The War of the Worlds | Trailer - BBC

[@bradgibbOfficial]

they better nail the sound effects like Spielberg's one, that siren from the tripods still scares the shit out of me

[@olliegrinners3224]

I know right that legit still gives me nightmares

[@RJALEXANDER777]

Y'know I could believe the tripod shown in this trailer being made by the same Martians that made their war machines in the Spielberg film, just separated by time. Like the difference between a Mark I tank and a M1A2 Abrams. Also agree, that fog horn sound from the film was chilling.

[@litteralyjustsam5262]

There's a clip on youtube, and yep, it's intimidating af

[@Tyranidlord556]

Still doesn't creep me out as much as ULAA!

[@litteralyjustsam5262]

@@Tyranidlord556 tbh ive always ofund the ULAA sound funny, but it works for the musical since it goes along with the music, but there was one time i did find the ULAA sound scary, which was in the Dead London part

[@Gojiragon]

It took a century, but FINALLY, a time accurate adaptation has been made.

[@MGSBigBoss77]

Yup!

[@dfmrcv862]

I *think* there was one attempt at an accurate film adaptation back in the day that also took place in the 19th century, but it is super rare to find... and the effects sucks, so...

[@dps1689]

@@dfmrcv862 the 19th century is the 1800's

[@admiralackbar9307]

@@dfmrcv862 Yes your right it was the Jeff Wayne version, it was actually released on video, I remember my friend telling me about it in the early 80s, it was very poorly animated though, it was very much like the artwork from the record, wish someone could find it and get it up on youtube, Id love to see it, even though it looks so bad.

[@sweetmelons2951]

@@admiralackbar9307 Actually I believe he is referring to the Timothy Hines adaption. it was made in 2005 and was accurate to the book. so much so that the characters often recited lines read straight from the novel itself. CGI was terrible, acting was terrible but it is and probably will be the most faithful adaptation from book to film we will get.

[@beastmendelegate1946]

I didn’t see Tom Cruise running at all in this trailer.

[@toainsully]

That's because another invasion happened 107 years later in New Jersey, with the Spielberg tripods finishing what the BBC Tripods have started

[@beastmendelegate1946]

Toa Sully Persistent little buggers aren’t they?

[@Waleed_Khan95]

hahaha nice one

[@TimeTravelinc]

Toa Sully Didn’t you forget that in-between, there were several invasions? Like in 1953 when they attempted to invade in saucer-like tripods? We even nuked them and that didn’t stop them in the long-run. Then, in 1967 a man warned us of oncoming invaders. He was... I think a architect or something. Warned us and told us to keep an eye on their hands, specifically their little finger. Then, in 1988, the martians (now evolved or something) re-attempted to start up the invasion again and re-acquired their ships. We blew them up and for a while a battle in secret happened. That was like two... maybe three years. Then nothing. Almost feels like years ago, but the invasion of 2005 wasn’t that long ago. And I’m surprised by that.

[@pschroeter1]

@@TimeTravelinc This version wasn't my favorite, except for the moments when the tripods were on screen. They were almost exactly like I pictured them reading the book, thought they were much larger.

[@ZandeKongo]

Finally, an adaptation set in the correct time period.

[@sinisterdexter]

In the correct country even...

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Correct place at least. Really relieved it's finally back in British hands. Not to say of course the Tom Cruis film wasn't any good.

[@nirui.o]

​@Necroglobule Yeah, afternoon will be brilliant. Early evening is bit late actually to be honest, but still do fine with me.

[@dantasticmania8728]

Which makes for all an interesting and far more terrifying simply because back in that time period they didn't have the more modern weaponry in fighting the Martians like they did in the 50s and 2000s versions.

[@markc5193]

@@danielwhyatt3278 I didn't mind the newer one. Probably more for the gritty bleak effects and score then anything else. But this looks class!

[@JoeEnglandShow]

I'm glad that they're using the original time period! You don't see that often, and I enjoy the juxtaposition of a historical setting with a modern sci-fi aesthetic. It makes the alien force seem all the more like a radical intrusion into a humbler world.

[@AstroBiggles]

Hands up: who else's dad played them the LP of the Jeff Wayne version of this when they were kids and ended up having bloody nightmares because of it?!

[@yewfh-oz7in]

Every bloody weekend 🤣

[@LifeLongMETALHead83]

Not nightmares but yeah it was eery and a little scary

[@qualityseabunny]

My dad showed me the live action DVD with animation and giant robot sculptures that lit up. Nearly cried myself to sleep

[@CH-ho5vr]

I listened to this when i was 8 in school, thought it was awesome not scary. Saved my pocket money and bought it on cassette.

[@jameswatson8794]

Yep

[@durkin9664]

They’d better have the Artilleryman and Thunderchild battles.

[@tikkabrno]

They better get a better artillery man, loading already fired shells won't do much 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@holl-we4ir]

@@tikkabrno lmao I thought I was the only one who noticed that, had to go back and pause to be sure :P

[@holl-we4ir]

@@tikkabrno lmao I thought I was the only one who noticed that, had to go back and pause to be sure :P

[@holl-we4ir]

@@tikkabrno lmao I thought I was the only one who noticed that, had to go back and pause to be sure :P

[@durkin9664]

TIKKA BRNO Martian sabotage.

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

"This isn't a war. It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants. There's the ants builds their cities, live their lives, have wars, revolutions, until the men want them out of the way, and then they go out of the way." --- The Artilleryman, War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

[@joshmacdonald6911]

This isnt a war between men and dragons or men and wolves or men and maggots or men riding dragons throwing wolves at maggots. -scary movie 4 man in the basement

[@NACDuff]

It's bows and arrows against the lightning

[@shadowlord1418]

Well then this ants going to bite that man on the nuts

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

@@shadowlord1418 read the book sand kings.

[@konradpietrzak3842]

Finnaly, War of the Worlds in proper setting

[@carlmanvers5009]

Except that it's not. This appears to be Edwardian, not Victorian.

[@konradpietrzak3842]

Carl Manvers Still more close than USA after second war or 11 september

[@yeetabix15]

@@carlmanvers5009 It was set at the end of the reign of Victoria so I think it's close enough..

[@carlmanvers5009]

@@yeetabix15 I think with the availability of costumes and props it was a reasonable thing to do. There is far greater accessibility to Gatlings and WW1 era uniforms than the older uniforms and maxims. Kind of shows how quickly technology and military culture advanced in that very short period just prior to WW1.

[@Kennikins1]

@@carlmanvers5009 It should be Edwardian. Wells described it as taking place in the early years of the twentieth century - that is, in his own near future.

[@Erosolvent]

FINALLY!! An honest to god authentic War Of The Worlds taking place in the Victorian era, just like the novella! Thank you BBC!

[@kesterfae5447]

This one takes place in the Edwardian era, early 20th century. For whatever reasons. There will be minor changes to the story too, creative and narrative liberties.

[@crackerscheese33]

@@kesterfae5447 I imagine the reason to bring it forward by 15 years is the advent of the aeroplane, making for more dramatic dynamics with aerial shots and combat.

[@notablegoat]

Novella? It is decidedly a novel good sir

[@dazshakeyspear]

No, definitely a novel and not a novella.

[@hubegermany]

And without forced sexual diversity and multiculturalism like Troya. Great.

[@The.Smiggle]

Finally, a War of the Worlds movie in the UK in the 1900s!!!

[@BerserkGoblin]

It's a series not a movie

[@Cirrus4000]

Did no one else see the Pendragon film then, which was pretty much a page for page conversion of the book?

[@rockulabacchus3786]

The Pendragon version was in some ways faithful but in all other ways dire to the extreme.

[@toainsully]

Pendragon Pictures did something similar, now hardly anyone knows about it

[@Cirrus4000]

@@rockulabacchus3786 oh, I agree. A classic example of why just filming off the page, so to speak, does not work. Also the 2nd rate CGI didn't help. On the plus side, I thought the music was good. I'll have to find my DVD copy of it.

[@Arahan96]

i wanna hear the tripod horn! i remember in spielbergs movie it was freaking haunting and horrifying

[@LordTechnopants]

It was (for me) the best thing in the Spielberg film (great on the old surround sound!).

[@wezzuh2482]

It's only part of the Spielberg movie though. In the novel their sound is described as "uullaaaa"

[@Penguin2923]

Indeed, it was chilling! I always adored Spielberg's War of the Worlds and I'd much rather stick with that as a unique adaptation of one of my favourite novels.

[@francescogiovannizollo]

it sounded like a fog horn

[@TheInvisibleMan-06]

@@wezzuh2482I believe that the horn from Spielberg’s film was supposed to be the “UULLAA” sound. The only reason it was described as ulla in the novel is because a sound like that had never been produced yet, after all, it was written even before WW1

[@potatoturtle6177]

Listen as a person who actually did read the book, this doesnt look that bad.

[@xw33b36]

Was it Orsen, or HG's that was in 1898? This kind of looks like the 1930's cause of the radio's and PA systems they're using

[@potatoturtle6177]

@@xw33b36 I've read Hg's tbh and it looks pretty similar (except for the monsters)

[@McPh1741]

@@xw33b36 H.G. Wells.

[@jordann2879]

Did the book spawn from the old radio broadcast joke or did the book come before the broadcast?

[@callmejason3520]

@@jordann2879 lmao

[@Brejan]

I'm so glad they kept it to a period setting. I always thought the story loses something when transplanted to modern day, and besides we've had so many "alien invasion" films set in modern day already.

[@powerist209]

Yeah, I remember the War in The Worlds in 1950’s had to add force field once they realize that modern artilleries, tanks, and even bazookas would finish the tri-pods. Plus Tom Cruise and annoying kids too. And idiotic things like charging straight to the enemy to look heroic but actually idiotic.

[@houndofzoltan]

I suspect they'll have modern day dialogue and sensibilities, but it's good to see it in the correct country at the correct time period. Can't have everything I suppose.

