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01-10-2006, 06:34 PM
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Legally Married
Join Date: Mar 2002
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HG Wells War of the Worlds on Sci Fi
I saw a popup ad for this while watching Battlestar Galactica. All I know is that it's from 2005 and stars C. Thomas Howell. Sci-Fi Channel doesn't have any other info except that it's a "faithful adaptation" of the classic novel.
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01-10-2006, 06:50 PM
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Doggie Houser
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Should be better than last summer's blockbuster, then...
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01-10-2006, 06:52 PM
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Legally Married
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According to imdb, it's also an updated story.
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01-10-2006, 07:00 PM
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Doggie Houser
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Just scheduled it...
Very little info on scifi.com. It does mention that it's a "chilling update".
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01-10-2006, 08:20 PM
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Diogenes-type seeker
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Watch it only if you need sleep. I rented it a few months back and every time I started it, I woke up the next day. No effects to speak of, it's a low-budget flick...
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01-11-2006, 06:44 AM
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tivo_xml developer
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Originally Posted by jhausmann
No effects to speak of....
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Except the soporific ones, right?
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01-11-2006, 08:46 AM
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Konner Kringle
Join Date: Aug 2000
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This is the one that is supposed to be set in the 1890s?
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01-11-2006, 10:27 AM
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Legally Married
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by WinBear
This is the one that is supposed to be set in the 1890s?
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No, it's set in modern day Washington DC.
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01-11-2006, 05:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Sebastopol, CA
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No effects? How do you do giant Martian war machines and heat rays without special effects?
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01-12-2006, 01:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by sieglinde
No effects? How do you do giant Martian war machines and heat rays without special effects?
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Play it on the radio. 
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01-12-2006, 09:56 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Seattle WA.
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terrible, but watchable (if desperate)
It was made for around 10 grand, (OK 100 grand)...the producers couldn't even afford any army helicopters (or M-16's for the soldiers). Hey, the "walkers" are fairly good for such a cheaply made film! A direct-to-dvd rip-off of the Tom Cruise film.
My .02
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01-17-2006, 11:03 AM
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Legally Married
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
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We lasted about 20 minutes before throwing in the towel. What the HELL happened to C. Thomas Howell? Was he drunk? Was his character supposed to be drunk? He really looked and sounded like the last 20 years were really rough. At least the first 20 minutes were good for some laugh out loud moments.
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01-17-2006, 02:09 PM
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Phased Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Melbourne, FL
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Saw it for a few minutes here and there. Horrible.
Dunno how faithful it was supposed to be.
-Mike
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01-17-2006, 05:38 PM
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Diogenes-type seeker
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Well, the book doesn't put me to sleep
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01-17-2006, 10:32 PM
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mega Pnut m&m
Join Date: Sep 2002
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wow
i watched this the other day. it was soooooooooooooo bad. the editing made no sense and i never knew what the characters were talking about.
bad bad bad bad bad bad.
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01-18-2006, 07:43 AM
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MASS Zombie Hunter
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I was almost going to record it but decided to wait on some feedback.. glad I did not waste the disk space.
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01-20-2006, 12:08 AM
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formerly TiVoOpsMgr
Join Date: Jun 2000
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This was supposed to be a disaster movie -- and it was a disaster all right.
Bad acting, bad editing, bad writing*, bad effects -- this movie had it all.
* Their attempts at modernization and the promised "updating" were horrifically misconceived.
Why on earth did they bother? When you're going to do a remake of a film that was already just recently a big budget remake, and you realize you only have a tiny budget, wouldn't you give up and spend your money elsewhere?
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