Darren said:If I recall correctly, the War of the Worlds story by HG Wells is about aliens attacking Earth, and nothing that the humans can do in the face of their superior technology, but at the very last moment, the aliens are affected by the germs of the common cold and they all perish. Something like that.
lovells19 said:boring...
nightwolf75 said:have u actually read to book to say its boring? for a book written in 1898, HG Wells was way ahead of his time. things like tank warfare, aerial bombardment, and germ warfare (in War of the Worlds) were all 'predicted' by him. btw, HG Wells also popularised the idea of a Time Machine (in his book The Time Machine, 1895) - at least 20-30yrs b4 Einstein came up with his theory of relatively which suggested the possibility of time travel.
btw, the radio broadcast of War of the Worlds (1938) by Orson Welles (no relation to HG Wells) caused a nationwide panic.
boring? hardly.
Drudkh said:anyone saw "the making" on channel 5 on Sunday or Monday night? they showed clips of the first War of The Worlds, very corny! :bsmilie:
hmm... reminds me the movie "Independence Day" :think:Darren said:If I recall correctly, the War of the Worlds story by HG Wells is about aliens attacking Earth, and nothing that the humans can do in the face of their superior technology, but at the very last moment, the aliens are affected by the germs of the common cold and they all perish. Something like that.
ST_sg said:hmm... reminds me the movie "Independence Day" :think:
Its probably highly likely that "Independence Day" was inspired by the book.ST_sg said:hmm... reminds me the movie "Independence Day" :think:
sam_always said:hey, watched the War of the world last night.... The CG effect is solid. But i dont understand the story le, can someone tell me? why the alien sprey humans blood? what for? why suddenly the alien's shield gone? strange?