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Created 19 years ago2005-08-18 06:33:48 UTC by Instant Mix Instant Mix

Instant Mix
Instant Mix
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 06:33:48 UTC Post #128213
Has Anyone Actually seen War Of The Worlds.It's pretty freaky , even i was freaked but Alien was crap so i didnt freak.
If you haven't seen it you Will see it.The Tripods (Wanting an .mdl here!)
fire laserbeams which Annihilate anything where people are.They grab people And Eat them whenever they feel hungry.(Shiver...)
When they are in the basement of this guy the martians come in and look about.It makes a cool noise when The tripods Walk together.Cool. 
Please compliment :D
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SpaG
SpaG
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 06:57:21 UTC Post #128219
em, what are you talking about? Can you TALK SENSE
SpaG SpaG
Red
Red
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:21:27 UTC Post #128221
He is talking of the movie "War of the world". It was an okey movie. But most of the time i was shaking my head, becose he did everything wrong.
Red Red
38_98
38_98
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:32:11 UTC Post #128226
i havent seen WOTW yet, and i dont want people telling me what the aliens are like okay? :
38_98 38_98Lord
Madcow
Madcow
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:38:34 UTC Post #128231
He just said they looked like crap,, ;)
(wich doesn't mean that they looked like shit but something related to the word.)

I saw that movie...
I liked it! :)
The end didn't make any scence though, but some one told me that you had to read the WOTW book to understand it properly..
But I can't say what they mean cuz not every one has seen it..
Madcow MadcowSpy zappin my udder
38_98
38_98
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:40:40 UTC Post #128233
I've read the book..Im guessing the movie will hopefully show some realism to it (and what i mean is that movies tend to make up there own stuff and not go by the book, and i dont mean because they skipped a few chapters because movies cant be insanely long)
38_98 38_98Lord
Wrangler249
Wrangler249
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:43:10 UTC Post #128237
10 points for crap ending.
In saying that though, everything else about it was amazing. I must say the special effects are crazy and you can really see where Valve got their inspiration for the Striders. ;) :biggrin:
Wrangler249 Wrangler249
38_98
38_98
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:44:16 UTC Post #128239
you can really see where Valve got their inspiration for the Striders.
yeh...its a shame striders dont eat people :aggrieved:
38_98 38_98Lord
Madcow
Madcow
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:46:47 UTC Post #128242
Nah, they do not look alike at all,, =/
And,, the movie came after HL2, so valve could have been reading the book?
I bet they are to cheap to bye one! :P
Madcow MadcowSpy zappin my udder
Wrangler249
Wrangler249
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:48:31 UTC Post #128244
yeah, that would be good. It would be cool if they had those big solar guns as well, well not good for Gordon, but a nic addition. But methinks that might get the copyrigh people involved...
has anyone ever heard the soundtrack to War of the Worlds, as in the audio novel?
Wrangler249 Wrangler249
dajuppi
dajuppi
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:55:53 UTC Post #128254
WOTW sucked. Tom Cruise sucks. End of story.
dajuppi dajuppi
Wrangler249
Wrangler249
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 07:57:41 UTC Post #128256
Tom Cruise sucks
well thats a given, but dont you think you should give a reason why you thought the movie sucked?
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ZombieLoffe
ZombieLoffe
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 08:06:08 UTC Post #128257
WotW was a decent movie. The story quite much sucked, being from the end of the 19th century, as well as most scripts and some actors, but it was an intense movie and I quite so much liked it.
ZombieLoffe ZombieLoffe
SpaG
SpaG
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 08:12:12 UTC Post #128259
ah about movie i thought he was aking a .mdl file? Anyways movie was fine but had crapiest ending i ever saw.
SpaG SpaG
Archie
Archie
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 08:14:53 UTC Post #128260
And,, the movie came after HL2, so valve could have been reading the book?
Don't you know of the radio series that aired in 1938? it was before people had normal acess to television, and they didnt announce that it was a story so people beleived it, rioted and committed suicide. it was horrible...

as for book that was written in the 1870s, it was set in britian so what did Holywood do? Set in in America of course to prevent copyright infringment.

The ending was bollocks. They obviously didnt have enough money to destroy Boston or use any more special effects there so they decided to end the film there wheras in the book, the main character is seperated from his son and daughter and dies a lonely, sad man.

