The Hardware

[TOMAHAWK]

ok peeps

How do you think SS is going to portray the martian hardware ....What thoughts do you have about it, how do you visualize the stuff

and how do you think the new Tripods will compare to the novels original tripods

I have been thinking about SS martians .... given that there are alot of tall buildings ...are we going to get a sort of king kong, jurassic park 2 (t REX), Godzilla sort of effect were there are tripods running up and down main streets standing on the obligatory yellow cab, picking up a fire engine and bashing that , whilst being pursued by 5 apaches

Seriously .... won't that lessen the scare ability of the tripods ..being dwarft by our buildings...seems a little corny ..like a 60's japanese creature feature movie.

[TOMAHAWK]

or better still .. the marshmallow man from ghostbusters ....

The tripods are supposed to be huge monstrous tripods but in the confines of an american city ...well they won't look that monstrous

[Gnorn]

As of yet it looks like most of the movie will take place in the suburbs and outside NY, so I don't think Spielberg has to worry about skyscrapers dwarfing the tripods. However, I can imagine Spielberg making the tripods a lot taller. As of the design... I don't know. I think he will keep that a secret until you see the movie in the cinema.

-Gnorn

[TOMAHAWK]

To be honest .. Pendragons design for the handling machine would suit this film

I just hope the hardware isn't going to look to much like a zoid ;D or at least too sophisticated, but saying that something like the spider from Wild Wild west wouldn't be fitting, now maybe a hybrid of the two may work

I quite like the idea of big stomping girderlike legs, rather then the spindly spidery type , although the feet in the JW test piece look really cool

[Topaz]

TOMAHAWK said:

...are we going to get a sort of king kong, jurassic park 2 (t REX), Godzilla sort of effect were there are tripods running up and down main streets standing on the obligatory yellow cab, picking up a fire engine and bashing that , whilst being pursued by 5 apaches

I can't speak to whether or not you'll see them surrounded by buildings, although I agree that would be a bad visual.

Given the proclivities of the movie industry these days, I'd say that the scene I've pulled from your post above is a virtual guarantee. Standing on a cab? I'd practically stake my next paycheck that you'll see that scene and possibly a gasoline truck getting picked up and thrown, as in Twister, Independance Day, ad nauseum.

With a little luck, though, the visuals will go beyond the clichés and we'll get some cool footage, too.

[malfunkshun]

the tripods will almost certainly look cool, but i'll be VERY surprised if they look anything like the way they were described in the book, other than having 3 legs. everything else has been changed, so i expect these tripods to be 'improved' too.

[dalekhunter]

I don't think it will be a bad visual at all! seeing taller buildings against the tripods....could you imagine? people still in their offices and the bulk of the machine comes walking towards you, Then the people look at the heat ray in horror as it powers up you see a flash and horror in their eyes. Then the camera view backs down to outside on the ground looking up as you see the heat ray blast and cut into the building like a knife through butter one half of the buikding topples destroying innocent people...the tripod stands tall king of the sky again and walks of in search of destruction ...what you think?

[themotile]

dalekhunter said:

I don't think it will be a bad visual at all! seeing taller buildings against the tripods....could you imagine? people still in their offices and the bulk of the machine comes walking towards you, Then the people look at the heat ray in horror as it powers up you see a flash and horror in their eyes. Then the camera view backs down to outside on the ground looking up as you see the heat ray blast and cut into the building like a knife through butter one half of the buikding topples destroying innocent people...the tripod stands tall king of the sky again and walks of in search of destruction ...what you think?

Nice image there hunter.