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Post by Flynn77 on Feb 14, 2005 13:32:03 GMT
Perhaps they could be one of Mars's moons? There a bit small but.....
'Phobos to the right is a doomed world. Those who live in about 50 million years will never get to see it. Every hundred years it gets almost two meters closer to the surface of Mars. Eventually it will either crash into the planet, or be ripped apart, forming a ring like the rings around the outer planets.'
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Post by paco417 on Feb 14, 2005 13:40:50 GMT
Tripods in the film i can understand, cylinders and black smoke? yeah those too but NOT Martians! come on if you are going to do a film on WOTW at least try and keep all the main elements in place! oh well i guess i'll have a look when it comes out just to be curious!?  |
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Post by HTT on Feb 14, 2005 14:09:19 GMT
All together now...
"I don't know if we're invading tonight
I got this feelin that somethin ain't right
I'm so scared 'case there's germs in the air
& I'm wondrin' how 3 legs cope with stairs
Deimos to the left of me
Phobos to the right
Here I am
Stuck in the middle on Mars!"
Now that's a good idea - Martians, and yet not martians (Deimans {are forever}, Phobians {oooh, scary!}?). As ole Hunter was fond of saying to D-D McCall: "Works for me!". Or was that Hannibal Lecter in the A-Team?
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Post by Flynn77 on Feb 14, 2005 14:13:11 GMT
Yes! Phobians, or even, Marphobians!! ;D
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Post by Thorgrimm on Feb 14, 2005 17:02:27 GMT
I intend on seeing the SS version, but will view it as a good alien invasion movie, not an adaption of WOTW. As too many of the core ideas of WOTW are being changed.  Cheers Thorgrimm |
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 14, 2005 17:37:39 GMT
Do people still use the term 'Martian' in the 21st century?.
All because SS said NO to Martians does not mean that his aliens in the film are going to appear differant than what Wells described. They could or they could not appear in the film very similar. All because of a title change doesn't mean we have to rule them out completely.
Think - Martians, erm liitle on the sounding silly side in 21st century Earth knowing what we know already about the red planet. Alien however is still freely used, a spine tingler, not too old fashioned and leaves the imagination running amock.
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Post by Topaz on Feb 14, 2005 17:58:23 GMT
Do people still use the term 'Martian' in the 21st century?. All because SS said NO to Martians does not mean that his aliens in the film are going to appear differant than what Wells described. They could or they could not appear in the film very similar. All because of a title change doesn't mean we have to rule them out completely. Think - Martians, erm liitle on the sounding silly side in 21st century Earth knowing what we know already about the red planet. Alien however is still freely used, a spine tingler, not too old fashioned and leaves the imagination running amock. A good point. I suppose one could call a Martian an 'alien' just as much as if they're from Proxima Centauri. Spielberg is quoted as saying "they're not Martians," because of what we currently know about the planet. This could be a ruse, as others have pointed out. Or maybe it isn't, and he's going to leave their planet of origin completely unknown, which I suppose would work fine. Those of us who would like them to be Martians can have them be from Mars.  The bigger concern, to my mind, is the fact that someone paraphrased Speilberg (or was it Cruise?) as saying that the aliens wouldn't be 'octopi.' That's a little scary, in terms of how much the Wells 'aliens' look like that. Wells is so specific about the look of his aliens - and let's face it, they're some of the most 'alien' aliens ever described - so I can't see why Spielberg would want to change them, if that's indeed what has happened. Budget concerns with animating all those tentacles? ;D Guess we find out when the movie is released! |
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Post by Killraven on Feb 14, 2005 19:01:39 GMT
Surely if the aliens aren't from Mars, but planet-hopping from some far off galaxy somewhere, then we are stretching the credibility a bit calling it "War of the Worlds"  Which worlds are warring exactly? If they aren't martians, then it's difficult to argue that Mars itself (or any of its indigenous life, amoeba or otherwise..!) are taking part in the conflict - Which stretches the credibility of the film already, regardless of there being any 'red weed' 'black smoke' or any other itty bitty elements of the book thrown into the mixer...  |
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Post by Gnorn on Feb 14, 2005 19:09:27 GMT
Surely if the aliens aren't from Mars, but planet-hopping from some far off galaxy somewhere [...] Much like ID4. Paramount is even planning on a 4 July release! o.O -Gnorn |
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Post by Tripod on Feb 14, 2005 19:21:52 GMT
I think the Martians would create even a greater feeling of horror, because scientists are always saying there's no chance of anything coming from Mars, but still they come!!! We were wrong!!!
