Anyone seen War of the Worlds?
Truly bad film. But with some useful lessons for American Citizens in times of crisis:

1) Save yourself at the expence of anyone else. If you have a tough moral, ethical, or compassionate decision to make, make it quickly, make it thinking pretty much only about yourself, and never question it afterwards.

2) Take a gun. Your fellow Americans neither own guns nor have a mindset obsessed with the power of guns. Therefore if you take yours it will grant you power over other gunless Americans in a similar plight, which you can use to benefit yourself.

3) Soldiers must shout at civilians and are completely superior to civilians. Do not question any solder even when he is shouting at you to do something you are already doing.

4) As long as you wait long enough, and ignore huge death tolls, devestation on a vast scale, and the possibility your enemy may regroup, address their initial mistakes and come back at you, we will be victorious and return to our lives of blissful ignorance.
(Sir Ian Blair, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:24, archived)

I think it was a truly brilliant film
and anyone who says different is an idiot
(Quatermass and teh Shit, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:26, archived)

How did I forget that one
5) Anyone who disagrees with your way of doing things is part of the problem and the solution is probably to kill them.
(Sir Ian Blair, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:27, archived)

that
sums up london today pretty well.
( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:30, archived)

Twas utter cunty bollocks
Second worst film of the year, after hitchhikers guide
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:30, archived)

I rather liked it

( Giant bunny jumping out like a large happy tourettes rabbit, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:32, archived)

Why didn't you like Hitchhiker's Guide?
I thought it was okay. Not brilliant, but perfectly enjoyable.
( Comma, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:33, archived)

you enjoyed it then.

( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:26, archived)

Actually that's not the whole story
Speilberg is a genius and it is filmed very well.
And I think Tom Cruise is a pretty good actor, despite how he comes across as a loony-tune ADHD, ritalin-abstaining, scientologist egocentric person in real life.
(Sir Ian Blair, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:32, archived)

yes dear, would you like a balloon?

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:26, archived)

That's nice.
I haven't seen it and am not going to.
( Comma, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:27, archived)

this
the new one or the old one ?
( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:28, archived)

the old one was dead good at the time

( Reckless_Rik, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:29, archived)

Putting the book to one side,
everyone know's that the musical is the best version.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:31, archived)

god yeah!
does the new movie have Eve of The War in any way? like just the orchestral bit at the start? that`d be really cool
( Reckless_Rik, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:32, archived)

OOOOOOOOHH - LLAAAAAAAAA

( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:34, archived)

Dunn Dunn Derrrrrr
doodle ooo doodle ooo
beeewoooo whirrrrrrr
or summat ;D
(lemonymillenniumbaboon, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:36, archived)

Watching the film trailers
where the voiceover reads out the introduction, I couldn't help but think that I'd have been more interested in the film if they'd used the Richard Burton voiceover from the musical.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:36, archived)

Fuck off is it
the computer game version is the best.

Gecko molester.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:32, archived)

the computer game is brill
I might install it later and have a go.. the music is class
( Reckless_Rik, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:35, archived)

I hate the agree with you, well ever
but i do
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:32, archived)

rearrange these words to make an understandable statement of your choice

( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:38, archived)

I
keep meaning to buy the redone musical version but I keep forgetting to every time im out.
( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:32, archived)

*coughs*
www.torrentreactor.to/torrents/view_45602
( Fergburger, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:36, archived)

WOTW
was it based aroung the Leatherhead area like the book?
(driverchris, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:31, archived)

is
Woking innit?
( Reckless_Rik, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:34, archived)

No
My daughter goes to school there and we never saw any tripods
( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:35, archived)

Course not.
Things like that ONLY happen in the good ole USofA. Never anywhere else. Tch!
( D3xt3r Don't take any guff from these fucking swine...., Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:43, archived)

Well untill this morning
you were correct...
(Quatermass and teh Shit, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:48, archived)

It strikes me as odd (i.e. utterly incomprehensible)
that these aliens who have been studying us for a million years would not have infrared cameras or something similar to find us when we hide in our basements...
([sic] You're ad here?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:32, archived)

Yes - can't remember from the book
But that bit seemed utterly ludicrous, and I have no idea why we had to see the aliens in the flesh that early on. They were a much scarier faceless menace, rather than some cute extra from Land of the Dinosaurs VII.
(Sir Ian Blair, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:39, archived)

"No one would have believed..."

The new version of this passage isn't anywhere near the original.

BTW I was listening to the Jeff Wayne version in the car the other night at about 3am coming home from work. I spooked myself so much I locked the car doors. How the missus laughed when I got home.
( andyparmo bumming sheeps since, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 14:37, archived)