War Of The Worlds 1953 Vs 2005 Remake References & Comparison

War Of The Worlds 1953 Vs 2005 Remake References & Comparison is a video by pupbenny taking a look at the original 1953 War Of The Worlds film by George Pal and comparing it to the Steven Spielberg 2005 War Of The Worlds Movie starring Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier and specifically, in this video, looking at the references the 2005 War of the Worlds remake made to the original 1953 film, The War Of The Worlds, starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson as Dr. Clayton Forrester and Sylvia van Buren.War Of The Worlds Explained Playlist: www.youtube.co.... Wells The War Of The Worlds is a story by British author Herbert George Wells in which alien visitors from Mars arrive in space capsules first in Horsell Common near Woking in Surrey. This is at first thought to be a meteorite by the English men that discover this cylinder with the astronomer Ogilvy exclaiming that the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one. However, as the Narrator explains, Martian creatures soon make themselves present before using a Heat Ray to disintegrate some of the English people. They soon begin using massive Tripod Fighting Machines and using weapons such as the heat-ray as well as the black smoke begin to lay waste to the British army, leaving people such as the Artilleryman and the protagonist separated from everyone including his wife, and with the defeat of the ironclad torpedo ram HMS Thunder Child the Royal Navy as well succeeding in defeating the biggest Empire in human history, The British Empire at the height of it's power in the Victorian age in which H G Wells wrote the novel. The Martians very quickly establish a dominion over man as they spread their Red Weed across the Earth reaching the capital city of Britain London the Fighting-Machines cause great devastation. Other methods of transport the martian invaders use include the Handling-Machines as well as the Flying-Machines.On paper there have been many illustrated editions of the story, the first of which were done by Warwick Goble in the original serial version. Relatively soon after, Alvim Correa drew his illustrations. Henrique Alvim Corrêa was a Brazilian artist who traveled to London in 1902 to present H. G. Wells with drawings that he'd done for the story of The War Of The Worlds and there have since been many been many illustration versions by artists such has Edward Gorey and Lou Cameron. There have also been audio adaptations of HG Wells War Of The Worlds, including the infamous 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio broadcast and the iconic 1978 album Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds. There were likewise many attempts to bring the story to the big screen as well, including by icons such as Alfred Hitchcock and Ray Harryhausen, but it wasn't until The War Of The Worlds 1953 film by George Pal that this was finally accomplished. Later on, there's been Steven Spielberg's 2005 War Of The Worlds starring Tom Cruise and The Great Martian War 1913-1917 documentary style drama set in World War 1. Recently, the BBC made a TV miniseries the BBC British TV series war of the worlds and FOX, Epic and StudioCanal did a TV series starting in 2019 called War Of The Worlds that claims to be adapted from the source material. There has also been several war of the worlds movies recently as well, including 2021 War Of The Worlds, also known as Alien Conquest, which had a sequel called War Of The Worlds Annihilation and this year in 2023 War Of The Worlds The Attack. There have also been many indie games and art with a survival horror war of the worlds 2005 game which will be a multiplayer survival game based on the Tom Cruise War Of The Worlds movie as well as a faithful adaptation of HGWells War Of The World game set in the Victorian era by GelatoDev and TeamGreen with Team Green also making their survival game a multiplayer war of the worlds game as well and there's another announced in 2023 called The War of the Worlds: Siberia. There's also The War Of The Worlds 1913 game which is a worthwhile, fun and nicely stylised adaption of H G Wells The War Of The Worlds.
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#waroftheworlds #pupbenny

[@pupbenny]

It's pretty fantastic that the 2005 film mimicked and made so many direct homages to the original version. By doing this, it shows how the 1953 film it was remaking is an utterly iconic classic and further cemented the original's impact on defining what a War Of The Worlds film is.

[@MrVoidy14]

What great inspiration am I right?

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

Love your videos dude!

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

Is it me or does that movie not feel like a Spielberg movie? I keep forgetting Spielberg directed it. I know he was doing Schindler's List or was he doing that during lost world? Honestly I don't remember either way this movie does not feel like a Spielberg movie. And that's not a Good or bad thing. It's just something I noticed.

[@justinelighthouse6047]

Will you do star wars

[@james68908]

3:54 a interesting fact: paramount nearly remade the 1953 war of the worlds in 1986, with george.a.romero, the director of the "living dead trilogy" and "creepshow", slated to direct. it ended up becoming the 1988 tv series.