[@Wanttono]

love this kinda shows, hope they do ten seasons each year :)

[@mahmoudsalaheddine8358]

*cries in 3 shitty episodes*

[@youtubeistrash1o4o8o8]

@@mahmoudsalaheddine8358 ikr its all crap

[@roymcbridge8120]

​@@mahmoudsalaheddine8358kkkkkkkkkk

[@finlaylavery8408]

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said!

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

Finlay Lavery yet still they come.

[@XSPAWNX23]

The chances of any thing originall coming from the BBC are a million to one

[@Corusame]

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one... but still they coommme!

[@BuzzardPlanet97]

Da da daaaaa (doo doo doo, doo doo doo) da da daaaaaa

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

@@XSPAWNX23 ive seen it and its shite.

[@allthingswildlifeyt1218]

If this is good, I hope they also do ‘the time machine’. Also wouldn’t mind a new ‘hitchhikers guide to the galaxy’ series.

[@allthingswildlifeyt1218]

@Toby Hall that’d be great, even though I don’t have hula

[@UKTrumpetmike]

Please, please, please don't let them remake Hitchhikers - the film was bad enough

[@allthingswildlifeyt1218]

@Michael Chapple yes, but the original tv show was good, so was the new Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

[@thepochade5992]

Day of the Triffids would be good too!

[@CineScarborough]

They should adapt The Time Machine and turn it into a shared universe with War of the Worlds and Doctor Who.

[@jannikschmidt8511]

Me in a situation like that; Day one: I have hidden in a bunker, with resources to last for a decade, and 40 litres worth of tea. Day two: I will hang myself because I drank too much tea on day one, so there is no reason left to live.

[@shizukagozen777]

😂😂😂😂

[@jannikschmidt8511]

@@shizukagozen777 you are welcome for the first class 'comedy'.

[@shizukagozen777]

@@jannikschmidt8511 Oh, this is so nice of you, thank you. 😗😆

[@jannikschmidt8511]

@@shizukagozen777 To be honest, I was expecting a bit of namecalling (as in narcissist) after that comment.

[@shizukagozen777]

@@jannikschmidt8511 Why ? :(

[@PaulMichaels2010]

Slowly, and surely, I drew my plans to watch this

[@wilkowilkins363]

Best Post ever 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@Boolama27]

lol great

[@Pirate-Scorcher-1998]

Amazing

[@generalkenobi5173]

By the emperor

[@barraki97]

@MicroSiteBox UUUULLLLAAAAAAA BROTHER

[@rawyld]

"The chances of anything coming from Mars are million to one he said." War of the Worlds musical by Jeff Wayne.

[@daveyboy9094]

Downloading that from TPB now.

[@Lukethefox]

Went to the VR experience in London. It was really amazing.

[@toainsully]

If only the Jeff Wayne tripods knew what was coming.

[@rawyld]

@Gregster My mother taught me culture through my childhood right up to young adult life about the classics. I was born in 1991.

[@rawyld]

@Necroglobule My life will be forever Autumn.

[@anchy1995]

Nothing can beat the sound of tripod from 2005 movie, that sound of tripod walking still haunts me, terrifying

[@malinchoneska8554]

Ever hear Gabriel's Horn on Legion?

[@KingFahtah]

This is just part and parcel of living in a big city like London

[@jagoz7465]

Hehehe

[@TheFluffyDuck]

Brutal lol

[@KingFahtah]

@Baby Dog Of Justice #notallaliens #prayforearth

[@scibus2593]

Baby Dog Of Justice what’s frustrating is that the book was railing against this kinda xenophobia. On multiple occasions, Wells references “European empires” and at one point calls out the Tasmanian genocide. The Martians were analogous to the British empire.

[@mrsmith9079]

Comment of the year candidate

[@UKARCADES2015]

FINALLY something really decent to watch on the bbc thanks

[@themysticsomeone2089]

Person:there’s nothing to be concerned about Tripod:So anyways, I started shooting

[@davidjhitchcock]

For anyone confused as to the time setting, the Edwardian Period is correct, not the end of the Nineteenth Century. Wells makes it quite clear in the final sentence of the opening paragraph that the events take place in the early years of the Twentieth Centuty i.e.: the Edwardian Period. Looking forward to this...! :)

[@davekp6773]

He set it a few years ahead of in what would be his future so yep, Edwardian.

[@carlmanvers5009]

"And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment."

[@thewishfulfilmmakerhsu]

*“The chances of any trailer coming from BBC are a million to one.”* He said.

[@hgwells1899]

But here it comes ;)

[@VinnieBartilucci]

"a million-to-one chance succeeds nine times out of ten"

[@rawyld]

Good one

[@joelneedham4548]

But still they come.

[@arby456]

DA DA DA DA DAAAAAAA! boopidoo boopidoo. DA DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAA!

[@m1a2cabrams90]

Aliens: exist Germs: I’m bout to end this mans whole career

[@Cruddy129]

"This is nothing to be concerned about" So I guess a giant Tripod Alien invasion is just a regular every day thing

[@drunkenhowler22]

Well clearly you've never been to England.

[@joshuak5798]

Happens all the time over here mate, you've seen Doctor Who right?

