over comrades, that they'd have no time left to start terrorising us.

[@Serana_Daughter_Of_Rosalina]

Cool

[@enyaemerson8559]

Why did he look so calm when he got picked up by the tripod

[@whendinosaursruledtheearth4788]

I think he was all for it .. gettin capped

[@Martianboi7]

@@whendinosaursruledtheearth4788 probably some crazy guy, like Nathaniel

[@nosmallo]

Because the human race had been brainwashed by the invaders to believe that the capping ceremony was a rite of passage into adulthood and something to be proud of. When in fact the caps were used to keep the human race docile, compliant and unable to develop technology that would potentially overthrow the invaders. The books go into the whole capping ceremony and how the caps are used as mind control. Likewise the prologue goes into the evolution of the caps and how the invaders initially became to control the human race.

[@Blitzwing938]

It looks like some sort of 1960’s russian hovercraft

[@ElvieBigtas-o9s]

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[@davidreece6193]

This looks no different to the VHS tapes. The DVD transfers were far better quality than this.

[@bobsbits5357]

hi very right i know the audio for the last lot done i know when the 2nd lot came out they were losing money at the time so they did not make the rest they would not leave in hanging like this if it was remade there was a poor copy going around of the 2nd lot for some years i pleased at last bbc put it on to dvd at last remake i just don't think they will do it as they sold alot of the rights of to you know who and they are cutting back i know STARGATE may be back very soon and see what they do with it and with the age of the poeple getting alot older now

[@glennandrews4026]

Last one

[@jandoor2068]

What's with the AWFUL epileptic, short circuiting drum machine ear assault in the background?!?!?

[@melker291]

Thats not dinosaurs Thats tripods

[@HiNickCares]

The series diverted too much from the books, at least the books are on audible.

[@tgcv4444]

Anyone remember an upload called WAR OF THE TRIPODS

[@troffmeister68]

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[@glennandrews4026]

But watch first

[@glennandrews4026]

Done

[@สุขสวรรค์บุญช่วย]

What

[@kulh1962]

The music is ridiculous

[@ianmillerphotography]

Don't like the music. This can't have been the original incidental score

[@NotAlpharius69]

Found some clips for the next mix for you @RyanCelsiusMusic @evilaesthetic