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AndyAndy2 RAJARed Member
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 548 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: War of the Worlds |
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This album is still a classic, I've still got the vinyl copy from when I was a lad, great songs and narration by Richard Burton. David essex and Justin hayward at the top of their games.
What a brilliant piece of composition.
Y'know, i can't think of a poor song on the album.
Jeff Wayne, in the early ninetees did a musical version of Spartacus that had Catherine Zeta Jones and Anthony Hopkins.....not as good.
Why can't anyone do a faithful film version? Tripods on the landscape in the early 19th Century would look fantastic. Speaking of HG Wells, the last excuse for the Time machine film - very poor. Uber Morlock, my Ar*e! _________________ Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp and that all his potted plants are called 'Steve'.....all we know is, he's called 'The Stig!'. |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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The Americans wouldn't understand a true, faithful version. The story is about how the two mighty institutions of church and state are overwhelmed by what is in front of them.
The Gene Barry version was an attempt to show new American technology to the world, and the Cruise version was a bad road movie. _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Wasn't there a limited release WotW done in the UK at the same time that Spielberg did his? I'm sure I saw a trailer for it on t'Internet. Set in Victorian times, vintage artillery pieces, hussars, the whole works (can't remember if Thunder Child was in it, though). Not sure if the CGI was up to much, though, and it seems to have sunk without trace.... _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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AndyAndy2 RAJARed Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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Chersk,
it may have been the promo for the live stage show. I got the DVD of it the other week and it's got some CGI on a background screen, set in victorian times - it looks a great stage show, going to see it at the Arena in December - pretty pricey seats and a rip off on ticketmaster but still worth their weight in gold. _________________ Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp and that all his potted plants are called 'Steve'.....all we know is, he's called 'The Stig!'. |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Andy,
No, it wasn't - a quick look at IMDb came up with the following:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449040/
I don't think it's had a DVD release. _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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Natasha Little Miss Lovely Smile
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Thunder Child, has me crying like a kid _________________ Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it. |
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Cherskiy
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AndyAndy2 RAJARed Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:35 am Post subject: |
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Hey, Cheers Chersk - never heard of this. See, again though, they've gone for 'Herbert' creating a rabies syrum to destroy the aliens whreas good ol' mother earth's bacteria killed 'em in the original. I guess they thought that wasn't very exiting! _________________ Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp and that all his potted plants are called 'Steve'.....all we know is, he's called 'The Stig!'. |
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