[@pupbenny]

That certainly would've been interesting. Don't know if it's a coincidence, but watching the 1988 series, I can see his influence with the gory horror themes of it lol. Just watched episode 4 and the imagery of it felt very much like a night of the living dead situation. In fact my title for my review of the episode, whenever I do it, is going to be something along those lines I think. The thumbnail, which I've already made, definitely is!

[@DaMartianAl007]

Ever since I re-watched this during my current TWOTW phase, I came to the conclusion this film is far more based on the 1950's movie than the actual book. This video further cements that idea lol. Thanks for the new upload king X3

[@ortoacademy1019]

I've watched both of these movies many times and never realized the grandparents were the same actors from the original, that is so cool

[@bonesf200]

One "at a stretch" thing I always notice is the shop with an "Insurance" sign during the first Boston attack. Reminds me of the line from the book "He's a god not an insurance salesman"

[@pupbenny]

Ooh, that's a good observation!

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

Am so glad to have found your channel. Thanks much! Especially since I am writing my own audio adaptation! One thing I'm striving to do, despite very deliberate changing of themes plus re-imagining the specific time and place, is to keep as many of the iconic plot points from the novel as I can manage.

[@martykarr7058]

I don't think the 2005 version is a remake or reboot but a sequel. First, there's the fact that was mentioned at the beginning of this vid about Barry and Robinson. And just think, with all that Martian "junk" left over, where did they dispose of such things back in the 1950s? The used to dump everything in New Jersey. So the Martians develop teleportation, beam back into their abandoned equipment, and start all over again.

[@pupbenny]

That's an interesting theory! It would be funny if they really were secretly connected like that.

[@followerofjulian1652]

6:12 - 6:18 BRILLIANT! 🤣🤣🤣

[@captaindreadnought212]

Weird statement but does anyone else find the 1953 camera probe thing oddly cute

[@pupbenny]

Yeah I see what you mean!

[@protama-kun]

The design of the 2005 probe looks to be inspired by the heatray from the 1953 film, also I noticed this in the 05 movie that the main "eye" of the tripod has 3 smaller lights inside of it, kind of like how the 1953 alien has 3 different colored eyes

[@pupbenny]

Good point!

[@alexkoronec4326]

Unfortunately, the tom cruise movie war of the world's. Was actually based on British science fiction Tripods

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

​@@alexkoronec4326bruh what

[@mysteryman7570]

Every time I hear Dr. Clayton Forrester, I can’t help but think of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Now I can’t help but imagine a version of The War of the Worlds but with MST3K Forrester as the lead.

[@kadenhunt1462]

At the start of the 2005 film there's actually a water droplet that is identical in shape to the war machine

[@pupbenny]

Oh yeah! I just looked and you're right, that's really interesting! Good catch! I wonder if it was deliberate or a coincidence.

[@kadenhunt1462]

@pupbenny right iv actually known for years I'm glad others see it

[@Combinemetrocop]

4:42 the alien on the left looks like an angry ET with red eye bags

[@rarevhsuploads4995]

I think the soldiers comment “it’s clear” is a reference to the other soldiers that it’s safe to approach & not that the Martian is clearly dead.

[@UberPodfan]

Yeah it is but still good reference

[@UberPodfan]

Also they are not martians they are from somewhere else. I looked it up and it said, my aliens are not from mars they probablycome from as far away as E.T that’s literally what it said😂

[@pupbenny]

Ah, that makes more sense! Although, I still question his judgement on knowing whether it actually was safe to approach haha. For all he knew that alien dude might've had a ray-gun in his other hand and disintegrated them all.

[@sotyfan73]

The thing I like about both these movies is they're clearly the same plot but from different prospectives. The original focuses on the science prospective while the remake follows a family trying to outride the invasion.

[@SamJenkinson.]

How about a look at the Great Martian War "documentary"? The full thing is available on KZbin, and I just love how they took a completely different approach to story, and how close it feels to a 2010s war documentary

[@pupbenny]

I intend to do that eventually, it's one of my favourite adaptations, very unique but well done! I actually started rewatching it a few weeks ago but I take so long to write videos I decided to wait a bit and do the ones that were fresh in my mind before taking in another one. But it shouldn't be too long, hopefully! It's fantastic. :)

[@KingHellahan666]

Don’t forget that they’re both Paramount movies

[@pupbenny]

Good point! Another connection.

