War of the Worlds (Warning! Major Spoilers!)

**Lazul** · 07-24-2005, 23:00

god it sucked.

1. The aliens acording to this movie are not very intelligent to some how forget they cant breath out air. In other words, it makes no sense, seeing as they are far superior to us in all other ways.

2. Ok, so the bacteria killed, can bacteria penetrate thouse energy shields? and why are the birds attacking metallic machines!? or are they also organic?

3. hmm, they forgot to take of the transportation-protections on the stingers (or what ever they were) before firing. they say they should use the Gustaf, and it is shown in a 1/2 second. =D

4. The ending as to the one of the most dissapointing once ever... they got there, everyone survived in the family... even his son whom was cought in an inferno of fire and destruction.

well 5/10 from me.

**BDC** · 07-24-2005, 23:24

Yes, the book was good, but I found it just didn't work too well set in 21st century America... Plus the ending was staggeringly abrupt.

**The_Doctor** · 07-24-2005, 23:30

I liked it. The effects where very good.

It did end very abruptly and there where a few odd things about it.

**nokhor** · 07-25-2005, 13:40

haven't seen it but i heard that the tripod machines were buried under the earth for centuries and cities grew on top of them? if the aliens had advanced technology centuries ago, wouldn't it make more sense to conquer the earth then, rather than lay dormant and watch us progress technologically?

**Sigurd** · 07-25-2005, 14:04

The one thing I missed was the War of the Worlds music theme...

**Lehesu** · 07-25-2005, 21:29

Ugh, ending sucked so bad. The pacing was off too. Those aliens must have OCD; how many times did they check that cellar?!

**Degtyarev14.5** · 07-28-2005, 18:44

Originally Posted by nokhor

wouldn't it make more sense to conquer the earth then, rather than lay dormant and watch us progress technologically?

I have posted this idea somewhere else, but I'll rehash it.

I would suggest that the Earth is a farm, one of a great many, and that humankind - or more specifically, human blood - is a crop. And what do you do to crops when they're ripe for picking? You harvest!

Also, perhaps the aliens' immune systems simply were not prepared for the new strains of virii, fungi and bacteria that had evolved since their last harvest. Or perhaps, over a million years of non-exposure, their previously robust immune systems had degraded to the point of uselessness. Taking this argument, you could then maintain that the aliens knew what afflictions awaited them down here, but believed they were prepared.

But I do realise that I'm making (valid) excuses for what are really ill-conceived and poorly considered elements of the adaptation's storyline. Spielberg, I'm rapidly losing faith in your abilities, and utilising references to the WTC attacks to sell your tripe is in the poorest of taste; in fact, it's borderline just plain sick.

And Tom Cruise = tosser.

A.

**tibilicus** · 07-28-2005, 23:35

Originally Posted by Degtyarev14.5

And Tom Cruise = tosser.

**Steppe Merc** · 07-26-2005, 02:27

I liked it. I was confused about the birds, and the ending was wierd, though.

Was cool. Would have been cooler if everyone had died in the end though.

It would certaintly have made more sense.

**Al Khalifah** · 07-26-2005, 10:22

At the start, when the EMP had been fired and all the electronic circuits in the area have been fried....
How was that man able to film the whole thing on his camcorder?

D'ang they just had to use the old Holywood cliche not realising that their other old Holywood cliche had already invalidated it. Oh by the way, the Marsians father is Tom Cruise.