BBC War of the Worlds

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Halmyre said:

Slightly OT but I followed up on this - the Russians were heading off on an 18,000 mile trip to the Pacific to try and quash Japanese intentions in Manchuria. They got an absolute shoeing instead:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima

It is in one of my great ship battles type of book I had as a kid (1974). Amazingly I remembered that bit.

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warch said:

There weren't quite as many songs or musical numbers as I remember either. Jeff Wayne will be spinning in his grave

He was looking quite well last December in Cardiff conducting his show.

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Tried catchup on number 2 last night. What is it with the pick axes, are they made of glass?

Too much amiss for me to stay with it.

Might fast forward through the bits tonight.

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james_TW said:

What were they digging at/for in the camp anyway?

Graves or carrots? Bit like the case in Ronin perhaps?

Last used a pickaxe when I was an apprentice to be honest but you needed to get your swing right and hit the ground with purpose or it went no where. Of course a lot better when they let me loose on the pneumatic drill.

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I could probably get interested if stuff like loading the canon (and other swamp stuff) was not so poorly set up. Also the town square.

I did come into this with an open mind and am willing to accept the way the script is going, sort of. But little things grate on me and there are too many little things.

Liking the tripods though.

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Oh eck, the spieling mistooks come back to byte moi.

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Cantaloupe said:

-----PEDANT ALERT-----

Oh no, a military buff [oon] has breached the security cordon.

The dandruff and the smell of marzipan and WD40 is a dead giveaway.

I ran it through the universal translator and it came up blank?

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Got to the end on catch up. It was a slog. I can manage the way the version went to a point but the last episode was a drag. Telescope got me going again.

3/10.

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BBC does good work, this was a dud. Not overly worried, cant get it right all the time.

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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?