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 The War of the Worlds (1953)
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:28
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I wish I'd been around when Orson Welles reading of the story on radio caused a panic! I used to have a recording of it on cassette. Produced for some anniversary. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:29
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The minute he realised he was holding an actual woman. Maybe the first time (he's a scientist after all). Might be different if he takes the glasses off.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:30
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Oh, excellent house-destroying!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:33
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Alpha Grade Posts: 11306 Joined: 16.01.22 |
An alien!
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:35
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Alpha Grade Posts: 11306 Joined: 16.01.22 |
Shouldn't these martians be 3 legged insectoids?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:35
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Great SFX! Tentacles-R-them!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:36
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Axe > Martians!
Vote Og.
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:37
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Note - he did take his glasses off. He'll have to marry her now. If they're alive.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:39
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I wonder what it must have felt like as a Brit or European, watching this film not long after a wotld war?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:39
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Note - he did take his glasses off. He'll have to marry her now. If they're alive. So he wasn't going to marry her when he could see her properly? Poor woman 
Vote Og.
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:39
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Yes! NUKE LA! PLEASE!!! Whether it sorts the Martians out or not!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:43
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Yes! NUKE LA! PLEASE!!! Whether it sorts the Martians out or not! Calm down! Calm down! Eh eh... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:45
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Actual footage is slotted in nicely.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:46
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Actual footage is slotted in nicely. Probably less intrusive than the Saturn V rocket in Deliverance
Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:46
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Nobody from LA will be able to go home...
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:49
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No mention of the animals that HGW made so much of. As in: his Martians were as much a higher order of existence to us as we are to animals.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:51
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LA is doomed!
Vote Og.
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:52
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LA is doomed! True! "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:54
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And that's just from thieves, cowards and the desperate. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:55
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Why do most aliens, meteors, storms etc all pick on either LA or Seattle?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:56
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Why do most aliens, meteors, storms etc all pick on either LA or Seattle? They don't. In Doctor Who, they mostly attack London or Surrey. Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 19:57
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Why do most aliens, meteors, storms etc all pick on either LA or Seattle? Seats of power Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:01
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And she's back. Not a hair out of place!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:02
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And she's back. Not a hair out of place! Of course not! Vote Og.
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:03
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I love the way the alien ships go 'clunk' and just stop!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:04
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Now that's what I call a permanent wave Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:05
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Covid saves the world??
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:08
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Blimey, that was a sudden ending!
Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:08
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Let's worship germs!
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:09
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Germs > Martians!
Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:10
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Ooh. Just looked on the dvd extras and there is the Mercury theatre on the air production of WOTW!
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:10
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Let's worship germs! That does seem to be the answer - for them at least. But germs are amazing, and frighteningly adaptable. Probably one of the most dangerous things facing humanity - after ourselves. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:10
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And our hero and heroine survive, despite having both a house and a city fall on their heads!
Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:12
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Blimey, that was a sudden ending! It seems to be a thing with 1950s/60s SF fims. Robinson Crusoe on Mars was exactly the same. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:12
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Blimey, that was a sudden ending! Well, he'd found her again, so there wasn't much they could show of what followed, there were all those extras to control and pay for, and they were running low on explosives, so... "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:14
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For once, I agree with you OSP, it's a great film for its time. Even if it has so little to do with the original. Thanks for choosing it.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:15
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Alpha Grade Posts: 11306 Joined: 16.01.22 |
I like it. Miles away from the book but it works in its own right.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:20
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Right, I'm off to see what DEVA has suggested for the WORD. I'm enjoying this one - they are nowhere near the answer. Could it be time for OSP to leap in with one of her famous holes-in-one? I doubt it. Hope your speedway people do well tomorrow, TT. Take care out there! What are we watching next week? "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 09-05-2024 20:22
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Next week we are watching a film I have never seen.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 10-05-2024 14:36
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Next week we are watching a film I have never seen. Please tell me it's not SpaceCamp. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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