In 2005 there were not one, not two, but <span class=“Italics”>three</span> versions of War of the Worlds released. There was Spielberg’s blockbuster (which was great, although it might receive some attention from me in the future), a fairly poor TV movie, and the subject of this post, Timothy Hines’ period (though which period it actually is is anyone’s guess) version.

I’d heard it was bad. I couldn’t contain my morbid curiousity, so I ordered a copy from amazon.com (it’s not, and probably never will be, available outside of the US). To this day, I’ve only seen the first twenty minutes, but that was more than enough. Something must be done.

I’m not talking about a fan edit - it would need real fans for that to happen, and I can’t believe there are any. But it would be perfect for a certain treatment, and I was wondering if anyone else here might be interested in seeing something good come from something… well… other than good.