[@Redeemer216]

it is now

[@galaxypl7756]

Well, giant russian/german/french army thing invasion is pretty common there

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

Well i think he is talking about the Martians before they come out of the cylinder with there Tripods.

[@notablegoat]

"Bows and arrows against the lightning", the artillery man said, "they haven't seen the trailer yet."

[@goseivalaskez769]

BWAH BWAAAH

[@jurassickaiju14]

"Look! There it is! What did I tell you?!"

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"Those of Hatred wash Their shores with Human Blood." - St. SkyKnight

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

OF A PLANET THEY HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP WITH

[@DangerVille]

This looks even better than I could have hoped for.

[@nionmagala2783]

Hell yeah you and me both Danger!

[@adrienneclarke3953]

I hope it keeps the original monster sound from the record, that was a terrifying noise

[@andyplum1854]

Oooo Laaaaa!!

[@raksh9]

Uuuuulaaaaahhhh!

[@searcherfortruthlayton1665]

In the books they made 2 distinct sounds: "Ullah", and "Aloo". Maybe it meant hello and goodbye?

[@pastordonkoh7692]

there are just more effective ways of invading a planet. These Aliens are armature s

[@MrBerkcan21]

@@searcherfortruthlayton1665 "Alo" is used in Turkish when you answer the phone lol

[@peppermintroll]

It had a good concept but I think it should have focused on the societal impact of the aliens instead of the soppy drama between the couple

[@reerjgiorge]

Agree. Specially because its only 2 episodes. That was a huge mistake, but again, tv these days is horrible, no matter what show.

[@bushaybillwill]

@@reerjgiorge that's a lie you just can't comprehend good television or you don't know where to look

[@jarrowjunction4831]

Well Autumn is between now and end of November so... Hopefully it won't be a... Forever Autumn... I'll get my coat

[@strathruncie]

Now you're not here? 😉

[@rowanc88]

OOOOOOOOOOO-LAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tytube3001]

it's spring in Australia that's what counts, we have Ashes

[@Dragonfly-0010]

Cue pan pipes...

[@PaulMichaels2010]

With just a handful of men, we'll make a new trailer again.

[@henrytjernlund]

YES! Finally a well done production true to the original story. No more modern remakes, please.

[@Scifogon]

Except for the Martians, but yes.

[@pizzathehutt1812]

This comment didn’t age well

[@URSLICCH]

Nah bro, thing's a love story

[@danielgifford8993]

I have seen this show which is now only 2 episodes (3 were promised) it was good but they definitely could have made this into a 6 or 8 episode series. Having read the book many times when I was younger and listened avidly to Jeff Wayne's album I really feel that so much more could have been done with show!

[@therealknapster]

Jeff's ' forever autumn ' best be incorporated somehow , even if very loosely

[@stalhein62]

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one But still, they come.

[@andyfield7397]

how are they to replace Richard Burton ?

[@matthewyoung9828]

do do dooo

[@twistednemo]

Yeah, Mars Attacks was crazy!

[@Tlmuana]

This was the one.

[@DalekCaanOfSkaro]

Let's all have a cup of tea and wait for this to blow over

[@GaiaLegend]

Hey Dalek, you've got red on you

[@mrmaxou4728]

Anime will destroy all alien

[@JaxDaHax1]

Just gonna sit in the dark and eat peanuts

[@Chrispy1976]

*No one would have believed, that in the second decade of the twenty first century, that television series were being watched from the timeless rooms of people's houses. ....* No one could have dreamed that those television mini series were being scrutinised as if by someone with a microscope that studies actors and actresses that swarm and multiply thanks to the BBC TV License. .. Few men (and woman! Thanks Stan!) even considered the possibility of there being another cool version of War of the Worlds... ...And yet, across the gulf of the internet, Minds immeasurably superior to our own, began to write and film... and slowly ....and surely ...they made their plans to entertain us....*

[@rhyshamilton7406]

Chad Cholmondley-Warner i really love this

[@ryantomlinson7754]

THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS ARE A MILLION TO ONE. BUT STILL THEY COME

[@daveyboy9094]

Well played sir. Well played indeed.

[@MattJames1958]

Very good

[@shaxzodbekmaxmudov7783]

Alisperucmanow

[@thesupertendent8973]

I love these two worlds colliding, it looks great and I hope it's executed well.

[@Godzillasolosyourfavverse]

Top 10 anime moments before disaster

[@noemiecansier8466]

I was about three years old when I saw Spielberg’s version and yet I remember my nightmares quite clearly.

[@stuartreid3540]

The chances of this being remade again, was a million to one they said

[@thereal_kpatz]

But still, they come.

[@MinekEzQM]

It's okay. The Scientologist version should be forgotten.

[@dfmrcv862]

@@MinekEzQM The what now?

[@joannot6706]

I loved the tom cruise movie, watched it many times. And as you mention it, it's been a long time, so I'll watch it once more!

[@litteralyjustsam5262]

@Eye Above All also an annoying kid that screams every 5 seconds

[@coecludd]

"My life will be forever Autumn" - but when in the bloody Autumn!

