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
Posted on 05/14/2015 12:00:11 PM PDT by EveningStar
Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s career was cut short when he died at only 34 years old. But the illustrator left behind a small science-fiction legacy thanks to his 1906 artworks detailing the Martian invasion of London in H. G. Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds. Wells’ tale preyed upon turn-of-the-century fears about the apocalypse and other Victorian superstitions (and social prejudices) about the unknown. Corrêa’s fantastical, murky style is fitting of Wells’ dark themes. The Martian fighting machines resemble frightening legions of massive spiders. There were only 500 copies of the Belgian edition of Wells’ story with Corrêa’s artworks (currently up for auction), which we spotted on website Monster Brains (run by illustrator Aeron Alfrey), but you can see some of the images in our gallery ...
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Reminiscent of Japanese tentacle erotica (yes there is such a thing!)
"Martian Gets the Girl"
Marvin, you NAUGHTY monster, you!
I know how I know but how do you know it too?
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.
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.
I would not say “terrifying,” but certainly creepy, and worthy of the story.
Mars Needs Women movie trailer 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNmwwz07ftA
Mars Needs Women song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfNrslWvdXs
Seems that version is closest to the original composition.
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.
Kind of reminiscent of the pearl diver and octopus
in Japanese woodblock prints.
The 1953 movie War of the Worlds has the Flying Wing!
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.
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