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"War of the Worlds" Remake -- good news, bad news
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Posted on 01/13/2005 1:41:37 PM PST by pabianice
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To: unbalanced but fair
"But why do all space ships have to enter amidst moving clouds?"Bad mufflers?
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:02:55 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Conservatism pays off. Liberalism just wants to be paid.)
To: unbalanced but fair
Tim RobbinsWe won't go see it. I'll not give a penny to that anti-American POS.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:03:53 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: TXBSAFH
There's a rumor that Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise are going to do an "Ishtar"! ;)
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:05:46 PM PST
by
JZelle
To: unbalanced but fair
oh cool...i didn't know that one actually. I'll check IMDB when i get home to see what his role is, as well as the trailer. as for the spaceships...well i dunno really :) i don't wanna ruin the movie by saying what the book did.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:07:27 PM PST
by
tfecw
(dolphins are the spawn of evil)
To: unbalanced but fair
"It's interesting you mentioned Tim Robbins...But why do all space ships have to enter amidst moving clouds?"
"Because there's a chill wind blowing...."
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:10:39 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
To: dubyaismypresident
I betcha the church is destroyed but it turns out it's not a church at all, but a converted mosque and all the muslims die and the aliens turn out to christians, wearing Kellogg, Brown Root ID tags on their shirt pockets. The main alien ship is commanded by a VP Cheney look-alike.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:11:05 PM PST
by
rabidralph
(Keep your laws off my money.)
To: Soul_of_Chogokin
LOTR was kinda sorta a remake.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:13:50 PM PST
by
Restorer
To: labowski
The death of HMS Thunderchild. I found this one of the more riveting parts of the book.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:14:24 PM PST
by
Junior
(FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
To: pabianice
I must be on an entirely different wavelength than Spielberg. I have not liked any of his movies since the one about the runaway truck.
I especially thought ET was awful. Also noted that PC seems to permeate his films.
Also don't like HG Wells. He has great ideas but his books are a little hard to get into. Jules Verne is far better.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:18:10 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: Pride in the USA
Keepin' an eye out for this one
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:18:10 PM PST
by
lonevoice
(Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
To: tfecw
You wouldn't ruin anything. I've read all of the books by Welles. But War of the Worlds is my favorite. My comment about the spaceships was more about Spielberg and other movies. The clouds are a cool effect though.
To: pabianice
In the remake, all alien heat rays will be replaced by walkie-talkies.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:20:48 PM PST
by
Liberal Classic
(No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi.)
To: weenie
This genre can be a real blast for sci-fi geeks like me I agree. I am looking forward to Spielberg's vision/version of WOTW.
Now if we could just get someone big to pick up Niven's "Ringworld" for the major motion picture treatment....
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:23:16 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(All I ask from livin' is to have no chains on me. All I ask from dyin' is to go naturally.)
To: unbalanced but fair
well in the book the the baddies use a gas that kills stuff, so that might be the clouds? I had a pretty good mental picture what that'd look like so we'll see how the movie turns out
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:25:15 PM PST
by
tfecw
(dolphins are the spawn of evil)
To: yarddog
I must be on an entirely different wavelength than Spielberg. I have not liked any of his movies since the one about the runaway truck.
Jaws?
Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Jurassic Park?
Saving Private Ryan?
You are a hard dog to please.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:27:36 PM PST
by
drjimmy
To: pabianice
Tom Cruise takes the lead again...Huh?? Wasn't Rip Taylor available?
I'm sorry. A "man's man" need to carry this role, not 'Blue Boy.'
To: tfecw
Tom cruise...first off...he's too pretty for the role...there is no love story in the book. The main character has a wife that he mentions every once in a while..but thats it.
So sorta like in real life, except the main character isn't pretending to be hetero.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:33:45 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(For the Loudon Wainwright FReeper fans, if there are any.)
To: pabianice
In order to not offend them, the Martians in the story have been replaced with neo-nazis.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:34:02 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Blackwell for Governor 2006: hated by the 'Rats, feared by the RINOs.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
For one thing, Spielberg has developed a crush on Fidel Castro.
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:38:54 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Why can't you be like Endicott?)
To: weenie
like "Independence Day" Independence Day was, of course, a remake of the 1953 version, updated to incorporate the world view of Hollywood at the time
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posted on
01/13/2005 2:41:15 PM PST
by
jscd3
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