[@pobstrel]

October

[@rawyld]

"Now you're not here"

[@jmalmsten]

I'm hoping that there will be a really good Jeff Wayne synced version once the series is fully released. :)

[@kylesmith4513]

Finally something worth my TV licence fee

[@tonebonetones]

lol...once a TV tax paying sheep always a TV tax paying sheep.

[@kylesmith4513]

@@tonebonetones sorry ard

[@KevinT1149]

Will watch anything with Robert Carlyle so count me in.

[@mushroomhead3619]

Even James Bond The World is not enough?

[@Salena905]

@@mushroomhead3619 yeah, not my fav bond film, but I like the fact that he'll have a go at all kinds of stuff.

[@CptBritish]

Lets hope the Royal Navy has more than one effective ship in this version... RIP HMS Thunderchild. But seriously i'm looking forward to this.

[@GigaPlaya]

The ships were not made to cope with heat rays. Many of them were made with steel or only iron. Modern ships could be made with ceramic cladding. Perhaps similar to the ceramic tiles on the space shuttle.

[@CptBritish]

@@GigaPlaya I was referring to the fact that the Thunderchild took down some walkers and War of the Worlds is set during the late Victoria Era. Meaning there would have been more than one ship with effective cannon :) I understand that the Ships would have still been beaten.

[@praise_kek340]

@@CptBritish but lets be honest we go to that chapter directly when we open the book

[@joelneedham4548]

sadly no adaptation seems to want to include Thunderchild

[@niratanop6699]

Finally, I feel like I've been waiting for a trailer for this for years. The production values look great!

[@adedapodacosta4228]

Me and you bud😄

[@notanumber1311]

Yes, me too. Shame the lead appears to be the godawfull Rafe Spall.

[@mattb4518]

For years? Tom cruise starred in the war of the world's remake.

[@notanumber1311]

@Grant Wilson Stephen Hawking would have been better than Rafe Spall.

[@niratanop6699]

@@mattb4518 I'm talking about the BBC adaptation, I've been waiting for it for quite some time now since they announced it and then started teasing it was coming :)

[@nigelcarren]

Altogether now: "OOOOOOoohhhhhhhhh LAAAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh" 🏆

[@goseivalaskez769]

THE VOICE OF THE DEVIL IS HEARD IN OUR LAIR!!!

[@nigelcarren]

@ You say 'UUL' I say 'OOOOOOooh'? Who cares... I am in bed number 3 Ward 2.... Anyway, SHHhhhh.. I have to go I hear footsteps... Matron is coming. 😂

[@Lord_of_Dread]

@Alexander Kerensky In their search for the sinners?

[@whoda3499]

nigelcarren DUN DUN DUN

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

COOOOOOOOME ON THUUUUUUUUUUUNDERCHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILD!

[@kieranfo3739]

Somebody has to say, in an arrogant or dismissive tone "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one."

[@LaurenceReeves]

I live in Woking where this is based in the book, I'm well excited for this!

[@janewarner1010]

I was born in Horsell, right by the common where they landed in the book.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Apparently Wells took great satisfaction in cycling around Woking and imagining it being blown to smithereens. :) I'll have to make a pilgrimage one day.

[@sarahhall6208]

Scarey thing, I was working in Woking, was some leisure center next to a multi storey car park, exited the car park on foot and a silver Martian fighting machine was outside and there was people running past it in a panic looking at the sky, I was like OMG, whats this, i was getting pretty scared myself seeing people walking and running past this martian fighting machine whilst looking at the sky, asked this woman what was going on and she said, terrorists are blowing planes out of the sky... it was 9 / 11 and the first plane had just crashed into the WTC but no one knew the full story at that moment, just that terrorists were blowing up planes. was very surreal and frightening.

[@RemainIndoorsPainting]

One day i want to recreate the Narrators journey from The War of the Worlds.

[@richardanderson8696]

It's still set around London, but all shot around Liverpool. The first few seconds is William Brown Street in Liverpool, and several other clips in the trailer are shot nearby.

[@RaptorJesus.]

but will they still say "ooo laaaa!" and will the heat ray still be a facemelting guitar riff? XD

[@mossadon]

"will the heat ray still be a facemelting guitar riff? " is the greatest string of letters i've seen put together in weeks !

[@RaptorJesus.]

@@mossadon 🤗🎸♩♬♫♪ OOOO LAAAAAAAAAA!

[@Rasallon]

Thank you for this comment, as forever more the heat ray is now known in my head as 'facemelting guitar riff.'

[@XaliberDeathlock]

What are you guys referring to? The book, the older movie, or Scary Movie? Or what?

[@XaliberDeathlock]

@@stacyharrington504 Holy shit, thanks. What a riff lol. What's the "ooo laaa" part though?

[@stormstatus2309]

*Huge Robot thing appears* “Tis but a little scratch”

[@LostCityGaming]

Any version of War Of The Worlds that doesnt feature Dakota Fanning screaming like a banshee and that Scientologist Dwarf Tom Cruise is ok in my book

[@rawyld]

What about the Jeff Wayne musical?

