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[URL]http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/waroftheworlds/[/URL]
Starting to reek of Spielberg kid, but the 3 - 4 frames of war machine (It doesn't look like a tripod, but it looks pretty damn cool) menacing a ferry. Shame the trailer gives away the entire way human technology is rendered useless.
Teaser 2.
War Machine.
[URL]http://chud.com/nextraimages/wotwboat.jpeg[/URL]
Starting to reek of Spielberg kid, but the 3 - 4 frames of war machine (It doesn't look like a tripod, but it looks pretty damn cool) menacing a ferry. Shame the trailer gives away the entire way human technology is rendered useless.
Teaser 2.
War Machine.
[URL]http://chud.com/nextraimages/wotwboat.jpeg[/URL]
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The most annoying thing is the change of time period I think - it's just Independance Day (albeit with a far better story), when if it was kept in the early 20th century, the impact would be far greater. But maybe not, 'suspenion of disbelief, if they'd come in 1900, we'd of known about it' bla bla bla rubbish.
It's ailens blowing stuff up.
A winning combination, just hope there isn't too stupid family giberish.
A winning combination, just hope there isn't too stupid family giberish.
With every new bit of the trailer my heart sinks lower.
I remember saying way back that it would involve:
Absent father figure, shining god lights, learning to be more tolerant through the eyes of a child, child registering fear in close-ups.
And it's happening, before my very eyes.
Might be ok, but might be Spielberg on auto-pilot
I remember saying way back that it would involve:
Absent father figure, shining god lights, learning to be more tolerant through the eyes of a child, child registering fear in close-ups.
And it's happening, before my very eyes.
Might be ok, but might be Spielberg on auto-pilot
Edgy wrote:
> 2. As has already been said, it's meant to be about inhabitants from
> one world invading another. An underground species just wouldn't fit
> right.
It was just a thought, and the "They're already here" tagline fits, as does the earthquakes. We know not there's nothing more that (possibly) microscopic life on Mars, so aliens from said planet just doesn't seem to fit in a contemporary setting.
*shrug* Just an thought. I'm probably way off the ball.
munn wrote:
> It wouldn't really be War Of The {I]Worlds[/I] then, though.
> Would it?
Why not? A surface world and a subterranian world. :D
Whatever. Just an idea that was floating round my lack of sleep addled brain. I'm still looking forward to it immensly.
> 2. As has already been said, it's meant to be about inhabitants from
> one world invading another. An underground species just wouldn't fit
> right.
It was just a thought, and the "They're already here" tagline fits, as does the earthquakes. We know not there's nothing more that (possibly) microscopic life on Mars, so aliens from said planet just doesn't seem to fit in a contemporary setting.
*shrug* Just an thought. I'm probably way off the ball.
munn wrote:
> It wouldn't really be War Of The {I]Worlds[/I] then, though.
> Would it?
Why not? A surface world and a subterranian world. :D
Whatever. Just an idea that was floating round my lack of sleep addled brain. I'm still looking forward to it immensly.
Cool
I read the book in school, had to rush it a bit mind.
Though, this looks completely different so yey.
I read the book in school, had to rush it a bit mind.
Though, this looks completely different so yey.
In the new Hotdog, I think Spielberg talks about the alien 'ships', which would suggest to me that perhaps they're extraterrestrial rather than subterranean. Whatever. Nerds.
Completely excited by this movie. Moreso than Episode III maybe.
Completely excited by this movie. Moreso than Episode III maybe.
Now these points aren't disagreeing with the possibilty that that's how the 2005 film tells the story, however:
1. It means Spielberg would have to completely change the solution to the Martian problem for the ending as it was written would have to completely change.
2. As has already been said, it's meant to be about inhabitants from one world invading another. An underground species just wouldn't fit right.
1. It means Spielberg would have to completely change the solution to the Martian problem for the ending as it was written would have to completely change.
2. As has already been said, it's meant to be about inhabitants from one world invading another. An underground species just wouldn't fit right.
It wouldn't really be War Of The {I]Worlds[/I] then, though.
Would it?
Would it?
Edgy wrote:
> As for the human technology being rendered useless...do you really
> think that if aliens had the ability to travel between worlds,
> requiring vastly superior technology, that we would really stand a
> chance against an invasion?
Or set off an EMP to render all techolony useless, making us even more of a pushover. I've a sinking feeling the aliens in the remake are going to be subterranian.
> As for the human technology being rendered useless...do you really
> think that if aliens had the ability to travel between worlds,
> requiring vastly superior technology, that we would really stand a
> chance against an invasion?
Or set off an EMP to render all techolony useless, making us even more of a pushover. I've a sinking feeling the aliens in the remake are going to be subterranian.
monkey_man wrote:
> One of my all-time favourite films, even if the end does go a little
> bit too religious for my liking. Never read the book, might have to
> get that now before Spielberg turns it into Indiana Jones and The
> Lost Treasure of His Father's Love.
That's one of the problems I have with the movie. It's obviously a product of the cold war, as in the martians are basically the ruskies (and they come from a red planet, ho ho ho) and the underlying message that God will save the day. Still, I've seen in countless times.
The book is very good, and still very readable today, over 100 years since it was first published. There's a Christopher Priest book called "The Space machine", a cross between "The Time machine" and "war of the worlds" telling the story of the lead up to the invasion. It's an excellent read.
> One of my all-time favourite films, even if the end does go a little
> bit too religious for my liking. Never read the book, might have to
> get that now before Spielberg turns it into Indiana Jones and The
> Lost Treasure of His Father's Love.
That's one of the problems I have with the movie. It's obviously a product of the cold war, as in the martians are basically the ruskies (and they come from a red planet, ho ho ho) and the underlying message that God will save the day. Still, I've seen in countless times.
The book is very good, and still very readable today, over 100 years since it was first published. There's a Christopher Priest book called "The Space machine", a cross between "The Time machine" and "war of the worlds" telling the story of the lead up to the invasion. It's an excellent read.
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