WAR OF THE WORLDS Trailer

[trappedslider]

Well,I wonder how this plans to differentiate it's self from the others. It is an improvement over the old tv show.

 

[Imaculata]

Once again a total reimagining, which is fine I suppose. They deliberately don't show anything of the aliens in the trailer, which is probably for the best.

I'm not all that excited to be honest.

 

[Ryujin]

Once again a total reimagining, which is fine I suppose. They deliberately don't show anything of the aliens in the trailer, which is probably for the best.

I'm not all that excited to be honest.

From the looks of it they could have just as well called "Independence Day" "War of the Worlds." There's nothing wrong with a new take on an old story. You don't have to resurrect the name for it's recognition factor.

 

[Umbran]

You don't have to resurrect the name for it's recognition factor.

The question is not, "Do we have to?" The question is, "Will more folks pay attention if we do?"

Broadly speaking, names matter.

 

[Imaculata]

I think if you change War of the World enough, it stops resembling anything people associate with War of the Worlds, apart from the alien invasion story. So that raises the question if it should still be called War of the Worlds if it is that different. On the other hand, there's only so many times you can remake the same story before it starts to feel completely redundant. A remake is only as good as how different it is from what came before.

For example, John Carpenters' 'The Thing' is a lot more accurate to the book it is based on ('Who goes there') than 'The Thing from Another World', on top of having spectacular practical effects and being updated for a modern audience. Likewise, although Kubrick's 'The Shining' was a fantastic film, it is a well known fact that author Stephen King wasn't a fan of it. So there is some added value in a remake that respects the book more (although this does not guarantee a better movie of course). If you're going to do a remake, I think it should be notable different in some important way to validate its existence.

War of the Worlds is a rare case of a story that has been translated to so many different mediums, most of which deviate a lot from the original story. Jeff Wayne's album is one of the few adaptions that actually included the vessel Thunderchild, for example.

 

[trappedslider]

well the tv show from the late 80s was a continuation of the 1953 movie, until it went all screwy with the second season it was decent enough.

 

[MarkB]

I kind-of feel like an actual movie adaptation of the original novel, in its original setting, really wouldn't go amiss.

 

[Nebulous]

That actually looks kind of boring

 

[Ryujin]

The question is not, "Do we have to?" The question is, "Will more folks pay attention if we do?"

Broadly speaking, names matter.

Indeed they do. These days they keep me away from the theatre.

 

[practicalm]

Now if they get around to a War Against the Cthorr show or movie, I'd be interested. Having the earth changed out from underneath humans is interesting. Plus giant killer worms.