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Films - War Of The Worlds

With all the talk about the remake of themiracle came. In the climax of the movie
H.G. Wells classic "War Of The Worlds", itwhile Gene Barry is frantically running
may be a good time to revisit the originalthrough the streets looking for Sylvia Van
movie from the late 50s.Whether you are a fanBuren, played by Ann Robinson, the Martians
of the original, or the remake, or both, oneare pretty much blasting up the city. It's a
thing many people don't realize is thatmiracle in itself that Barry, playing Dr.
neither movie version is really anything likeClayton Forrester, isn't blasted to kingdom
the book. For that experience you would havecome. But somehow he makes his way to the
to listen to the Orson Wells broadcast withchurch where he just happens to find Sylvia.
the Mercury Theater from the 30s. That was aJust as the Martian war machine approaches
rendition that stayed very true to thethe church and is about to blast it into next
book.In all fairness to the movies, the bookTuesday, suddenly everything stops. The
version would not have played very well inmachines start dropping, not only all over
theaters. Most of the book focused on twothe city, but all over the world.What
men simply trying to survive the attack fromhappened?Good old mother nature, that's what.
Mars. There was very little action, outsideIt turns out that the Earth's bacteria was
of the scattered radio reports they weretoo much for the Martians and they started
receiving about attacks from the Martians alldropping like flies. The Earth, at least for
over the world. Watching two men discuss thenow, was saved.The movie had some good
fate of the world and what they were going tospecial effects for 1953 and the climax was
do probably would not have gone over very bigvery exciting. But for the most part a lot
with theater audiences. So the originalof the movie was pretty corny and the
movie focused more on the actual attackoveracting at times was hilarious. But if
itself.In the movie, Gene Barry plays theyou were a kid growing up during the time,
scientist who happens to get caught in thethis was a movie that you just loved
middle of all this mayhem, constantly tryingwatching, with all its flaws.It should be
to warn the military that their weapons werepointed out that the news reporter who was
no match for the Martian war machines. Ofcommenting on the events of the day was one
course the military doesn't listen and throwsof the greatest TV voices of all time, that
everything at the Martians, to no avail.of Paul Frees. He was also the opening
Finally they drop the atomic bomb on them.narrator. Frees did a lot of classic science
Even that did no good whatsoever. The Earthfiction during the 50s. Just hearing him,
was headed for certain destruction. Only aregardless of the part, was worth the price
miracle could save our planet.Of course thatof admission.



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