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Post by zero666 on Mar 28, 2005 0:57:33 GMT
TEXT[glow=green,2,300]Anyone got a fave part of the book that thay want to see in the movies???[/glow]
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Post by Marztok on Mar 28, 2005 4:50:13 GMT
Pretty well the whole book !!! What always fascinated me about all of Wells's early scientific romances is that they were written in Victorian times. His concepts were based on the knowledge of a 19th century man and I like the idea of approaching a movie adaptation from that angle. This is why I don't like any updating of his stories. For me, it's very important that the Martian war machines be as Wells describes them. I don't want to see them turned into something else altogether - like space ships, as in Pal's 1953 adaptation. Other than that, it's difficult to pick out one scene I'd really like to see. I think I'll be a bit frustrated if any major scene is missing !
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Post by Cabbie on Mar 28, 2005 9:54:22 GMT
agree with you there the whole book! but here are some of my favourite bits of the book which hopefully will be seen in Pendragons version. 1, Martains scuttling along under the hood of the Fm then rising to full height. 2, The heroic Thunderchild Battle 3, 12 or so Tripods in a crescent formation launching the canisters of black gas/smoke 4, The Cellar 5, Miss elphinstone
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Post by Lucius909 on Mar 28, 2005 10:45:01 GMT
Defintely the horror of the martian's feeding method. I very much doubt we'll get that from Spielberg, and full blown CG as to be seen in the Wayne production does not convery horror effectviely, so we are left relying (oh the irony) on Hines for some real nastiness.
The poster looks promising in that regard - the martian looks very nasty.
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Post by Architeuthis on Mar 28, 2005 11:37:36 GMT
Cool question zero666 Of course I would like to see the Thunderchild and everything else that is mentioned - the Thunderchild song is my favourite in the Jeff Wayne musical. I'm also interested to see how the red weed is done. I would be absolutely delighted (and amazed) if Timothy Hines show the following minor details: someone reading the Nature article detailing observations on Mars; I would love to see the finely preserved specimen of the martian on display in the Natural History museum. Ever since I heard the Jeff Wayne musical, I've always wanted to see a faithful adaptation on the screen. Can't wait to see the film.
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Post by MikeH on Mar 28, 2005 11:58:18 GMT
3, 12 or so Tripods in a crescent formation launching the canisters of black gas/smoke This is one of the bits I'm looking forward to seeing... always loved that bit of the book, I can imagine a really atmospheric shot of it...
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Post by Architeuthis on Mar 28, 2005 17:38:09 GMT
Actually, it's quite interesting thinking about my fave parts, there are so much. One picture in the Pendragon gallery that got my imagination going was of those canons with gunners standing by. I might be wrong, but I'm assuming that's just before the destruction of Weybridge. Can't wait to see that bit, where a fighting machine is destroyed and crashes into a building. That must take quite some special effects.
Now that I'm thinking about the Pendragon gallery, the picture where people are packing onto that train looks good. I'm looking forward to seeing how the film portrays the panic and helplessness of the London exodus.
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Post by Lensman on Mar 29, 2005 4:58:14 GMT
Definitely the attack of the Thunder Child!
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Post by Thunder Child on Mar 29, 2005 20:32:10 GMT
I want to see humanity and civilisation slowly drifting away. I think that's one of the important points of the book.
As for the action: The shepperton battle.
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Post by krys666 on Mar 30, 2005 15:07:37 GMT
Martian Gun? The first cylinder, Riding the horse and carige back and then seeing the tripod, thunderchild, the first sighting of the fighting machines next to the river, the Red Weed, The Black Smoke, The Handling Machine, The martians "eating"... tasty! Dead London, The birds eating the martians, Epilouge, Any other bits they might have added on so I can have a good natter about them here!
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Post by Architeuthis on Mar 30, 2005 22:10:49 GMT
Yeah cool, the first cylinder. Can't wait to see the first sighting of the martian and how it falls out of the cylinder all clumsy with the extra gravity Do you reckon we'll see that guy who's stuck in the pit, desparately trying to clamber out but always slipping back in again and how presumably he meets a nasty end?
