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