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Cymoro
Posts: 1865/2216 |
I'm actually more of a fan of the radio show back in the 30's. It actually caused a panic, and people were fleeing their homes in NYC. Good times. |
Ramadan Roy
Posts: 677/816 |
Spoiler:
If freaking watches could be broken by the storm, why was that camcorder still rolling?
How could the TV people get ANYTHING if the cameras all buzzed out DURING the storm, BEFORE any tripods showed up?
How could the mechanic NOT notice the people running and the tripods when he was in the middle of everything?
Why did they think they could get away on a slow ass moving boat where an assload of people are all on together?
They've been planning this for eons but didn't bother inspecting people for weapons before putting them into the cockpit?
Why would the lights be flickering and the tripods stop working if the ALIENS were affected by the air?
How come suddenly halfway through the movie the aliens decided they needed human blood?
Why did everyone suddenly decide to help Tom Cruise out? Were they fans or something?
How could the son survive that huge blast? He walked right into it when all of those tanks and aircraft were destroyed. Right next to the tripods.
If they vaporized all of the people, why did the girl find CARCASSES in the river?
How could the lasers cause fires but leave clothes unharmed?
How could the tripod be unharmed by nukes but the eye camera thingie could be cut by an old axe?
How could they have such advanced technology but no heat vision or other detecting modes whatsoever on the eye thing?
It was fake and it was simply made to entertain.
PWNED. |
petexcrct3
Posts: 6/9 |
yeah this reminded me a lot of independence day...i still really liked it tho...i like those kind of movies...but it started to get repetitive after a while...they run away....find a place...end up getting attacked again..same cycle 3 or 4 times...still good tho |
GeckoYamori
Posts: 57/153 |
Those aliens looked cuter than E.T. That scares me.
Spoiler:
I thought it was better than Independence Day. We don't know why the hell the shields failed, but at least it's better than uploading a Macintosh virus into a 100% incompatible alien computer. |
alte Hexe
Posts: 4508/5458 |
I SUPPOSE but it is mostly for nostalgia. I've never really liked it.
But stay AWAY from the television show they did in the late 80s and early 90s. |
Xeolord
Posts: 2620/3418 |
I honestly didn't think they looked very similar to each other.
"Same concept" yes, but the ones in War of the Worlds were much bigger, and had dual weapons, and many other things.
And is the old movie worth checking out? |
alte Hexe
Posts: 4506/5458 |
I just don't see it
I couldn't find a good picture of the 2005 tripod. But I think the similarities to the former and more to the latter and the 2005 is more "new and improved" sort of technology. |
Chronosphere-X
Posts: 194/268 |
I know HL didn't create them but at least HL's design was at least slightly different from the original 'striders'
War of worlds look well like the hl 2 ones. Cool though |
alte Hexe
Posts: 4473/5458 |
I wonder where the striders from HL2 came from originally :O
I couldn't be a book written in the Victorian era  |
Chronosphere-X
Posts: 187/268 |
I saw the movie today. It was great apart from the end...it sucked like shit. It seemed lame and pissed me off alot. It was full of suspence and action but there were part which also annoyed me.
The acting was great, i believe i would of acted similar in the sitution
The little girl screming was so damn annoying and her constant questions, i wish she died. The son of tom was a stupid part of the movie, i also wish he died. I don't understnd how he survived and how he got to boston before tom and co.
The house seemed to drag on, it was great but seemed tedious. The guy in the house was so damn funny to. He just seemed like joke. 1 min he would have an axe, the next he would have shot gun.
The mchines also looked like a rip of Striders from hl2. Cool though. Why did the shields fail when too? Also why when they turned humans into fertiliser did it to weed that was alive?
I actully changed my mind bout the film now...i hated it after writing this. It sucked, i can even remember why the alien invaded. Also if the aaliens planted the machines underground why didn't we dectect them? Why didn't the people run away when they saw the mchine rise. I such as would. Alot of people just stayed aand wtched. Corny nd lame |
Super Sion
Posts: 2203/2472 |
Originally posted by Xeomega
Originally posted by Ziff
He walks over a hill into a chaotic battle. He steps in front of the tanks. And then a giant flaming piece of alien war machine comes barrelling into the hill and a gigantic cataclysmic blast takes place. It wipes out thousands of soldiers, but not the kid. WTF
Oh, and I wish that Dakota Fanning ate the peanut butter  JUST DIE YOU DUMB KID
She was easily the worst part of the movie.
That screaming? Was that seriously necessary? Damn ...
Oh come on! If you were a 10 year old girl with panic attacks during a frickin alien invasion I think youd be screaming alot worse.
Originally posted by Ziff
Like, it would've been awesome if Tom Cruise whipped the bread at her =D
That seriously made me laugh out loud! XD
I saw the Movie Sunday and I LOVED it. The ending wasnt very good yeah but whatever. It was suspenseful as hell and scary at some parts...if you pictured yourself in that type of situation.
