War of the Worlds screenwriter says Martians slaughtering humans are metaphore for U.S. military

Larry Elder Talk Radio Show on KABC AM 790 Los Angeles ^ | Tuesday, July 19, 2005 | Larry Elder

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[bnelson44]

His movie bombed

[Armigerous]

I guess this clown is unaware of the fact that when H.G. Wells wrote the book it was considered a metaphor for a war between England and Germany.

[wildwood]

the two anti-gun scenes

well, i suppose if you are anti-gun, a virus will have to do on the occasion that you are invaded by martians. that's peaceful and loving and non-violent.

man, these doofuses blow.

[asp1]

Frankly, I liked the original with Gene Barry. This new one sounds like a clunker.

[Darkwolf377]

His movie bombed

I wish I had a $449million bomb on my resume. (Not including future box office, DVD and TV income.)

Yeah. REAL big bomb.

[Darkwolf377]

I read this idiot's BS about the script being about us in Iraq a few weeks ago and simply put it out of my mind while I watched. As a huge fan of the original, I have to admit this one is far superior--it's closer to the book, the FX are great, and I was just drawn into the movie.

I don't go to movies for the fool moviemakers's political "thoughts" since I assume they're all libs, anyway. But the movie itself was terrific.

[garjog]

"metaphor for U.S. military"

Treason is not difficult to define. Treason is when your country is at war and you want the other side to win. If America is like evil invading Martians, then we are evil and should be destroyed.

I am so glad that I didn't go see this film and never will now. We have got to stop feeding the beast even if we can't stop it.

[bnelson44]

I wish I had a $449million bomb on my resume. (Not including future box office, DVD and TV income.)

Yeah. REAL big bomb."

Production Budget: was $132 million. I don't know what the marketing cost was. But $449 million gross (given all they hype) does not give them much profit once you subtract the marketing costs and overhead.

[FraudFactor.com]

the two anti-gun scenes

well, i suppose if you are anti-gun, a virus will have to do on the occasion that you are invaded by martians. that's peaceful and loving and non-violent.

man, these doofuses blow.

Actually, there are two explicit anti-gun scenes, plus the overall anti-gun (and anti-military) theme where the military weapons are useless against the aliens (presumably Martians), but simple bacterial or viruses do the job. Note that this occurs through "Mother Nature", rather than biological warfare. What a missed opportunity to improve a bad movie!

One explicit anti-gun scene involves the shotgun-wielding survivalist. The other is the scene involving handguns where the car that Tom Cruise stole is stolen from him.

[asp1]

Awwwww shoot!...There went my day. ;o)

I will have to wait for the DVD. Because I never, but never go to the movies anymore. Thanks, Darkwolf377, I will give it try.

[xp38]

A cruise missile that veered off course.

[FraudFactor.com]

Here is an example of their expensive marketing, with some improvements (added to the photo, of course - we are not leftists who destroy other people's property!)

[xp38]

IMDB is showing a gross of 192 million for War of the Worlds as of the July 15 week. Is 449 million a world wide gross?

[Lawgvr1955]

One explicit anti-gun scene involves the shotgun-wielding survivalist. The other is the scene involving handguns where the car that Tom Cruise stole is stolen from him.

I saw the movie, have read the book and love the 1953 version of the movie. I disagree that the scenes you have described are "anti gun". I took the scene with the survivalist to show that often times violence is the only way to assure survival. I did not see it as anti gun. As for the car scene, it said to me, don't go into a hostile environment with a lack of sufficient firepower.

I believe that I am as sensitive to Leftist propoganda as the next and did not find the movie as anti military. The US fighting forces were shown to be doing their job, fighting with great bravery against overwhelming odds. The reason their weapons were no good against the invaders is central to the theme of the book and the 1953 movie.

[FraudFactor.com]

A Tomahawk Cruise missile that veered off course?

[bnelson44]

"Is 449 million a world wide gross?"

yes

[Doctor Raoul]

The Islamic world thinks we are decadent and that's Hollywood's fault in large measure.

Just another reason NOT to spend my entertainment dollars on Hollywood and it's ANTI-AMERICAN majority.

[Ilky Hucktar]

Haven't seen the movie, but one review described how the alien whatevers were blowing buildings and occupants to smitherines at random, then, when the liberal shows up, they start going door to door. What does that signify?

[wildwood]

did you think it was a bad movie?

i am a movie buff and was dying to go see it, but decided not to for a number of reasons, including the facts that i 1) despise tom cruise 2) despise scientology 3) did not want to relive 9/11 4) caught wind of this anti-American bias 5) did not want to see scads of people squished 6) felt the anxiety of seeing it would depress me for days.

i see it dropped to 4th place last weekend.