BBC War of the Worlds

[Evil Jack]

I had no idea this had been released first outside the UK (how does that grab you, license payers?)

Well, it's fair to say the IMDB reviews are not exactly glowing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8001226/reviews?ref_=...

[Tim330]

james_TW said:

So what you're saying is that I really, really need to lower my expectations?

Yes. It wasn't as good as the 1953 or 2005 versions. Worth watching on a rainy day if nothing better on but not worth the hype (imo)

[james_TW]

Tim330 said:

james_TW said:

So what you're saying is that I really, really need to lower my expectations?

Yes. It wasn't as good as the 1953 or 2005 versions. Worth watching on a rainy day if nothing better on but not worth the hype (imo)

The reviews are not good at all. really not good...

[RemyMartin81D]

Evil Jack said:

I had no idea this had been released first outside the UK (how does that grab you, license payers?)

Well, it's fair to say the IMDB reviews are not exactly glowing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8001226/reviews?ref_=...

fking LOL. Wow. It's either people jumping on the one upsmanship to write as much negativity as possible OR it truly is a stinker.

[gregs656]

Expectations lowered!

Evil Jack said:

I had no idea this had been released first outside the UK (how does that grab you, license payers?)

How dare Fox and StudioCanal produce a show and not show it on the BBC first! Shocking.

[Wonderman]

Tim330 said:

Yes. It wasn't as good as the 1953 or 2005 versions. Worth watching on a rainy day if nothing better on but not worth the hype (imo)

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOlaaaaaaaa!!!!

[page3]

RemyMartin81D said:

fking LOL. Wow. It's either people jumping on the one upsmanship to write as much negativity as possible OR it truly is a stinker.

It truly is a stinker. We gave up after episode 1 (of 2).

[Zirconia]

RemyMartin81D said:

Evil Jack said:

I had no idea this had been released first outside the UK (how does that grab you, license payers?)

Well, it's fair to say the IMDB reviews are not exactly glowing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8001226/reviews?ref_=...

fking LOL. Wow. It's either people jumping on the one upsmanship to write as much negativity as possible OR it truly is a stinker.

Some interesting reviews in there and some from people with not many reviews or review history on films I would not go near (I didn't read them all).

Still going to watch it and make my mind up.

[Evil Jack]

gregs656 said:

Expectations lowered!

Evil Jack said:

I had no idea this had been released first outside the UK (how does that grab you, license payers?)

How dare Fox and StudioCanal produce a show and not show it on the BBC first! Shocking.

Alright then.

[Big-Bo-Beep]

the trail looks good

never read the book
reading books is so 19th century
for nerds and virgins

[KrazyIvan]

Zirconia said:

RemyMartin81D said:

Evil Jack said:

I had no idea this had been released first outside the UK (how does that grab you, license payers?)

Well, it's fair to say the IMDB reviews are not exactly glowing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8001226/reviews?ref_=...

fking LOL. Wow. It's either people jumping on the one upsmanship to write as much negativity as possible OR it truly is a stinker.

Some interesting reviews in there and some from people with not many reviews or review history on films I would not go near (I didn't read them all).

Still going to watch it and make my mind up.

I thought the same......but it really is st.

Effects for the tripods are good, sparse scenes with them in unfortunately

[Zirconia]

KrazyIvan said:

I thought the same......but it really is st.

Effects for the tripods are good, sparse scenes with them in unfortunately

Understood. Lower expectations then.
I do like Alien 3 though, and Alien 4 and all the Jurassic films

Though I did re watch Dark Star many years after the first watch and wondered why I thought it was funny.

[Andy_stook_2k]

They are more outraged that a married man lives with a single woman than pesky aliens have invaded planet earth.
It really is a mess.
I loved Downton Abbey by the way, even though it was silly.

Guilt on BBC 2 is good if anybody has missed the first two episodes, well worth catching up.

[Hedobot]

Cock and balls

Was looking forward to seeing this.

Am I imagining this or was there yet another version set it the correct time period that was never released?

[anonymous-user]

Are the Aliens caused by global w.... I mean climate change?

[anonymous-user]

Looking forwards to this. Ignoring all the negativity above.

[james_TW]

It's on BBC1 on Sunday 9pm. I've set it to series record...

[Zirconia]

Could be iPlayer here but either way popcorn at the ready.

[Fundoreen]

The fact this is divided into 3 parts on the BBC may help with swallowing the pill .
Lucky WOTW is out of copyright so eventually someone will do a decent adaption as normally its a struggle to get permission like with tolkien stuff.
Tbh within the first chapter of the actual book you can see this was a difficult thing to adapt for the bbc and was
obviously held back till after all the rememberance mumbo jumbo.

[motco]

Fundoreen said:

...held back till after all the rememberance mumbo jumbo.