Survivors (1975-77)

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Survivors (1975-77)
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STF	Mon Oct 3, 2011 2:46 pm Post #1
Posts: 848 Group: NuTrek Wench Member #6,015 Joined: April 18, 2011	Has anyone here seen the 1970's series Survivors? Its about a virus which destroys most of Humanity, and a group of people come together. But they face the many other small groups, which believe they can take the law into their own hands. Wikipedia As the world's population is almost annihilated by a mysterious pandemic, accidentally unleashed by a Chinese scientist, the crisis is first seen through the eyes of two characters - Jenny Richards, a young working woman in London and Abby Grant, a middle-class corporate wife living a privileged existence in a nearby commuter village. As Abby goes in search of her son Peter, Jenny wanders aimlessly through the countryside. Other major characters introduced in the first few episodes are the resourceful engineer Greg Preston, the shifty Welshman Tom Price and two children, John Millon and Lizzie Willoughby. Abby, Jenny and Greg eventually come together and realise they must start again from scratch now that the civilization they once knew has been destroyed. After several adventures on the road, they find a property called the Grange which they can use as a base and, joined by other survivors, they form a potted community of disparate individuals all united by a shared purpose - to relearn the old skills of farming and tool-making, and to try to live in this new world. A remake was made in 2008 This is the original intro...



stigmata	Mon Oct 3, 2011 2:49 pm Post #2
Posts: 1,750 Group: 1000 post Angel Ent Member #6,007 Joined: March 26, 2011	It started out ok, but it all got a bit Daily Mail towards the end with evil trade unionists threatening the nice middle class commune the survivors set up. The remake was just silly.



MeliKoritsi	Mon Oct 3, 2011 2:55 pm Post #3
L'�toile du Nord Posts: 1,249 Group: TOS 1000 post angel Member #6,004 Joined: March 8, 2011	I haven't heard of it or seen it, but it sounds kind of like the 1980 film Virus, mixed with The Day After or Testament. I love apocolyptic stuff, so i'll have to check out 'Survivors'



wissaboo	Mon Oct 3, 2011 3:13 pm Post #4
Posts: 25,676 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 16, 2005	never heard of it. And I was around back then too



CaptDennyCrane	Mon Oct 3, 2011 5:51 pm Post #5
There can be only one Posts: 8,660 Group: Klingon 5000 Post angel Member #5,893 Joined: September 6, 2009	wissaboo Mon Oct 3, 2011 3:13 pm never heard of it. And I was around back then too Same here
	The unambiguous and defined essence of a truest friend, is a single soul, shared in two bodies. A person who completes you so, that it pains you when they hurt, and sustains you when they are with you, no matter how far.


CaptDennyCrane	Mon Oct 3, 2011 5:52 pm Post #6
There can be only one Posts: 8,660 Group: Klingon 5000 Post angel Member #5,893 Joined: September 6, 2009	MeliKoritsi Mon Oct 3, 2011 2:55 pm I haven't heard of it or seen it, but it sounds kind of like the 1980 film Virus, mixed with The Day After or Testament. I love apocolyptic stuff, so i'll have to check out 'Survivors' I remember The Day After - only saw it maybe once, but I remember liking it enough to watch it
	The unambiguous and defined essence of a truest friend, is a single soul, shared in two bodies. A person who completes you so, that it pains you when they hurt, and sustains you when they are with you, no matter how far.


MeliKoritsi	Mon Oct 3, 2011 6:24 pm Post #7
L'�toile du Nord Posts: 1,249 Group: TOS 1000 post angel Member #6,004 Joined: March 8, 2011	Have you ever seen 'Testament'? It's really good, but extremely depressing.



STF	Mon Oct 3, 2011 11:01 pm Post #8
Posts: 848 Group: NuTrek Wench Member #6,015 Joined: April 18, 2011	stigmata Mon Oct 3, 2011 2:49 pm It started out ok, but it all got a bit Daily Mail towards the end with evil trade unionists threatening the nice middle class commune the survivors set up. The remake was just silly. I've only watched the first season, but I thought it would get a bit silly. I haven't watched the remake...



Mojochi	Mon Oct 3, 2011 11:55 pm Post #9
........................... Posts: 13,333 Group: Movie Era 10000 post spammer Member #1,478 Joined: November 14, 2007	Haven't seen it. Might try to find it. I was liking Jericho though. Pisses me off that it got cancelled



STF	Tue Oct 4, 2011 2:35 pm Post #10
Posts: 848 Group: NuTrek Wench Member #6,015 Joined: April 18, 2011	^its a good show, its certainly worth a look



stigmata	Tue Oct 4, 2011 2:44 pm Post #11
Posts: 1,750 Group: 1000 post Angel Ent Member #6,007 Joined: March 26, 2011	DarkLord Mon Oct 3, 2011 11:01 pm stigmata Mon Oct 3, 2011 2:49 pm It started out ok, but it all got a bit Daily Mail towards the end with evil trade unionists threatening the nice middle class commune the survivors set up. The remake was just silly. I've only watched the first season, but I thought it would get a bit silly. I haven't watched the remake... In the remake it's like the plague killed off everyone with an ounce of common sense. I've had a pretty sheltered life but even i'd cope better in that situation than those characters.



spocklet	Tue Oct 4, 2011 2:55 pm Post #12
Live long and prosper.....!! Posts: 24,406 Group: VOY Nirvana Member #5,885 Joined: May 31, 2009	Apocalyptic-type series don't really work that well. In a movie they have to put everything into a couple of hours, and so it's a tighter storyline with less 'junk'. With a series though, they have to string it out over several weeks, and so they tend to look to current ideas and problems for content. I too was around when Survivors aired in the UK and remember seeing it, though I have to say it wasn't that memorable. One prog I do remember from back then, was the effects of a nuclear war, and it's impact on the city of Sheffield and how the people coped with the aftermath. Now that WAS effective !!
	R.I.P. Gummy, we'll miss you bro


stigmata	Tue Oct 4, 2011 3:02 pm Post #13
Posts: 1,750 Group: 1000 post Angel Ent Member #6,007 Joined: March 26, 2011	spocklet Tue Oct 4, 2011 2:55 pm I too was around when Survivors aired in the UK and remember seeing it, though I have to say it wasn't that memorable. One prog I do remember from back then, was the effects of a nuclear war, and it's impact on the city of Sheffield and how the people coped with the aftermath. Now that WAS effective !! Grim



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