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Jaster Mareel

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#120059
Topic
War of the Worlds
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120059/action/topic#120059
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Originally posted by: Warbler
I must take issue with somthing Klingon_Jedi. FYI I have not yet seen the movie. Klingon_Jedi listed as one of his complaints the fact that the Aliens didn't know of our diseases. Don't blame that on this version of the movie. The bit about diseases killing the aliens(not having seen this version yet, I could be wrong) , came from the book and was repeated in every version since. Blame H.G. Wells for that, not this movie.

btw: I highly recomend the Radio version by Orson Wells


Orson Welles was the coolest. He was in the Transformers movie.
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#119819
Topic
War of the Worlds
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119819/action/topic#119819
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Oh! I thought it might be Independence Day, but why tag on the extra 4? Why not just ID?

Anyway, Independence Day was nothing compared to WotW. Will Smith is a cool guy though.

Also, is it just me, or does Bill Pullman always play the same kind of character? Some kind of government associated guy. Like the President, or a military officer or something like that.

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I'm really going to bed now... I need sleep...
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#119818
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Breakfast
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119818/action/topic#119818
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Did you guys know that Pizza wasn't actually made in Italy, but by Italian's that lived in New York?

Anyway... I haven't had cinnamon toast in years. It used to be my favorite thing. I'd have it all the time just as a snack.

My family really doesn't do big breakfasts, considering we all wake up and sleep in at different times, because of my dad's job. So usually, me and my brothers just have a bowl of cereal or some pop-tarts or something...
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#119810
Topic
War of the Worlds
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119810/action/topic#119810
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Wow, that's a long post.

What's ID4? Also, I didn't like the 1953 version at all. That's one of the reasons I was expecting it to be dumb. Also, I've never read the book...

Anyway, you brought up several good points that I probably shouldn't have read because now whenever I watch the movie, I'll think about the things you said.

I had a few explanations for 2 or 3 of the things you talked about, but I'm to tired and it's unnecessary, so I wont type 'em up.

But basically, I think the reason you didn't like it that much, and the reason I loved it, is because I was never a WotW fan, and you were... Maybe. I dunno. I'm gonna go to bed now.
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#119782
Topic
War of the Worlds
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119782/action/topic#119782
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Well, I saw it a few hours ago and I noticed nobody has started a topic, so I figured I would.

I honestly wasn't expecting to much out of this movie. I figured it would be just another Spielberg Sci-Fi film. Not horrible, but nothing to get excited about. But I was wrong. This movie was actually an amazing movie. It reminded me a lot of 28 Days Later, because both movies really can give you a whole new view of life and death. War of the Worlds was so realistic, some scenes really had me upset and feeling bad for the people.

The acting was superb. I actually think in most scenes, Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin upstaged Tom Cruise.

But of course, it wasn't a perfect movie. It definitly had it's draw backs. The Aliens, who have such great technology, don't have very good common sense.

--------------------SPOILERS:



They've been watching the earth for a million years, and yet some how they just overlooked all the germs and bacteria? They must have done several tests and scans of earth, I find it hard to believe that they never ran any tests or scans on the germs to at least see what they were and if they were harmful.

Also, the Alien didn't have enough common sense to look behind the mirror. He looks behind everything else, but with the mirror he just puts his head over it and doesn't decide to tilt it down. I know he went back after the girl made a noise, but I still don't understand why he would look behind everything else except the mirror...

The son being alive at the end was a bad idea... Spielberg did the same thing he did with AI. He builds up all this emotion and you get all worked up almost to the point of tears, just to realise that everything's happy. Not exactly the same as AI, but basically...

The most emotional scene in the movie is when he's basically picking which child he has to save, and you realise how horrible war and death and all this stuff really is. It's like the movie punches you in the stomach with the realism, but then picks you up, drives you to a hospital and buys you a "get well soon" card in the ending, when it turns out everyone is alive and the dad and son love each other and yay everything's happy.



--------------------No more spoilers no more.


All in all though, I'd say it was a very good movie. It actually almost seemed up to par with Darren Aronofsky's movies, with the exception of the ending. Easily the best movie I've seen in theaters so far this year, leaving Batman Begins and Episode 3 tied for 2nd.
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#112768
Topic
The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/112768/action/topic#112768
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The way I always do Matthew Lillard is

Matthew Lillard (Hackers) -> Johnny Lee Miller (Trainspotting) -> Ewan McGregor.

Anyway. As for Brittany Paige...

Brittany Paige (Yard Sale) -> David Lipper (The Pacifier) -> Vin Diesel (Saving Private Ryan) -> Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting) -> Ben Affleck (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) -> Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher