Posted on 01/13/2005 1:41:37 PM PST by pabianice
OK, movie fans. First, there was the Wells novel, written in 1898 and astonishingly ahead of its time. Then, there was the first movie in 1953 -- also ahead of its time and very watchable for its effects, although Gene Barry was arguably not the best guy for the lead role. Now, we have the Speilberg remake, due out this summer.
The good news is that the film appears to try and recreate as much of the novel as possible, updating it from 1898 to 2005. The trailer looks like fun. And of course, CGI now lets a producer create visual effects undreamed of 50 years ago.
The bad news is varied. First, we have Speilberg, one of the great visual movie makers around but crippled with a political correctness that has turned most of his recent movies into dinner theater for the DNC. Tom Cruise takes the lead again, but he, too, is hot and cold and often seems unclear about a character's motivation. The, there is the tortured history of this remake, apparently set to have begun filming in 2001 but since re-re-re-written and had cast and crew changes. Such a history is, in Hollywood, usually a predictor of a really bad final product. Usually.
As noted in another thread, the recent remake of "Flight of the Phoenix" is notable only because it crashed and burned at the box office, returning just under $ 20 million on a $ 70 million+ investment to date.
We'll have to see what happens with "War."
Production sketch from remake of "WOTW."
I've always tended more toward "Protecter" for an sci-fi action adventure Hollywood treatment
What is it a remake of...if the original is good, I'll order it tomorrow.
They should have just made the Tripod trilogy into a movie.
Thunderchild would make a great screen name . . . a name for a Viking Kitten.
I had nightmares for a looong time after I saw that movie.
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IMHO, "Blade Runner" was a pretty good movie from the novel "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?".
I didn't care for Blade Runner.
H.G. Wells, who wrote the book, was an atheist who would have been horrified by all the religion they put into the movie version.
Laugh while you can, monkey boy!
Tom Cruise?! Aaaaarghh!
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The above URL is a great source of all types of books that are out of copyright.
They are free.
Orson Wells is attempting to spin in his grave.
Laugh while you can, monkey-boy!
I remember this movie.
Tom Cruise?! Aaaaaargh!!
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