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Post by Happy Chappy on Jun 9, 2004 9:47:24 GMT
I have never seen the TV series (I believe it was on Sky before I "went digital"). Is it actually very good? Could someone give me an idea of what it's about? (And don't say "read the book!  ;D) |
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Post by Killraven on Jun 9, 2004 11:43:45 GMT
Is it actually very good? Er...no! ;D Pretty rubbish really and the connection with the film is tenuous, let alone with the book!  Synopsis: After the invasion, the Martians 'go underground' and develop the technology to assume human form (a la 'The Invaders') and set about trying to sabotage and subvert human activities (a la The Invaders). A 'secret' crack team of humans tries to thwart and expose them, though often they are not believed and alien evidence disappears (a la The Invaders). Yawn....  |
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Post by David Faltskog on Jun 9, 2004 12:46:19 GMT
Yeah i agree to a degree! JazzyJeff.  But in the first episode when the Martian Manta Ray ships are found in that massive warehouse and reactivated to rise again is imo a brilliant scene. Shame the remaining episodes from the two series(yep i,ve seen them all)don't live up to the end of the first episode. B-B. |
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Post by Thunder Child on Jun 9, 2004 20:24:06 GMT
But in the first episode when the Martian Manta Ray ships are found in that massive warehouse and reactivated to rise again is imo a brilliant scene.
Yeah, that was a good scene!!!
But the rest of the series was crap in my opinion...
Greetings,
Johan
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Post by Killraven on Jun 9, 2004 21:07:41 GMT
Yeah i agree to a degree! JazzyJeff. But in the first episode when the Martian Manta Ray ships are found in that massive warehouse and reactivated to rise again is imo a brilliant scene. OK, I'll give you that! ;D |
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Post by Bayne on Jun 9, 2004 23:51:17 GMT
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Post by krys666 on Aug 19, 2004 22:01:47 GMT
Sorry but what is, "The Invaders"? I have a pretty good idea but not actualy seen it. So if i see wotw series first then it is new to me. And also not seen this series.
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Aug 19, 2004 23:21:35 GMT
'The Invaders' was about an architect who discovers that invaders from another planet are amongst us after witnessing a UFO landing.. he recognises the aliens by a bent little finger because they otherwise look human, if I remember rightly. It ran for ages years ago and was better than I just made it sound.
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Post by Sam on Aug 20, 2004 13:03:59 GMT
In the cartoon, are the martians like in the film (Three eyes, big head, 2 leg things flying in coathanger machines) or as they should be (hideous things with tentacles and striding round in tripods?)
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Aug 20, 2004 13:26:40 GMT
Cartoon? If you mean Jeff Wayne's new CGI film I would be surprised if they aren't based on the album designs.
I can't recall ever seeing a Jeff Wayne design for the Martians themselves... that one might be a surprise but I guess tentacles will figure in it.
If you mean WotW the series.. it was live action, not cartoon, and based on the 1950's designs.. although the Martians were a little different.. Most of the time they were in human form due to technology they developed. The Martian Elders were tall and wrapped in cloaks most of the time.Saved on the budget no doubt.
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Post by Sam on Aug 21, 2004 19:05:03 GMT
I meant the Series Nerfherder |
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Post by Bayne on Aug 21, 2004 21:09:02 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]The martians from the PC and PS1 games could give us an idea of the CGI films designs... suitably large eyed, tentacled and pulsating. The beak looks a bit funny, and some of the tentacles are much larger/longer than others but they do look cool.
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Post by krys666 on Aug 28, 2004 0:38:59 GMT
Yes, i lkinda like the game's martians, but i don't get this... I have playstation version. On cutsenes and last level (the elders), what do the artian look like. Are they one body? Like in the book (one big head), or in the horsell common sene, are there bodys hiding behind the seat thing in which they sit in?? And love when the kid jumps on the severed martian's head!!!  ;D ;D  |
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Post by Bayne on Aug 28, 2004 1:30:54 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]You get a brief look at the martians unseated in the opening cinematic for the martians in the PC game. They are just heads, no hidden body so the martian corpse being stomped on is unsevered.[/glow]
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Post by krys666 on Aug 28, 2004 13:12:05 GMT
So, is this right??
On playstation game, horsell common sut-sene, where we see the martian, the head, is that ALL of the matian???
And "the elders", are they just "heads" sitting on those purple things???
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Aug 28, 2004 18:26:05 GMT
Krys, when you talk do you sound chinese?
Just curious.
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Post by Killraven on Aug 29, 2004 22:04:44 GMT
Krys, when you talk do you sound chinese? Just curious. "...wax on...wax off"  ;D |
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Post by Happy Chappy on Aug 31, 2004 9:27:43 GMT
Can I have 147, Plawn Clackers, 96, Flied Beef and Gleen Pappers in Brack Bean Sauce, and 105, Egg Flied Lice please... ;D ;D
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Post by Killraven on Aug 31, 2004 17:31:04 GMT
"Wo' yooo waooooorr???" |
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Post by the Donal on Sept 22, 2004 17:11:13 GMT
Back to the topic - I saw bits of the series and agree that it was totally awful.
No doubt a big influence on the number of posts in this category. I also have noted the reference to "The Invaders". Reminds me of days when BBC2 did a Sci-Fi movie season and I saw such greats as the 1953 WOTW movie for the first time, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Invaders From Mars, When Worlds Collide, This Island Earth, and many, many more (Coming to a K-Tel DVD soon - not available in any shops!) Still very fond of all of these movies.
ps - Oo wonn chiee sorrrce wiv vat?!
This chicken is rubbery - "Fank oo ver much!"
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