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Post by Tripod on Dec 10, 2005 21:18:20 GMT
Dozens of people (mostly non-WotW fans) mock the ending of the story claiming it's too simple or too much of a anti climax. And I'm sure this has been asked you thousands of times but what do you think about the ending of the story?
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Post by marciano on Dec 10, 2005 23:23:24 GMT
Is a end based on science. I like it very much (the novel´s one NOT THE END SPIELBERG OF SPIELBERG FILM THAT WAS TOO FAST).
By bacteria!!! Was surprising.
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Post by sunnyrabbiera on Dec 11, 2005 1:06:30 GMT
I liked the ending of WOW as it was really a part of Wells's ironic tone and style...
he did it in Moreau, Invisible man and the time machine... sorta...
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Post by Poyks on Dec 11, 2005 2:28:35 GMT
It's utter genius! Imagine the story without that ending, it'd be like telling the story of Noah without the flood!
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Post by Thunder Child on Dec 11, 2005 17:02:37 GMT
It is perhaps the most famous part of the novel. It's brilliant!
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Dec 15, 2005 19:18:07 GMT
To us its pure simple, it IS a work of pure genius, as H.G says, "after all mans devices had failed", these highly advanced creatures were slain by the smallest, invisble and unlikely of all gods creations.
Sheer brillance!
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Post by Rocka on Dec 19, 2005 13:07:01 GMT
Great idea, and I think JW's album captures the feeling of it perfectly.
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Dec 19, 2005 13:50:13 GMT
Works well for me too.
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Post by Luperis on Dec 20, 2005 0:43:44 GMT
It's genius. And anyway, if the story had no end it would go on and on forever...  |
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Post by mctoddridesagain on Dec 20, 2005 23:31:23 GMT
I'd have to go with Brian Aldiss's enthusiastic verdict in the Great Books documentary - "What a coup de theatre!"
It is pure genius, clever on so many levels. Any jadedness people feel about it is because in the 108 years since it was written (108 bloody years, for God's sake!), a billion hacks have ripped it off and cheapened it.
It's like getting to the end of one of the Gospels and saying, "Resurrection? On the third day? *Yawn* Saw it coming, pass the remote..."
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Post by masterqwerty on Dec 21, 2005 6:53:46 GMT
Perhaps I shall continue by preaching to the choir. I have to say that the ending of the novel was incredible. Unfortunately, no other alien invasion adaptation was able to use a solution or an ending as surprising or as original as Well's defeat of the Martians by bacteria. What I always found so interesting about it is that humanity, for all it's virtues and flaws and its destructive weaponry, could not defeat the Martian forces. It seemed to be Wells saying that the human race's constant infighting and resources and time spent on advancing weaponry would ultimately be of no help when it mattered in the case of the species fighting for its survival. Instead, something that had been around the Earth since the beginning of life on the planet managed to save the human race. How humiliating a defeat it must've been for the Martians! Imagine a press conference with the Martian politicians telling their public the horrible news of defeat. "Well, it seems we were prepared to attack the humans, but our superior forces and intellects could not help us. That is why, as of today, we are going to implement a new federal program to create something the humans have called 'medicine' to give ourselves." And then their economy collapsed and they died out. Either that, or the Martian president will come out with a "Mission Accomplished" sign.  |
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Post by marciano on Dec 21, 2005 7:41:42 GMT
Another possible end would be that the mankind finally make the "Brave new world"
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Post by marciano on Dec 21, 2005 7:42:05 GMT
But i prefer the original, of course!
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Post by Charles on Dec 21, 2005 16:10:36 GMT
Another possible end would be that the mankind finally make the "Brave new world" Read Wells' "When the Sleeper Wakes" for that ending/sequel. |
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Post by Leatherhead on Feb 5, 2006 23:45:09 GMT
It's genius. And anyway, if the story had no end it would go on and on forever... and that's a bad thing if the story went on forever? |
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Post by Commandingtripod on Feb 6, 2006 8:14:43 GMT
I think that those who mock the ending are thinking of one thing - medicine.
True, we had medicine when Wells wrote the book, but there wasn't medicine that could treat some sorts of colds now.
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Post by stuka on Feb 18, 2006 19:47:29 GMT
wait, so people want WotW's ending to be like a sub-par action movie, with the humans coming back and, 'showing the martians they can't beat ameirca!'? Craziness, just craziness. A more literal use of a Dues Ex Machina, But a classic and untainted one as well.
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Post by Tripod on Feb 18, 2006 22:39:52 GMT
It seems like everybody on this board sees the ending as 'pure genius'. It seems like the appreciation of Wells writings will last forever.
Tripod
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Post by MikeH on Feb 25, 2006 14:55:05 GMT
I think the ending is great. The scenes of the narrator walking through "Dead London", and how desolate and empty the world must seem are superb.
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