BBC War of the Worlds
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I know universally panned, zero stars, crap CGI and not sticking to the script. There's me waiting for the soft words of Richard Burton but no some *shock* woman voiceover! But I enjoyed it, really enjoyed it. Maybe more "monsters" next week.
Just watch with an open mind and forget books and musical.
Just watch with an open mind and forget books and musical.
I could probably ignore the usual BBC sledgehammering their political views home. The gay astronomer, the progressive socialist leading man, the intelligent leading lady held back by an evil patriarchy, every man in a position of power being a bad'un. But the comical piles of rubber rubble next to pristine houses, the actors supposedly running for their lives at the pace of a gentle Sunday morning jog, the supposed labourers who have clearly never handled a spade or pickaxe in their lives, the alien scenes with zero sense of threat or danger...abysmal. Too much effort making a backstory which nobody needed and not enough on doing the basics right.
Credit for at least trying to make the heat ray true to the book, and looks like the black smoke makes an appearance in E2.
Credit for at least trying to make the heat ray true to the book, and looks like the black smoke makes an appearance in E2.
Blackpuddin said:
That's exactly why his brother was so shocked/outraged by it all, maybe you missed the bits that put that across.
Well, quite. Whoosh parrot comment really. I think the biggest problem for me is that so much of the 1st part of what is only a 3-part mini-series had so much plot establishment and character development in it. It felt rushed, yet also dragged terribly. A lot of it wasn't really needed especially given there are only 3 parts - it's not Game of Thrones.
Just watched it tonight. I'm no WOTW afficionado and hadn't read up on this version anywhere to be expecting anything bad but Jeez, that's an hour of my life I'm never getting back. It was life-changingly slooooooooooowwwwww.
You can see it's cost an absolute fortune to make but wow, you'd have thought they'd have spent all that money on something worthwhile.
You can see it's cost an absolute fortune to make but wow, you'd have thought they'd have spent all that money on something worthwhile.
OK, giving it the next episode. Liked the effects with the tripod though but lad tickling the ground with a plastic pick axe, needed some more thought. You can do a lot on a lower budget than a blockbuster but also a lot that makes it look worse.
The Mars pictures tugged at my things wrong but not an issue.
The Mars pictures tugged at my things wrong but not an issue.
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