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Post by amber14 on Mar 30, 2005 22:16:17 GMT
I'm going to go a different way with this and you'll probably be shocked at my reply but apart for the obvious Thunderchild etc, any filum without this would be toss, I'm looking forward to the eve of the war stuff. victorians going about thier daily business and stuff. There is some great bits in the book where Wells describes this even to the drunken revellers walking down the street. how much Hines includes we'll have to wait and see, unless we are going to be blessed with a Lord Of The Rings style special edition dvd...imagine 4 hours+ of the..sorry just gone into fantasy mode there. Yer the everyday. and the people round the pit buying refeshments and treating it like a day out. Isn't it a classic piece of cinema the crowd round a spaceship in a pit!? The red weed should be great too. I hope the filum takes it's time before all the death and destruction. Another thing I'm looking forward to is the rout of civilisation. The panic in the streets of London. but mainly forget the fighty up stuff, though this will be good I'm sure, I'm counting on the softer stuff. And dare I say it I'm looking forward to hopefully some Victorian underwear shots *Yummy*
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Post by Gnorn on Mar 30, 2005 22:25:20 GMT
I can't wait to see the panic on monday morning, how the whole of London wakes up to danger, people fleeing down the streets, trains plowing through people... followed by the exodus.
I think most of Book I would be awesome to watch.
-Gnorn
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Post by Architeuthis on Mar 30, 2005 22:31:43 GMT
Couldn't agree with you more Amber. Yeah, you're conjuring up a good picture of a nice day out by the pit on Horsell Common. On a similar note, I'm looking forward to the arrival of the narrator at Weybridge and all those people not quite knowing how serious the situation is until the first fighting machine is seen. Hopefully, if what they say is true on the Pendragon site where they have put a great detail into Victorian authenticity, we'll spend some being immersed into that Victorian setting before all hell breaks loose. I think it was in one of those Timothy Hines interviews where he mentions how the actors found it hard to believe they were filming a horror film as opposed to a period drama. I think that bodes well for seeing a decent Victorian experience. Also, in one of the trailers, I liked the glimpse of that early car.
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Post by Gnorn on Mar 30, 2005 22:36:59 GMT
About the car, I agree. That bit, with the narrator and his wife waving, shows exactly what the mood would be before the martians attack. Everything seems safe and tranquil...
-Gnorn
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Post by timeship2 on Mar 30, 2005 22:39:50 GMT
I'm interested in the whole film. Having said that, the thing most associated with this novell is the heatray. We live in a modern world of modern weapons and have seen the power of an atomic bomb (though not first hand I hope!). Just imagine at the turn of the Century when such WMD's (to use Bush's favorite word!) weren't even thought of, the heatray being unleashed would have been an awesome thing to behold.
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Post by Architeuthis on Mar 30, 2005 22:55:32 GMT
Yeah, I was always wondering how they would do the heat ray. Since it's invisible, it's difficult to make it interesting in a visual experience such as a film. Perhaps with cool effects you can portray a shimmering of the air like you would see on a hot day. I'm assuming in the Big Ben shot in the trailer, that green ray gun thing is the heat ray, which I was a bit shocked to see considering that Timothy Hines is trying to keep close to Wells' descriptions. But then again, in the same trailer, (it is difficult to see) where the narrator says "get into the water!", the building does seem to just catch on fire which is probably more accurate. That's on the assumption the building was being struck by the heat ray.
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Post by Architeuthis on Mar 31, 2005 10:37:52 GMT
I wonder if we'll get to see the Martian's provisions. I remember Wells describing the strange dried up creatures (including human-like bipeds if I recall correctly) that the martians had brought with them.
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Post by Architeuthis on Mar 31, 2005 10:41:07 GMT
Do you think we'll get to see the martian flying machine? It's quite an odd bit in the book where we get a vague description of it and no real mention of it later. It's probably one way of Wells saying "that's it, the martians are the supreme rulers. No chance of beating them now."
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Post by Lensman on Apr 1, 2005 9:37:57 GMT
Do you think we'll get to see the martian flying machine? It's quite an odd bit in the book where we get a vague description of it and no real mention of it later. It is mentioned in the epilogue. It certainly would make for one of the more visually interesting scenes, when the huge flying machine took off and then "rained down darkness upon the land" as it bombed the landscape with black smoke cannisters. OTOH it certainly is one of those bits that can be easily omitted without affecting the main story, and that's exactly the type of thing most often left out when books are translated into film. Having argued both sides of the question, I'll now retire from the field...
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