Winky
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Post by Winky on Feb 27, 2005 23:19:30 GMT
Just wondering from the footage we have seen so far, what you think are homages to the radio broadcast, the 1953 movie [besides the whole movie which some of you belive] and directly out of the book?
Orson Wells:
-New Jersey references
1953:
-Leather jacket
-Alien hand?
Original Novel:
-Tripods
-Tentacles
-Red Weed
-Ferry Scene
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Post by Gnorn on Feb 27, 2005 23:27:35 GMT
Going OT here, Winky, but what's with the date under your avatar?
About homages: the cameos of the '53 actors (Ann Robinson and whatsis name)
-Gnorn
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Winky
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Post by Winky on Feb 27, 2005 23:41:30 GMT
When I first got the book out of the school library when i was in the 6th grade ;D
and how on earth could I forget Ann and Gene!?
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Post by Curate on Feb 27, 2005 23:44:22 GMT
* A tin of 'PAL' dogfood will be seen on a shelf at one point - an obvious homage to George Pal.
*The tripods will have very visible wires holding them up.
*Tom Cruise is actually wearing the same leather jacket that Gene Barry wore in the 1953 movie - which is why it looks so battered.
*In the spirit of the 1953 movie, 'Otto' will have no legs.
*Cruise will force his traumatised kids to cook him some eggs just before the 'ruined house' scene.
*In an effort to please fans, the full text of the novel will scroll past at the botom of the screen during the entire running time of the film. That way, if you're annoyed about the changes Spielberg has made, you can just read the book
*HG Wells will cameo. His body is being exhumed as I type.
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Post by Gerkinman on Feb 28, 2005 1:59:31 GMT
lmao ;D
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Post by RustiSwordz on Feb 28, 2005 9:51:32 GMT
*HG Wells will cameo. His body is being exhumed as I type. nah they will be bringing him in via Time Machine the producers borrowed from Area 51 alone with the crashed ID4 starfighter which will be used as the flying machine in one scene. |
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Post by themotile on Feb 28, 2005 12:28:29 GMT
*Cruise will force his traumatised kids to cook him some eggs just before the 'ruined house' scene. LMAO  I can see it now... |
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Post by Tripod on Feb 28, 2005 19:11:16 GMT
I hope they make Ray listen to the radio, which is broadcasted from a top of a skycraper in New York.
Tripod
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Hals
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Post by Hals on Feb 28, 2005 23:00:17 GMT
They'll have an elderly couple (Gene Barry & Ann Robinson) sitting down to a breakfast of fried eggs at their ranch just outside town.... "Cup of tea dear?" says Ann, "Yes please" replies Gene... "One lump or two ?" "Now now darling, this tea is Otto enough without me having lumps in it..." Boom Boom.  |
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Post by quaderni on Mar 1, 2005 0:03:05 GMT
Curate:
That was hilarious. I about spit my afternoon coffee all over my computer screen.
I suppose one could make a long list of all the Steven Spielberg self-references in the film. He won't be able to resist pulling a Kubrick.
I'm putting money on at least one ET doll floating around somewhere.
Best,
Quaderni
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Post by Cylinder on Mar 1, 2005 1:16:01 GMT
Pendragon: Mini Horse Tom and Dakota flee on when Ford Transit conks out.
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Post by themotile on Mar 1, 2005 9:28:19 GMT
I bet Spielberg has an upsidedown R2D2 under one of the tripods like he did in CE3K.
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Post by the Donal on Mar 1, 2005 13:23:43 GMT
LOL! Or on a TV in a scene a report showing a tripod striding over a desert with Jawa's scattering in all directions!
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Post by themotile on Mar 1, 2005 14:03:29 GMT
Maybe Cruise goes nuts and builds a tripod out of trash and his wife leaves him, and he has to use a ladder to reach the top of his tripod model because its over three feet tall.
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Post by the Donal on Mar 1, 2005 21:07:40 GMT
;D Very funny!
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Post by I own a cylinder on Mar 2, 2005 14:03:02 GMT
They'll have an elderly couple (Gene Barry & Ann Robinson) sitting down to a breakfast of fried eggs at their ranch just outside town.... "Cup of tea dear?" says Ann, "Yes please" replies Gene... "One lump or two ?" "Now now darling, this tea is Otto enough without me having lumps in it..." Boom Boom. Thats a cracker. Imagine them also with Gene satting Cruise on his lap after the film is over and sayin' "In my day son. We didn't do it like that." |
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I can see it now...
