[theFIRMbss]

>The bad news is varied. First, we have Speilberg... Tom Cruise takes the lead again ...

[Pyro7480]

That picture looks like a cross between the Borg from Star Trek: and the future world depicted in the Matrix.

[weenie]

Well, the sketch looks interesting...thx for posting this.

[aegiscg47]

The links and article seem to confuse the Spielberg version with the Pendragon version. No offense, but while the Pendragon version is "faithful" to the novel and set in 1890's England, it looks like a bad 70's TV movie. Hopefully the Spielberg version will at least be a fun two hours of mindless summer action.

[TXBSAFH]

When will Hollywierd state to do original pictures again? Some movies should not be remade.

[darkwing104]

Let me see, Spielberg+Hollywood, I bet the Martians will turn out to be Ditto-head conservatives.

[tfecw]

well of someone who read the book recently (a couple of weeks ago, i try and alternate between a classic and a fun book)

I was actually pretty shocked (i saw the movie ;) ) it was completely different. I sort of liked the book better though (honestly it could have gone either way)

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.
Also cruise is an action star....war or the worlds isn't exactly actiony. The lead character is sort of a soft writer type (well he is a writer and the book is written from is perspective) Tom cruise isn't a writer type...For this one i could see someone like Tim robins (yes liberal POS but good actor), or even Kevin spacey, Morgan freeman would also be a good choice. No wonder he can't "get into the role" Thats my two cents. I think the movie is going to be a let down to people who read the book, and if lean towards the movie then they will just give it a face lift and hope they get a hit. Then find another idea give that a face lift and repeat process until the Martians do come down and try and kill us all

[AzSteven]

The chances of anything coming from Mars

Was a million to one, they said...

[processing please hold]

It looks from the picture that he's stealing an idea from the Matrix.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

What happened to Spielberg, anyway? His movies used to be fun, without the preaching. In CloseEncounters, the government conspiracy types were actually the good guys trying to make contact with the aliens. In ET, their reaction to ET's presence is understandable and they even try to save his life when ET appears to be dying.

Something happened in the '90's. Maybe it was the string of flops he had after his early mega-successes-maybe it's because he has kids now, or has just gotten older and more cynical, but his movies seem to be more about being PC and less about the kind of old-fashioned entertainment that he once wanted to revive. At least with Ron Howard you get a guy who might be a lib but who still knows how to make entertaining movies.

[dfwgator]

So will Slim Whitman save the day in this one?

[avg_freeper]

Tom Cruise = me no go

[labowski]

I love the cover art for the album.

[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.

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.

[lonevoice]

Keepin' an eye out for this one

[Liberal Classic]

In the remake, all alien heat rays will be replaced by walkie-talkies.

[F16Fighter]

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.'

[KarlInOhio]

In order to not offend them, the Martians in the story have been replaced with neo-nazis.

[Thoro]

I'm hoping for the best, but I kind of lost faith in Spielberg after A.I. Blech!

[spiffy]

One of my favorite albums was Jeff Wayne's musical version of War of the Worlds. Anyone ever heard of this one? Sort of a rock-version of the story.