[@DavidArriola]

that movie is fantastic

[@LostCityGaming]

@CrazyFish XD

[@rusampler1877]

The movie has many good moments. Too bad it feels short for it.

[@Hugh_Morris]

I really like that film

[@MrMdprosser]

Very excited for this. If I'm not mistaken, this is supposed to be one of the most accurate adaptations of the original 1898 novel that's ever been made. Most of the previous films/tv shows/radio programs usually took place in a more modern era, and usually in America, with many adapting just the famous 1938 radio drama.

[@mjdegrey4843]

Except that the tripods are completely wrong.

[@timaustin2000]

@@mjdegrey4843 to be fair, they kinda had to do something different to the Spielberg film - which were quite accurate to the described design. Something these get right, however, is that they look flat-packed and hand made, as they are in the book. In the book, the Martians construct them from kits after they land and these certainly fit that.

[@rokker101]

Geoff waynes musical adaptation of WOTW is the most accurate … and same with the live shows … an incredible musical and visual experience

[@kesterfae5447]

@@rokker101 His musical takes liberties too. Quite a few in characters and narrative. No brother or the Elphinstones, and changes the lone curate with the parson and a wife. Timothy Hines' 3 hour film version is painfully the most faithful adaption, but it suffers in nearly every department of its production.

[@davekp6773]

@@kesterfae5447 Yes, the animated, burning, squirming skeletons in their death-throes get me. The bodies would have stopped moving well before they were reduced to skeletons.

[@davidellis5135]

THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING GOOD COMING FROM THE BBC ARE MILLION TO ONE.

[@haydenthornton5238]

then there's still a chance, isn't there?

[@grahamyates2490]

How to recognise a dogmatist - they type in all caps.

[@houndofzoltan]

And still they come (but not this, Inside No 9)

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Finally, FINALLY, a time-period-appropriate adaptation! (Nearly every other adaptation updates it to present-day America, whatever that present might be. The only versions I know of that set it in its original Victorian-Edwardian time period were an obscure 2005 version released in the wake of the Spielberg version, and the rock opera.) Also, nice touch naming the main characters George (after Herbert George Wells) and Amy (after Wells' second wife).

[@durango-CODEBUILDER]

Doesn't look like those aliens brought any jackets with them. They might get a cold. * comedy *

[@pedrorojooo]

_w h e e z e_

[@scottpandich3972]

Wocka-wocka

[@ALivingFlame]

SHHHH!

[@mads2804]

Better give us the Thunderchild, the bravest ship and crew of them all

[@briangordon782]

They didnt but they had a scene that bascially said Martians may rule the stars, but England rules the waves

[@D3sdinova]

That was one hell of a epic naval battle.

[@TheArmourersBench]

Oh dear a 1870s vintage Gatling Gun being used in the early 1900s, things must be going badly against the Martians.

[@kittyhawk9707]

A lot of weapons developed in the late 1800 ..were used in WW1 .. the main French machine gun in ww1 was developed in it's earliest form around 1890

[@liambrittin9622]

The chances of a series on BBC one were a million to one he said.... The chances of a series on BBC one were a million to one.... But still it coommmmeees!!

[@andyfield7397]

yippee - a non reality show made with skill effort and SFX - Hurrah !!!

[@patk3522]

We the brits have not seen this yet. We paid for it with tv licence.

[@fuguthefish]

Nothing to be seen. It's trash, like most of the BBC.

[@GigaPlaya]

This is the way people think nowadays. The last people told are the people who should know first.

[@LisaGrimm-LG]

This looks like BBC have finally decided to return to making something truly authentic and genuinely good. I hope the trailer isn't deceiving. Because at this point, I can't wait to see the entire thing!

[@Behindstage]

Absolutely..there learning from peaky blinders I hope and not the crapfest that is Dr who woke politics.

[@Palpatine001]

They better have the scene of the Thunderchild taking on the Tripods

[@connannbarbarin3033]

there better be

[@TheAnonymousfruit]

COME ON THUNDERCHILD

[@romerolemstra8747]

@@TheAnonymousfruit COME ON THUNDER CHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICHILDCHILDCHILDCHILDCHIIIILD

[@marcellomadrazo8121]

I like how this is actually heavily inspired from the book unlike the other movie that just followed the idea :D

[@wumbosaurus9121]

Weeeeeeelllllllll...

[@KaneK1234]

Marcello Madrazo oops

[@Sakboi2012]

Not really lol set way earlier like Edwardian era nowhere near 1938 lol

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

@@Sakboi2012 The original story is set in 1898.

[@justsomeponywithamustache8731]

An accurate representation of one of the best horror novels in the last century. Now let’s see BBC do “World War Z”

[@misty5015]

There was supposed to be a sequel to World War Z that was announced years ago, I don’t know if it’s still happening though

[@orinhasan4399]

@@misty5015 it's already cancelled

[@othyization]

I'm going to have to be "that guy" and say, I'm not overly enthused about the tripod design, that was something Spielberg's film did well. Other than that I agree with the other comments mentioning its period UK setting.