{On top of all that, it had Tom Cruise in it which makes any film crap}
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Wrangler249
Wrangler249
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 08:25:18 UTC Post #128264
I have that Half Life 2 Raising the Bar book and it talks about Valve taking their inspiration from WotW
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Kasperg
Kasperg
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 08:57:36 UTC Post #128266
*Potential Spoilers*

I quote myself
The first part was nice but the last half of the film was horrible.
Spielberg even had to copy the Velociraptor Kitchen Scene from his "Jurassic Park" film. Very dissapointing
The film begins nicely and there are some really good sequences. But from the moment they enter the basement and play hide and seek with those teletubbie-like creatures, It loses a lot. I dont care if the book has a well written end. The end of the film should work without having to read the book and it does not. It reminds me of parts of "Matrix Reloaded" that were absent in the film because they were included in the videogame "Enter The Matrix". Because of this, many people found the movie even more confusing that it was...
Kasperg Kasperg
Unbreakable
Unbreakable
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 09:53:59 UTC Post #128277
Yea, I seen it, and I agree that the aliens could have been made alot better.
Unbreakable UnbreakableWindows 7.9 Rating!
Daubster
Daubster
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 09:59:20 UTC Post #128279
Seen it - ya.. The begining of the film was awesome. I mean those spec. effects were great. But the ending sucked way too hard :nervous:
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
Mephs
Mephs
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 12:17:09 UTC Post #128306
I read it. I won't watch it.

[edit: Go on, daubster, what happened in the movie version? Cold? I heard the film is tripe, so you're spoiling nothing for us]
Mephs Mephs
G_KID
G_KID
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 14:00:08 UTC Post #128318
I thought it was a really good movie.
Special effects where good.
And the battle on the hill where you can't actually see it happening, is awesome.
G_KID G_KID
dajuppi
dajuppi
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 15:38:44 UTC Post #128334
well thats a given, but dont you think you should give a reason why you thought the movie sucked?
The beginning was promising but Lucas just filled the whole movie with 'random' "special-effects" (They're not so SPECIAL nowadays..).
You can watch WOTW once without digging your eyes out of your head.
If someone likes this film = No taste.

Luckily I downloaded WOTW and didnt pay anything for it.
Don't take me serious.. or take, I don't care.
dajuppi dajuppi
Seventh-Monkey
Seventh-Monkey
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 16:52:33 UTC Post #128345
They're not so SPECIAL nowadays
OLD
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Saribous
Saribous
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 17:03:49 UTC Post #128346
OLD
OLDER
Saribous Saribous
ZombieLoffe
ZombieLoffe
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 17:08:53 UTC Post #128347
Imo, it was worth seeing, but not a masterpiece in any way. It had some intense scenes (Some in the basement, for instance) which made it quite fun to watch. It was just that, nothing more.

As for
OLDER
OLDEST - except it isn't, OLD is.
ZombieLoffe ZombieLoffe
G_KID
G_KID
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-18 17:18:23 UTC Post #128349
If someone likes this film = No taste.
Hmm fair enough, that is your opinion, but I did actually like it, and I liek to think I have some taste.
G_KID G_KID
dajuppi
dajuppi
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-19 02:06:53 UTC Post #128403
Hmm fair enough, that is your opinion, but I did actually like it, and I liek to think I have some taste.
No, it's Jesus and Santa's opinion.. Of course it's mine!
dajuppi dajuppi
M_gargantua
M_gargantua
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-19 02:20:27 UTC Post #128408
taste = pride and prejudice, anything else by her, anyother 'classy' movie that all the film critics give 5 stars to. movies with 'taste', in a word, suck.

and the ending was perfectly fine. and perfectly sensible to smart people.

and plus, you got to remember that movies are for entertainment purposes only
M_gargantua M_gargantua
Wrangler249
Wrangler249
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-19 06:32:59 UTC Post #128438
[/end.shitty.disussion]
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BJ
BJ
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-19 08:06:39 UTC Post #128448
the movie came after HL2
In addition to the radio series, the movie was released in 1953.

Actually, reading the book and not seeing the movie might be the best option.
BJ BJ
Seventh-Monkey
Seventh-Monkey
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-19 14:08:35 UTC Post #128488
I concur. That's the way I went.

The Time Machine is good, too. Same author.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Instant Mix
Instant Mix
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-20 14:04:51 UTC Post #128652
WOTW.Anybody who hasn't seen it , 1st , Its not in the 19 century , 21st.2nd.Tripods are Waycool. 3rd Why the hell did i post this topic.
4th , What the HELL Actually fired and its impact. In the book they had funnels instead of curved arms , They had a Heat Ray In stead of this Blue laser which Cracked people (That part was crazy) into bits , And if you wanna see the film , See it. oh , Fuck off ye batties
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ZombieLoffe
ZombieLoffe
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-20 15:01:05 UTC Post #128663
No one claimed the movie was played out in the 19th century, however the book was written in the late 1800s.
ZombieLoffe ZombieLoffe
G_KID
G_KID
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-20 16:18:54 UTC Post #128682
They had a Heat Ray In stead of this Blue laser which Cracked people
Shrugs Maybe that is a super heat ray that just heats them so much they crack? :confused:
G_KID G_KID
Instant Mix
Instant Mix
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-20 16:32:49 UTC Post #128683
Now Thats STUPID.. Hey ...i Love pickles...Theyre sour...I'M GUNNA EAT YOU!!
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J3r3my
J3r3my
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-25 19:19:22 UTC Post #129800
damn this little kid sure likes to swear alot :P
J3r3my J3r3my
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