Talk:Triffid/Archive 1

Triffid variations

Should there be a seperate section on the triffid sub-species detailed in "The Night of the Triffids"? specifically the giant and aquatic versions. Maybe cover the development of the triffid abilites in the same book (echo-location). Also cover the eventual discovery of method of gaining immunity to the stings?

practisevoodoo 19:10, 18 May 2007 (GMT)

JFYI: Alexandr Rozoff's novel The Erectus Constellation as well as its sequels prominently features completely different plant species, also called triffids. They are geneticaly engineered hybrid of bananas and mangrove with large aerial roots. Initialy they were called like this by GMO-alarmists but then farmers and proponents followed the suit. In the novel the plant is described like a solution to Africa's food crisis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.8.238.148 (talk) 12:59, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Google has never heard of either Alexand(e)r Rozoff, (at least not in this context,) nor The Erectus Constellation - can you clarify who he is, and where his books can be found? a_man_alone (talk) 16:13, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

He is a russian writer of sci-fi, self-published and freely available on the Net, with no paper publications but with quite a big popularity on the Net in Russia (there are more than one community dedicated to his writings and ideas therein in LiveJournal, for example). http://www.proza.ru/avtor/rozoff -- here you can find his texts, Russian only. I am unaware of any English translations so far. His publishing history (absence thereof) may be in direct connection with his strict antireligious(and specificaly antichristian) stance, positive attitude towards child sexuality and highly critical view of state. His last five novels form a cycle that centers on Meganezia, anarcho-libertarian formation on Pacific Islands. The author specificaly presents his latest works as 'libertarian utopia'. The author can be reached mainly through his irregularly updated LiveJournal http://alex-rozoff.livejournal.com/ and Alexander Rozoff is more than possibly not his real name also. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.8.225.16 (talk) 13:35, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, tricky to include in the article. From your description there I'm not sure that he meets the notability criteria, compounded by the lack of English translations. (which is a pity, 'cause it sounds like a good read.) You might get away with an article for him at the Russian Wikipedia[1], if he's more popular in that locale. a_man_alone (talk) 16:22, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Image

Could somebody please check the second triffid image (the one with the four triffids), I'm not certain that I've tagged it correctly.

I created the image based on the BBC series, but does that make it an original image or a TV screen shot.

perfectblue 14:49, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

spelling

the puctuation and spelling is pretty poor - i will attempt a clean-up soon, but it would be good if the original author was to do this him/her self jpk 00:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

You've shot yourself in the foot. If this is your standard of English you have no future as a proofreader or copy editor. -Ashley Pomeroy 20:26, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Just as you have no future in the world of diplomacy. If you can't say something nice......

perfectblue 21:03, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Just run it through a word proccessor. Given that half of the people editing Wikipedia are either non native English speakers or kids, it's not notably any worse than any other non acedemic wiki page.

perfectblue 21:10, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Physician, heal thyself :-) Rugxulo (talk) 23:48, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Triffid description.

It seems that parts of the description of the physical traits of triffids - most conspicuously the description of the sting - have been taken straight from the BBC TV-series and not the novel. I feel it is the description from the book i.e. Wyndham's own vision, that should be used as the norm. The variations used in the adaptations of the novel as well as its sequel may then be included in a separate section or at least presented with the explanation that they deviate from the novel. Nothingbutmeat 11:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree Nothingbutmeat - there are a few things here that stem from either films, TV, or the Night of the Triffids, all of which move us away from Windham's original vision. As per my comment on the Blinding I will endeavour to re-read the Day of the Triffids and perhaps return to suggest that elements from TV film and the 'sequel' are kept distinct? Any thoughts?

Mungo Shuntbox (talk) 13:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

This was four years ago - the article has changed considerably since then. I don't think any further (sugnificant) changes are needed really. a_man_alone (talk) 19:22, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Triffids on The Colbert Report

Triffids were mentioned by Junot Diaz on the Colbert Report... June 18th, 2008... Make mention of this, people! Truthiness must prevail! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.89.204.132 (talk) 04:03, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Hm, well he DID win a peabody, truly it is a momentous event! Although it doesn't seem to have any real purpose in the article, perhaps a "popular culture" section? Ttony21 (talk) 04:23, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

A single mention, by a single person (and not by Colbert), that no other media source picked up on... no, it doesn't need to be mentioned. EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Colbert actually says "People will be jumping to Wikipedia to look up what Triffids are."PokeHomsar (talk) 07:19, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Here is the clip. Alaskan assassin (talk) 01:03, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

So very tempting

...to add this page to Category:Invasive plant species. :-) I've resisted though as I don't believe it would be appropriate to add a fictional species to that category. I've no wish to be branded as a vandal. -Stelio (talk) 20:41, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually, ISTR from a trip to South Africa - specifically Durban - a few years ago that there was a local weed colloquially known as a Triffid - there were prominent signs around the area stating "Help Exterminate Triffids!" which I found hilarious - yet also a bit sinister. a_man_alone (talk) 16:17, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

The blinding

From my reading of the book (rather than relying on TV and film interpretations) I understood that the meteor showers etc were at least suspected to be manmade, and I imagine some form of satellite weaponry perhaps? Therefore that this was not a natural disaster, and that this then keys in with hints that triffids were not an original species, but possibly bioengineered.

Has anyone a reading of the text that can add to this before I set off re-reading on of my favourite books to see what it says?

Mungo Shuntbox (talk) 13:52, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

The Blinding is not important to this particular article, so it's (suspected) source isn't really needed. This article is about Triffids, not the Blinding, which is covered under The Day of the Triffids - as it should be. a_man_alone (talk) 19:24, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

St. Merryn's Hospital

§ Appearances has a paragraph beginning

St. Merryn’s Hospital is alluded to and a triffid makes an appearance...

This is the article's only mention of St. Merryn’s Hospital, so I've deleted the underlined portion of the sentence. There is a civil parish and village of St Merryn in Cornwall, but at present there is no "St. Merryn’s Hospital" by that name. --Thnidu (talk) 17:52, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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Citation and Expansion

This article is incomplete and is missing important information on the concept and creation of the Triffids in both the book and other media. There is no information on their development/inspiration found in the article, nor is there any information on their design in visual media. These all need to be added to the article with proper citations given for their information. Format-wise they should be structured in a concept and creation section with subsections on their development, and design from both its original incarnation as well as its film/television incarnations as well, all with proper citations. The structure of the article is rather poor and requires some cleaning up. The appearances section should be split into literature, film, and television sub-sections. Each of the character's appearances in those media types should only have a brief synopsis for each appearance followed by proper citations. The "uses of the term" section should be renamed popular culture and shouldn't be structured as a list of a series of bullet points, but should be structured in proper paragraphs with proper citations. This article has potential, if enough work is done to it can qualify for GA and possibly FA status. Hopefully someone comes along and gives it the attention it needs.--Paleface Jack 16:44, 28 February 2018 (UTC)