Leper Messiah Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 teaser poster for Spielbergs War of the Worlds, yet more confirmation of his attention to piss all over the original version, as he seems to be going with the 50's movie look for the aliens rather than god forbid do anything to do with the book. As the movie develops is good to see Spielbergs utter contempt for one of the greatest authors in modern times. the lousy, good for nothing, book burning, son of a....... *fumes* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Yeah....haven't you already had a thread to piss and moan about spielburg doing this movie? If i'm mistaken just pm me and i'll reopen it. Edit - my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Originally posted by ET Warrior Yeah....haven't you already had a thread to piss and moan about spielburg doing this movie? If i'm mistaken just pm me and i'll reopen it. Edit - my bad. thank you kindly sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Actually, there has. here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Originally posted by StarWarsPhreak Actually, there has. here that threads about the trailer for the Pendragon version, this thread is about the Paramount version and its utter disrespect for the story, two completely different threads (although inevitably the Cruise/Spielberg effort found its way into that thread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 It's still about this "War of the Worlds." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Originally posted by StarWarsPhreak It's still about this "War of the Worlds." its about two different movies..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Ya, two different movies, same title. I'm not sure how that teaser poster means Spielberg wants to piss all over the book. We already know it's going to be different. Why not judge it on its own merits? Spielberg is apparently going after the tone and concept of the book, not the setting or the exact storyline. I'm not sure how not using the exact aliens, location and storyline of the book means 'utter contempt'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Being a Spielberg version, you just know there's going to be a cute kid or cute alien in there somewhere. *vomits violently* With the kind of backing he can attract, Spielberg could have made a truly great version based on the novel, in the proper setting. As it is, I have serious doubts whether I'm going to like this version... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 it cant be judged on its own merits. Independance Day is generally thought of as a War of the Worlds movie among fans but it can be judged on its own merits because it never claimed it was WOTW. this is, and its an absolute abomination - for some reason every disaster film has to follow the tired plot of a man not very good with his family relationships and this film is no exception, that threadbare plot has been added - WHY?! what is wrong with the story that was there? one of the themes of WOTW is that the central character loses everything, nearly including his humanity because he is seperated from all that is familiar to him. What is this film going to give instead? undoubtedly Cruise running in slow motion past explosions shouting "noooooooo" for some reason before destroying the evil invaders. Everything that has come out of the shooting so far has revealed no intention at all to follow the book. the closest we get is that there might possibly maybe perhaps be a "Thunder Child" sequence. not good enough, not good enough at all if its claiming to be a war of the worlds film. at least the fifties movie roughly equated events in the book to the screen in some form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Originally posted by StormHammer Being a Spielberg version, you just know there's going to be a cute kid or cute alien in there somewhere. *vomits violently* you're spot on! as mentioned above Cruise plays a man with a difficult family relationship, arggh why did he feel it necessary to put the War Of The Worlds name on it. Signs worked very well and it didnt need a name behind it. Speilberg is basically using the War Of The Worlds title as a brand name, he has no respect for a classic of modern literature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 You have no room to complain about a movie based on a book until you've seen the ruination that was Timeline. I don't think spielberg could screw up WOW NEARLY as much as Timeline was ruined. maybe this movie will rock, you can't really pass judgement till you've seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Well i dont know about that, i think that it is possible to judge it to an extent from whats become clear about the plot that Speilberg has elected to use, and where he's filmed things. There was talk of using the place in New Jersey that was in the famous radio broadcast for the martian landing area, which would be a nice little nod to the fact that War of the Worlds does have fans, and a fair percentage of them are mighty annoyed with Mr Spielberg and his decision to use WOTW as a giant marketing bandwagon (without the name i dont think he would have got the largest approved budget OF ALL TIME for it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerhs Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 ^^^^ well, when you direct movies like 'jaws', 'close encounters of the third kind', 'e.t.','a.i.', 'jurassic park', etc, you tend to get big budgets fairly easily. besides, its just a tad unfair to judge a movie whenever its hasn't even come out yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Originally posted by stingerhs ^^^^ well, when you direct movies