[@williamnelson5549]

Anyone else laugh when he says this is nothing to be concerned about? 😂

[@sidsolanki]

hey can you tell when is episode 2 is airing . is it delayed ?

[@LoneWolfLazarus]

Yep. So did everyone else I showed this trailer too as well lol

[@darkblood626]

When the BBC accidentally make something relevant to the present day.

[@timaustin2000]

FINALLY a War of the Worlds a) set in the right place at the right(ish) time and b) where the heat ray is invisible! Also, is that Black Smoke I see? It ends up being their primary weapon in the book but it has never shown up in a filmed adaptation.

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

Set 10 years on from the book, due to the bbc budget i.e they had more costumes and equipment from the later period.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Hoping so! "And as it flew it rained darkness upon the land."

[@drvince0725]

Massive three legged spider alien thingy destroying everything on its path Random Guy: this is nothing to give concern about

[@danchanning680]

Finally an adaptation that looks like it’s going to stay true to the HG.Wells Novel and is set in the right era!

[@carlmanvers5009]

It doesn't appear to be.

[@David-eh9le]

@@carlmanvers5009 it does. Very early 20th cent

[@gentlebabarian]

IF THIS DOES NOT FEATURE THUNDER CHILD ILL RIOT!!

[@drpancakes7897]

Hans Zandt I will riot with u comrade!

[@scottmantooth8785]

Thunder Cats are GO!!!

[@jmalmsten]

It'd be an expensive sequence, but well worth it if pulled off right.

[@eduardogonzalez6164]

Me too!

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

Heres your molitov cocktail and house bricks off you pop.

[@doobasaurus]

Wow, what timing! I was just sitting on my bed bored, took a look at my bookcase and noticed The War Of The Worlds. Had a read of a few pages then turned on my computer to google it, and the trailer has literally just come out! This must be fate lol

[@Moonlight-qo5hw]

The tripods from the 2005 will always be among the best.

[@LordTechnopants]

I love the design on the Jeff Wayne musical version, but..... the tripods in the 2005 film are more accurate to the book - the metal-rope legs are much closer to the novel than rigid or hinged appendages.

[@kalydoscop2751]

Yes Finally, a war of the worlds adaptation we can finally get behind, and it doesn't look, feel or sound the slightest bit different from what the books felt like 😭(Tears of Joy)

[@vessdl8525]

i remember having to read the book in english class, and if there one thing i remember from it, it was the river filled with bodies of those culled by the martians. i hope they don't skip out on that, cuz thats honestly one of the most memorable parts of the story (in my opinion).

[@htemeordep]

Some advice, in short: do not presume about your English lessons by writing with so many spelling mistakes, because you will make your teacher look really bad!

[@Al_cappuccino19]

@@htemeordep it the internet dude nobody is gonna care

[@htemeordep]

@@Al_cappuccino19 like answers to comments in videos.

[@hefeydd_]

741 thumbs down are probably Millennials who have never read a book in their life or have ever read War of The Worlds or even know who the author is. I read the book when I was 10 years old when my mother gave me the book for Xmas as I’ve been waiting for Over 30 years for a proper adaptation of H.G Wells War of The Worlds set in 18th Century England.

[@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra]

I'm 23 years old and have loved this story ever since I was a kid... what the BBC has made is what I feel, the WEAKEST and MOST PISS POOR adaptation I've ever seen.

[@andrewholdaway813]

Early 20th .

[@fredbloggs8034]

@Hefeydd It is NOTHING like the book, so keep your condescending comments to yourself. Unlike you I have read the book AND watched this travesty, don't comment on why people voted it down until you've seen it. Oh and the book is set in the *19th Century* , it wasn't the 18th. I'm guessing Millennials would know which Century the 1890s was in, unlike you! This version is in the 20th!

[@andrewholdaway813]

@@fredbloggs8034 Calm down Fred.

[@AFox739]

British people: Oh my God! They're invincible! Mr. Hyde: Hold my hat.

[@cabronmalisimo]

I though I saw Mina & Alan...

[@AFox739]

@@cabronmalisimo I thought I saw Griffin. ...What was left of him.

[@Andy-gn3nr]

This looks like the combines attacking, i’d say The Seven Hour War

[@ALivingFlame]

Where do you think Half-Life got it from? 😉

[@jakrizmo4483]

Bruther get your edumucation in Warring of the Worlding 😂

[@darkblood626]

Grinding your teeth at someone claiming that a derivative work stole an Idea from the very thing they are derived from. This must be what getting old feels like.

[@ALivingFlame]

@@darkblood626 I agree with ya there and I'm only 26! Honestly though, I feel like there's no excuse for anyone to accuse TWotW of stealing from anything... It's a CLASSIC for Pete's sake!!!

[@herschell64]

Finally another faithful adaption like Jeff Wayne's version, really looking forward to this

[@carlmanvers5009]

Is it though?

[@j_thom]

Fair warning.. anytime you see any high official of the state say, "There's nothing to be worried about"... Ruuuuuunnnnn!!

[@VirtualAnus]

we need more series like this!

[@altus114]

Finally the timeline where this should be in.

