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This is a link post War Of The World - The New Generation.
Thoughts, anyone?
Feel free to skip the first half if you've got a short attention span.
(Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:22, Reply)
This is a normal post My thoughts are mainly
"Why?"

There's nothing wrong with the original, IMO.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:24, Reply)
This is a normal post I guess "because" would be the only real answer.
They've updated a few bits - there's some dancey basslines and some dubstep lite (for beginners) and some industrial mutterings going on. It does seem a bit strange to try and make something appeal to the yoof when the only people who'll notice are the 30somethings.
 (Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:28, Reply)
This is a normal post It's not sexual
enough
 (BumCoffee Portrait videographer, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:34, Reply)
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 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:43, Reply)
This is a normal post This appears accurate

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:46, Reply)
This is a normal post Who's going to buy it then?
I just don't see a market for it, but maybe I have an optimistic view of the world's taste in music.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:46, Reply)
This is a normal post People who liked the original
but think it needed more Gary Barlow?
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 22:17, Reply)
This is a normal post The original is so good that even when its totally ruined it still sounds brilliant.

(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:30, Reply)
This is a normal post That sums it up pretty well.
Also I think that dubstep could very well have found it's only natural home here. Distorted warblings and off kilter beats would be pretty much perfect.
 (Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Loved it
Quite frankly, voices and theatrical talent like Richard Burton's come around every few hundred years, Liam Nielsen sounded very good.

Guess it will be Morgan Freeman in the States..
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:32, Reply)
This is a normal post STOP DOING WAR OF THE WORLDS WRONG.

(I helped save b3ta! Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:39, Reply)
This is a normal post *Cowers*

(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:45, Reply)
This is a normal post You should hide Jahled....
I saw what you said..
 (I helped save b3ta! Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 22:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Now you've got Norfolk's maddest man.
etc.
 (I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Well whoever was voicing the artilleryman needs some acting lessons
He really shouldn't be sounding quite so happy about his unit being wiped out.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:05, Reply)
This is a normal post still waiting on the 8-bit version...
à la www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLdKW_Db1k

but with added currah μspeech samples please...
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Dubstep triplets (a.k.a wublets)...
Fuck 'em.


Fuck 'em dead.
 (I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 10 Dec 2012, 22:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Well first off, the artilleryman sounds like he's about to laugh
so that's a load of shit. Liam Neeson appears to be filling Burton's shoes though. Just. But the music feels off...hardly changed from the original really, apart from a few jazzed-up effects and beats. But the whole thing sounds...well...a bit cheaper, like those rip-off cds you hear playing in shops without the original artists.

I have to ask, what's the point? If you're not going to redo it massively and more betterer, don't bother at all. Quite liked the bit where it goes all underwatery though.
 (Leemondus, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:11, Reply)
This is a normal post ^that right there!!
I went to see the stage production at weekend, and absolutely loved it...

and even though i did really enjoy it, it still made me pine for the the original .. Burton, Essex. Lynott.. the original is one of those rare examples of getting everything right!

There really isn't a need for "the new generation" .. Jeff Wayne must need a few quid, and Barry Garlow hasn't nearly enough exposure is all i can think!?!
 (I helped save b3ta! DanGleeballs Moist people don't notice spelling errors..., Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:23, Reply)
This is a normal post much as i love it...
...david essex? really?
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:18, Reply)
This is a normal post at the time, he was a popular bloke..
and although he's a bit annoying, i really like his voice on it..


"Just hunks of mettul.."
 (I helped save b3ta! DanGleeballs Moist people don't notice spelling errors..., Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:26, Reply)
This is a normal post a brave new world!
innit. yeah, kinda like it - rose tinted nostalgia an' all that - but he was just flavour of the month at the time, much as whoever is playing whoever in the current cash grabbing remake i s'spose.

let's start over agAIN... over aGAIN...
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:50, Reply)
This is a normal post no nathaniel! oh, no nathaniel, no...
there must be more to life...
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:54, Reply)
This is a normal post It doesn't feel the same.
It's like I've stumbled across what I thought was the original but is actually a not-as-good cover. Like those Christmas albums you buy that turn out to be Stars in Their Eyes style impersonations.

Disappointing :(
 (I helped save b3ta! Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 9:34, Reply)