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Post by jeffwaynefan on Apr 1, 2005 9:44:47 GMT
The 'Flying Machine' is mentioned twice in the 1898 version - once after the 'Thunder Child' attack and once by the Artillaryman during 'The Man On Putney Hill' where he tells the narrator of 'lights in the sky over Hammersmith way'.
H_C
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Post by Architeuthis on Apr 1, 2005 10:47:16 GMT
Thanks guys for reminding me of other references to the flying machine. It's quite amazing how War of the Worlds is such a short book but is so rich in detail. It's no easy job bringing a faithful adaptation to the big screen. You only need to omit a few details that are contained in less than a sentence and potentially leave a fair proportion of the audience disatisfied. Anyway, enough rambling.
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Post by Bayne on Apr 3, 2005 23:47:55 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]I hope the green death ray is cut from the final film, the green energy shackles too, it just doesn't seem to work with Wells description of Martian technology. That said, I'm eager to see what they make of the flying machine. With so little description it has the most opportunity for creativity.. and could therefore also be easy to stuff up. [/glow]
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Post by quaderni on Apr 3, 2005 23:59:26 GMT
The 'Flying Machine' is mentioned twice in the 1898 version - once after the 'Thunder Child' attack and once by the Artillaryman during 'The Man On Putney Hill' where he tells the narrator of 'lights in the sky over Hammersmith way'. H_C Just to add to that - there's a third reference, in II.8, to the 'flat and vast and strange' flying machine, and a fourth in II.9, when the Narrator talks how the 'secret of flying' had been discovered immediately after the Martians died.
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Post by Lensman on Apr 4, 2005 6:54:40 GMT
Just to add to that - there's a third reference, in II.8, to the 'flat and vast and strange' flying machine, and a fourth in II.9, when the Narrator talks how the 'secret of flying' had been discovered immediately after the Martians died. Oops, my mistake. The "secret of flying" reference was what I was thinking about when I said "Epilogue," which is II.10. As you say, it's actually in II.9. That's what I get for not checking my reference before posting.
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Post by Rob on Apr 4, 2005 16:11:49 GMT
I hope the flying machine is left as a bit of an enigma. Hints of it in the sky etc, rather than a properly designed machine. If that makes any sense
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Post by HTT on Apr 6, 2005 12:27:11 GMT
[glow=purple,2,300]As, the writer states that we gained the knowledge of flight by back-engineering the martian machines - I would hope that maybe the film could end with a similar kind of voice over epilogue with him and his wife holding hands, looking out over a rebuild woking, as a victorian flying machine glides over the sentinel fighting machine.[/glow]
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Post by mctoddridesagain on Apr 6, 2005 12:32:19 GMT
I'm looking forward to the part where gigantic Martian metal chickens cr*p all over the Houses of Parliament, then lay a colossal egg in Hyde Park.
As for a back-engineered flying machine, I suspect it would be military and on its way to teach Johnny Native a lesson or two in some more parts of the world the Brits use their new-found technological superiority to pinch...
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Post by beecus on Apr 7, 2005 8:34:51 GMT
One of the scenes that always stuck in my mind was the fighting machine striding up the hill in the dark, lit only now and then by the lightning.
I'd like to see that ;D
Also, I'd like to see the machines howling their deafening roars to each other ;D That sends shivers down my spine.
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Post by ptemike on Apr 13, 2005 0:04:58 GMT
Hi all..
I want to see the engagement between the martians and the soldiers surrounding the pit. This will be an awesome scene. The terror created by the first look at war machines smashing all resistance will be unforgettable.
Begin the route of civilization
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Post by BrutalDeluxe on Apr 13, 2005 1:03:44 GMT
I hope the flying machine is left as a bit of an enigma. Hints of it in the sky etc, rather than a properly designed machine. If that makes any sense Actually it does make sense and I agree with you. I would like it if it was just kept as a distant sweeping object raining black death on a town or an eerie configuration of lights tracing across the night sky.
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Post by Thunder Child on Apr 13, 2005 19:57:46 GMT
The Flying machine is an enigma in the book, so I think it will be in de movie. It should be.
Johan
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Post by bosko on Apr 14, 2005 11:49:17 GMT
Defintely the battle at Weybridge, I just can't imagine the scale of it, there would be just so much going on. I actually don't know how Hines will accomplish that scene, let alone the Thunderchild scene. Both would be massive in detail and action.
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