War of the Worlds

[jaysay]

Watch the original make of the War of the World over the weekend, having seen both versions the remake with Tom Cruise, I still prefered the original

[emzy]

I have to agree with you on that. Although did like the Jeff Wayne musical thingie realeased a few years ago, liked that one. I used to get "Tortured" as a child, mum used to played it from time to time in the car on long journeys, guess it was a way of making us sleep lol. Did learn to appreciate it more as an adult though. The Tom Cruise re-make, like a lot of re-makes just arnt as good as the original

[The kevolution]

As a fan of the Jeff Wayne Rock-Opera and the book first I can enjoy both movies to an extent but still feel let down by them.

With the first I know it was a victim of the constraints of its time, both in terms of story and effects but is surprisingly good. It does make me wonder what hairdressing technology we have lost to time as the female lead witnesses an a-bomb explosion, is in a plane crash, crawls through ditches and spends the night in a ruined house yet still wakes up with perfect hair in the morning. Now that is quality.

The more recent Spielberg / Cruise effort is also good and at least looks the business but suffers from that silly "they've always been here" plot and the stupid "Let's go and see Mom" plot.

So yeah, both versions worth watching.

That said when the recent one came out an independent British adaptation of the book was released, it's supposed to be a bit shonky (relying heavily on sub-par effects) but I'd still love to see it.

[Studio25]

Have you seen the DVD of the musical? I've got it here somewhere. Fantastic. It's also got a set of extras showing the cast & crew fed up at Russell Watson showing up late and "hung over" every day. They didn't know he had a brain tumour at the time...

[emzy]

Originally Posted by Studio25

Have you seen the DVD of the musical? I've got it here somewhere. Fantastic. It's also got a set of extras showing the cast & crew fed up at Russell Watson showing up late and "hung over" every day. They didn't know he had a brain tumour at the time...

Ive seen it a few times, bought it as a gift for my ex. Never really watched the extras but enjoyed the musical itself

[Boeing Guy]

saw the musical in December 2007, at the MEN. Awesome. Grew up with the album, I always remember that my dad had to jump up at the end of each side to lift up the arm on his record player as it did not have a automatic return. Great days...

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by The kevolution

As a fan of the Jeff Wayne Rock-Opera and the book first I can enjoy both movies to an extent but still feel let down by them.

With the first I know it was a victim of the constraints of its time, both in terms of story and effects but is surprisingly good. It does make me wonder what hairdressing technology we have lost to time as the female lead witnesses an a-bomb explosion, is in a plane crash, crawls through ditches and spends the night in a ruined house yet still wakes up with perfect hair in the morning. Now that is quality.

The more recent Spielberg / Cruise effort is also good and at least looks the business but suffers from that silly "they've always been here" plot and the stupid "Let's go and see Mom" plot.

So yeah, both versions worth watching.

That said when the recent one came out an independent British adaptation of the book was released, it's supposed to be a bit shonky (relying heavily on sub-par effects) but I'd still love to see it.

My other half actually commented of the Hair thing when we were watching the film, marvelous how they can be dragged though a hedge backwards and still look a million dollars

[panther]

I like watching Tom cruise full stop

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by panther

I like watching Tom cruise full stop

Must be a woman thing panther, he don't do nout fur me