BBC War of the Worlds
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I have read it yes and the main characters wife is a very minor character who is only briefly in the story.
I have to ask have you read the book if you think the main characters wife features heavily? They are primarily a source of motivation rather than a character.
That's all kind of irrelevant anyway though given the main characters are going to be couple who have faced adversity in their relationship. These were not themes of the original story. Are not the themes of the original story actually good enough to stand on their own rather than adding soap opera elements?
I have to ask have you read the book if you think the main characters wife features heavily? They are primarily a source of motivation rather than a character.
That's all kind of irrelevant anyway though given the main characters are going to be couple who have faced adversity in their relationship. These were not themes of the original story. Are not the themes of the original story actually good enough to stand on their own rather than adding soap opera elements?
Edited by dvb70 on Monday 30th September 14:22
Adding a female main character to a story doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing.
For example Ma-Ma in Dredd. She's not a character from any of the comics, but she's an excellent character and makes for a really good film. It doesn't always have to turn out like the 2016 Ghostbusters debacle. I'll hold off on my pitchforks until I've seen it!
A "correct" period setting for War Of The Worlds should be good, I wish they'd done that instead of the Tom Cruise movie - we'd already had a "modern" WOTW in the form of Independence Day, anyway.
For example Ma-Ma in Dredd. She's not a character from any of the comics, but she's an excellent character and makes for a really good film. It doesn't always have to turn out like the 2016 Ghostbusters debacle. I'll hold off on my pitchforks until I've seen it!
A "correct" period setting for War Of The Worlds should be good, I wish they'd done that instead of the Tom Cruise movie - we'd already had a "modern" WOTW in the form of Independence Day, anyway.
I guess I just think the original story is strong enough to not need this change. I am sure we are going to see one of this couple the story is now about needing to be saved by the other and the original story does not have that kind of cheap manufactured drama. The main character worried about his wife but never knew where they were or had to get hands on in saving them. There were no heroics from the main character. They were just someone trying to survive.
I am probably being overly picky at this point based on not much though. I did like some of the stuff in the trailer.
I am probably being overly picky at this point based on not much though. I did like some of the stuff in the trailer.
Apparently Fox is making a modern day version. The trailers below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQNSP_kv14
Very little to go on based on the trailer as to what this one might be like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQNSP_kv14
Very little to go on based on the trailer as to what this one might be like.
dvb70 said:
I have read it yes and the main characters wife is a very minor character who is only briefly in the story.
I have to ask have you read the book if you think the main characters wife features heavily? They are primarily a source of motivation rather than a character.
That's all kind of irrelevant anyway though given the main characters are going to be couple who have faced adversity in their relationship. These were not themes of the original story. Are not the themes of the original story actually good enough to stand on their own rather than adding soap opera elements?
I have read the book - quite a few times - but not for a long time.I have to ask have you read the book if you think the main characters wife features heavily? They are primarily a source of motivation rather than a character.
That's all kind of irrelevant anyway though given the main characters are going to be couple who have faced adversity in their relationship. These were not themes of the original story. Are not the themes of the original story actually good enough to stand on their own rather than adding soap opera elements?
Edited by dvb70 on Monday 30th September 14:22
I don't expect any TV or film adaptation to slavishly follow a book - they are two different mediums for telling a story - so there will always be changes to suit the medium. And the time in which the story is being told, will also make some changes inevitable.
I'm just grateful that somebody at long last has been able to make a filmed version that sets the story in the original setting and time period.
It beats setting it in the US, which all other radio and film versions have done.
dvb70 said:
Good too see they have found a way to get a strong female character in to this. Honestly I wish the BBC could just make something without this type of bulls
t. What's wrong with a straight up period correct adaptation that's never actually been done before.
I may be reading to much into it but the trailer very much makes me think we will be seeing a strong female character and a love story shoehorned in.
Worry not my wee bairns , the BBC will shoehorn in all sort of characters not in the novel, people of ethnicity, t. What's wrong with a straight up period correct adaptation that's never actually been done before. I may be reading to much into it but the trailer very much makes me think we will be seeing a strong female character and a love story shoehorned in.
alternative sexuality and disability.
gregs656 said:
RogerDodger said:
I doubt they'll have the balls to show the Curate as the cowardly selfish man that Wells clearly portrayed him as.
Why do you say that? 
Looking forward to this one.
Quite interesting that the Beeb don't list it on their own "Ten Shows To Watch In October"...
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190930-10-tv-sh...
Quite interesting that the Beeb don't list it on their own "Ten Shows To Watch In October"...
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190930-10-tv-sh...
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