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Post by EvilNerfherder on Nov 15, 2005 14:21:55 GMT
Here you can tell us about YOU. Post piccies as well, if you like.. it's always nice to put a mug to a username.  |
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Post by Thunder Child on Nov 15, 2005 16:51:38 GMT
My name is Johan Groenewold, I’m 24 years old and I live in Oude Pekela, a little town in the North-eastern part of The Netherlands. I live together with my girlie Corina. Corina and I are together for almost two years now. We’ve got one dog at the moment called Laika, another one will arrive Saturday. Both are Rottweilers. I’m planning to start my own pub. Besides The War of the Worlds I’ve got many hobbies: drinking beer, collecting fossils, playing paintball, and of course I sing in the Dutch punkband DestrOi! The punk band DestrOi! was founded in 2003. The band combines Oi! and Anarcho-punk into a style we call Chaos Streetpunk. We get our inspiration from bands like The 4-Skins, The Exploited, One Way System and Oxymoron. Our mission in short: to expand and revive the "reality-punk" scène in the Northern part of The Netherlands. More info: www.destroi.tkAbout The War of the Worlds: The first time I came in contact with TWOTW was when I was about 6 years old. My uncle had a single of The Eve of The War from the Jeff Wayne musical version and I remember that I was staring vividly at that weird robot thing attacking a war-ship. And I loved the song. In the years after that I sometimes heard The Eve of the War on the radio and I bought a synthesizer CD with the track. A friend of mine then showed me a CD that he had found in the Library with The Eve of the War on it. It was of course the Jeff Wayne’s musical version and the cover looked all to familiar to me. I immediately fell in love with the album, often playing it a couple of times a day. In 1993 I started to write my own version of The War of the Worlds, set in my hometown, based on the Jeff Wayne version. I read the original novel about one year after that and to be honest, I was a bit disappointed with the Fighting Machines in it, because they are totally different than the ones in the Jeff Wayne version to which I had come accustomed to. But after a very short while, I closed the novel and the Fighting Machines in my heart, never to be released from it again. First TWOTW was only a good SF book to me. Later, when I was about 16 years old, I became interested in politics and began to see the underlying political/social message in The War of the Worlds. I’m proud to say I was one of the very first members of this excellent forum! Pictures This is me:  The Band DestrOi!  Me and Corina: ![]() huizen.daxis.nl/~twotw/Johan En Corina In Het Park 21-07-2004.JPG[/img] The Band During A Gig:  |
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Post by Poyks on Nov 15, 2005 17:03:05 GMT
Hi, I'm Brendan and I like biscuits and custard. ;D  |
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1953
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Spot the Strings! :-)
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Post by 1953 on Nov 18, 2005 3:49:25 GMT
Hello my name is Richard, i'm 27 and i'm from Staffordshire, England.
I first became interested when I was 9 and the 1953 film was on at 1 O'clock in the morning and I begged my Dad to let me stay up to watch it, it was the first time I heard of TWOTW and I didnt know what it was about.
Then when I was 15 a friend of my mum let me borrow Jeff Waynes musical, thats when I really became interested.
The muscial is my favourte of all the incarnations.
I have never read the book I've never got my hands on a copy but I have listened to it!, I have it on tape read by Tim Piggott-Smith.
I also like other sci-fi like Star Trek and Doctor Who.
I dont have a picture to post, anyway I dont want to be blamed for breaking peoples monitors. ;D
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Post by Spirit of Man on Nov 19, 2005 3:58:34 GMT
Hi, My name is Simon and im from the Midlands.............a town called Nuneaon. Im pretty much into all of the versions of WotW that have been created..............even (to a degree) Timbo's version. Tho the musical is my fave hands down, closely followed by the recent SS fillum. When im not on here or Jeffs forum im usually playing World of Warcraft or tending to my guilds forum  |
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Post by RustiSwordz on Nov 20, 2005 21:00:17 GMT
My name is Richard Daborn, i'm from Woking in UK home of HG and WOTW, (all i can say is im not surprised the marsies wanted to destroy woking its a cr*p town) I look a lot like the guy in the pic above. go here www.richarddaborn.co.uk to learn more. |
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Nov 20, 2005 22:39:19 GMT
 This is me. |
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Post by Zoë on Nov 20, 2005 22:54:38 GMT
hmm I havent posted on here for a while but hey I always have time to talk about myself. The first wotw thing I had was the musical.. scared me till I was about 12 (17 now).. during that time I read the book and watched the film a few times. But I am mostly obsessed with the musical. other things I like? well league of gentlemen and red dwarf fave tv shows. books: harry potter, stephen king are my two faves and anything on Jack The Ripper - im not that weird music - at the moment its black eyes peas (shame i know) robbie williams and motown.. but I like practically anything. Oh I go to college and study law, psychology and sociology.. was doing biology but i actually hated it. I have the best pets in the world a scorpion (spike), tarantula (phoebe) and a hamster (anakin). If anyone actually wants to see me, theres loads of pictures on www.myspace.com/acid__burn |
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Post by RustiSwordz on Nov 21, 2005 8:59:34 GMT
This is me. Christ! (Ducks behind sofa...) ;D  |
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Nov 21, 2005 12:52:59 GMT
No.. not Christ.. EvilNerfherder.
