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There, now you know what stops the aliens in the soon-to-be travesty of the War of the worlds film, so you don't have to watch it.
Seriously, the original (film) was a fantastic piece of work. Considering when it was made, the special effects were outstanding, and the aliens genuinely scary. Now Senor Spielbergo is making a trilogy out of it, and he's promised not to destroy any 'sensitive' landmarks!?!?! Forget about moving the location from London in the books to other places - that's a good idea for a film conversion, because there are better things to blow up. But he's basically splitting Independence Day into three films: aliens invade and fail; we study their technology; we strike back! And with Spielbergo at the helm, we can't possibly lose a war against a master race of aliens (or should I say "Nazis"), with their space travel and advanced technology - it wouldn't be PC! Next Summer, the Human spirit WILL find a way.
Go and buy the original film to see how brilliant it is. I'm sure it's only about a fiver from Play, or Amazon. You won't regret it.
Seriously, the original (film) was a fantastic piece of work. Considering when it was made, the special effects were outstanding, and the aliens genuinely scary. Now Senor Spielbergo is making a trilogy out of it, and he's promised not to destroy any 'sensitive' landmarks!?!?! Forget about moving the location from London in the books to other places - that's a good idea for a film conversion, because there are better things to blow up. But he's basically splitting Independence Day into three films: aliens invade and fail; we study their technology; we strike back! And with Spielbergo at the helm, we can't possibly lose a war against a master race of aliens (or should I say "Nazis"), with their space travel and advanced technology - it wouldn't be PC! Next Summer, the Human spirit WILL find a way.
Go and buy the original film to see how brilliant it is. I'm sure it's only about a fiver from Play, or Amazon. You won't regret it.
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Mr Snuggly wrote:
> Difficult to judge a film before they've even started making it, it could be fantastic.
So if you told me that a film in which a retired C 'S' A agent looks after animals whilst rescuing his teenage girl panpalfriend child friend from cliched terrormonger paedos, with somersault and Steven Seagal, could be bad, I'd believe you why?
> Difficult to judge a film before they've even started making it, it could be fantastic.
So if you told me that a film in which a retired C 'S' A agent looks after animals whilst rescuing his teenage girl panpalfriend child friend from cliched terrormonger paedos, with somersault and Steven Seagal, could be bad, I'd believe you why?
But it was awesome, which proves my point exactly, AND I used Steven Seagal to do it.
I agree with snuggers... I'm actually interested in the film.
And it is based on the idea of War of the Worlds...
As was SIGNS to some degree.
And it is based on the idea of War of the Worlds...
As was SIGNS to some degree.
The trouble with Spielberg is he can direct good sci-fi (Minority Report, Close Encounters) and he can also direct quite terrible sci-fi as well(The Lost World, AI) I can’t really see this adaptation fitting in the first category, but won’t hastily put it the second one either, not until I see and hear more. Maybe Spielberg will surprise me, much as he did with Minority Report which I think is one of his best recent efforts.
At sci-fi maybe...
His loveable comedies that he does with Tom Hanks are the best though.
His loveable comedies that he does with Tom Hanks are the best though.
cipro wrote:
It certainly would have been more original
> than the Independance Day rip off it sounds like it's going to be.
Didn't ID rip off every sci-fi film ever made? I honestly though it was supposed to be a remake of War of the Worlds. It even had the scene where the deploy the nukes, wait for the monitors to come back on line and despair when the superior Alien technology is still "un-liberated".
They should make the Tripods into a film instead.
It certainly would have been more original
> than the Independance Day rip off it sounds like it's going to be.
Didn't ID rip off every sci-fi film ever made? I honestly though it was supposed to be a remake of War of the Worlds. It even had the scene where the deploy the nukes, wait for the monitors to come back on line and despair when the superior Alien technology is still "un-liberated".
They should make the Tripods into a film instead.
I know how the remake will end. Every nation, religion, race will stand hand in hand and fight their enemies with love. Then there will be a half hour long shot of the Banner and Stripes.
THE END
THE END
Mr Snuggly wrote:
> I trust Spielberg. It's good source material, he's a great director,
> I see no reason why he'd mess it up.