[@deboralee1623]

speaking of connections, as i misremember, the news van sported the CBS logo, and an episode of _SpongeBob SquarePants_ was airing. Paramount Pictures, CBS, Nickelodeon. all part of one big family back then. typed the person who used to work for a CBS radio station back then.

[@josecarrales2842]

A comment on the 1953 film's power outage I'd like your commentary on. While I am am aware of the EMP effect which takes out the power after a nuclear blast, was it not shown that the Martian Heat ray had actually destroyed some high-tention power poles when they (Clayton Forester, the Sheriff and the town's police officer) arrived after the square dance. Thus, while radio communications, likely AM (amplitude modulation)based, are down and the phones effected by the magnitism...was it not the downing of the power polls which had the bigger effect?

[@pupbenny]

Ah yes, that's a very good point! I would agree, it was likely the power polls that were the primary reason for this.

[@jamiebell5084]

Now I want to see what a modern Martian War Machine would look like.

[@Euwijk]

Sinds we know that there is no life on Mars (except maybe germs) i guess they look like nothing.

[@alyxtheexorcist]

I like to think that in my head cannon that the og War of the Worlds happens in the same timeline and 2005 is a direct sequel but with different alien invaders and each invasion was covered up by the government. And Rachael’s Grandparents are the same characters from the first adaptation.

[@joeblaster8770]

How would you feel about Tripods vs Gundams

[@alang.bandala8863]

It's funny to me that bouth films feels complementary to each other, while one is on a bigger scale, the other in on a human level.

[@pupbenny]

Exactly! One of the things I like about the 2005 one is how personal it feels, but I also love the way the 1953 version really feels like it is actually about a War of the Worlds.

[@cheif9OO]

I never saw the 53 version 😅. I really loved the Tom Cruise one though!

[@rhettmaxwell4860]

I had the opposite experience. The 53 one is very good and I recommend it. I hope to see Spielberg’s movie someday.

[@pupbenny]

@@rhettmaxwell4860I hope you both get to see the films you haven't seen soon. :) There's many I haven't seen too.

[@Qwerty2_6649]

So, Nathaniel Parson is actually the name of the Character in Jeff wayne's Musical, Its during the Red Weed Part II, when The Priest Vows to 'Destroy them with my Prayers!', the Narrator replying with 'No Parson no!' and following up with a swift Knockout with some rubble.

[@seanryan3020]

"Dr. Forrester's vehicle was carrying immensely important and useful stuff while Ray's car was carrying Rachel." Ouch! I really liked Dakota Fanning's performances up until this role, and it wasn't until Once Upon a Time in America that I finally got over it!

[@blakes7gaming]

Another great TWOTW video - really enjoying these! Thanks.

[@cac_deadlyrang]

7:00 Probably Jeff Wayne?

[@pupbenny]

OOOOOOH YEAH! That's it! I knew that name must've come to me from somewhere. Good catch!

[@karenburns3516]

This book should once and for all be made just like the book come on let’s get this right. It is one of the greatest sci-fi books ever written the modern film is just about becoming a better dad and in the background there is an alien invasion. 😢

[@bob23301]

This 100%, i had high hopes that Spielberg was going to make the book, but what we got was just a Cruise movie..........so i am still waiting for the book to be made one day.

[@Xenotheenderdragon]

Been watching you sense i was 14 lol love your vids

[@Tripodkai67]

Wow am 8 minutes early Well this is really cool I really love the references that i never even noticed Especially the line "no more news comes out of that area" Great video

[@EmanTheGoku]

You are the first person to comment

[@pupbenny]

Thanks! :)

[@EmanTheGoku]

Hello keep up on your work is great 👍🏻

[@pupbenny]

Thank you! :)

[@SmalecGaming-eo1zd]

Ur vids are great

[@pupbenny]

Thank you! :)

[@aruus7364]

the 2005's main spotlight has 3 inner lights inside of it which are identical to the 1953 alien eyes as well!

[@Bingus0143]

Yup all thanks to me Benny. :)

[@jimryan5513]

Just realized something as I watched this: You male passing reference to the 1988 TV series WAR OF THE WORLDS, but haven't yet done a video on that program. Any chance that that's coming in the future?

