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                   THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

July 12, 2024 at 4:57 pm Leave a comment

         COMPARING THE 2005 MOVIE TO THE NOVEL

Although the 2005 movie version of The War of the Worlds most closely resembles the novel, I have major problems as to how the invasion begins.

As I mentioned in my discussion of the 1953 movie the major stars, Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, appear at the end of the 2005 movie as the children’s grandparents.

The invasion begins with strange lightning bolts strike. Where do these lightning bolts come from? Never explained. Later, in the movie tapes made of those lightning bolts reveal that they contain the Martians.

Their machines are buried beneath the surface of the Earth. In the same encounter with the news team with knowledge of the lightning, it is speculated that they could have been buried for a million years. No matter how advanced a society is, underground for a million years – you turn the key, and they start up, no problem. I have a problem with that. Also, what about technological changes during those million years. Why use machines that are a million years old when the Martians could have brought along newer models. And couldn’t ground penetrating radar detect the machines buried underground?

I pose these questions because I write science fiction and sometimes I do not fully explain details for fear of slowing down the story, but there is a limit. Some details must be given for the story to make sense.

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