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There will be a childlike adult who yearns for an absent father-figure, to be represented by either a kindly authority figure or a sense of wonder at bright godlights through windows.
There will be a kid who needs rescuing and is grateful to the heroic (absent) father-figure hero.
There will be mysterious happenings, ignored by adults and recognised by cute children who laugh in wonder and happiness.
There will be tightass authority figures who refuse to accept what the kindly authority figure signposts 30 mins in advance.
There will be an unseen menacing threat to several kids, represented by blinding lights and sounds, which will dissipate when kindly authority figure appears in the nick of time.
The aliens will be defeated by love and understanding, lots of godlights and the beaming faces of wonderous moppet kids.
Tom Cruise will cry in happiness and understanding towards the end, when he stands and faces the departing spaceships with his arm around his adopted ethnic child-hero that he rescued at great personal peril.
There will be lunchbox/dolls/videogame/book tie-ins.
> I trust Spielberg. It's good source material, he's a great director,
> I see no reason why he'd mess it up.
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There will be a childlike adult who yearns for an absent father-figure, to be represented by either a kindly authority figure or a sense of wonder at bright godlights through windows.
There will be a kid who needs rescuing and is grateful to the heroic (absent) father-figure hero.
There will be mysterious happenings, ignored by adults and recognised by cute children who laugh in wonder and happiness.
There will be tightass authority figures who refuse to accept what the kindly authority figure signposts 30 mins in advance.
There will be an unseen menacing threat to several kids, represented by blinding lights and sounds, which will dissipate when kindly authority figure appears in the nick of time.
The aliens will be defeated by love and understanding, lots of godlights and the beaming faces of wonderous moppet kids.
Tom Cruise will cry in happiness and understanding towards the end, when he stands and faces the departing spaceships with his arm around his adopted ethnic child-hero that he rescued at great personal peril.
There will be lunchbox/dolls/videogame/book tie-ins.
Goatboy has peeked into Spielberg's secret safe!
The revised plot-
Segal has an alien penpal and when he doesn't get a reply from it, he realises that the alien is on its way to invade the Earth with others of its kind. The Aliens arrive and start blowing everything up but our effort to fight back is dealt a blow as liberals have given exchanged all of our weapons with another Alien species for some poems. Segal saves us all, dies and we all avow never to make the mistake of ever not having weapons so every person on the earth builds their own doomsday device.
The other Alien species arrive (perhaps thinking that we have no weapons) but are obliterated when everyone detonated their devices. Everything is gone but the Aliens survive.
THEN WE SEE AN ALIEN CHILD walk to Segals' grave (his COFFIN is made of his flayed skin and is indestructable) and places a letter on it. The letter says
"Dear Earthman,
thank you for your kind words. We love you and are peaceful, we have no weapons and isn't it ironic that the Aliens who led you to destroy your planet are the ones with the weapons you gave them and not us. I came to give you this letter myself, that's why it took so long for the letter to arrive.
What a mistunderstanding!
Love,
Vreeeeeee sxxxxxxxxxllllllllll
p.s I told my dad that you wanted pictures of my snootle, he says that you are lukcy to be dead."
Segal has an alien penpal and when he doesn't get a reply from it, he realises that the alien is on its way to invade the Earth with others of its kind. The Aliens arrive and start blowing everything up but our effort to fight back is dealt a blow as liberals have given exchanged all of our weapons with another Alien species for some poems. Segal saves us all, dies and we all avow never to make the mistake of ever not having weapons so every person on the earth builds their own doomsday device.
The other Alien species arrive (perhaps thinking that we have no weapons) but are obliterated when everyone detonated their devices. Everything is gone but the Aliens survive.
THEN WE SEE AN ALIEN CHILD walk to Segals' grave (his COFFIN is made of his flayed skin and is indestructable) and places a letter on it. The letter says
"Dear Earthman,
thank you for your kind words. We love you and are peaceful, we have no weapons and isn't it ironic that the Aliens who led you to destroy your planet are the ones with the weapons you gave them and not us. I came to give you this letter myself, that's why it took so long for the letter to arrive.
What a mistunderstanding!
Love,
Vreeeeeee sxxxxxxxxxllllllllll
p.s I told my dad that you wanted pictures of my snootle, he says that you are lukcy to be dead."
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