BBC War of the Worlds
Discussion
I've given this far too much thought... While they were waiting in that cellar or room or whatever - what were they surviving on? And could they have not just waited the thing out? It was clearly dying or something...
And just why was the creature just hanging around?
And if the spores or whatever made the land fertile, why wasn't it apparent in other places other than graveyards?
And am I the only one that thinks "why it's it one creature, one human?". If they're feeding and hungry, they should just all go after the body? (Might be a "feature" of the Martian I guess though)
And what was the reference to the ants? I thought it was how the Martians evolved, but now I have no idea
And many questions besides...
And just why was the creature just hanging around?
And if the spores or whatever made the land fertile, why wasn't it apparent in other places other than graveyards?
And am I the only one that thinks "why it's it one creature, one human?". If they're feeding and hungry, they should just all go after the body? (Might be a "feature" of the Martian I guess though)
And what was the reference to the ants? I thought it was how the Martians evolved, but now I have no idea
And many questions besides...
Doofus said:
It's not isolated to this particular show, but I'm generally bothered by the fact that people don't lose weight when they've spent several years battling for survival. See also The Walking Dead.
Because, aside from method acting gone mad cases like Christian Bale in The Machinist, they are actors and it's not real. Clockwork Cupcake said:
Because, aside from method acting gone mad cases like Christian Bale in The Machinist, they are actors and it's not real.
I know. I didn't say I didn't understand why they weren't thin, I just said it bothers me. It's difficult enough to suspend my disbelief for a lot of the dross that's on telly these days, without prisoners in hard labour being all tubby (f'rinstance). Clockwork Cupcake said:
Doofus said:
It's not isolated to this particular show, but I'm generally bothered by the fact that people don't lose weight when they've spent several years battling for survival. See also The Walking Dead.
Because, aside from method acting gone mad cases like Christian Bale in The Machinist, they are actors and it's not real. clonmult said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Doofus said:
It's not isolated to this particular show, but I'm generally bothered by the fact that people don't lose weight when they've spent several years battling for survival. See also The Walking Dead.
Because, aside from method acting gone mad cases like Christian Bale in The Machinist, they are actors and it's not real. ...and...and...
In the earlier films we barely got a glimpse of the martians, and even the Jeff Wayne artwork doesn't reveal their form. And in the first movie they chopped the 'head' off a camera thingy so in terms of suspension of belief it was possible they had minds immeasurably superior to ours. But by showing 3 legged crab/ant/spider things they looks about the same intelligence level as any other carnivorous wild animal. And with just pointy/stabby things for limbs how in the hell did they construct anything? Not saying opposable thumbs are the only answer, but try doing any sort of construction when all you can use is 3 chopsticks. I can suspend belief and accept we can beam folks down from a starship, travel at warp speed, all alien life forms speak English and a flux capacitor enables time travel...but I can't believe that 3-legged crab/ant/spiders can even fashion stone tools. let alone master space travel. Better just not to show them and do shadows/fleeting glimpses like the earlier movies.
But a small gripe compared to the total crapness of the whole thing.
In the earlier films we barely got a glimpse of the martians, and even the Jeff Wayne artwork doesn't reveal their form. And in the first movie they chopped the 'head' off a camera thingy so in terms of suspension of belief it was possible they had minds immeasurably superior to ours. But by showing 3 legged crab/ant/spider things they looks about the same intelligence level as any other carnivorous wild animal. And with just pointy/stabby things for limbs how in the hell did they construct anything? Not saying opposable thumbs are the only answer, but try doing any sort of construction when all you can use is 3 chopsticks. I can suspend belief and accept we can beam folks down from a starship, travel at warp speed, all alien life forms speak English and a flux capacitor enables time travel...but I can't believe that 3-legged crab/ant/spiders can even fashion stone tools. let alone master space travel. Better just not to show them and do shadows/fleeting glimpses like the earlier movies.
But a small gripe compared to the total crapness of the whole thing.
Jeff Wayne Trivia:
The ship is Thunderchild. Jeff Wayne set up a side company to make synthesizers which were used in the recording of his WOTW soundtrack, one of which was named after the ship.
https://www.matrixsynth.com/2006/01/jwm-electronic...
ReverendCounter said:
[Jeff Wayne set up a side company to make synthesizers ...
Noticed the advert in the music mags at the time but never saw one in the flesh! Did they actually go on sale to the public?In those days £550 wasn't a bad price for a 2-oscillator synth, although I'd have had to mortgage the house to get that sort of money. (And I didn't even have one.)
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