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Disco Dan

8th April 2007, 13:01

War of the Worlds

A classic radio story, about martians invading Earth. When it was originally aired in England, and America it was taken seriously and many people actually thought martians had landed on Earth. Released on Record (4 sides), later a movie was made, then the americans got money hungry again and made their own remake based on the classic book by BRITISH author H.G Wells. The Americans, as with everything they envy, tried to make out that it was all their idea in the first place! *typical*

I prefer the old record.

So which do you prefer?

Highlander

8th April 2007, 13:19

I vaguely recall hearing it as a radio series when I was a young'n. (clarification: that was in the late 70's)
Same station did the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy too.

Other than that I have listened to the CD several times.
Didn't think the Tom Cruise movie version was worth the $8 it cost us to hire it for the night and was quite glad I didn't shell out for a night at the movies to see it.

Donor

8th April 2007, 13:30

Oi!

Where's the 'Never heard/seen it' option?

...bloody elitist threads... *mumble mumble*

Disco Dan

8th April 2007, 13:33

Oi!

Where's the 'Never heard/seen it' option?

...bloody elitist threads... *mumble mumble*

Realised that after posting the poll... are you that un-cultured???? geee.... :gob: hehe

Donor

8th April 2007, 13:35

Realised that after posting the poll... are you that un-cultured???? geee.... :gob: hehe

Mate, I'm as cultured as a pot of yoghurt... :)

DEATH_INC.

8th April 2007, 14:00

HHmmmm, read the story a long time ago.....kinda like the new version, some bits seem to follow the original story well, though some are well off the target....liked the pommy version too, but again, not real faithful to the original story...
Also Like the original radio broadcast version, lets ya see it in your own way......without all the tacky special effects.

BigB

8th April 2007, 14:14

Have it on CD, personally don't like the movie version

Swoop

8th April 2007, 14:25

I vaguely recall hearing it as a radio series when I was a young'n. (clarification: that was in the late 70's)
Same station did the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy too.
Was that 1ZM?

Also Like the original radio broadcast version, lets ya see it in your own way......without all the tacky special effects.
Exactly! Alow the imagination to run wild... The Goon Show was precisely that. :yes:

As to WotW. Have only listened to it on LP.

Highlander

8th April 2007, 14:45

Was that 1ZM?

Exactly! Alow the imagination to run wild... The Goon Show was precisely that. :yes:

As to WotW. Have only listened to it on LP.

I think it was 4X0, was Dunedin based and we lived in Queenstown at the time. I remember sneaking a transistor under my bed because I supposed to be sleeping.

Goon show was another classic, very very clever guys.

ahamay

8th April 2007, 14:48

SACD, remastered, pretty impressive at fullish noise :rockon:

Disco Dan

8th April 2007, 14:51

Have only listened to it on LP.

I have the original LP, with all the inlays with the drawings etc. My parents used to play it on the odd sunday afternoon in the study when we were in England, very fond memories! As a child I remember watching the original movie on tv and finding it very scary!

H.G Wells is a fantastic british author, and was a shame most people have only ever seen the american movie - which in my opinion took the heart out of the entire storyline.

Hitcher

8th April 2007, 15:45

The chances of anyone coming from Mars are a million to one.

Highlander

8th April 2007, 16:03

The chances of anyone coming from Mars are a million to one.

That's what they said.

And still they came!!!

mikey62

8th April 2007, 16:36

I take it that that is the record version? Only ask that as me dear ol' ma n pa had it on tape, a while before CD's came out. Problem with making any movie from a big book, or even a double LP record set, is that you've only got so long to hold the audience. I liked Narnia The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe movie as I've never read the book and I'll go and see the next one as well. Same as Lord of the Rings, never read the books but enjoyed the movies. People I know thought a lot was missed or glossed over in the Narnia movie but I still liked it.

Krusti

8th April 2007, 16:40

I have only ever heard it on LP. Listened to it often as a teenager......God I'm old!

Fond memories along with Moody Blues...

Where's my slippers? :zzzz:

SpinFx

8th April 2007, 16:49

I have the original LP, with all the inlays with the drawings etc. My parents used to play it on the odd sunday afternoon in the study when we were in England, very fond memories! As a child I remember watching the original movie on tv and finding it very scary!

