War of the Worlds

Woden · 1 Oct 2019 at 11:23

Reality|Bites said:
from Mars? when you've watched Brian Cox The Planets it's kind of no not from Mars lol

the chances of anything coming from mars are a million to one he said

Sankari · 1 Oct 2019 at 11:49

Looks promising.

Hades · 1 Oct 2019 at 12:10

Woden said:
the chances of anything coming from mars are a million to one he said

But still they come!

Steampunk · 1 Oct 2019 at 14:39

Shock and horror as it turns out a classic book doesn't need to be "reimagined" for the TV adaptation.

varkanoid · 3 Oct 2019 at 16:47

ThePainBarrier said:
Anyone remember the TV show from 1988? Based after the events in War Of The Worlds. It was an OK watch, for the late 80's!

I quite liked the American TV series version it was almost a pre-cursor to the assemble tv series we get today. It had Poncho from Predator as the Military Action guy. Even though it played loose and fast with the original story and made it all happen to America. The cheap straight to DVD US movie was god damn awful.

Reality|Bites · 3 Oct 2019 at 17:03

fkn green barstewards taking our jobs

Lupis · 3 Oct 2019 at 19:20

varkanoid said:
I remember the BBC 80's version fondly but it got cancelled after two series I thought it was scary. I quite liked the American TV series version it was almost a pre-cursor to the assemble tv series we get today. It had Poncho from Predator as the Military Action guy. Even though it played loose and fast with the original story and made it all happen to America. The cheap straight to DVD US movie was god damn awful.

Can't say I've ever heard of a BBC version. You aren't thinking of The Tripods are you? That was based on a different set of books.

varkanoid · 3 Oct 2019 at 20:54

Yeah I got the wrong series.

Dugganator · 6 Oct 2019 at 17:26

Does anyone know when this is airing? I cant seem to find when in the UK but it would appear its airing the States first? if that is true seems odd that a Bbc tv series is airing in the states first. All of my information could be wrong just not finding the information on google

horseunderwater · 6 Oct 2019 at 19:41

i hope this is as good as it looks being a fan of h g wells it looks like is at least in the right time period

checjb · 6 Oct 2019 at 20:22

Dugganator said:
Does anyone know when this is airing? I cant seem to find when in the UK but it would appear its airing the States first? if that is true seems odd that a Bbc tv series is airing in the states first. All of my information could be wrong just not finding the information on google

I want to know this too. Even everything on the BBC website is just vague about it airing in "Autumn". Give me a date, dammit!

Malevolence · 6 Oct 2019 at 21:04

In regards to the setting, the novel is set in the late Victorian whilst this is set in the Edwardian period. Not much of a difference, but would like to know why they decided to change it.

Also noticed that there's another version, set in contemporary Europe, being released later this month. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9686194/

wolfie138 · 7 Oct 2019 at 07:58

There was a canny "docu" on the History channel a few months back, called The Great Alien War, or some such, was basically the World War I but reimagined as a WotW-style Martian invasion, was pretty well done, worked good as a pseudo-docu.

b00merang69 · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:46

Reality|Bites said:
is it without a political agenda?...like most movies these days trying to change the status quo in the younger viewers

I highly doubt it, there will be many token actors of different ethnics even though story may have nothing to do with that choice and oh at least one homosexual and they may even throw in a tranny!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094578/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3 <My dad loved this older cheesy TV show, I swear the Aliens were dressed in black bin bags (think C Block H original cheap sets)

Moley · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:49

Fluke? said:
Well there's a Christmas present to me sorted right there!
Needless to say I am looking forward to this....

Do yourself a favour and be prepared to interact with the actors - roleplay a bit. It's kinda expected and makes the whole thing more enjoyable.

Freakbro · 7 Oct 2019 at 18:10

Dugganator said:
Does anyone know when this is airing? I cant seem to find when in the UK but it would appear its airing the States first? if that is true seems odd that a Bbc tv series is airing in the states first. All of my information could be wrong just not finding the information on google

Strangely imdb has 4 countries release dates, Canada was yesterday, but the UK is still blank

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8001226/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt

Malevolence · 16 Oct 2019 at 23:49

Yeah, apparently it's already aired in Canada, Spain and New Zealand. ******* disgusting that we don't get it first and have to wait for a BBC show to air.

mrk · 16 Oct 2019 at 23:54

And this is exactly why people tend to download these shows or watch via a third party. Regional releases for a BBC show whereby the UK is not a launch region is inexcusable and just highlights the politics of money changing hands (most likely).

V_R · 17 Oct 2019 at 07:46

Ah I was wondering why TV Show Faves was showing that the first episode had aired.

bimbleuk · 17 Oct 2019 at 10:40

For a BBC series it's not a bad first episode.

They can do costume all day but the BBC CGI can look a bit unconvincing to me and big scenes may suffer from budget restrictions but it's a notch better and I'm sure I'll watch more episodes.