War of the Worlds Theatrical Trailer

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:05 am

[Film & TV -> Preview] - More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... ?title=War of the Worlds">Film & TV: War of the Worlds</a> | More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... =Pendragon Pictures">Company: Pendragon Pictures</a>

I'm not talking about that fruity Spielberg remake. Coincidentally, a
new (and pointless) Super Bowl teaser for that one has leaked on the
net, but you'll be lucky to find a single working download. There's Tom
Cruise and a big explosion. ...wow? <a target="_blank" href="http://aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=19330">Ain't It Cool News</a> has the scoop.

Anyway, a not terrible theatrical trailer for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pendragonpictures.com/WOTWke ... >Pendragon Pictures</a>'  War of the
Worlds is freely available. You get the first peak of the
awesome tripod robot things, some other alien stuff, and London getting
fucked up by green laser dealies. They don't have as huge a budget, but
it doesn't look too bad. <a target="_blank" href="http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/wotw-videos.htm">Point your mouse here and click</a>.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:35 am

fucking aliens look like striders from hl2

fags

it really pisses me off when hollywood copies off the games industry! goddam I'm so pumped up right now! I feel like wrestling six rounds with an alligator!

will the two movies be released at the same time and fight each other? ezxplain plz and have imdb links because im lazy lol. could you also do my homework.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:38 am

If those are the finished effects, this movie doesn't stand chance in hell.

Kamaz · Post by **Kamaz** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:35 am

Total shit. The producers should be ashamed and the ones who sold rights to shoot the movie - imprisoned. H.G.Wels "War of Worlds" was great post-apocalyptic sci-fi book. It featured pretty simple plot without sudden twists, showing an ordinary man's fate in a world, taken over by aliens. Plus, the solution was - though stupid, considering aliens should be aware of bacteries if they can get themselves into space - but at least it was pretty scientific and fit the whole drama really well.

Plus, those shitheads had turned ray of heat (or very poweful heat laser) into cheap green lightning strike which is so fucking stupid and illogical, plus seen so many times, I get vomit whenever I see it. Err, not literally, though. But its so fucking cheap. Though they did destroy London which is nice.

I fear for aliens. Strider-like tripods is actually OK, because HL2 might be the one who took "War of Worlds" as its prototype and movie should follow the book..though, the freakin' legs..the freaskin' legs were straight and simple, there were no nodes and those rounded thingies, legs were like nails, acute, ong nails. And siluettt of this damn tripod was simple. Crappy idiots.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:14 am

Ummm... I'm pretty sure nobody sold the rights to the movie, seeing as though the book is old enough to be in the public domain.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:45 pm

That preview is funny. It looks like an independent film or something.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:48 pm

Despite the obvious low budget, it looks 100 times better than the Spielberg version.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:46 pm

The effects really were shitty, especially the big ben top hitting the bridge was something that would be considered ugly and out-dated in video games. It made me want to shake my head in shame.

The setting on the other hand is interesting - I haven't read the book and, to be honest, have no idea what's the plot besides that aliens take over the world. Before watching the trailer I didn't even known it was set before the world wars, which is kind of cool.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:27 am

Kashluk wrote:The effects really were shitty, especially the big ben top hitting the bridge was something that would be considered ugly and out-dated in video games. It made me want to shake my head in shame.

The setting on the other hand is interesting - I haven't read the book and, to be honest, have no idea what's the plot besides that aliens take over the world. Before watching the trailer I didn't even known it was set before the world wars, which is kind of cool.

From what I gather, the book follows a civilian who has no clue what's going on. And the civilian is nameless, referred to as "the man" or "the youth" and whatnot throughout the work.

It's just basically him wandering around with another survivor, seeing the scenes - from the ridiculous to the horrible - of the war. Kind of like a sci-fi Apocalypse Now, I guess.

But then again, I haven't read it either and gathered this from a show on the Discovery Channel.

Sovy Kurosei · Post by **Sovy Kurosei** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:33 am

Retlaw83 wrote:If those are the finished effects, this movie doesn't stand chance in hell.

Taintspore · Post by **Taintspore** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:05 pm

You've pretty much got it right on the nose Retlaw.
<POSSIBLE SPOILERS(I'm trying to keep this vague though)>

Basically, it starts with explosions on mars (followed by green smoke/clouds in the area of the explosion), one per night for ten or twelve nights. Something lands near the narrator's town and shortly thereafter all hell breaks loose leaving the narrator to wander about southern England trying to stay alive. He has a pretty good idea about what's going on for a while then loses touch.

<END OF POSSIBLE SPOILERS>

I don't know how many of you have read the book, but if you haven't you should. If you're not the reading type, suck it up it's not even 200 pages. As for the tripods, when I first saw HL2's striders the first thing I thought of was WotW. I could be mistaken, but I don't remember the tripods having nail-like legs. I always thought of them as having two joints in a similar manner to a dog's foreleg. I don't remember the actual description (except for the 'hood' at the top and the tentacle like 'arms') but the tripods are described as going through a rolling motion when they're walking.

EDIT: I just checked the book, you may be right about the tripods. This is the first time he sees them(?spoiler for those that haven't read it?):

A monstrous tripod, higher than many houses, striding over the young pine trees, and smashing them aside in its career; a walking engine of glittering metal, striding now across the heather; articulate ropes of steel dangling from it, and the clattering tumult of its passage mingling with the riot of the thunder. A flash, and it came out vividly, heeling over one way with two feet in the air, to vanish and reappear almost instantly as it seemed, with the next flash, a hundred yards nearer. Can you imagine a milking stool tilted and bowled violently along the ground? That was the impression those instant flashes gave. But instead of a milking stool imagine a great body of machinery on a tripod stand.

Notice the use of the verb to stride

. Even with some of the not so hot acting (in the trailer anyway) and low budget, Mr. Teatime is right. It does look like it's going to be much better than Spielburg's version. (go read the book

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