[@bitjules]

THIS is the modern adaptation of the original story we wanted!

[@juicygoldengrapes]

Prepare to be disappointed. Sorry

[@Penguin2923]

Nah Spielberg's War of the Worlds is way better directed and is chilling in every definition of the word

[@ajax3070]

When a politician says "this is nothing to be concerned about" that's your first warning.

[@nextaros]

Smart guy: "Something can't erupt from Mars and, end up in Surrey." Giant space ball: [pops hole out of it's side and John Cena's head emerges] John Cena: "Are you sure about that?"

[@Guhndoi]

Smart guy: Where is that voice coming from?

[@thomasfarrell6527]

Smart guy: Everything comes at a price, dearie.

[@davidgraham8299]

Cena??😳I so don't get it.

[@nextaros]

@@davidgraham8299 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpm8andtiamVn9k

[@JASPURGEON]

Finally! The BBC have certainly dragged it’s heals over this. I thought this was supposed to be out late last year.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

I heard they put it back on account on the number and complexity of special effects being a bigger hurdle than the usual Doctor Who stuff. Rather wait and have it good, I guess!

[@TheOneLichemperor]

Agreed. I too have watched this launch date get pushed back and back. We're also getting a His Dark Materials series from them too in November!

[@Professor1997HL]

Peter Evans shame Doctor Who isn’t given the same treatment. If it meant waiting longer I’d do it gladly.

[@leosrule5691]

I am just seeing this now (2023) on Tubi TV and WOW Absolutely the very best version of War of the Worlds I have ever seen.!!! The VERY BEST.

[@mojojojo4865]

No one would have believed that in the last months of 2019. The BBC finally decided to release a trailer for there adaptation of war of the world's - mojo jojo

[@Raven.flight]

The chances of this being a decent mini-series are a million to one... ... but still, they made it. (and I'm hoping for the 1:1000000.

[@Raven.flight]

@ And yet, across the gulf of space, minds IMMEASURABLY superior to ours regarded this concept with envious eyes, and slowly, but surely, they drew their plans against us.

[@bradphippsnz]

The first episode was good, well shot, great acting. My only gripe is the 'other' storyline they're running, the one that isn't in the novel. Found it very jarring. Plus it also removed the tension from the main storyline (trying not to give away spoilers!). Also very surprised that Canada and New Zealand are getting it before the UK!

[@Hamlet2344]

I want a War of the Worlds movie/series that strictly adheres to the book.

[@mushroomhead3619]

Let's hope they get Maurice Lamarche to narrate in his Orson Welles voice.

[@l.gaga5508]

I’m looking through my TV guide to see what time this is on and nothing is coming up, can someone help me please?

[@StreetZipsSZ]

Me too, confused

[@l.gaga5508]

StreetZips do you think it’ll be on bbc iPlayer?

[@Lonewolvez]

Heh, dying to see it but nothing anywhere

[@StreetZipsSZ]

@@l.gaga5508 Only place I've not looked. Maybe it's been delayed again?

[@l.gaga5508]

StreetZips probably it says the 6th of October for a few countries on IMDb but just 2019 for England

[@RyanOwensWorldofTyros]

I can't find BBC one anywhere. It doesn't exist on Google. I'm interested in this show but can't find anything about it. Link anyone?

[@CH-ho5vr]

iPlayer is your best bet, but it's not on there yet.

[@elwis99]

So it takes place at 20 century not like 2000s version. I hope it will be better!

[@TheCubicplanet]

I can't wait for this! After reading the book years ago, finally it looks that I'll see onscreen what I could only imagine.

[@Sabundy]

Finally..... An actual accurate adaptation of the book in terms of location and period!!

[@LordTechnopants]

No, it's set in Edwardian rather than Victorian England as it's easier to force in the agenda that way.

[@Sabundy]

@@LordTechnopants My mistake regarding the exact time amd setting then. I cannot claim to be an expert on British history.

[@LordTechnopants]

@@Sabundy No, you haven't made any mistake. The BBC did that! I hope you didn't take my comment as having a go at your comment. I thought it was going to be set in the late 1900s (and follow the novel). I hoped for more from the Beeb.

[@Sabundy]

@@LordTechnopants i read the book many years ago and so only remembered it being set in the late 1800s or so. Around the time of the Zulu wars.

[@LordTechnopants]

@@Sabundy I think the main reason they have shifted a few years into the Edwardian era is because it is easier to have a female character, with a science degree living 'in sin' and pregnant as believable in the 20th rather than the 19th century. Of course none of that is in the book or tells the story of 'TWOTW'. Presumably they wanted to attract female viewers, which is a good thing, but not at the expense of the whole story?

[@scotttobekidding4611]

Looks great. We've also got the Fox TV version to look forward to, but will great to see the story set in Victorian England for once.

[@redwaldcuthberting7195]

Looks more like the time of WW1 than Victorian England.

[@darkarpatron]

In the proper London setting? They better have put the battle with Thunderchild in this!

[@fredbloggs8034]

They haven't.

[@e4rlygames]

@@fredbloggs8034 frick