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Re: [Slightly OT] War of the Worlds (spoilers?)

Rory Hinnen wrote:

> I think you might have to go back to the point of the novel.
> Wells was writing it as a reaction to British Imperialism (of
> which he was not a fan).
> He wanted to generate the "British refugee experience", if you will.
>
> I think the downfall of the martians wasn't really the
> bacteria, as much as the arrogance of the invaders (aka
> Imperialists). They didn't bother to check whether it was a
> hospitable planet, they just came to conquer assuming nothing
> could stop them. And they were felled by that smallest of things.
>
> Works for me.

Well said, brother. wink

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Re: [Slightly OT] War of the Worlds (spoilers?)

Just placed my order -- hopefully it'll be worth the $12. smile

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009PW4D2/

If you want to see a preview, here 'tis:

http://www.stuffo.com/wotw-videos.htm

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Re: [Slightly OT] War of the Worlds (spoilers?)

Michael R. Brandl wrote:

> Looks like that's the Pendragon film.  The best way to watch
> it is with Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot sitting besde you. 
> Three hours of jaw-dropping badness.  I got mine at Wal-Mart
> for (US)$8.42, and it's worth it only as a curiosity, IMHO.

Yes, it is the Pendragon film. From the previews, I know the acting is gonna be icky, but I had hoped the SFX would be worth the viewing.

Not so, huh?

Poo.

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Re: [Slightly OT] War of the Worlds (spoilers?)

Michael R. Brandl wrote:

> Sad but true.  The CGI is as bad as the acting (I will not
> attempt to describe the Thunderchild scene; you'll have to
> see that to believe it).  Not to mention the worst
> day-for-night scenes done in the past fifty years - dark sky
> badly composited over a brightly-lit daytime shot - and the
> surreal color tones added to each scene.
>
> If not for the length, this might fall into the
> so-bad-it's-good category.  It's just so wrong on so many
> levels.  I'm afraid the weird borderline S&M take on the
> Martians' feeding will keep bubbling up from my subconscious
> for the rest of my life.
>
> It's not exactly entertaining, but it's like driving past a
> wreck - you just can't keep yourself from watching.

Thanks for the warning, but I'm afraid your review has only intrigued me that much more... smile

I'm sure it will disappoint, but hopefully it'll still be worth the watch in a Plan-9-From-Outer-Space sorta way.

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Re: [Slightly OT] War of the Worlds (spoilers?)

What's a martian's favorite drink?


Bloody Mary of course.  lol  *ducks the thrown rotten fruits and anvils*



The movie was intense...my g/f started freaking out from the moment the first tripod opened up until they got to their destination...

That's gonna be a LOT of reverse engineering for someone I think.  big_smile

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Re: [Slightly OT] War of the Worlds (spoilers?)

cricket wrote:
thedugan wrote:

Is the 'blood-draining' thing in the movie? I'm curious...

Yup.
Eww...
smile

Just saw this at the 'Dollar Movie', as I said I would.


SPOILER!




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Interesting modern uptake - the blood-draining thing wasn't *as* explicit as I remember from the book, as the Martians used it as nourishment, not as fertilizer....

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Re: [Slightly OT] War of the Worlds (spoilers?)

Discussion about the 'period version' of WOTW IIRC...

cricket wrote:

Thanks for the warning, but I'm afraid your review has only intrigued me that much more... smile

I'm sure it will disappoint, but hopefully it'll still be worth the watch in a Plan-9-From-Outer-Space sorta way.

Have you gotten to sit down and see this one Dan?

Is it really that bad? :-)

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Re: [Slightly OT] War of the Worlds (spoilers?)

spencercl wrote:

> Problem #6
> The ferry scene. People act so stupid in movies. Why do they
> run TOWARD an obvious target, instead of hoofing in an
> obvious better direction?

This just proves once again that if everyone were gamers the movies would be boring.  ;-)

I explained what was happening vis-a-vis the book to my son as the two of us watched it - he seemed bewildered by parts of the movie, but felt that there were plenty of things blowing up, so it was okay.
:-)

I pointed out it would be best in the river scene to have run perpendicular to the river, rather than into the obvious target zone.

Yes, most gamers are more intelligent (on average) than average. I've almost never gone down the dark stairs without a large blunt object to use....I rarely go down dark stairs. :-)

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Re: [Slightly OT] War of the Worlds (spoilers?)

Awww...noone is taking it from the Martian POV.

Here they are being nice and not attacking a nice obvious escape route...

Until AFTER the lunchmeat has filled the sandwich. *insane laughter* :twisted: