*shoots Spielberg*

[Leper Messiah]

http://www.waroftheworldsfilm.com/images/wotw_globe2.jpg

teaser poster for Spielbergs War of the Worlds, yet more confirmation of his attention to piss all over the original version, as he seems to be going with the 50's movie look for the aliens rather than god forbid do anything to do with the book. As the movie develops is good to see Spielbergs utter contempt for one of the greatest authors in modern times. the lousy, good for nothing, book burning, son of a....... *fumes*

[ET Warrior]

Yeah....haven't you already had a thread to piss and moan about spielburg doing this movie? If i'm mistaken just pm me and i'll reopen it.


Edit - my bad.

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by ET Warrior
Yeah....haven't you already had a thread to piss and moan about spielburg doing this movie? If i'm mistaken just pm me and i'll reopen it.


Edit - my bad.

thank you kindly sir :)

[StarWarsPhreak]

Actually, there has.

here (http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=139967&highlight=of+the+worlds)

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by StarWarsPhreak
Actually, there has.

here (http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=139967&highlight=of+the+worlds)

that threads about the trailer for the Pendragon version, this thread is about the Paramount version and its utter disrespect for the story, two completely different threads (although inevitably the Cruise/Spielberg effort found its way into that thread)

[StarWarsPhreak]

It's still about this "War of the Worlds."

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by StarWarsPhreak
It's still about this "War of the Worlds."

its about two different movies.....

[Redwing]

Ya, two different movies, same title.

I'm not sure how that teaser poster means Spielberg wants to piss all over the book. We already know it's going to be different. Why not judge it on its own merits? Spielberg is apparently going after the tone and concept of the book, not the setting or the exact storyline. I'm not sure how not using the exact aliens, location and storyline of the book means 'utter contempt'.

[StormHammer]

Being a Spielberg version, you just know there's going to be a cute kid or cute alien in there somewhere.

*vomits violently*

With the kind of backing he can attract, Spielberg could have made a truly great version based on the novel, in the proper setting.

As it is, I have serious doubts whether I'm going to like this version...

[Leper Messiah]

it cant be judged on its own merits. Independance Day is generally thought of as a War of the Worlds movie among fans but it can be judged on its own merits because it never claimed it was WOTW. this is, and its an absolute abomination - for some reason every disaster film has to follow the tired plot of a man not very good with his family relationships and this film is no exception, that threadbare plot has been added - WHY?! what is wrong with the story that was there? one of the themes of WOTW is that the central character loses everything, nearly including his humanity because he is seperated from all that is familiar to him. What is this film going to give instead? undoubtedly Cruise running in slow motion past explosions shouting "noooooooo" for some reason before destroying the evil invaders. Everything that has come out of the shooting so far has revealed no intention at all to follow the book. the closest we get is that there might possibly maybe perhaps be a "Thunder Child" sequence. not good enough, not good enough at all if its claiming to be a war of the worlds film. at least the fifties movie roughly equated events in the book to the screen in some form.

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by StormHammer
Being a Spielberg version, you just know there's going to be a cute kid or cute alien in there somewhere.

*vomits violently*


you're spot on! as mentioned above Cruise plays a man with a difficult family relationship, arggh why did he feel it necessary to put the War Of The Worlds name on it. Signs worked very well and it didnt need a name behind it. Speilberg is basically using the War Of The Worlds title as a brand name, he has no respect for a classic of modern literature

[ET Warrior]

You have no room to complain about a movie based on a book until you've seen the ruination that was Timeline. I don't think spielberg could screw up WOW NEARLY as much as Timeline was ruined.

maybe this movie will rock, you can't really pass judgement till you've seen it.
:giveup:

[Leper Messiah]

Well i dont know about that, i think that it is possible to judge it to an extent from whats become clear about the plot that Speilberg has elected to use, and where he's filmed things. There was talk of using the place in New Jersey that was in the famous radio broadcast for the martian landing area, which would be a nice little nod to the fact that War of the Worlds does have fans, and a fair percentage of them are mighty annoyed with Mr Spielberg and his decision to use WOTW as a giant marketing bandwagon (without the name i dont think he would have got the largest approved budget OF ALL TIME for it)

[stingerhs]

^^^^
well, when you direct movies like 'jaws', 'close encounters of the third kind', 'e.t.','a.i.', 'jurassic park', etc, you tend to get big budgets fairly easily. ;)

besides, its just a tad unfair to judge a movie whenever its hasn't even come out yet. :dozey:

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by stingerhs
^^^^
well, when you direct movies like 'jaws', 'close encounters of the third kind', 'e.t.','a.i.', 'jurassic park', etc, you tend to get big budgets fairly easily. ;)

besides, its just a tad unfair to judge a movie whenever its hasn't even come out yet. :dozey:

well all i can say to that is that there is enough known about to get a good picture of the approach the film is taking, and it is quite frankly poor. If it wasnt a War Of The Worlds film it would be passable, but when its got so much to live up to, this is going to fall drastically short

[stingerhs]

bah!! go ahead and be a pessimist. i'll just keep my glass 1/2 full, thank you very much. :)

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by stingerhs
bah!! go ahead and be a pessimist. i'll just keep my glass 1/2 full, thank you very much. :)

hehehehe im sure, ill wait for the Pendragon version myself (out 30th March :D but what kind of release it will get is unknown :()

[STTCT]

I'm sorry - but did you not see what he did to Jurassic Park - that was him right? Classic example of taking a great book, stealing the concept (dinosaur park), and then doing whatever the hell he wants to it. Oh well...

[CapNColostomy]

I read Jurassic Park. I really didn't see too much difference. Some things weren't in the in the movie, sure. But I honestly just figured it was to save time. For a REAL butchery of a novel to film, The Running Man comes to mind. That's my all time favorite book. The only thing the film version has in common at all is the main characters name. Man I hate that movie.

[EDIT] To get back on topic, it's Spielberg. And it's sci fi. I'll be watching WOTW for sure. Hell, I've never even watched the original, or read the book. So it won't seem to blasphemous to me. I heard some of the radio broadcast when I was a kid though, and I remember the sindicated series. It can't be any worse than that show.

[ET Warrior]

Originally posted by STTCT
I'm sorry - but did you not see what he did to Jurassic Park - that was him right? Classic example of taking a great book, stealing the concept (dinosaur park), and then doing whatever the hell he wants to it. Oh well...

Hmmm, I have read jurassic park, AND I have seen the movie, and it's actually one of my all time favorites. It wasn't precisely true to the book, but it really would have been difficult for him to keep it just like that book and be able to keep it under 3 hours. Now The Lost world on the other hand.....THAT one was a complete mockery of the book.

[StormHammer]

Originally posted by ET Warrior
Now The Lost world on the other hand.....THAT one was a complete mockery of the book.

Crichton made a mockery of the real novel of the same name by Arthur Conan Doyle. And he pandered to the movie-goers by including characters who died in the first novel. Go figure. Furthermore, the 3 Jurassic Park movies have all taken scenes straight out of the original Jurassic Park novel - thus milking the franchise further.

Anyway, that's OT and my little rant is over.

BTW, I too am sick to death of the 'disjointed family' angle, where you know they're all going to get together for a group hug at the end.

*vomits again*

In this regard I have to agree with LM - the character in the book had a damned good relationship and no kids, living a pleasant life. Thus the impact of the invasion was all the more shocking as the world descended into chaos around him.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[El Sitherino]

I'm just looking at it as a teaser poster, it doesn't mean that's how it's gonna look or anything. It's just a teaser, to make us wonder wtf is gonna happen. Besides most people these days have never read war of the worlds and couldn't tell you the name of an HG Wells book to save their lives. Just because speilburg is directing it doesn't mean he makes all the decisions. The story is written by someone else. he has producers and company executives that ha has to please. I mean one can hardly place all blame on the director. All he is really incharge of is the cast and their takes on the role, and giving figures for camera angles and the like. The movie industry is a complex thing and all the blame can NEVER be placed on just one person. If I want war of the worlds at it's finest, I'll read the book like I always do. Or if I don't feel like reading, I'll listen to Orsen Wells reading it via audio book.

[Astrotoy7]

Originally posted by Leper Messiah
http://www.waroftheworldsfilm.com/images/wotw_globe2.jpg



having studied anatomy and dissection for three years at uni, I would like to conclude that that teaser poster looks like an upside down anatomical drawing of a testicle....

WAR OF THE TESTES ! arrrghh !!!!!!!!!
http://www.cancernetwork.com/patientguides/testes1.gif

:p

mtfbwya

[Darth Groovy]

Some of you may remember how excited I was about a WotW remake about a year ago, with concept art from Pendragon.

The more I hear about this remake, the more I weep.

Having seen the most dissapointing teaser trailer of my entire life.....AND the news that Tom Cruise will be in this, it's almost like an Austin Powers joke made serious, and it is not funny at all.

I'm not going to dismiss it JUST yet, but the more I hear about it, the more upset I get...

For now I will stick with the book, and the George Pal movie.

[El Sitherino]

Originally posted by Astrotoy7
I would like to conclude that that teaser poster looks like an upside down anatomical drawing of a testicle....
sweet crap it does.:indif: http://www.boomspeed.com/insanesith/twitcheye.gif

[El Sitherino]

Originally posted by Darth Groovy
Some of you may remember how excited I was about a WotW remake about a year ago, with concept art from Pendragon.

The more I hear about this remake, the more I weep.

Having seen the most dissapointing teaser trailer of my entire life.....AND the news that Tom Cruise will be in this, it's almost like an Austin Powers joke made serious, and it is not funny at all.


the pendragon one and this are different movies. :x

[Astrotoy7]

Originally posted by InsaneSith
the pendragon one and this are different movies. :x

what the hell is this pendragon business, the only pendragon I know was King Arthurs father :p

mtfbwya

[CapNColostomy]

LMFAO at Astro and his ball pic. Great stuff. I love this forum. :D

[Astrotoy7]

Originally posted by CapNColostomy
LMFAO at Astro and his ball pic. Great stuff. I love this forum. :D

coolage. my joke has the presidential seal of approval :D

I have serious concerns for that movie, perhaps the actual movie poster will be just a pair of huge testicles hovering above Washington DC .....

*sigh.....how art imitates life* :( :p

mtfbwya

[Darth Groovy]

Originally posted by Astrotoy7
what the hell is this pendragon business, the only pendragon I know was King Arthurs father :p

mtfbwya

http://www.pendragonpictures.com/WOTWKEY.html

[Astrotoy7]

Originally posted by Darth Groovy
http://www.pendragonpictures.com/WOTWKEY.html

hmmm...interesting :D thanks for the linky :)

mtfbwya

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by STTCT
I'm sorry - but did you not see what he did to Jurassic Park - that was him right? Classic example of taking a great book, stealing the concept (dinosaur park), and then doing whatever the hell he wants to it. Oh well...

well Spielberg didnt take Jurassic Park out of its time and place setting, didnt invent new characters and for the most part kept the story largely intact

In War Of The Worlds, Speilberg will not be doing those things, that much is certain. As ive said, he's basically using War Of The Worlds as a brand name.

By InsaneSith
Just because speilburg is directing it doesn't mean he makes all the decisions.

The Pendragon version being faithful to the book is all down to Timothy Hines, the director of that version. I recall J.K.Rowling being very careful not to allow Speilberg to direct Harry Potter because she feared he would twist it into something unrecognizable as well.

[Astrotoy7]

Originally posted by Leper Messiah
... I recall J.K.Rowling being very careful not to allow Speilberg to direct Harry Potter because she feared he would twist it into something unrecognizable as well.

well, since WOTW is spielberg now, Im sure he'll manage to squeeze in a few Nazis bein bad into it, that, a mechanical shark and an annoying mound of turd that whose race has supposedly mastered space travel..... :D

mtfbwya

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by Astrotoy7
well, since WOTW is spielberg now, Im sure he'll manage to squeeze in a few Nazis bein bad into it, that, a mechanical shark and an annoying mound of turd that whose race has supposedly mastered space travel..... :D

mtfbwya

lol, its all possible with

*drum roll*

Spielberg the Book Burner!!!!!!

[Alegis]

I was INCREDIBLY dissapointed how one of my favourite books, The Bourne Identity (/supremacy/ultimatum), was raped.

[LightNinja]

Originally posted by Alegis
I was INCREDIBLY dissapointed how one of my favourite books, The Bourne Identity (/supremacy/ultimatum), was raped.
at least they didint rape LOTR(well a bit) or Harry Potter =P

[Crazy_dog no.3]

Am I the only one who's not shocked/dissapointed? This is a MOVIE, not the actual book itself. Things are bound to be different.
Some things work better in movies than they do in books and vice versa. For example, the LOTR books feature far more character development than the movies for various reasons. However the LOTR movies are more exciting and stuff.

Besides stuff is usually altered from it's source material to make for a better movie. For instance, in Braveheart, historical accuracy is at an all-time low but that makes a better story even if it is innacurate.
Something doesn't have to be a perfect adaptation of it's source material to be a good story.

[jon_hill987]

Originally posted by LightNinja
at least they didint rape Harry Potter =P

WTF? the first film was nothing like the book! and I don't remember Harry hanging out of the flying car in the second book.

edit: just so I don't go off topic,

Spielberg hasn't made a good film since Jaws, I doubt this will be any different from his last few attempts, And don't you dare say A.I. was a good film! It waisted 3 hours of my life and I will never get them back!

[Sam Fisher]

It seems that the movies cannot rape any book they try and make a movie after.

Period.

[ET Warrior]

I think the lesson we can all learn from this thread is that almost NOBODY remains true to a book when it is being adapted to a movie. Why? It's difficult to do, you're changing mediums. what works well in books doesn't translate to movie and vice versa.

In the end, it would probably be best if books were never made into movies, as they are almost ALWAYS a let down.

In fact, LotR and Jurassic Park are really the only set of movies from books where I wasn't let down.

[jon_hill987]

Originally posted by ET Warrior
Jurassic Park ...........I wasn't let down.

Really? the first was Ok, but i thought the others a bit daft, did the raptors come back for the eggs in the book?

[ET Warrior]

Oh god no, i'm not talking about the other two jurassic park movies. Those movies were abysmal at best.

The first Jurassic Park movie was excellent thought I, even though it wasn't completely true to the book, the changes they made I felt were necessary for the change in medium.

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by ET Warrior
I think the lesson we can all learn from this thread is that almost NOBODY remains true to a book when it is being adapted to a movie. Why? It's difficult to do, you're changing mediums. what works well in books doesn't translate to movie and vice versa.

In the end, it would probably be best if books were never made into movies, as they are almost ALWAYS a let down.

In fact, LotR and Jurassic Park are really the only set of movies from books where I wasn't let down.

well, maybe but then again just because its difficult to adapt doesnt mean you write a new story and put the same name on it

[ET Warrior]

It doesn't sound to me like they're writing a new story. Sounds to me like they're adapting the story to fit into a 2 hour movie.

But then again, I haven't followed the movie project very closely. :dozey:

[Shok_Tinoktin]

The fact that there is a Pendragon version, and especially that it is sticking closely to the book, gives Speilberg a lot of creative licence. How great would it be to have several near-identical versions of the same movie?

And about taking it out of its time and place setting, that is common to an adaptation. Thats part of what makes it a unique movie. That you can take some story, and give it a new twist. If you want the story to be as true to the book as possible, my advise is read the book.

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by Shok_Tinoktin
The fact that there is a Pendragon version, and especially that it is sticking closely to the book, gives Speilberg a lot of creative licence. How great would it be to have several near-identical versions of the same movie?

And about taking it out of its time and place setting, that is common to an adaptation. Thats part of what makes it a unique movie. That you can take some story, and give it a new twist. If you want the story to be as true to the book as possible, my advise is read the book.

yes, but inventing characters? removing events and adding new ones, and WHY THAT STUPID DISFUNCTIONAL FAMILY STORYLINE?! WHY????!!!!!

updating it, id prefer it if they didnt but that alone isnt fatal, its the subsequent throwing everything else out of the boat and bringing back, from what has been seen of the filming, one scene from the book. (however it is the awesome "Thunder Child Sequence" but i can see Speilberg doing something stupid with that even like having the Thunder Child survive the fight or something)

bottom line, i really hate this movie because i know ill pay to go and see it, ill hate it (and probably say so more than once) from start to finish and fume for days afterwards about it, i dont know why i cant stop myself from doin it either

[Shok_Tinoktin]

If changes to the setting are all that is exceptable, then you would have several movies that are near-exactly the same. Plus a book that is also almost the same. Whats the point? You have to expect that an adaptation is going to be significantly different than the original, especially when multiple adaptations are made.

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by Shok_Tinoktin
If changes to the setting are all that is exceptable, then you would have several movies that are near-exactly the same. Plus a book that is also almost the same. Whats the point? You have to expect that an adaptation is going to be significantly different than the original, especially when multiple adaptations are made.

my argument is that its too different to be a War Of The Worlds adaptation, its too far removed from the actual story, it has gone far too far.

and the fact that "Generic Action Movie Plot #14: Guy has difficulty with family" has been added proves to me that theyve no interest in a good adaptation of the story anyway, they just want one of their nice, big money lots of explosions spectacle, which on any other day would be ok, but theres the large factor that theyre holding this up to be WAR OF THE WORLDS one of the greatest and most pioneering science fiction stories of all time and theyre going to slaughter it for the sake of cash they could easily get elsewhere.

[jon_hill987]

Originally posted by Leper Messiah
WAR OF THE WORLDS one of the greatest and most pioneering science fiction stories of all time

You could say the same about I Robot, again a brilliant Sci Fi book. I havn't seen the fillm but I'm betting the plot is about as far removed from the book as the War of the worlds film will be, if not more so, as I Robot was a colection of short stories rather than one.

it dosn't make I Robot a bad film

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by jon_hill987
You could say the same about I Robot, again a brilliant Sci Fi book. I havn't seen the fillm but I'm betting the plot is about as far removed from the book as the War of the worlds film will be, if not more so, as I Robot was a colection of short stories rather than one.

it dosn't make I Robot a bad film

War Of The Worlds might be just about be ok as just a film (however my feeling is that it will be a plotless wonder) but as an actual War Of The Worlds adaptation it will suck, and it will suck mightily.

in fact this films prospects have "Waterworld" written all over it IMO

[jon_hill987]

Your probably right of course, being Spielberg it will be full of soppy garbage but it isn't because it is an addaption that is the problem, just Spielberg.

Waterworld was s*** though. Still better than Titanic, Vanilla Sky or A.I.

[StormHammer]

Originally posted by jon_hill987
Spielberg hasn't made a good film since Jaws, I doubt this will be any different from his last few attempts,

I'd actually disagree with you there. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind was a good film. I think he lost the plot a bit after making ET: The Extraterrestrial - but he redeemed himself in Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List.

He can make very thought-provoking, deep and interesting movies - but he also panders a lot to the mass-market popcorn-flick mentality.

[Leper Messiah]

indeed a modern adaptation is possible - the fifties version showed that, various events in the book were equated into modern terms but were still present such as the Thunder Child sequence becoming the atom bomb sequence, but it showed the story can be translated to new times, its just this version isnt going to do that, its going to invent a completely new story and call it War Of The Worlds, which is what im pissed off about

[ET Warrior]

Originally posted by Leper Messiah
bottom line, i really hate this movie because i know ill pay to go and see it, ill hate it (and probably say so more than once) from start to finish and fume for days afterwards about it, i dont know why i cant stop myself from doin it either

If you make a thread about it I promise to kill you. :p

[Crazy_dog no.3]

Originally posted by StormHammer
[B]I'd actually disagree with you there. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind was a good film. I think he lost the plot a bit after making ET: The Extraterrestrial - but he redeemed himself in Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List

Yeah I would agree there, but i liked ET and don't forget the Indy films.

I seem to be the only one around here who likes The Lost World. IMO it's not a classic, but it's a fun way to spend a couple of hours. Plus that hunter guy was really cool. :cool:

[Alegis]

Of course a movie has to change some stuff from a book...Was needed for lotr and harry potter. But I haven't seen it like the bourne identity before. Only the names are same, and a location (Zurch). That is friggin all. They should be ashamed of themselves taking the name of a good book pretending it's based on it. It's as if they only read the backflap. Even I Robot had more from the book.

Damn hollywood. Now they're even making movies of doom 3 and half life just because the movies suck and they need to replace good actors by famous characters...

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by ET Warrior
If you make a thread about it I promise to kill you. :p

then we must prepare for a duel to the death, pistol or swords sir? :D

[Astrotoy7]

Originally posted by LightNinja
at least they didint rape LOTR(well a bit) or Harry Potter =P

oi ! dont use 'rape' and 'Harry Potter' in the same sentence !! :(

Paedophiles googling these words will end up here :(

silly man ! :p

mtfbwya

[jon_hill987]

Originally posted by Crazy_dog no.3
Indy films.

Sorry, I add the indy films to the list.

I did forget.

[Leper Messiah]

just dug this up cos Speilbergs teaser trailer for WOTW been released:
http://waroftheworlds.com/

looks terrible.

[Astrotoy7]

Originally posted by Leper Messiah
just dug this up cos Speilbergs teaser trailer for WOTW been released:
http://waroftheworlds.com/

looks terrible.

can you see Tom Cruises pecs in it ?? ;)

mtfbwya

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by Astrotoy7
can you see Tom Cruises pecs in it ?? ;)

mtfbwya

Cruise is mercifully absent from it :D

[ET Warrior]

Originally posted by Leper Messiah
looks terrible.

