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War Of The Worlds - BBCTV series

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:27:59 GMT

H G Well`s "War Of The Worlds" is coming to BBC One in a brand new TV series - starting Sun 17 Nov at 9pm [see BBC series home page ] - starring Eleanor Tomlinson [Amy]; Rafe Spall [George]; Robert Carlyle [Ogilvy]; and Rupert Graves [Frederick].

trailer

Are any of you science fiction fans and will you be watching this?

Re: War Of The Worlds - BBCTV series

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:49:08 GMT

Watch Mojo TV have produced a 10min 30sec feature on "Everything We Know So Far About War Of The Worlds BBC"

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Cleoriff — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:41:40 GMT

@Mi-Amigo

Yes this is definitely on my to watch list. (I see it stars the lass who played Demelza in Poldark)

HOWEVER, at the risk of sounding boring, , I am away this weekend and I have set to much stuff to record. (Seven Worlds One Planet, His Dark Materials, F1 in Brazil, SCD and I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here, et al) I will have to get it on Catch up.

I have NO idea when that will happen though, as we get back Monday about 2pm and I have so much to do ie unpacking, as well as playing catch up with recordings, it will probably be midweek when I geet round to watching it

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gmarkj — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:18:31 GMT

Will be recorded to watch to see how it is.

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jonsie — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:47:25 GMT

The story itself was very weak and I doubt this will be any better.

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sheepdog — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:44:22 GMT

Can't say I'm impressed though I will eventually see a bit on iPlayer. Problem is that I have this suspicion that it will be agenda-ised to cater to the social justice warrior mob rather than stay truthful to the book. Right on cue, the character description for the obvious female lead is this:

"Amy is fierce, intelligent and ahead of her time, aiming to study natural sciences at college. With the coming of the Martian invasion, she may be mankind’s last hope."

whereas the nerd who should really be saving the day but doesn't fit the "woke" script gets this:

"Ogilvy is a good friend of Amy and George and an outcast himself. He’s an astronomer and scientist who’s kind and good-humoured. His tireless experiments could be the key to driving back the Martian invasion."

Or it turns out to be another period drama with a bit of token sci-fi. Do I get a prize for predicting at least one needless sex scene as its going out after 9pm?

Still, it might slightly bearable than listening to Dakota Fanning continuosly scream in the Tom Cruise version. Maybe.

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Anonymous — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 23:15:14 GMT

Was it any good?

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Cleoriff — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 23:30:18 GMT

Must say I didn't enjoy it much at all.

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Mi-Amigo — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:15:45 GMT

To be honest, it has not been as good as I had hoped.

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Cleoriff — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:32:18 GMT

I think they tried to cram too much into each episode.. It was nowhere near as good as the film.

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Anonymous — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 22:38:02 GMT

I won’t bother to watch it then!

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Cleoriff — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:41:01 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I won’t bother to watch it then!

Don't bother @Anonymous. I felt there was massive chunk of it missing.

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Anonymous — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 08:43:14 GMT

Thank you for all the posts in this thread

I felt I had been missing something good

I clearly remember the original film, and despite it being all so long ago I'd say it's still good

Thought the Tom Cruise film version was weak, but then I'm not a Tom Cruise fan

Liked the concept music album

Read the book

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Cleoriff — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:33:55 GMT

https://newsthump.com/2019/12/02/hg-wells-builds-time-machine-so-he-can-punch-whoever-was-responsible-for-that-adaptation-of-war-of-the-worlds/?fbclid=IwAR2-kZcgiZhuo9_97CGRkCom1RTLMfgfpp0M11b1eZYOB89aBg0J5J5N3zo

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Anonymous — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:53:26 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:

https://newsthump.com/2019/12/02/hg-wells-builds-time-machine-so-he-can-punch-whoever-was-responsible-for-that-adaptation-of-war-of-the-worlds/?fbclid=IwAR2-kZcgiZhuo9_97CGRkCom1RTLMfgfpp0M11b1eZYOB89aBg0J5J5N3zo

ROFCGU

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Cleoriff — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:56:49 GMT

I'd be inclined to do the same @Anonymous . It was totally pathetic and not worth the airtime.

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Mi-Amigo — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:38:15 GMT

A huge disappointment. I admit that I fell the hype - hense why I started the thread. A waste of license-payers money and a waste of viewing time...

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Cleoriff — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:09:42 GMT

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
A huge disappointment. I admit that I fell the hype - hense why I started the thread. A waste of license-payers money and a waste of viewing time...

I just felt large chunks were missed out @Mi-Amigo