I saw this story when it was first presented on TV, and have never forgotten it. I remember that for weeks afterwords, I had trouble falling asleep....(Spoiler)....so sure was I that a malignant fungus was out to get me! I suppose one of the reasons this story terrified me so much is that I believed, (and still do, for the most part), that, (SPOILER) "love conquers all". I have recently read the original short story, (SO clearly written, even in 1907....an era of largely floridly-written works). There is no hint in the original story, (Spoiler) that the two principals are Run-Away lovers...he poor, she rich. No, in the original text story, they are just lovers. At the end of the story, (Spoiler), the principal male character is called "the thing". In the TV version, he is (Spoiler), called by the much more graphic description, "A sponge...a great gray sponge".
The tension builds up and Up and U p, in this drama. Every...Er, "thing" about it was SO well done! I wish it would be re-broadcast and/or put on DVD. Especially now.... Global warming is bound to bring a (Spoiler) lessening or cessation of winds. And this story takes place, (Spoiler), in "the Doldrum" area of the earth. Or so they said in the TV version. In the written version, it is just a "becalmed" area of the North Pacific. Either way, you may NOT "be calmed" for a while after watching this eerily well-played, totally possible drama!
The tension builds up and Up and U p, in this drama. Every...Er, "thing" about it was SO well done! I wish it would be re-broadcast and/or put on DVD. Especially now.... Global warming is bound to bring a (Spoiler) lessening or cessation of winds. And this story takes place, (Spoiler), in "the Doldrum" area of the earth. Or so they said in the TV version. In the written version, it is just a "becalmed" area of the North Pacific. Either way, you may NOT "be calmed" for a while after watching this eerily well-played, totally possible drama!