The other War of the Worlds movie that is coming out this year.

[Desdichado]

Hey, no prob. I don't take it personally I just don't understand the apparent desire to pre-condemn. I had a brother; the youngest of five kids, who was kinda like that. If the rest of us all did something, or liked something, he was sure to not, just to spite us, or at least to be different from us. He's since grown out of that, but I never could understand it, and it almost seems like --looking out over geekdom in general-- we collectively have the same kinda attitude. If something looks like it's going to be successful in the mainstream audience, it's like we categorically refuse to give it a serious look, because, like what do they [mainstream audience] know anyway?

Not saying you're doing that necessarily, but I think a lot of folks do, and I'm not sure why.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

You guys don't know about the 3rd WoW movie? Yep- 3 this year/[/url]

Wow. A music version. I wonder if it will have singing and dancing aliens?

 

[Jim Hague]

Wow. A music version. I wonder if it will have singing and dancing aliens?

Try picking up the album and having a listen, hm? No, the aliens don't sing and dance, nor do the characters...but you do get to hear the Martians' war cry. And the ending extends far beyond the original Wells, making a nice, dark coda to the story.

 

[Krieg]

Oops

 

[Krieg]

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The I, Robot movie, for instance, that you mentioned was considerably better than it would have been if it had tried to be a faithful reproduction of Asimov's story.

Um no. Harlan Ellison's script was lightyears ahead of the "hardwired" script.

While I don't think I Robot was a terrible movie, as an Asimov find I find it offensive to his work.
Will Smith's movie like too many Hollywood big budget projects was pretty & fast paced, but had no intellectual depth.

Nope, not at all. With two responses in this thread that I'm specifically pointing to, I'm not sure why you think I am.

You made an assumption that Alhazred hated Tom Cruise and that he based his opinion on nothing more than the fact that Spielberg's film will be more mainstream.

You read quite a bit into his short statement. I have no idea what the second response is that you were pointing too, as the others were far too vague to come anywhere close to substantiating your point.

I'm definately with Joshua on this one. I like a film based completely on my enjoyment of it, not whether or not other people like it.

I don't believe anyone is arguing the opposite.

You guys don't know about the 3rd WoW movie? Yep- 3 this year:

http://www.thewaroftheworlds.com/

I thought they were moving Jeff Wayne's animated film back a year to gain some distance from others.

If not that is great. Jeff Wayne's album is absolutely amazing. As a kid I listened to it over and over again while mesmerized by the art booklet.

Wow. A music version. I wonder if it will have singing and dancing aliens?

Think more like a rock opera with passages from the book read aloud with prog rock for accompaniment.

 

[trancejeremy]

The musical is more disco than rock. (IMHO, anyway. Disco-Rock). It's great, though. I hope they keep the original soundtrack for the animated movie (hard to re-do it, since many of the major players in it are dead)

What I would like to see, is a version of War of the Worlds where the Martians of the novel invade present day earth. As it was, the technology of the late 1890s could at least damage some of the martian war machines, so right now we'd probably beat them quite handily. Which probably wouldn't make much of a movie, but would be an interesting change of pace.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

What I would like to see, is a version of War of the Worlds where the Martians of the novel invade present day earth.

Well, then the Cruise/Speilberg movie is exactly what you're looking for. Its a modern day interpretation, and that's why I'm really looking forward to it. And I also like both Cruise and Spielberg, no matter what anyone else says.

The non-musical type one is a much truer adaptations, using the whole 1890s angle. It should be interesting, as I love the original story, but I think sometimes its good to update stories. We're lucky enough to be getting BOTH(plus the classic black and white movie that everyone has to love )

 

[David Howery]

What I'd like to see is a version of WoW that followed the computer game (which was based on the Jeff Wayne art and music). The Martians didn't die off by bacteria as in the book and had to be fought with regular weapons. So, the Brits have to research and field early versions of tanks and SPA, airships, etc. The game wasn't so great to play, but it looked fantastic, with turn-of-the-century type armored vehicles clanking along and attacking the Martian walkers....

 

[Meowzebub]

I break out Jeff Wayne's CD every Halloween for a good listen. The highlight of this is not so much the music but Sir Richard Burton doing the narration and Roger Dean's artwork (Famous for Yes/Steve Howe/Asia album covers).

 

[Desdichado]

Um no. Harlan Ellison's script was lightyears ahead of the "hardwired" script.

Not familiar with Harlan Ellison's script. Seems a moot point anyway.

While I don't think I Robot was a terrible movie, as an Asimov find I find it offensive to his work.
Will Smith's movie like too many Hollywood big budget projects was pretty & fast paced, but had no intellectual depth.

I'm not an Asimov fan, so I'm not offended by it in the least. However, a faithful reproduction of an Asimov story would be a financial disaster, IMO, as well as a damn boring movie. Sorta like Bicentennial Man which --although I have no idea how well it comes to the specific details of any Asimov story-- at least seems to be true to the spirit of Asimov's writing.

You made an assumption that Alhazred hated Tom Cruise and that he based his opinion on nothing more than the fact that Spielberg's film will be more mainstream.

You read quite a bit into his short statement. I have no idea what the second response is that you were pointing too, as the others were far too vague to come anywhere close to substantiating your point.

Kiln Publications. And I didn't read anything more than what he said; he automatically judged the "other" movie as superior without knowing much (if anything) about either of them except that one was big budget big director big star and the other was indie.