Totally agree here, although the digitally remastered CD is awesome on the home theatre system.
Aaaaahh Childhood memories........Deep emotional scars of being scared of the f"@%n seagulls eating my eyeballs and a three eyed 'Simon Says' hovering in my window.

NighthawkNZ

8th April 2007, 18:06

I have the CD, with all the drawings etc... I remember hearing the old LP as a kid... awesome then... awesome now

The the Tom Cruise movie sucked... the orginal yankie movie sucked... I don't remember seeing a british movie thoughI am sure it would have been better

gijoe1313

8th April 2007, 19:02

There must be something worth fighting for! Something worth dying for!

Ooooolaaaaaaaaaa..... wheeeooo wheeo wheeeo...

gotta luv' that production, 'tis bloody brilliant - I had it playing in a class one day and my students came in from the next period... they were fascinated by it and some were creeped out by it all! :devil2:

We'll start over again!

Motig

8th April 2007, 19:31

Still got the original LP and also brought the CD, the LP is the best as the CD has little bits different in places which for me brought up on the LP don't make it so good. Not even interested in seeing the american movie.

Swoop

8th April 2007, 21:27

The day of the triffids was rather splendid!
Good old black and white British movies. Tally-ho, eh what!

Dafe

8th April 2007, 22:27

What a great movie.

I have the original LP - Never Played. Still sealed.
I have the CD too, which I play on occassion.
I have the original movie on DVD - Which kind of sucks.
I have the Tom Cruise version, which was awesome. I really liked it. Hard to pack such an eventful movie into a short two hours.
What an awesome performance by Dakato Fanning...

All in all, Being a huge fan of The war of the worlds......

I'm kind of dissapointed that it was packed into one movie and not a mini series.

I was massively dissapointed in the new movie, not to see the Thunderchild getting melted to smitherines!

And not impressed that HG Well's original words weren't stuck to in the opening scenes.

Hitcher

8th April 2007, 22:32

onearmedbandit

9th April 2007, 00:30

My father has the 4x LP set, remember listening to it as a kid and studying the inlays. Absolutely loved it, still remember the tune like it was yesterday.

bane

9th April 2007, 09:22

The Tom Cruise version sucked like a Dyson. The plot was lamer than Christopher Reeve. Tom's acting couldn't have been more wooden if it was done by Troy Tempest. Even Sue Bradford would have slapped his daughter. I was cheering for the robots.

"you must spread rep around before..." couldnt agree more Hitcher.

Jeff Wayne's (LP/CD) version was inspired. Richard Burton as narrator, and showed that a kazoo could be a musical instrument, rather than just a kids toy.

If you have never heard it, you are missing out.

avgas

9th April 2007, 10:10

the record, cos in Kati, in a farm in the middle of no-where you can believe anything

KLOWN

9th April 2007, 10:34

we got to listen to this great story IN school, IN classtime! we got 30min in the last period on a friday afternoon. It was on a record and came with a picture book. It was awsome. I would love to own it so I could listen to it. I didn't even bother to go see the american version at the movies cause I knew it would be crap, and it was!

BarBender

9th April 2007, 13:21

Remember listening Jeff Waynes great soundtrack and Richards Burtons mesmorizing narrative on the old record version while at Intermediate. The martian cry was also so much better than the fog horn in the movie version.

Indiana_Jones

9th April 2007, 13:39

Are we talking about the Orson Wells radio version?

or the Jeff Wayne Musical?

I love the Jeff Wayne musical :D

COME ON THUNDER CHILD!

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-Indy

Pumba

9th April 2007, 15:22

The Jeff Wayne LP was a great listen, the some of the music on it scared the crap outame when I was younger

McJim

9th April 2007, 18:02

Where's the option for "I preferred the bok by Herbert George Wells"?

Same with "the Time Machine"

Damn good Sci-fi Author...well ahead of his time.

McJim

9th April 2007, 18:03

Where's the option for "I preferred the book by Herbert George Wells"?

Same with "the Time Machine"

Damn good Sci-fi Author...well ahead of his time.

Scorpygirl

9th April 2007, 18:10

We have the LP, CD and remastered CD of the Jeff Wayne Version and also the radio version by Orson Wells. Are we sad!!!! Didn't see the movie as it had crap reviews. I can't wait for the animated movie version that Jeff Wayne is bringing out later this year.

