First movie or TV adaptation, not counting the horrid direct to DVD version that was slapped together to take advantage of Spielberg's movie, that takes place in the setting where Wells set his novel. Prefer Miss Tomlinson in Late Victorian/Edwardian dress than Georgian dress from "Poldark"
1 posted on
09/30/2019 11:33:17 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: C19fan
The 2005 Hollywood version stunk on ice IMO. Those 2 kids needed a serious butt whoopin’.
HG Wells original. ..what a classic.
2 posted on
09/30/2019 11:37:23 AM PDT by
V_TWIN
To: C19fan
I’m issuing a spoiler. In the end the alien invaders all die from a virus because they forgot to get their flu shots before they set off for earth........
3 posted on
09/30/2019 11:37:30 AM PDT by
Hot Tabasco
(I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
To: C19fan
I loved the Spielberg version, but hated the screeching girl and Tim Robbin’s character. The aliens were terrifying.
5 posted on
09/30/2019 11:38:29 AM PDT by
Scarpetta
(The election of Donald Trump is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.)
To: C19fan
Another favorite movie of mine is “The Day of the Triffids,” which has been done a couple of times as mini-series. It’s been 10 years since the last version. Also, Mark Gattiss, and Steve Moffat (Sherlock series) are creating a 3-Part Dracula mini-series.
9 posted on
09/30/2019 11:46:48 AM PDT by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
To: C19fan
Didn’t someone turn this book into a movie already?
10 posted on
09/30/2019 11:52:49 AM PDT by
cuban leaf
(We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
To: C19fan
I own the 1953 version, which is the best, IMO. Sylvia van Buren is a fox!
12 posted on
09/30/2019 12:00:12 PM PDT by
Ken H
(2019 => The House of Representin')
To: C19fan
18 posted on
09/30/2019 12:08:16 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
To: C19fan
“Four minutes to bomb time”
23 posted on
09/30/2019 12:18:08 PM PDT by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
To: C19fan
Let me guess. In this version the heroes are all women or non whites, and all the white males are useless.
27 posted on
09/30/2019 12:25:06 PM PDT by
Brooklyn Attitude
(The attempted coup against President Trump is/was TREASON.)
To: C19fan
The Martians were defeated, because they were anti-vaxers.
30 posted on
09/30/2019 12:41:39 PM PDT by
BuffaloJack
(Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
To: C19fan
I prefer the fifties version with Gene Barry!!!!
37 posted on
09/30/2019 12:52:48 PM PDT by
ontap
To: C19fan
I love the book, and prefer the 1953 George Pal version. I own it on DVD.
That movie helped to establish the entire serious science-fiction genre.
50 posted on
09/30/2019 3:12:32 PM PDT by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: C19fan
I loved the Spielberg Cruise version. For some reason Cruise does GREAT sci fi movies....Oblivion, Edge of Tomorrow...
To: C19fan
Well I'll be danged, I just posted this image on another thread (those dopey bikers who went to Iran) and I come upon this post .... and here again they are trying to make the movie again.
55 posted on
09/30/2019 5:53:37 PM PDT by
tinyowl
To: C19fan
Will Jeff Wayne be doing the soundtrack???
56 posted on
09/30/2019 8:03:46 PM PDT by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: C19fan
Looks fantastic! I was in London in late August, and had a ticket to an interactive stage experience of War of the Worlds - more than a stage, a presentation in a 22,000 square foot building. It was canceled at the very last minute and I received a phone call and a refund. Wonder if the cancellation was due to conflict with this.
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