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Post by David Faltskog on Nov 21, 2005 13:39:50 GMT
Strewth...And to think i once call EvilNerfus a twit  now i shall call him Sir. ;D D.F...Want's to live a little longer. |
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Post by BrutalDeluxe on Nov 21, 2005 21:49:41 GMT
My name is Robert Polson, err I mean Justin Leigh. I'm 29, have three lovely kids and last week got married to my beautiful wife Tami. I'm into tattoos and have designed several for different people. I love music, particularly of the punk/hardcore persuasion, with the occasional dose of indie alternative and goth. I wear a lot of black and have played bass in a couple of pub bands. My other interests are writing, studying martial arts, indoor beach volleyball (none of this real light business), horror movies and having a few drinks with friends... oh, and war of the worlds ;D Here are a couple of pics: Tami and I  Proof I actually have non-red eyes  |
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Nov 22, 2005 0:25:33 GMT
You got married Brutal? You kept that quiet! Congrats anyway! |
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Post by BrutalDeluxe on Nov 22, 2005 1:55:55 GMT
Thanx! Yeah my brain's not what it used to be. It's quite an exhausting experience getting married.
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Post by Anim8tr on Nov 22, 2005 4:12:28 GMT
Here we go...  Thanks for the warm welcome! |
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Nov 22, 2005 21:07:41 GMT
(Image & Text Courtesy Of CRIMEWATCH UK) "Police are currently looking for this man who was seen on the evening of November 3rd acting very strange outside the home of Steven Spielberg - director, producer. This CCTV image was captured during late afternoon as Mr Spielberg strolled with his dog while observing a man who was on the grounds to his home in Hertfordshire. He was standing amounst bushes with his arms folded, starring blankly while wearing a pink frilly 1980's ra ra skirt and Doctor Martin boots, to then later urinate through Mr Spielbergs letterbox and then asking how far it had gone before running off into neigbouring fields - A police spokemans for Hertfordshire police have asked for the public not to approach this man as he could frighten them by standing with his arms folded while starring" |
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Post by daniel on Nov 24, 2005 14:48:23 GMT
Hi all! to be perfeclt honest i thought the book was quite boring. i mean i liked it and it was good and all but it was a boring way to tell a story.
I'm listening to the radio play right now. it's very good.
anyway i just thought i'd say hi!
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Post by Poyks on Nov 24, 2005 15:26:05 GMT
LMAO!!! H_C!! ;D PS anim8tr, the Tama kit looks bloody fantastic!!  |
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Post by Anim8tr on Nov 25, 2005 1:31:08 GMT
PS anim8tr, the Tama kit looks bloody fantastic!! Thanks Poyks! I really luvs 'em! |
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Post by Luperis on Nov 25, 2005 21:05:01 GMT
Hello.
My real name is Jemima, I am 18 years old and I am from the Isle of Man. It is my first year of university, I am studying at the University Of California: Santa Cruz, and I am hoping to do a degree in Astrophysics. ;D
At home I have two chinchillas called Pippin and Merry, and they are the coolest, cutest, most hyperactive pets in the world.
I first became interested in the War of the Worlds when I was about 6, and my parents had baught a cassette tape of sci-fi music that they played in the car. It contained 'The Eve of the War', and I was constantly playing the track over and over - and eventually they got the CD. I have been hooked ever since, and enjoy everything to do with WotW - but the musical will always be one of my favourates.
My hobbies include karate (I am a second level brown belt now), hiking, computer graphics and sketching. Oh... and I make martians look cute! ;D
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now i shall call him Sir. ;D
