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Post by deadsword on Jun 8, 2006 6:02:44 GMT
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Maybe this has been touched upone before in this forum, maybe not. Anyway I was curious of just after Ray drives off in the mini-van you see houses getting hit by debris from devastion of his home after the oil or feul truck and other vehicles fall on it and homes next to it. And you can see a number of poeple running on both sides of that street the he speeds down and they seem to get vaporised by the other explosions on that st. Or were these other homes,etc hit by the heat-ray. I did not see any doing so but maybe it was bombs, maybe the tripods have another weapon not mentioned of some bombs or destructive devices they sling out by their tentacles. Also I noticed that right when Manny gets zapped you can see that in the right rear view mirror, as i suppose from the view of Robbie, and It seems conflicting for some odd reason. When the mini-van is driving off you can see that the bridge there is parallel to it sort as it speeds off and you begin to see the rays do their thing and before that as you see Manny get vaporised it seems that from the vantage point of that right passenger rear view mirror that the freeway and bridge are right of the vehicle and not left of it. Not sure if anyone in here has noticed this and maybe is not important and I am not sure I explained it clearly enough. Please forgive me if so.
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Post by RustiSwordz on Jun 8, 2006 13:16:03 GMT
i was busy throwing up at the terrible film to notice.
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Post by nervouspete on Jun 8, 2006 19:49:20 GMT
Really? Really Rusti? After the menacing build up, the fantastic intersection sequence and eerie discordent music, you were feeling revulsed by the sheer awfulness on show before you? Are you mad? I can understand shaking your fist in wrath at everything post ferry attack, but before that it is at the very least a solid film. And did they ever let you back in after they cleaned up the mess?  But anyway... The explosion that trashed the street was from the fuel tanker, in my opinion. As for the Manny/bridge rearview placement, I reckon I'll have to check that over again. |
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Jun 9, 2006 0:17:35 GMT
'' I can understand shaking your fist in wrath at everything post ferry attack, but before that it is at the very least a solid film.'' Come on, NP. You should know by now that Rusti shakes his fist in wrath at everything.  |
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Post by deadsword on Jun 9, 2006 6:40:43 GMT
I read that the heat rays that hit the freeway and bridge were not from that tripod from the intersection but from another one that had emerged near it and it had been written out of the script.
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Post by Commandingtripod on Jun 9, 2006 6:42:33 GMT
To me, the bridge didn't look like it had been hit by the heat ray.
It looked like something else.
I think I need to watch the movie again so I can correct myself - but I thought for a second I saw green flashes - not the blue heat ray.
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Post by nervouspete on Jun 9, 2006 6:59:56 GMT
'' I can understand shaking your fist in wrath at everything post ferry attack, but before that it is at the very least a solid film.'' Come on, NP. You should know by now that Rusti shakes his fist in wrath at everything. *Shiver runs down spine* Erk! I think he's shaking it at me, right now! |
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Post by nervouspete on Jun 9, 2006 7:02:15 GMT
To me, the bridge didn't look like it had been hit by the heat ray. It looked like something else. I think I need to watch the movie again so I can correct myself - but I thought for a second I saw green flashes - not the blue heat ray. It's the same weapon the intersection tripod uses to demolish those houses behind Ray as he runs along. A sort of 'gravity ray' or something. I think it does come from a different tripod in that scene, one from behind the bridge. But then again Ray seems convinced - or rather fooling himself for sanity's sake - that there's only one, so maybe it doubled back to the bridge. |
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Post by wotwfan48 on Jun 9, 2006 23:06:54 GMT
I would like it a lot, if in theses scenes, at the biginning, if there was more tripods, imagine seeing at least 3 tripods rising from above, instead of one. (remember, when we see the tripod from above, as if we where in a helicopter for exemple, or on a much higher building, rising with dust aroud it). And then more then one attacking. It was good anyway, a lot of action. But wish I could see more of them especially on day time, more than night time. Chantale.
