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The War of the Worlds: Wells Martians
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By the late 1960s The War of the Worlds was reaching a bizarre zenith of conflicting musical genres. Progressive rock groups would stage vast set pieces to attempt to defeat the popular beat combo groups. The popular beat combos in turn would use their influence with young girls to drown out the progressive rock groups. This meant that more and more Wars were ending in stalemate. Eventually the ICCW was taken over by hippies who used their newfound power to encourage the fans of the sport to indulge in a Martian drug known as The Red Weed. Although it had no discernable effect on humans, it kept the Martians happy, as they hadn’t won a season in many years.
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The War of the Worlds in its movie version is the beginning of the end for quality in adaptations of Wells' book. There's not much to say here that hasn't already been said about B-movies from the 50s. Absence of acting, macho scientist, screaming bimbo, cheap effects, poorly-written script. Some limitations, such as a low budget, can be overcome by sharp writing, as has been proven over the years by movies as diverse as Dark Star and The Brother from Another Planet. But Wells' famous story is squandered here, and it's replaced by slack plotting and offensive dialogue. The ending is retained, which is a relief in comparison to some of the other adaptations in the 1950s (for example, what's the point of filming 1984 with a happy ending?), but that's slight reward for the abuse that precedes it.
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The War of the Worlds is neither a new adaptation of H.G. Wells' sci-fi opus nor a single documentary on the novel and its spin-offs. Instead, it contains a compilation of materials loosely related to Wells' original novel. Of the four programs herein, the first is a riveting and suspenseful hour-long theatrical docudrama, set in a single locale -- a TV news station -- during a Martian invasion of Earth; the second sequence, "Ms. Intergalactic," does a sci-fi spoof of beauty pageants, cutting humorously to a clip from B-budget Hollywood monster movies each time a new "contestant" is introduced; the third component is a 90-minute program of NASA footage related to the Earth's planned exploration of Mars; and -- finally -- the release features a short documentary about Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation of Wells' novel, alongside interviews with fans. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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On the 9th of June, 1978, accompanied by a glittering multimedia launch at the London Planetarium, Jeff Wayne's musical version of The War Of The Worlds was unleashed. Taken from a slightly modified version of H.G. Wells' 1898 science fiction book, the album could in no way hope to equal the success of Wells' seminal novel, considered by many to have begun the modern sci-fi genre. Nevertheless, the musical version immediately entered the UK Album Charts and stayed there for over six years, going multi-platinum in the process.
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Based on the retelling novel of H.G Wells, including the original War of the Worlds back in 1953. Steven Spielberg creates the allusion of the classic and creates it into a satifying epic movie that will blow you away! The tale between aliens and humans was a perfect theme in this movie and its nostagia is through the roof. Some movies spoofed this movie,(Epic Movie) but the humour is underdone and not funny as it looks like.
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[O]n the verge of another World War on Halloween night, October 30, 1938 , CBS radio broadcasted Orson Wells’ dramatization of War of the Worlds and the reaction was incredible. Many listeners took it to be real and became frantic. Thousands of families fled their homes resulting in jammed highways. Many folks phoned loved ones with farewells. There were cases of heart attacks, miscarriages, and suicidal attempts. The New Jersey National Guard was called out.
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