Oh no.
It's done by Pendragon.
Pendragon already made war of the worlds.
It was worse than an Asylum or Sci-fi original movie.
This is BAD
War of the Worlds is one of those movies they keep re-making, but never faithfully. While we wait for the inevitable filmed version of the musical, there's a Blair Witch-style take opening this weekend in very limited release, hoping for Oscar qualification (hey, dream the impossible dream, right?). And by very limited I mean one theater. In Pasadena.
If you're interested in seeing it, though, I wouldn't worry. It'll probably be on DVD by the end of the week. In the meantime, you can enjoy the vast array of merchandise the filmmakers have made available. It's gotta be tough promoting a movie like this, when everybody will think you're referring to a different, pre-existing version. That overly busy poster above doesn't help; you'd be forgiven for thinking that's a War of the Words.
Anyway, here's the trailer. It's not going to fool anyone into thinking it's real footage, but I have to say it looks like fun. It also looks like they got the idea from watching the animated movie 9.
Tags: found footage, War of the Worlds
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Can't be done while people still remember the dulcet cadence of Orson Wells. I wish I were hearing him say stuff right now.
Ooh oh, Orson Wells GPS voice!
"There's a restaurant ahead" is all it would say.
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@East_Threadly Someone get Maurice LaMarche on the phone, this is something that needed to exist yesterday.
"Rosebud...Yes, Rosebud Frozen Peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait, that's terrible. I quit!"
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@East_Threadly You win +1 internets...only because i feel like i was at a modern day Dean Martin Roast.
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I can guarantee that the ship shown in that poster probably never EVER makes an appearance in the movie.
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I have to go do mom things and pack for our 2-day drive south with an infant. Don't know if I'll be on much today or over next week, as we'll be with the in-laws, so I wanted to wish you all a lovely week. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and to those who don't, a happy (holiday of choice) as well.
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@rabidronnie You sneaking out and I just got back? Well have a wonderful and safe Christmas and we'll see you when you get back.
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@rabidronnie Have a great Christmas! Safe Drive as well. Please enjoy this as you travel...
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Rob did not have any thing on me...KNEEL BEFORE KING OF THE GRAMMAR ERRORS!!!!!!!!!!!
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@10glfan59 Your Grammar is not, compared to me and my grammar, even worthy of the title of my title of grammar error Lord of grammar error. Why sometimes I don't even know what I write about in the past! I'm crappy with the alphabet too, In my address book I always put Zod before Neil.
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War of the Worlds is one of my favorite stories of all time. They keep remaking it in movie, audio and book form, but none have captured that H.G. Wells feel as well as the original.
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@Someguy wasn't the original done in the style of a journal? Some guy documenting the END OF THE WORLD! Seems like that would fit the found footage style well.
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@Gallen_Dugall @Someguy Yes the original story it's mostly him trying to find and catch up with his wife who he took to Leatherhead (I had to look that up) It could have a good chance.
As much as I hated the Tom Cruise movie, it's (very) basic plot is not as far off as some are, although they do go crazy closer to the end.
There was a more modern book done. (still trying to find the author) It was in more modern times. It's starts with a giant EMP that kills all the electronics. All, fly by wire planes, crash so they have to attack with Thunderbolt II planes. It switches between a more hermit type character and his adult daughter. They are in different places, he is doing more of the narrator part from the original (surviving) She is doing more of the Dr. Clayton Forrester part from the 1952 movie. It doesn't do to bad right up the the end when they jump the shark big time.
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@Someguy @Gallen_Dugall I watched the Tom Cruise one on triple speed playback, which is as fast as I can play it and still make out the dialog. I can not imagine anyone sitting through the whole thing. It was boring. Admittedly I'm bored by the special effects spectacles because invariably I've either seen it or seen something very close to it. Some of it was quite well presented but ultimately it was a movie that was about getting the cast from one special effects scene to another.
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The one reviewer lost credibility by saying Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds was suspenseful and dramatic.
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but it was suspensful, i mean, when will fanning scream next? what else is she alergic to that's got to stop them dead in the their tracks as the world is ending? or when will cruise jump on the couch with a fevery alien? i mean, wow, you sit there for two hours and you donno what the fuck is going to happen with that guy.
