War of the Worlds starring Tom Cruise

[flynn]

New Trailer...<br /><br />http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/waroftheworlds/large_2.html<br /><br />Still no sign of Aliens but good none the less, Really do want to see this film.<br /><br />Can't they make 2? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[flynn]

Actually there is a single frame of a ferry being tipped over (Took me five attempts to pause it in the right place) that shows a glimse of what I think is an Alien walking machine. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[qzzq]

Flynn,<br /><br />That is one cool trailer. I can't wait for this one to come out. Wow, Star Wars III in May and this one in June...not bad....not bad at all!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[rogers_buck]

That site tries to run something on your PC. Don't care to deal with the side-effects, so I'll have to give it a miss.

 

[flynn]

Not forgetting Hitchikers guide and Serenity.<br /><br />Should be a good year for Sci-Fi. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[centsworth_II]

Re: "Signs"<br /><br />I hope I didn't spoil it for you since the link I gave talked about the ending. The steady buildup of suspence was better than the "easy" ending. But I suppose the same could be said about the original War of the Worlds movie. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[mattblack]

I just CAN'T get excited about this film and I wonder how they could possibly give us something fresh and new on this old story. The only thing that would've got me to see this would be if it were a period piece. Trouble is, some market research suits probably told Spielberg and the producers that an "old fashioned" looking Science Fiction film wouldn't sell to todays dumbed-down mass audience. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>One Percent of Federal Funding For Space: America <strong><em><u>CAN</u></em></strong> Afford it!!  LEO is a <strong><em>Prison</em></strong> -- It's time for a <em><strong>JAILBREAK</strong></em>!!</p> </div>

 

[flynn]

Problem is they are probably right, <br /><br />mind you it doesn't stop me dreaming. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[avaunt]

And yet, millions of people go watch Hamlet, more millions listen to Chopn and Strauss, and every American that Visits London goes to Buckingham Palace.<br /><br />Dickens is STILL to this day, one of the most loved Authors and the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice made more money on DVD around the world than any two mtv or "Surviver" programmes.<br /><br />I think this is one of those sefl-fullfilling prophecies.<br /><br />"People won't watch a `18th century world fight off the Aliens from Mars." so they don't make it.<br /><br /><br />I would have watched it. And I would have wept when Thunderchild brought down the Martian Warlords.<br /><br />It is an AWSOMELY written book, right from the get go.<br /><br />"Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us."<br /><br /><br />OOOOooo LlllAaaaaa.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[flynn]

You could be right, I guess it'll be a while until we find out.<br /><br />Come on Hollywood, do something brave for a change. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Those must be some of the most chilling lines ever penned. When I hear Richard Burton read those lines it sends a shizzer down my back.<br /><br />Huzzah for the Thunderchild! One of my highest priorities when I go to the Netherlands is to see the turret rams Schorpioen and Buffel, two of only three such warships preserved (I missed out on Huscar when I was in Chile). Wells was actually a bit out with his naval technology, rams were completely obselete by the 1890's, and realistically Thunderchild would probably have been an early pre-dreadnought.<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[flynn]

New trailer with a glimpse of Alien.<br /><br />http://movies.channel.aol.com/franchise/exclusives/war_of_the_worlds_movie <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[rhodan]

Lots of things going kaputt!! I like. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[spacefire]

don't the aliens disable all systems depending on electricty ? saw that in the trailer. but then he was able to drive the truck <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[toymaker]

Wonder how the aliens deal with 20.000 or so nuclear warheads in possession of countries around the world ;P<br /><br />http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/nudb/datab19.asp

 

[spacefire]

My guess is the producers are counting on the "how the f**k are you going to adapt this story to modern times" curiosity of the small crowd of people who read the book to bring those to the theaters. The rest will come for the explosions and Tom Cruise. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[avaunt]

If you know what you are about, you can run a desiel engine without electricty, no worries.<br /><br />I doubt one of the modern ones, with their fuel pumps, their heating coils, and their high profrmance, could be started, but using a burning rolled up newspaper for pre-heat, and the TK Bedford for *Crash* starter, we used to start our old 2 tonne Hyster desiel Forklift, 7 times out of 10.<br /><br />:0<br /><br /><br /><br />What I hated about the trailer, was the Aliens weapons just look unstoppable, like forces of nature, which is crap. It was the MOBILITY of the aliens, and the unable to adapt quickly enough humans, that made the story in the book. The Guns took some, the Thunderchild took some. <br /><br />These aliens don't suit me.

 

[tom_hobbes]

The saddest thing about this version is that Spielberg is precisely the man (think Empire Of The Sun, Schindler’s List, Private Ryan) who could have brought the nineteenth century truly, viscerally alive, at precisely the moment in time that it's most possible to achieve cinematically. What a wasted opportunity. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[Aetius]

I have to agree. I really, really, wish the Powers That Be had decided to use Wells' original setting for the movie.<br /><br />It almost reminds me of the American remake of one of my favorite films, "Les Visiteurs". The French version (which I enjoyed with subtitles) has so much intelligence and humor, and it was like Hollywood lobotomized the film to make it appeal to broader tastes...hence "Just Visiting". <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" />

 

[hracctsold]

Just Visiting, the movie. <br />I did not know of its past, just what was presented on the screen. I did think it was enjoyable, even with the crude bathroom humor of the "flowing fountain mints I found." I have often wondered what it would be like for a noble mind to experience the future like that. While it may have been done differently, it was still an enjoyable way to kill some time and thought.

 

[Aetius]

My wife found the French version on Amazon. The DVD is titled, "The Visitors", but when it was on American cable TV they kept the French title, "Les Visiteurs".<br /><br />You gotta see the French version sometime. It's really great. Jean Reno and Christian Clavier are even better in the first one.

 

[hracctsold]

Thanks for the tip. I thought that Jean Reno made a great nobleman in that show, and I also enjoyed him as the French cop in French Kiss. There are some "chick flicks" I guess I will claim to enjoy. But I will have to look up that title you mentioned.

 

[arenean]

Hmm, I'm new, so this has probably been mentioned before, but it seems Jeff Wayne is making a CGI animated version of TWOTW, and it should reach cinemas in 2007 or 8. <br />The remastered version of the album is No.8 in the UK album charts this week too.<br />

 

[wmdragon]

I'm getting excited about this movie. Spielberg and Cruise delivered on Minority Report, I look forward to them doing it again. a purist version of the novel would be great too, but I will take this movie on its own merits. the core premise our-little-human-world-is-about-to-get-trashed-real-bad-real-quick-run-for-your-lives! is there, and from the looks of it it will presented with good impact, and Im hoping some maturity. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#993366"><em>The only laws of matter are those which our minds must fabricate, and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.</em> <br /> --- James Clerk Maxwell</font></p> </div>

 

[edge_of_reason]

I wonder if the aliens still come from Mars in this remake? Surely not, since ... well everyone knows mars is a dead place...<br /><br />Edge