Im sure alot of you didnt like the ending because Cruise didnt hop into a Tripod and start blasting the Aliens, but seriously thats just not realistic.
I thought this movie did a fantastic job and showing how people would behave during an alien onslaught. We wouldnt suit up and get ready for battle. We would panic....panic like crazy. |
Ailure
Posts: 10409/11162 |
Originally posted by Black Lord
Spoiler:
Why would the aliens even bother to check if anything was in the house with their little telescope thing, they could of easily flattened the house without any problem like they had been doing for the rest of the movie.
Spoiler:
Maybe they just wanted to guard the area? It does make sense that they stay around, but not that they keep checking the same house over and over again.
I also liked the red weed concept, as it hints that the aliens wanted... to live here. They change their planet like their homeplanets.
The only thing that didn't make sense was that the "EMP" put out alot of things, such as cars... but a freaking video camera still works. Last I checked a digital video camera have more sensetive electronics than a car ever have. ~_~
CheesePie: I take it as you hadn't seen the orginal. And actually, I like the way the movie ended. I'm not much for the "OMG WE HUMANS OUTSMART THEM" scenario. I liked the idea of how they got killed. 
I liked the movies, it's actually one of the better remakes I have seen. Even if there isn't many things that is common with the orginal, save the ending and the "Axe scene". |
alte Hexe
Posts: 4436/5458 |
Like, it would've been awesome if Tom Cruise whipped the bread at her =D |
Xeolord
Posts: 2537/3418 |
Originally posted by Ziff
He walks over a hill into a chaotic battle. He steps in front of the tanks. And then a giant flaming piece of alien war machine comes barrelling into the hill and a gigantic cataclysmic blast takes place. It wipes out thousands of soldiers, but not the kid. WTF
Oh, and I wish that Dakota Fanning ate the peanut butter JUST DIE YOU DUMB KID
She was easily the worst part of the movie.
That screaming? Was that seriously necessary? Damn ... |
alte Hexe
Posts: 4431/5458 |
He walks over a hill into a chaotic battle. He steps in front of the tanks. And then a giant flaming piece of alien war machine comes barrelling into the hill and a gigantic cataclysmic blast takes place. It wipes out thousands of soldiers, but not the kid. WTF
Oh, and I wish that Dakota Fanning ate the peanut butter JUST DIE YOU DUMB KID |
PumpkinPie
Posts: 457/1158 |
Fudging. Awesome. Movie.
I loved every bit of it. The suspense, the story - and I don't know why you guys didn't, but I cared about the characters. I think they were pulled off well. The tripods were freaking tight. I loved how they vaporized the people, and their clothes went flying into the air!
What really got to me in this movie was the panic that the situation induced to the population - I mean, people just went crazy, like in that seen where they're driving through the mob of people, and the boat scene.
"It is true. What angered me was the fact that
Spoiler:
THE SON MANAGE TO SUR-FUCKING-VIVE A GIGANTIC CATACLYSMIC BLAST THAT KNOCKED OUT THE US FUCKING ARMOURED BATALLION! "
Was he really that close to the explosion? You never see where he goes, he just walks over the hill.I think that the vehicles were more likely to be harmed than he was. And, after all, we don't know his story. ANYTHING could have happened.
"What bothers me is...
Why would the aliens even bother to check if anything was in the house with their little telescope thing, they could of easily flattened the house without any problem like they had been doing for the rest of the movie.
Other then that it was okay. Nothing great IMO but okay."
Weeeellll...the aliens really seemed to be going for efficiency. Meh, why waste lasers on an empty house? 'Sides, it allowed for a pretty suspenseful scene, when the characters were moving around the basement, trying to stay out of sight.
The only thing that bugged me was how the aliens died. I mean, yes, it makes perfect sense, but why would they let that happen? I would think that rule 101 of exploring foreign planets would be to wear space suits for protection, ya know?
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Xeolord
Posts: 2499/3418 |
Originally posted by Ziff
It is true. What angered me was the fact that
Spoiler:
THE SON MANAGE TO SUR-FUCKING-VIVE A GIGANTIC CATACLYSMIC BLAST THAT KNOCKED OUT THE US FUCKING ARMOURED BATALLION!
Yeah, not like there was any emotion when they got back together. 
Horrible characters. |
alte Hexe
Posts: 4398/5458 |
It is true. What angered me was the fact that
Spoiler:
THE SON MANAGE TO SUR-FUCKING-VIVE A GIGANTIC CATACLYSMIC BLAST THAT KNOCKED OUT THE US FUCKING ARMOURED BATALLION! |
O.G.
Posts: 95/169 |
What the fuck?
THAT IS THE WAY THE FUCKING BOOK ENDS!
dont be bitching about it, you knew about how it ended even if you didnt read the book.
The humans have lived on the earth for thousands of years, building up an immunity to viruses and stuff, and the aliens havent been living on the earth, so they didnt have an immunity to viruses that were on the earth... |
PumpkinPie
Posts: 419/1158 |
I thought it would be better than what you're all saying. Still, I might see it soon. |
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