Oh yeah, looks awful, I mean, all the scenes with people in their cars, or standing in the street. You get a real good feel from the movie from that trailer. :rolleyes:

[ckcsaber]

The trailer look's alright. It really reminds me of ID4, but that's a leap, considering the fact that the trailer didn't show too much.

I'm faithful in the Spielberg-Cruise combo. Minority Report was a fantastic film, IMO.

In the end, Spielberg has always given me my moneys worth. I'm sure this will be an entertaining movie.

[ET Warrior]

I'm with ckcsaber on this. I don't care about if it's faithful to the book. I care if it's going to entertain me. Which is probably will because I like Spielberg's work.

[Leper Messiah]

theres a difference between being faithful to the book (non essential) and being faithful to the story (vital) I wasnt trying to say the trailer is a good indication of the movie but compared to other teasers, including Episode 3, this teaser is pitiful

[the_raven_03]

I think that this could be a good movie. It has Spielberg and Cruise involved. They both don't usually dissapoint me so I will definately give it a go.

[Leper Messiah]

well using this as the all-purpose War Of The Worlds thread, this great story has recieved another blow recently with the release of this (http://static.howstuffworks.com/mpeg/wotw-trailer.wmv) absolutely diabolical trailer for the Pendragon movie that was the only glimmer of remaining hope for a decent version of one of the greatest science fiction stories of all time. So Pendragon joins Paramount in the "bastardised version" tent and WOTW fans will be waiting a hell of a long time for the CGI animated movie of Jeff Waynes Musical until they get something to actually look forward to seeing.

[STTCT]

Did you guys read the same book I did? on Jurassic Park? Clearly the concept is the same - but definately a different book from the movie.

Harry potter has stayed pretty true and it is a good film and book. The nice part is that the followers of the books clearly are able to be more knowledgeable on the happenings that movie goers do not see - however it does not hinder the movie going experience. JP on the other hand....wtf...

The man needs to stick to the story - its much better than his creations.

[IG-64]

I never read the Jurrasic Park books but I thought the first 2 were great, some of my favorite movies. The third one however.... :barf:

[jon_hill987]

One of my friends got the 50's war of the worlds on DVD for christmas, I watched it the other day, it is laughable. really.

[MTV2]

*shoots Leper Messiah*
*revives Spielberg*

[RoxStar]

Originally posted by STTCT
I'm sorry - but did you not see what he did to Jurassic Park - that was him right? Classic example of taking a great book, stealing the concept (dinosaur park), and then doing whatever the hell he wants to it. Oh well...

I liked the movie version of Jurassic Park the best. I liked the novel version of "The Lost World". And I don't believe that Jurassic Park 3 should even be considered in the series.

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by jon_hill987
One of my friends got the 50's war of the worlds on DVD for christmas, I watched it the other day, it is laughable. really.

its was a better interpretation than Speilbergs and probably Hines as well. by the looks of the two new films the 53 version looks set to stand the test of time

[Leper Messiah]

Well lets face it, Tom Cruise is not the sharpest tool in the shed, he's a bit of an idot in fact and he's chosen to be part of the wrecking of my favorite book, but lets give Tom a chance, lets see what he has to say about adapting the works of a man a good five hundred times more intelligent than him.

on the subject of the invaders, who are a complex illustration of the damage done to the world by war, the damage done to peoples lives by war and an effective illustration of what happens when our own advanced nations attack somewhere powerless to resist them, Cruise says:

"The Martians in Wells' book are evil and ugly"

Top notch insight there Tom. never mind that Wells is distinct in regarding the possibility they might not be evil, or at least not more so than our own society. But at least you did get one right, they are pretty ugly by our standards. Still since you've obviously read the book, lets get your thoughts on translating the book to screen:

"it's going to maintain the tone of H.G. Wells' [1898 book]. These guys are coming to dominate Earth."

oh dear Mr Cruise, if that is your real name. What about all the other aspects of the book? the underlying stuff that makes it such an important novel? Whilst i appreciate if you were to read the book you might miss such points im sure that you playing the lead role and all someone might have tried explaining it to you. Lets close on the most revealing quote of yours. When asked what the man HG Wells himself might have made of this charade of a WOTW film you say:

"He's really pumped and has given us free rein to do what we want. [Laughs loudly]"

please.....please god let it be a joke. The sorry thing is I cant really say for sure that it is. And even if its not it does make me sad the man himself isnt around to work on this, at least then nobody could argue with the end result and very possibly we might have avoided the plague of Cruise, evidently a closet George W Bush impersonator