WAR OF THE WORLDS Trailer

[BookTenTiger]

This has very "What public domain property can we make a movie about?" energy. The effects look squirrely and I'm going to say AI generated. I can see it now; data poisoning replaces the Common Cold as the way they're killed. Maybe even the 'toxicity' of social media.

"We've done it! We tricked the aliens into purchasing NFTs!"

 

[Ryujin]

"We've done it! We tricked the aliens into purchasing NFTs!"

"Now all their base are belong to us!"

 

[TiQuinn]

This looks like an ad for TikTok.

 

[Umbran]

This has very "What public domain property can we make a movie about?" energy. The effects look squirrely and I'm going to say AI generated. I can see it now; data poisoning replaces the Common Cold as the way they're killed. Maybe even the 'toxicity' of social media.

Dude... computer virus. Duh.

It has Clark Gregg in it. We get saved by Agents of Shield?

 

[Umbran]

...but if you want data, you just want electromagnetic radiation. Go orbit the sun and chow down.

I...
...you know that what you said is just as bad science as what's in the film, right?
Right?!?!?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

"We've done it! We tricked the aliens into purchasing NFTs!"

“You mean…we were saved by Bored Ape?”

Suddenly, this makes more sense!

Thread 'Seth Green gets scammed out of his NFT and it tanks his new show.'

May 24, 2022

Seth Green’s Bored Ape NFT, which was set to star in its own animated show, was stolen through a phishing scam.

Green no longer owns the commercial rights to the NFT and thus the show cannot move forward.

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I...
...you know that what you said is just as bad science as what's in the film, right?
Right?!?!?

Unless they're getting very metaphysical and the Martians feed on the concept of data -- which I doubt; nothing about this suggests the filmmakers have that kind of ambition -- they're almost certainly talking about various forms of radio waves. Electromagnetic radiation.

 

[Ryujin]

Unless they're getting very metaphysical and the Martians feed on the concept of data -- which I doubt; nothing about this suggests the filmmakers have that kind of ambition -- they're almost certainly talking about various forms of radio waves. Electromagnetic radiation.

While that might make some sense on a realistic level, ignoring the fact that such radiation is freely available in the universe without needing to attack another sentient species, I think it's something else. I expect they think they're even more clever than that and want to make some social commentary about data mining.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

While that might make some sense on a realistic level, ignoring the fact that such radiation is freely available in the universe without needing to attack another sentient species, I think it's something else. I expect they think they're even more clever than that and want to make some social commentary about data mining.

I will be pleasantly shocked if this ends up having a smart plot.

 

[Ryujin]

I will be pleasantly shocked if this ends up having a smart plot.

Oh, I don't think that it will. I did say "think they're more clever than that."