[@pupbenny]

I intend to, probably quite a few actually! I'm still watching it myself but, as I go along, I think there'll be quite a lot of videos I'll do about that show. :) I'm enjoying it so far.

[@EmanTheGoku]

I'm a big fan of war of the world

[@anthonypena5886]

Where do you get this knowledge

[@Froggy_himself]

In the tom cruise wotw i tought there was the cylindre like in all wotw movie

[@martinlynn4733]

Actually it's more based on orson welles radio adaptation of the HG Wells book

[@bobwood856]

As much as I like both of the films, and having read the book a few times, I would say that Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War Of The Worlds, particularly the original with Richard Burton narrating, is still the closest in atmosphere and detail, to the original H G Wells novel. The BBC serialisation tried, but failed, to get it right, having set it in the right era.

[@axjagfilms]

I like to think that the 2005 film is a sequel to 1953 and that the aliens and martians once had contact with each other.

[@justinelighthouse6047]

Ive tried to make my own

[@scottwaldeck7695]

Have you seen the demo for the game coming out soon?

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

What I never understood why in the 1953 film when foresters truck and the school bus full of scientists and was hijacked and robbed it was allowed to happen. Surely if these scientists and their equipment are vital to figuring out a way to beat the Martians and the General himself said that, surely then they would be escorted out by military escort rather than just left to the mercy of a mob? Also seemed a bit of a odd scene to me.

[@Beepers559]

I might be bias since this was one of my first exposures to WoTW, but I admit I kinda dig this movie, it ain’t the best but it’s one of those movies I admittedly enjoy mainly due to the tripods themselves

[@deboralee1623]

"He's dead, Jim." 😄 (7:37-7:38)

[@ryanreyes4622]

the 05 film did make the tripods more terrifying

[@inspector2363]

The book was still in copyright in 2005 with Jeff Wayne having European adaptation rights, so they could probably only adapt the existing film for a global release.

[@pupbenny]

That's a really good point!

[@mando3189]

Wait, can someone tell me where the war machine appears in ready player one

[@user-wn2fh7cr3x]

So pupbenny you posted a image with the text what tripod is this I think it is the scary movie four tripod from there version of the war of the worlds

[@pupbenny]

You're correct! It was the scary movie four tripod. :)

[@user-wn2fh7cr3x]

Yay

[@denifnaf5874]

Would be interestimg to see a war of the world×oddworld crossover Maybe the wealthy elite on oddworld love human flesh after a team of vykker researchers found planet earth.

[@pupbenny]

Ha, an interesting idea! Maybe I'll do it one day.

[@Temeraire101]

“War of the Welds”?

[@deboralee1623]

good to know i wasn't the only one who noticed the host's...um, accent.

[@user-wn2fh7cr3x]

Am I right if not let me know but I think I am right but I could not

[@raymondhemphill146]

I really love and prefer the 1953 versions. But, the 2005 was adequate.

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Shut up

[@EmanTheGoku]

You are the first person to comment then me

[@ulysses2162]

Disagree. Sylvia isn't nearly as annoying as Rachel and her screeching.

[@axjagfilms]

Lol

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Shut up

[@Dhad2726]

the 1953 film seems better than the 2005 film

[@timothymatthews6458]

But the effects are worse lol

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Shut up

[@1978rharris]

“War of the Welds”

[@KuperSpyronicStudios]

And yet THEY STILL COULDN'T GET THE TH- you probably know what I'm going to say

[@wordscapes5690]

The older movie was way, way, WAAAAAAAAAAY superior in every way. The happy family (and family dog) storyline, the annoyingly über-masculine divorcee, the squealing child, the annoying teen, the boring dialogue, and the sacrificing of suspense in favor of spectacle made the 2005 movie a bore (except for the spectacle moments).

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Shut up

[@kevindoran9389]

The kids made the film unwatchable for me.

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Shut up

[@tenchraven]

It was clearly a love letter to the Pal movie, much more so than the novel, this is still the worst movie that Spielberg has ever made. It looked great. But the script was phoned in, the acting was utter crap, the "update" of story to 2005 was mindless. When you are so great for so long, you forget that your farts still stink, and this was the final sign that Spielberg is ready to retire.

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Shut up

[@Scifi4life]

Reboot is superior.

[@skipper_hates_jerries]

We need a film version of the actual book, with lots of nods to the Jeff Wayne musical music. The 1953 film was Americanized tripe and nothing like the book.