Customer Reviews

The Tripods

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This is a wonderful T.V. series. It stays fairly close to the books so the scripts are well written and the acting is great. Though it is missing what is contained in the third book, what it does have is superb.
I really hope to see this available on DVD with DVD quality audio and video soon.

This was a low budget version created for British TV back in the 80's. If you can get past the low budget aspect of this feature you will be well pleased. The story is faithfully followed. The tension is there and the actors do an admirable job of conveying the characters emotions and motivations. The special effects as mentioned are not anything special but they do the job. You know when there is a Tripod there.

Be careful when buying this DVD as most editions were released as PAL Region Free format. Many DVD players will only play NTSC and Region 1 in the US. Make sure that your player can handle the stated specs unless you are sure the copy you are buying is NTSC Region 1.

Worth the find. It is too bad it was never completely released and was never mastered for the US market. There is a theatrical release version being prepared for a 2009 release at the time of this writing.

I heard that this was the most expensive production undertaken by The BBC. It shows! The main problem was that they ran out of money before finishing the series. If CGI had been around then, the cost over-run probably wouldn't have occured. I have ordered "John Christopher's book [The Pool of Fire] to find out the ending.

I just purchased this set for only $31.00 U.S. upon Amazon.co.uk.
Why these sellers are asking so much for a readily available title
sure mystifies me. Also the set upon Amazon.co.uk is the later of
the two released, consisting of four discs not two.
This is the best BBC series, in my opinion.

Yes, this Series 1 DVD is very good. It starts off slow to a nice climatic end in the White Mountains. Series 2 DVD is just fantastic in the Tripod city. I loved watching this on PBS in the 80s. I'm glad I now have Series 1 and 2 on DVD, but alas Series 3 was never made by the BBC. And the stars are in there 40s, so it's not like they can reprise the roles. What could have been...