War of the Worlds

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I think it looks pretty good. I like big-budget disaster flicks.

[valueofaloonie]

Even though Cruise has clearly gone round the twist, I think this looks awesome, and I cannot wait to see it!

[angel17987]

I won't be seeing this. I haven't been impressed with anything Spielberg has done in a while. AI was absolutely dreadful and Minority Report had the capacity to be good, but lost something in translation and became an overprocessed bore. Most importantly, I hate Tom Cruise and I fear I might get sick if I'm trapped in a theater for two hours watching his face, complete with crazed eyes and creepy smile, on a huge screen. Also, the book and, to an extent, the first movie were about human nature and how it responds to the chaos that happens. This is just a big budget flick that's using aliens and explosions to make an extra dollar. Normally I'm okay with that, but I don't like the idea of taking a classic story, putting Tom Cruise in the center of it, and glossing over it Hollywood style.

[tamaradixon]

Well, if I do see this, I'll buy a ticket for something else and sneak in. Speilberg and the crazy that is TC are not seeing a dime from me.

[sjankis630]

Did I read right in an article that Spielberg allowed a Church of Scientology tent to be erected onset during filming of this ? I don't know what the world is coming to , but I imagine all those wild eyed people in the trailer are staring agog at the second coming of L Ron Hubbard.

[monsterzero]

Spielberg is officially a castrated husk of a director.

And I won't see this at all. It just comes off as being an Americanized and updated version to Wells' work and honestly, if I wanted to see that I would just go out and see if I could get the old '90s TV series of the same name which has more gore to boot. I don't need to pay $10 to see some Clam Dwarf running around slightly shorter sets and around extras standing on their knees fighting the aliens.

[angel17987]

Monster said:

I don't need to pay $10 to see some Clam Dwarf running around slightly shorter sets and around extras standing on their knees fighting the aliens.

Bwah! I have nothing else to contribute, but that was really good. Hee! the Clam Dwarf ;D

[slanderous]

Wasn't the original film an allegory about the Cold War? I can't remember. Nonetheless, as much as I love aliens hell-bent on destroying the Earth, I can't stomach Tom Cruise, especially in the role of the "everyman" turned hero. Ugh. And the fact that Spielberg is so beholden to his star as to allow a Scientology tent on the set seals the deal.

[tommytimp]

What's odd about this cataclysm of weird publicity so far is that it's waaaay in advance. If it's been this wacky so far, then g*d help us all in a month or two when the pr machine for this one reeeeeally kicks in.

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slanderous said:

Wasn't the original film an allegory about the Cold War? I can't remember. Nonetheless, as much as I love aliens hell-bent on destroying the Earth, I can't stomach Tom Cruise, especially in the role of the "everyman" turned hero. Ugh. And the fact that Spielberg is so beholden to his star as to allow a Scientology tent on the set seals the deal.

I don't see how it could be-wasn't it written by H. G. Wells? I think he died way before the Cold War. I could be wrong, though.

I'd rather see Cruise in a movie version of Call of Cthulhu, where he gets consumed by one of the Great Old Ones.