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Post by Charles on Jun 6, 2005 14:01:28 GMT
Lensman, which store had it? We looked yesterday, to no avail...
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Post by ArmoredTrackLayer on Jun 6, 2005 20:30:52 GMT
Well its out there, i saw it on the shelves....dont know if I wanna spend my money on it tho BTW Potnoodle, I wasnt keeping you from voicing your opinion because you WERENT voicing an opinion, you were blatantly accusing people of being liars, I dont find that to be very nice to the people who are telling the truth. Most of us knew what was going on with the screen caps, I just assumed you did too.
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Post by dudalb on Jun 6, 2005 20:42:45 GMT
Don't count on this being generally available until the 14th, which is it's official release date. Either Walmart or UAV messed up which is why it is available at some Walmart stores. My own suspcision is that UAV did not have the standard "do not display until the official release date" message go out with the Walmart shipments. BTW, shipping a week before the release date is quite common with DVD's, so that stores will be sure of having them on stock regardless of the vagaries of the US Post office. I have not heard of anybody getting this except at Walmart, so I have to assume there a failure to communicate between UAV and Walmart.
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Post by wargasm on Jun 6, 2005 21:58:26 GMT
[glow=purple,2,300]I saw them screen captures, and although I liked the martian, one thing puzzles me. There's a shot of the woman being tormented by the (blood extractor unit?). In the orig. trailer, we saw the opera singer being stripped - the screen cap looked like a completely different fully dressed person. What happens in this sequence - has the singer been removed, or does it cut from her to the CGI doll? [/glow] It cuts from the singer to the CGI doll. That screenshot was taken right when her flesh starts melting away. I think the best FX went into the Martians and the Tripods. Everything else were never finished. There were much better shots of Thunderchild and the Tripods that I had sent to EveofTheWar before he got a cease and desist order from Pendragon. Also, the sepia tone use is very erratic. At times it's not there, then other times is very apparent and other times it's "just right". There are other scenes, like during the reunion with the artilleryman when he talks about how they'll have to live in sewers (he didn't say sewers exactly, but the equiv) and rise later, the cut to Piana's Writer character is very grainy, like it was added last minute. Some shots look more videotaped. I don't have a scanner or a camera so I'm unable to post a screenshot of the DVD case.
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Post by obiwanbeeohbee on Jun 6, 2005 23:30:42 GMT
[glow=purple,2,300] I don't have a scanner or a camera so I'm unable to post a screenshot of the DVD case. I have a shot of the DVD case and my Wal-Mart receipt. I picked it up at 18:05 EDT today
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Jun 6, 2005 23:54:22 GMT
What I would like to know is this - for those that have the DVD and have seen the latest 2 min trailor . . . . The images you see in the trailor, are they 1/ exactly the same as you see in the film, 2/same quality and same appearance.
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Post by ArmoredTrackLayer on Jun 6, 2005 23:54:39 GMT
What about the overall quality of the acting, I heard Anthony Piana wasnt too bad? Any truth to this. Overall, who did the best job in the movie. (Ogilvy seemed like an overdrawn windbag to me lol )
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Post by recumbentrider on Jun 7, 2005 0:11:07 GMT
What I would like to know is this - for those that have the DVD and have seen the latest 2 min trailor . . . . The images you see in the trailor, are they 1/ exactly the same as you see in the film, 2/same quality and same appearance. To me the scenes from the trailers and what I saw in the DVD looked identical in content and quality. If there were differences, I didn't notice them. (Even the 'Big Ben' scene did not look like it was 're-done' at all, despite what Mr. Hines said in comments after the first trailer was released.)
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Post by wargasm on Jun 7, 2005 0:16:45 GMT
What I would like to know is this - for those that have the DVD and have seen the latest 2 min trailor . . . . The images you see in the trailor, are they 1/ exactly the same as you see in the film, 2/same quality and same appearance. Yes, even the HM coming out of the green mist. And it is mist. Also, the floating Big Ben is there but is intercut with scenes on the bridge. You can still see the running man tho inbetween the buildings. Also, the still image that was released prior to the last trailer of the writer standing with his shirt off next to a downed tripod is not in the movie.
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Post by Amasov on Jun 7, 2005 0:22:33 GMT
What I would like to know is this - for those that have the DVD and have seen the latest 2 min trailor . . . . The images you see in the trailor, are they 1/ exactly the same as you see in the film, 2/same quality and same appearance. Yes, even the HM coming out of the green mist. And it is mist. Also, the floating Big Ben is there but is intercut with scenes on the bridge. You can still see the running man tho inbetween the buildings. Also, the still image that was released prior to the last trailer of the writer standing with his shirt off next to a downed tripod is not in the movie. Interesting, so are the fighting machines still standing when the martians die or have some fallen over?
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Post by wargasm on Jun 7, 2005 0:23:12 GMT
What about the overall quality of the acting, I heard Anthony Piana wasnt too bad? Any truth to this. Overall, who did the best job in the movie. (Ogilvy seemed like an overdrawn windbag to me lol ) You have to remember who these people are, stage actors. As such, they were very good. The best would be Piana, but he has dual roles and is the lead. The worst probably would be Susan Goforth, playing his wife.
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Post by recumbentrider on Jun 7, 2005 0:26:10 GMT
What about the overall quality of the acting, I heard Anthony Piana wasnt too bad? Any truth to this. Overall, who did the best job in the movie. (Ogilvy seemed like an overdrawn windbag to me lol ) I find the question of who did the best acting job difficult to answer. There was someone portraying a dead person in London that probably gave the best performance, but of all of the living characters, Anthony Piana may have been the best; he certainly had the most work to do of any of the actors. In some of his scenes, however, he really didn't seem to put much into them. As bad as I thought most of the acting was, most of the actors do manage to look convincing for a few brief moments. (For example, I thought the actor that portrayed the curate did a pretty fair job in some of the 'wrecked house' scenes.) If I were to give a 'worst actor' award, it would have to go to the woman who portrayed the narrator's wife, with the 'Ogilvy' actor getting an honarable mention. As I said in my review, the whole production had a very slapped together, rushed look to it. I cannot help but wonder if the cast really had a fair chance to show what they could really do.
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Post by wargasm on Jun 7, 2005 0:28:43 GMT
Yes, even the HM coming out of the green mist. And it is mist. Also, the floating Big Ben is there but is intercut with scenes on the bridge. You can still see the running man tho inbetween the buildings. Also, the still image that was released prior to the last trailer of the writer standing with his shirt off next to a downed tripod is not in the movie. Interesting, so are the fighting machines still standing when the martians die or have some fallen over? That scene is there, but, the writer is not standing next to it with his shirt off and there is a dying martian in front of it, also there is no scene with birds picking their flesh at the end. Which is odd really considering the other gory details that was done in the movie.
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Post by dudalb on Jun 7, 2005 2:18:15 GMT
"You have to remember who these people are, stage actors. As such, they were very good.'
And that is the problem. Stage acting and Film acting are two different animals. Stage acting on film always seems hammy ,overemotional, and overwrought. Experienced actors know the difference, and know you have to tone it down in film. And Hines should have known enough to have guided them in this. Apparently, he did not.
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Post by Lensman on Jun 7, 2005 2:51:23 GMT
And I suspect given the much more professional look and editing of the recent trailer, that UAV was responsible for that rather then Hines. Well that might indeed be why we've seen a fairly decent (to my eyes, anyway) "silk purse" of a trailer fashioned out of the sow's ear of this movie. After I had watched the film for awhile, I came to the conclusion that whoever edited the trailer together has much more editing skill than does Hines (or whoever edited the movie).
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Post by Lensman on Jun 7, 2005 2:53:10 GMT
Lensman, which store had it? We looked yesterday, to no avail... The Bonner Springs Wal-Mart, on Kansas hiway K-7. It's not in the New Releases section; it's in the general A-Z alphabetical section under "W" ( not under "H").
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Post by Lensman on Jun 7, 2005 3:01:10 GMT
Did you watch it last nite, or haven't you had chance? Let us have your review soon! I just posted my review on the "Review of Movie" thread. You may have noticed I have removed my pro-Pendragon sig line...
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Post by Lensman on Jun 7, 2005 3:07:08 GMT
My own suspcision is that UAV did not have the standard "do not display until the official release date" message go out with the Walmart shipments. As I previously reported: I have a friend who works at Wal-Mart who reported it was received, marked to be put out Tuesday, June 7. Since it has *already* been put out at some stores: Either not all the boxes were marked that way, or-- more likely-- many of the minimum-wage Wal-Mart employees either don't care or don't notice those directions.
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Post by Lensman on Jun 7, 2005 3:17:00 GMT
There are other scenes, like during the reunion with the artilleryman when he talks about how they'll have to live in sewers (he didn't say sewers exactly, but the equiv) and rise later, the cut to Piana's Writer character is very grainy, like it was added last minute. Some shots look more videotaped. Yeah I noticed that too. From my (admittedly limited) experience with a film-making group using a digital camera, it looks like the lighting settings were off in those shots, but they weren't able to re-shoot them so had to use them anyway. Re Screen shot of DVD case: There's no need to post that. Amazon.com already has a shot of the DVD cover posted. I'd put the link here but it messes up this forum's formatting horribly. Just go to <amazon.com>, select "DVD" for the search, and type in "war of the worlds". It's #1 for that search now.
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Post by Lensman on Jun 7, 2005 3:23:06 GMT
What about the overall quality of the acting, I heard Anthony Piana wasnt too bad? Any truth to this. Overall, who did the best job in the movie. (Ogilvy seemed like an overdrawn windbag to me lol ) Piana was OK but I got really tired of looking at his obviously fake mustache. Ogilvy was *supposed* to be a windbag! Read the novel again for heaven's sake. The worst acting was from whoever plays Miss Elphinstone-- she who Nerfy labeled a "babe". She really comes off as amateurish. And the portrayal of the Curate is entirely one-note blubbering and whining; I got very tired of it before he was taken by the Martians (hooray!).
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