Post by Marcus on May 28, 2005 0:17:35 GMT
I copied this from another thread that I posted it in, its for a Spin-off to the 58 film, but I agree a Mini-Series based on the book would be better.
And a TV Spin-Off...
Id probally do one Season, around 7 Episodes... each from a different person, different country, different experience during the War.
"Memoirs of the Martian Invasion"
First episode - England. One man struggles to make his way through england, from the site of the first cylinder crash, to London, and his only hope of survival, a plane from the burning country. (Book nod, obviously)
Episode 2 - Paris, France. As the Martians Invade and ravage the capital the military begins a mass evacuation, with tales of destruction and military failure across the globe the army begins to fight back, to hold off the Martian advance into the city... will they succeed in buying more time for the evacuation, or is all hope lost?
Episode 3 - Washington... As Martians destroy America, the capital is left untouched. With the army mobilizing for all out war a plan is devised to destroy the Martians once they are free from their cylinders. A plane, The Thunderchild (One from the film) will carry a payload of nukes... will the plan succeed?
Episode 4 - Australia. When one woman is caught my the Martians, she is taken to the vast pit where they first landed. Their, a large, miles wide Blood Farm is being built. Can she escape, or is she doomed to the same fate as those she watches fall to the Martians?
Episode 5 - Washington DC. The Thunderchild is ready to be deployed, in one last, desperate strike against the invades mankind hopes to destroy them using Nuclear Weapons. As the dead city begins to sound with the hum of Martian Flying Machines, the military begins to mobilize until the Thunderchild can escape. As the last grea city of man is laid to waste, one soldier must lead the assault on a downed fighting machine, and learn the secrets of the alien inside it.
Episode 6 - Mankind is destroyed, with our last hope oof destroying our Martian superiors lost the mass populous begins to flee to the hills, underground into the sewers, anywhere. A soldier, as helpless as the rest must lead a small group of evacuees through the hills north of (Insert place with hills here). With Martians in hot pursuit, can they find somewhere to hide, to survive, or will they be destroyed by the Invaders?
Episode 7 - Martians around the world begin to die, their bodies crumble under our earthly bacteria, and their fighting machines become nothing more than powered signs of victory. One woman recounts how she saw this first hand, and how those of the Invaders still unaffected by the bacteria made one last, desperate attempt to take earth for thier own.
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So, yeah, their just my thoughts, threw them together really quick. Like, just now. More time, better ideas. Each Episode about 45 minutes, with mention of the other episodes in each, like, cross over characters, mentions of the war in Paris, etc... etc...
Thoughts?
And a TV Spin-Off...
Id probally do one Season, around 7 Episodes... each from a different person, different country, different experience during the War.
"Memoirs of the Martian Invasion"
First episode - England. One man struggles to make his way through england, from the site of the first cylinder crash, to London, and his only hope of survival, a plane from the burning country. (Book nod, obviously)
Episode 2 - Paris, France. As the Martians Invade and ravage the capital the military begins a mass evacuation, with tales of destruction and military failure across the globe the army begins to fight back, to hold off the Martian advance into the city... will they succeed in buying more time for the evacuation, or is all hope lost?
Episode 3 - Washington... As Martians destroy America, the capital is left untouched. With the army mobilizing for all out war a plan is devised to destroy the Martians once they are free from their cylinders. A plane, The Thunderchild (One from the film) will carry a payload of nukes... will the plan succeed?
Episode 4 - Australia. When one woman is caught my the Martians, she is taken to the vast pit where they first landed. Their, a large, miles wide Blood Farm is being built. Can she escape, or is she doomed to the same fate as those she watches fall to the Martians?
Episode 5 - Washington DC. The Thunderchild is ready to be deployed, in one last, desperate strike against the invades mankind hopes to destroy them using Nuclear Weapons. As the dead city begins to sound with the hum of Martian Flying Machines, the military begins to mobilize until the Thunderchild can escape. As the last grea city of man is laid to waste, one soldier must lead the assault on a downed fighting machine, and learn the secrets of the alien inside it.
Episode 6 - Mankind is destroyed, with our last hope oof destroying our Martian superiors lost the mass populous begins to flee to the hills, underground into the sewers, anywhere. A soldier, as helpless as the rest must lead a small group of evacuees through the hills north of (Insert place with hills here). With Martians in hot pursuit, can they find somewhere to hide, to survive, or will they be destroyed by the Invaders?
Episode 7 - Martians around the world begin to die, their bodies crumble under our earthly bacteria, and their fighting machines become nothing more than powered signs of victory. One woman recounts how she saw this first hand, and how those of the Invaders still unaffected by the bacteria made one last, desperate attempt to take earth for thier own.
+++++++++++++++++++
So, yeah, their just my thoughts, threw them together really quick. Like, just now. More time, better ideas. Each Episode about 45 minutes, with mention of the other episodes in each, like, cross over characters, mentions of the war in Paris, etc... etc...
Thoughts?
