BBC War of the Worlds
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Rick_1138 said:
I believe the second half is even worse.
How do you know?Rick_1138 said:
however I think the BBC have split this into 3 hour long shows whereas the places it was shown first had it as 2 ,1.5 hour shows.
So the BBC has interfered with their new series by turning it into 3 hours long, rather than, umm, 3 hours long. Where has this series been shown previously?Rick_1138 said:
the fact this was advertised as a faithful recreation of the book
Where was that "advertised"? Sebring440 said:
Where was that "advertised"?
mentioned earlier in the thread, IMDB reviews, it was released in Canada and I believe Australia and couple of other places earlier in the year. The info about what's coming up comes from that.
it wasn't 'advertised' as in the tv spots etc, but during the filming a couple of years ago it was touted as a faithful adaption of the story in its original setting.
Rick_1138 said:
mentioned earlier in the thread, IMDB reviews, it was released in Canada and I believe Australia and couple of other places earlier in the year.
The info about what's coming up comes from that.
it wasn't 'advertised' as in the tv spots etc, but during the filming a couple of years ago it was touted as a faithful adaption of the story in its original setting.
I thought it was touted as "Not as unfaithful as all the other adaptations. "The info about what's coming up comes from that.
it wasn't 'advertised' as in the tv spots etc, but during the filming a couple of years ago it was touted as a faithful adaption of the story in its original setting.
Doofus said:
Likewise, George got buried in a pile of beautifully clean, quite short timber beams. And none of the buildings nearby were damaged, so where did the timber come from?
They also looked extremely light for Oak beams 
Pretty rubbish just having a basic Stereo soundtrack as well...I would expect 5.1 on something like this usually.
That was rubbish.
One of, if not the original alien invasion story and they have messed it about with some romantic subplot and family conflict rubbish.
As I recall the original narrator was nameless and really just an observer of the terrible things that are happening, thats a theme that works today, our powerlessness in great events. I have a feeling that might not happen here.
The heat ray was rubbish
No desperate flight, no escape.
Where did those bricks that killed the maid come from and the rubble George was burried under?
One of, if not the original alien invasion story and they have messed it about with some romantic subplot and family conflict rubbish.
As I recall the original narrator was nameless and really just an observer of the terrible things that are happening, thats a theme that works today, our powerlessness in great events. I have a feeling that might not happen here.
The heat ray was rubbish
No desperate flight, no escape.
Where did those bricks that killed the maid come from and the rubble George was burried under?
Doofus said:
The Hypno-Toad said:
ash73 said:
Having lived there briefly about 20 years ago I enjoyed watching Woking being destroyed.
I think you might be doing Woking down. The Pizza Express is meant to be excellent. Think yourselves lucky, the version I saw was 20 minutes longer which consisted of mainly hand wringing and grimacing about the 'immoral' relationship between the two main characters.
I'm giving the Tom Cruise version much more respect now.
I really need to get a copy of the original book.
I'm giving the Tom Cruise version much more respect now.
I really need to get a copy of the original book.
Andy_stook_2k said:
Think yourselves lucky, the version I saw was 20 minutes longer which consisted of mainly hand wringing and grimacing about the 'immoral' relationship between the two main characters.
I'm giving the Tom Cruise version much more respect now.
I really need to get a copy of the original book.
You really do, it is excellent and genuinely frightening even you take into consideration when it was written, it was particularly interesting to me having only recently moved to the southwest of London so I found myself referring to Google maps throughout the book to try and get a better understanding of the locations mentioned! I'm giving the Tom Cruise version much more respect now.
I really need to get a copy of the original book.
kowalski655 said:
I've recorded it but sounds like I need not have bothered!
Did it have/ will it have HMS Thunder Child?
Probably not,too militaristic for today
The clips suggest the military will be shown in the standard BBC mould of 'lions led by donkeys'.Did it have/ will it have HMS Thunder Child?
Probably not,too militaristic for today
They slipped in that Robert Carlyle's character was gay, so I now just await the sympathetic BAME character arriving and we have the full BBC set.
ETA was I the only one that seemed to think Eleanor Tomlinson's character spent far too much time laughing? Was she on mushrooms or something?
I'm not sure how I feel about this - I watched it and I can't work out if I enjoyed it or not. I didn't hate it, but there were things I just didn't get:
- The flash forward - Why was this necessary?
- The flash forward seemed to go a long way in the future (assuming that's her child) and I'd have expected the desolation to be more complete
- Is that all we're going to see of Robert Carlyle? Felt contrived to make him gay though
- Some of the scenes were a bit shonky - I'm sure when The bloke and his wife/cousin were talking - at one point the camera was on him, she was talking but the motion of her head didn't match that of her body
- Why even bother with the love triangle storyline?
- The Russia/trawler story just didn't make sense and seemed pointless
- How was he not injured by a building falling on him - And where did it come from?
- The heat ray. I mean, come on, where was it?
- Was the ant thing supposed to have been the influence of the walkers?
- The "chances of anything coming from Mars is one in a million" line was dropped in - It just didn't sit right
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