Forever Autumn. :yes:

Disco Dan

9th April 2007, 18:12

Forever Autumn. :yes:

Love that song! :yes:

Robbo

9th April 2007, 19:21

Hey, great memories here. Used to have the original LP but it deteriated with time, and overplay. I managed to replace it with the CD a while back and still enjoy it occasionally.
and have often wondered how it would go as a stage show using Pink Floyds lighting engineers.

phaedrus

9th April 2007, 23:57

gah! i had to break out my copy because of this thread. Damn you all, you made me nostelge all over the place.

Hmm that reminds me, i'd better record it onto my computer asafp before the tape stretches become more noticeable.

Indiana_Jones

10th April 2007, 08:18

I like "the spirit of man"

-Indy

scumdog

10th April 2007, 08:26

Had the Double Tape Pack edition, loved it, great music.

But then after having the tapes for 10 years or so my mate remembered who had them and claimed them back.:weep:

bistard

10th April 2007, 10:41

I have the cd version in the stacker in my van,great driving music

Dodger

10th April 2007, 10:48

I have the Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, on LP.
Still sealed, never opened. :)

Had the tape edition when I was a kid (must be around here somewhere), and I have them as mp3s as well.

Beemer

10th April 2007, 14:07

Have to admit, I've got it on LP too, the Jeff Wayne one! With Richard Burton as the narrator - ooh, he did sound very sexy for (even then) an old bloke!)

Disco Dan

10th April 2007, 14:46

From the American movie, cant find the original one...

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BAD DAD

10th April 2007, 23:04

I though my mate was a gimp when he bought the LP days after it being first released. Trouble is that after enduring it for a couple of times it kind-ov snuck under my skin. Could almost qualify as a guilty pleasure. Almost.
Book and orig. film frightened the life out of me as a kid.

msm

11th April 2007, 13:43

I prefer the book, and I have the radio recordings around on mp3 somewhere. There's no escaping it as it seems to be a compulsory part of media studies curriculum anywhere on the planet.

All of Wells' sci fi books make excellent reading, in my opinion. I just finished listening to the a reading of the Invisible Man (audiobooks keep me sane at work) and was surprised at how much of the complexity was lost on me when I read it as a kid.

The Tom Cruise movie sucked giant hairy donkey balls. We didn't even get the gratification of seeing the leading characters being brutally murdered at the end, which is the only appropriate way to end a movie where the characters are all so dreadfully annoying. Tom Cruise looked too smug. Dakota Fanning just wouldn't stfu. Glad I wasn't the one to pay for the tickets :p

NighthawkNZ

3rd August 2007, 20:56

I just watched Jeff Waynes Musical Stage Show on DVD... awesome... :D

Those of you that are going to see it in Auckland... you luckys barstewards....

Bullitt

3rd August 2007, 21:03

I have the original movie on DVD, as special features it has the Orson Welles radio version too. Both brilliant.

I saw the Tom Cruise version at the movies and didnt think much of it. Especially his son surviving, utter rubbish.

Would love to see the musical but im already in Auckland twice in a month :angry:

Scorpygirl

4th August 2007, 11:50

I just watched Jeff Waynes Musical Stage Show on DVD... awesome... :D

Those of you that are going to see it in Auckland... you luckys barstewards....

Rhino and I have gold pass tickets to the show. I can't wait. It's going to be awesome. :yes:

BIGBOSSMAN

4th August 2007, 11:59

Hey! I have it on multi-channel SACD format - it is quite an experience thru a decent Home Theatre system I can tell you. But WOTW on LP is still possibly the best way to hear it, esp thru my $8000 turntable (snicker):yes:

NighthawkNZ

4th August 2007, 12:24

Rhino and I have gold pass tickets to the show. I can't wait. It's going to be awesome. :yes:

well the DVD was awesome... so seeing it live will be well I be jealous... :(

Scorpygirl

4th August 2007, 17:10

:banana:We bought the DVD today - so guess what we are doing tonight!!! And no it doesn't involve that either!! :gob:

pete376403

5th August 2007, 01:00

Indiana_Jones

5th August 2007, 01:16

I saw the DVD for the stage show today, I was tempted to buy it, but I decided I'd watch the show 1st when it gets here, then buy the DVD.

But I'm still tempted.... lol

-Indy

Oscar

5th August 2007, 18:32

Where's the option for "I preferred the bok by Herbert George Wells"?

Same with "the Time Machine"

Damn good Sci-fi Author...well ahead of his time.

Thank God.
Someone cultured.
It was a book, people...