I just read my text again, the real thing I wanted so say is that, I would have liked it, if we could see from where and from what the attack on the brige, and buildings, came from. Chantale.
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Post by deadsword on Jun 11, 2006 2:35:21 GMT
To me, the bridge didn't look like it had been hit by the heat ray. It looked like something else. I think I need to watch the movie again so I can correct myself - but I thought for a second I saw green flashes - not the blue heat ray. It's the same weapon the intersection tripod uses to demolish those houses behind Ray as he runs along. A sort of 'gravity ray' or something. I think it does come from a different tripod in that scene, one from behind the bridge. But then again Ray seems convinced - or rather fooling himself for sanity's sake - that there's only one, so maybe it doubled back to the bridge. NP in your Great Invasion thread there is some detail about it somewhere in the first chapter i think of this other type of weapon that is not the heat ray but a demolishing beam that has alot of concusive, imacting force on targets. |
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Post by malfunkshun on Jun 11, 2006 7:19:39 GMT
the freeway was obviously destroyed by munitions which were planted by the aliens millions of years ago in anticipation of the freeway which would be built. i believe this is the obvious answer, since those blue 'heat rays' are only effective against human flesh and leave clothing miraculously untouched. obviously they would be innefective against a vast chunk of concrete. plus, the explosions destroying the bridge are green, obviously a different weapon than the blue 'flesh ray'. one other point in defense of my theory... grenades and claymore mines are green. the explosions which destroy the bridge are green. they are obviously stationary demolitions charges. i rest my case
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Post by nervouspete on Jun 11, 2006 22:16:55 GMT
NP in your Great Invasion thread there is some detail about it somewhere in the first chapter i think of this other type of weapon that is not the heat ray but a demolishing beam that has alot of concusive, imacting force on targets. Ah! Yes! I will be adding to that on Monday, as I have the day off - yay! Yep, it's a theory of mine due to the lack of flame or disintegration, it seems in the film more like a big invisible weight that smashes things apart. Some sort of concussive beam, as you said! I have a hunch that it comes from the main 'eye' of the tripod. The reason why we never see this on the film is that because we're following it though Ray's eyes, well - he'd be dead if he saw it coming. So we don't see it. Natch. He's only ever running from the outskirts of these blast zones. |
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Post by deadsword on Jun 14, 2006 2:22:13 GMT
NP in your Great Invasion thread there is some detail about it somewhere in the first chapter i think of this other type of weapon that is not the heat ray but a demolishing beam that has alot of concusive, imacting force on targets. Ah! Yes! I will be adding to that on Monday, as I have the day off - yay! Yep, it's a theory of mine due to the lack of flame or disintegration, it seems in the film more like a big invisible weight that smashes things apart. Some sort of concussive beam, as you said! I have a hunch that it comes from the main 'eye' of the tripod. The reason why we never see this on the film is that because we're following it though Ray's eyes, well - he'd be dead if he saw it coming. So we don't see it. Natch. He's only ever running from the outskirts of these blast zones. So np how many more parts or chapters do you have lined up for the GI? |
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Post by Lensman on Jun 21, 2006 3:25:52 GMT
It's the same weapon the intersection tripod uses to demolish those houses behind Ray as he runs along. A sort of 'gravity ray' or something. I think it does come from a different tripod in that scene, one from behind the bridge. Thanks for bringing this up, CommandingTripod and NervousPete. I *wondered* why the heat ray seemed to have enuff power to throw around a gigantic bridge as tho it were made of cardboard. I thought that was another weakness in the film, that the heat ray could have such different effects on people and large objects. If it was a different weapon, that makes a lot more sense. |
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Post by Luperis on Jun 21, 2006 12:38:16 GMT
A second weapon is certainly an interesting idea... and would account for a lot of the damage done in the movie that seems inconsistant with the power of the heat ray. or maybe the heat ray was supposed to have multiple power settings - low for people and small-scale attacks, high for concrete structures like buildings and bridges? Just a thought.
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