like 'jaws', 'close encounters of the third kind', 'e.t.','a.i.', 'jurassic park', etc, you tend to get big budgets fairly easily. besides, its just a tad unfair to judge a movie whenever its hasn't even come out yet. well all i can say to that is that there is enough known about to get a good picture of the approach the film is taking, and it is quite frankly poor. If it wasnt a War Of The Worlds film it would be passable, but when its got so much to live up to, this is going to fall drastically short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerhs Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 bah!! go ahead and be a pessimist. i'll just keep my glass 1/2 full, thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Originally posted by stingerhs bah!! go ahead and be a pessimist. i'll just keep my glass 1/2 full, thank you very much. hehehehe im sure, ill wait for the Pendragon version myself (out 30th March but what kind of release it will get is unknown ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I'm sorry - but did you not see what he did to Jurassic Park - that was him right? Classic example of taking a great book, stealing the concept (dinosaur park), and then doing whatever the hell he wants to it. Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapNColostomy Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I read Jurassic Park. I really didn't see too much difference. Some things weren't in the in the movie, sure. But I honestly just figured it was to save time. For a REAL butchery of a novel to film, The Running Man comes to mind. That's my all time favorite book. The only thing the film version has in common at all is the main characters name. Man I hate that movie. [EDIT] To get back on topic, it's Spielberg. And it's sci fi. I'll be watching WOTW for sure. Hell, I've never even watched the original, or read the book. So it won't seem to blasphemous to me. I heard some of the radio broadcast when I was a kid though, and I remember the sindicated series. It can't be any worse than that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Originally posted by STTCT I'm sorry - but did you not see what he did to Jurassic Park - that was him right? Classic example of taking a great book, stealing the concept (dinosaur park), and then doing whatever the hell he wants to it. Oh well... Hmmm, I have read jurassic park, AND I have seen the movie, and it's actually one of my all time favorites. It wasn't precisely true to the book, but it really would have been difficult for him to keep it just like that book and be able to keep it under 3 hours. Now The Lost world on the other hand.....THAT one was a complete mockery of the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Originally posted by ET Warrior Now The Lost world on the other hand.....THAT one was a complete mockery of the book. Crichton made a mockery of the real novel of the same name by Arthur Conan Doyle. And he pandered to the movie-goers by including characters who died in the first novel. Go figure. Furthermore, the 3 Jurassic Park movies have all taken scenes straight out of the original Jurassic Park novel - thus milking the franchise further. Anyway, that's OT and my little rant is over. BTW, I too am sick to death of the 'disjointed family' angle, where you know they're all going to get together for a group hug at the end. *vomits again* In this regard I have to agree with LM - the character in the book had a damned good relationship and no kids, living a pleasant life. Thus the impact of the invasion was all the more shocking as the world descended into chaos around him. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I'm just looking at it as a teaser poster, it doesn't mean that's how it's gonna look or anything. It's just a teaser, to make us wonder wtf is gonna happen. Besides most people these days have never read war of the worlds and couldn't tell you the name of an HG Wells book to save their lives. Just because speilburg is directing it doesn't mean he makes all the decisions. The story is written by someone else. he has producers and company executives that ha has to please. I mean one can hardly place all blame on the director. All he is really incharge of is the cast and their takes on the role, and giving figures for camera angles and the like. The movie industry is a complex thing and all the blame can NEVER be placed on just one person. If I want war of the worlds at it's finest, I'll read the book like I always do. Or if I don't feel like reading, I'll listen to Orsen Wells reading it via audio book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Originally posted by Leper Messiah having studied anatomy and dissection for three years at uni, I would like to conclude that that teaser poster looks like an upside down anatomical drawing of a testicle.... WAR OF THE TESTES ! arrrghh !!!!!!!!! mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Some of you may remember how excited I was about a WotW remake about a year ago, with concept art from Pendragon. The more I hear about this remake, the more I weep. Having seen the most dissapointing teaser trailer of my entire life.....AND the news that Tom Cruise will be in this, it's almost like an Austin Powers joke made serious, and it is not funny at all. I'm not going to dismiss it JUST yet, but the more I hear about it, the more upset I get... For now I will stick with the book, and the George Pal movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 I would like to conclude that that teaser poster looks like an upside down anatomical drawing of a testicle.... sweet crap it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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