BBC War of the Worlds

[marcosgt]

Johnnytheboy said:

smn159 said:

Nothing to do with 'pc' - whatever that is.

It was just st.

How do you know it wasn't 'pc' if you don't know what 'pc' is?

He was just sure that the fundamental issue was that it was rubbish... Bad acting, chaotic editing, little suspense, dodgy CGI effects...

The bits some perceive as 'PC' (the anti-British Empire thing is often alluded to about the book, to be fair, for example) were the least of its issues!

Easternlight said:

Just can't get my head around how the BBC could get this so wrong

Agreed - You would have thought someone would have watched it and said 'No, not good enough!' - Whoever was responsible for commissioning and signing this off needs to be looking for a new job.

M

Edited by marcosgt on Tuesday 3rd December 15:47

[Cantaloupe]

Enjoyable hokum. well done BBC.

[cuprabob]

First episode was good and drew me in but thought the last episode was poor.

[anonymous-user]

cuprabob said:

First episode was good and drew me in but thought the last episode was poor.

You watched them in the correct order
Watch them in reverse and not only does it make better sense it ends on a high

[Zirconia]

techiedave said:

You watched them in the correct order
Watch them in reverse and not only does it make better sense it ends on a high

American Dad?

[Starfighter]

Very disappointed.

[Morningside]

cuprabob said:

First episode was good and drew me in but thought the last episode was poor.

Agreed. Bit like watching Mad Dogs (remember that) where the last episode was best forgotten.

[Doofus]

Morningside said:

Agreed. Bit like watching Mad Dogs (remember that) where the last episode was best forgotten.

To be fair, the whole of the last series of Mad Dogs was garbage, not judt the last episode.

[james_TW]

Just watched the last episode... It. Was. Soooooooooo slllooowwwww. And nothing really happened - could have done the whole episode in about 5 minutes...

I struggled to stick with it to be honest but kept waiting for something to happen... Boy was I disappointed...

[DaveGrohl]

So I did the right thing in binning it after episode 1? Phew.

[droopsnoot]

Doofus said:

Morningside said:

Agreed. Bit like watching Mad Dogs (remember that) where the last episode was best forgotten.

To be fair, the whole of the last series of Mad Dogs was garbage, not judt the last episode.

I spent ages tracking down a DVD of the last series of this. I was determined not to pay much as I'd heard it wasn't all that good, was only two episodes, and I'd only paid £1 each for the first three series. Finally weakened, gave £4.50 for it, wish I'd left it at the end of 3.

[Doofus]

droopsnoot said:

Doofus said:

Morningside said:

Agreed. Bit like watching Mad Dogs (remember that) where the last episode was best forgotten.

To be fair, the whole of the last series of Mad Dogs was garbage, not judt the last episode.

I spent ages tracking down a DVD of the last series of this. I was determined not to pay much as I'd heard it wasn't all that good, was only two episodes, and I'd only paid £1 each for the first three series. Finally weakened, gave £4.50 for it, wish I'd left it at the end of 3.

Me too, almost word for word.

[Riley Blue]

I watched the final episode this morning: oh dear, oh dear...

[marksx]

In a ruined world where there is no power, no natural light, a shortage of everything, and there has potentially only ever been one child born, how, and why is there a beautifully printed book showing how the martians were beaten?

[Doofus]

marksx said:

In a ruined world where there is no power, no natural light, a shortage of everything, and there has potentially only ever been one child born, how, and why is there a beautifully printed book showing how the martians were beaten?

And why was the text so randomly interspersed between the drawings?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

marksx said:

In a ruined world where there is no power, no natural light, a shortage of everything, and there has potentially only ever been one child born, how, and why is there a beautifully printed book showing how the martians were beaten?

"I don't know!"
"But why would that even be a thing?"
"Because the plot needs it"
"Plot details are TIGHT!"



More seriously, there may have been a short period of time where life was kind of normal immediately after the invasion and victory, before the Red Plague took over and everything went to ste. Such a book could have been produced in that very narrow window.

[SpudLink]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

"I don't know!"
"But why would that even be a thing?"
"Because the plot needs it"
"Plot details are TIGHT!"

[Fundoreen]

They tried to make it as real world as possible so people today could identify with it.
Sadly due to time restrictions they cut a whole episode where the couple waited in for the gas man to come and connect the supply.
Some clamour rising for these scenes to be reinstated for a extended special edition DVD.

[rider73]

Fundoreen said:

Some clamour rising for these scenes to be reinstated for a extended special edition DVD.

Which you can purchase from the BBC website for 19.99 - along with a full colour book to accompany the series for 29.99.

[Rumblestripe]

Fundoreen said:

They tried to make it as real world as possible so people today could identify with it.
Sadly due to time restrictions they cut a whole episode where the couple waited in for the gas man to come and connect the supply.
Some clamour rising for these scenes to be reinstated for a extended special edition DVD.

Sounds far too stressful, no wonder it was cut!

Thank you BBC