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Terrifying 1906 Illustrations of H. G. Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’
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| April 26, 2015
| Alison Nastasi
Posted on 05/14/2015 12:00:11 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg
To: EveningStar
the drones of 1906....
I particularly liked the drawing that I;ve appended...here, with it'srather omjnous figure looming over the top of the buildings
a harbinger of things to come
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posted on
05/14/2015 12:16:50 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: EveningStar
Reminiscent of Japanese tentacle erotica (yes there is such a thing!)
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posted on
05/14/2015 12:35:39 PM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: EveningStar
Now I know where they got the idea for the "Striders" in Half-Life 2...
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posted on
05/14/2015 12:37:56 PM PDT
by
Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
To: EveningStar
Ummm, Japanese Hentai anybody?
"Martian Gets the Girl"
Marvin, you NAUGHTY monster, you!
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posted on
05/14/2015 12:43:11 PM PDT
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SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: Boogieman
I know how I know but how do you know it too?
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posted on
05/14/2015 12:45:05 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: EveningStar
yah....but this guy is real.
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posted on
05/14/2015 12:54:58 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: SES1066
Ha! Well, what can I say, I’m a curious guy. If I hear about something on the interwebz, I have to look it up.
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posted on
05/14/2015 12:56:43 PM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: EveningStar
I actually came across an excellent webpage a few months back when I was looking for old artwork associated with War of the Worlds. I probably used the image in a post on FR. A google search will turn up that page if anyone is interested... same artwork and MORE, from just about every printing of the novel.
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posted on
05/14/2015 1:04:55 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: EveningStar
I would not say “terrifying,” but certainly creepy, and worthy of the story.
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posted on
05/14/2015 1:05:15 PM PDT
by
cld51860
(Volo pro veritas)
To: SES1066
To: Covenantor
yah....but this guy is real.
And he's spectacular!
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posted on
05/14/2015 1:46:20 PM PDT
by
drjimmy
To: EveningStar
Very, very similar to the Tom Cruz movie version.
Seems that version is closest to the original composition.
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posted on
05/14/2015 1:54:54 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Mariner
Yes, the 2005 Spielberg / Cruise version is superior to the 1953 George Pal / Barré Lyndon / Byron Haskin / Gene Barry version in several ways:
— It’s closer to the book.
— It has better acting.
— It has better special effects.
And yet I still prefer the 1953 version by a wide margin.
To: Boogieman
Kind of reminiscent of the pearl diver and octopus
in Japanese woodblock prints.
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posted on
05/14/2015 2:58:29 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: EveningStar
The 1953 movie War of the Worlds has the Flying Wing!
To: EveningStar
I guess "terrifying" is a relative term. Perhaps those images were terrifying 100 years ago. But today they seem rather cartoonish.
Back in 1975, I remember being terrified by the movie "Jaws". I did not go into the ocean for years afterwards and even today, I still think about sharks when I get more than knee deep in ocean water.
Watched that movie on TV with my kids a few years back and they were laughing at it. They thought the special effects were cheesy and found it hard to believe that millions of people were once freaked out about it.
To: EveningStar
Anybody have / listen to
Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds" in music with the late Richard Burton voice acting as narrator & "The Journalist"? I have it and will now listen to it again as it is quite good.
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:21:07 PM PDT
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SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: SES1066
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