The horror, the horror!
Tripod
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Post by Topaz on Feb 14, 2005 20:17:00 GMT
I think the Martians would create even a greater feeling of horror, because scientists are always saying there's no chance of anything coming from Mars, but still they come!!! We were wrong!!! The horror, the horror! Tripod Good point - the surprise factor would've been stunning. It would've been GREAT if the movie opened to a shot of one of the MER rovers crawling along the surface, then getting snatched by a steely tentacle. Surpriiiiise! ;D |
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Post by malfunkshun on Feb 15, 2005 1:55:37 GMT
Surely if the aliens aren't from Mars, but planet-hopping from some far off galaxy somewhere, then we are stretching the credibility a bit calling it "War of the Worlds" Which worlds are warring exactly? If they aren't martians, then it's difficult to argue that Mars itself (or any of its indigenous life, amoeba or otherwise..!) are taking part in the conflict thats definitely true, if its called War of the Worlds, which worlds are at war? are we fighting homeless aliens who've traveled from another star, or are we fighting another planet in our solar system filled with em, as it was in the original book? seems to me for it to be accurate, they'd have to change the title to War of the Races or something like that if there isn't going to be another actual world to have a war with.  |
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Post by Flynn77 on Feb 15, 2005 12:30:22 GMT
Guess we will have to wait and see with that one. If it is revealed what planet the aliens are from then we do have WOTW. But I agree, if nothing is revealed about their origin then what worlds are at war? Unless of course they park some huge portable world in orbit!! ;D
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Post by HTT on Feb 15, 2005 12:51:34 GMT
They could be from Shamballah! Holes in the poles and all that! War of the Words: Hollow Earth! The world above vs the world below! They're already here... underground! Or they could be from another Earth in a parallel dimension, where another life form has developed. Or I could just be talking b'lox!!  |
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 15, 2005 14:02:21 GMT
Key points
It's called 'War Of The Worlds' because as it happens, thats's the name of the book it's based around.
What worlds are at War - what ever worlds Speilberg so wishes to involve. They don't have to exsist in our solar system
Could Mars be used as the 2nd planet - well why not. Speilberg mentioned the film being realistic and as Man has NOT even scratched the surface of Mars, who has to say that NO life forms live up there.
H_C
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Post by theheatray on Feb 15, 2005 14:59:07 GMT
hi guys!
If the aliens didnt come from some other dimension or fron some asteroid field or from the inside of a blackhole then I would come to the conclusion that they came from some sort of planet with an atmosphere similar to Earths, so for them to invade it would be a war.....of the worlds..?
I agree with H_C they could still come from mars using some ingenius plot device.
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Post by Tripod on Feb 16, 2005 14:53:44 GMT
Mars just fits best in the story, cause if Spielberg wants to tell WotW's real plot he's got to mention the Aliens come to colonise Earth because the recources on their own planet are running out, since Mars is dying even as we speak it logical to keep Martians in WotW.
Tripod
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Post by Gnorn on Feb 16, 2005 14:58:56 GMT
... and as Man has NOT even scratched the surface of Mars, who has to say that NO life forms live up there. H_C Actually, I'm from Mars... -Gnorn |
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Post by ClaytonForrester on Feb 16, 2005 16:10:08 GMT
My God ,Spielberg!you aren't actually going to follow the f***-up trail that Paramount started down with WOW the series are you?This is purely a rhetorical question.
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Post by RustiSwordz on Feb 16, 2005 16:51:49 GMT
Well SS and Cruise both refer to the 'aliens' as martians.
I personally think its a wind up.
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Which worlds are warring exactly? If they aren't martians, then it's difficult to argue that Mars itself (or any of its indigenous life, amoeba or otherwise..!) are taking part in the conflict 
