WAR OF THE WORLDS (The Martian Invasion, Annihilation & Ending) EXPLAINED

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

If the Martians invade now, they'd be so screwed with Covid running around

[@filmcomicsexplained]

lol

[@yousarrname3051]

then Earth counterattacked with armies of anti-maskers

[@anjkovo2138]

OR....Maybe COVID was put here by ALIENS and the Gov is not telling us the TRUTH

[@D0NU75]

i'm sure twitter would kill them faster, i know no worse disease than social media.

[@dohc1067]

Interesting...very good 👍 point.

[@rpgghost1689]

Something you forgot to mention that I found to be the most fascinating about the "Martains" is the fact that they never invented the wheel. In the novel the aliens find a horse drawn carriage and are marveled by it's wheels. That's why they use tripods. It reminds me that alien doesn't mean advanced but radically different.

[@Wandering_Trainer]

Maybe the part where the alien was manipulating the wheel of the bike was a reference to that

[@rpgghost1689]

@@Wandering_Trainer it was

[@balloonedraccoon2503]

That is fascinating, thank you

[@Leo.de99]

Not that much different tho because there are physical laws in general which also aliens have

[@lukeysharp94]

@@Wandering_Trainer that's exactly what I was thinking. This is very interesting to learn.

[@blboy129]

Still one of my favorites! The walkers were absolutely intimidating, the sense of dread and hopelessness. Amazing.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Such a classic!

[@redfox4561]

Yeah that tripod horn was terrifying, literally like the call of the grim reaper for the people in the movie.

[@alexkoronec4326]

Unfortunately, this classic wasn't war of the worlds . It was actually tripods a British series adapted to movie in states.

[@blboy129]

@@alexkoronec4326 Oh I know. I read the book before I saw the Americanized movie. As with most Hollywood productions I tend to keep the movie they make and the source material separate as it’s rarely ever true to the source. That being said though, this was still a great alien invasion movie.

[@timrosswood4259]

@@alexkoronec4326 wdym? This film is war of the worlds.

[@Tarumarugan]

I love how they tried to portray Ray as a deadbeat but the mom didn’t even attempt to wait or look for her children. She dipped out with her new boyfriend at the first sign of trouble and rode out the invasion.

[@sean7221]

pretty realistic amirite?

[@Andrea.P.]

wOMeN bAd 🤡

[@tristanbackup2536]

Well we don't know exactly the setup. The military would had made defensive-lines & no go zones, or worse, killed. She might had made it Boston before the initial invasion, by the time she got there, marshal law has been declared.

[@Tarumarugan]

@@tristanbackup2536 objection! Speculation your honor! She left in a hurry, weren’t the lights still on at her house when Ray tried to take the kids there?

[@e.t.2914]

@@Tarumarugan Objection to your objection! Rich people use automatic timers on their lights when they go out of town to deter thieves. Evidence No 0001 as seen in Home Alone, starring the Wet Bandits

[@compatriot852]

I'm amazed how well the War of the worlds aged. Even after well over a hundred years, the concept has a ton of potential and could easily work at any time

[@handev2604]

Completely agree with you, Compatriot.

[@dathomirpizzagirl9686]

Except for the fact we know its impossible for life (especially an advanced civilization) to be living on mars, at least on the surface.

[@The-Mstr-Pook]

There's a recent TV series that is good, I've seen the first season

[@SuperstarMcAwesomepants]

I dunno, an advance space faring species not taking into account the lethality of microorganisms. It’s a little dumb.

[@coleparker]

@@SuperstarMcAwesomepants You forget that HG Wells novel was comment on Colonialism the British Empire and the peoples they had conquered. He wanted to show that no matter how advanced a civilization is, it can still be susceptible to unexpected forces. For him and his society it was about the British Army facing the various diseases in Africa, India and other places.

[@SerpentineGraphicsOfficial]

This movie used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid, but I loved it. We would only ever watch it when my dad was in the house, because it freaked my mom out even more lol!

[@alexischavez3238]

This brings me back, the loud ass sound the tripod first makes as it leaves the ground was something I always looked out for on windy stormy days

[@danielcuevas3025]

I cloud only watch it during the day and not alone. Once night came I would freak myself out by imagining the Tripods coming over the hills to my neighborhood.

[@rahmeer9954]

It would scare the shit outta me too to the point where I would have nightmares of the tentacles coming in my house I’m 22 and I still have dreams of tripods going house by house and I would hide in my basement hoping they wouldn’t find me to take my blood lmao 🤣

[@baronvonjo1929]

I was terrified as a kid

[@rahmeer9954]

I’m my dream not real life lmao 🤣

[@grapeshot]

I've always liked that scene in the movie when the Apache gunships fly in formation and fire off that salvo of Hellfire missiles. Also the part when the passenger train goes by on fire. And of course when the extraterrestrials heat-ray the freeway overpass and sends that tanker truck crashing into the neighborhood. And it took out a whole city block.

[@HragFarraGaming]

That was a great scene especially following the Apache Gunships you see fighter jets sending off their missiles. I think it was alluded that on the horizon was NYC, but completely destroyed/on fire.

[@JR28.]

And just like the other comment I loved the scene before that when the jets fly overhead, firing missiles whilst Tom Cruise's character shouts for his son to get back. Loved that entire sequence.

[@daleshelden8394]

@@JR28. those were apache gunships!

[@MrBrandon2779]

@@HragFarraGaming I forgot where I read it but apparently it was a refugee camp and they weren’t apaches but Cobras, the tanks and the units pushing up are Marines mixed in with National Guard I think the Marine Corps Captain in the scene mentions they are just trying to buy time for the refugees to flee to safety.

[@MrBrandon2779]

@@daleshelden8394 those look like Super Cobras. Not apaches they have distinctly different shapes.

[@trickster_qc]

They filmed the movie in 72 days? Damn that's pretty impressive. And it explains a lot as well

[@paysour3]

I would have rather seen this movie from the perspective of the military. It seems so many movies get destroyed trying to incorporate these badass kids. Disrespectful spoiled as kids. The same thing happened in the movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Jaden Smith bad attitude was such a damn distraction. In the original movie the little boy was so respectful and kind.

[@brizzle3903]

@@paysour3 that’s been done in so many movies already it was refreshing to see it from a different perspective and the kids played their roles realistically despite the constant screaming from Rachel

[@paysour3]

@@brizzle3903 War of the Worlds was an absolute classic movie and I think they destroyed the remake by adding those badass disrespectful kids. The original included the military why change it? Just make another damn movie if you're going to change it that much. Same thing happened in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still. I would have blown up the Earth just to get rid of Jaden Smith. In the original of The Day the Earth Stood Still the child was pleasant and respectful. The Mummy is another movie that comes to mind where they incorporate a little badass kid. Coincidentally, I was just thinking about a teenager that talk to me disrespectfully and I was actually considering going to jail. It just really grates on my nerves and I think it encourages children to be manish. Maybe I'll live long enough for them to do another remake of The Day the Earth still

[@brizzle3903]

@@paysour3 well based off the fathers lack of being an actual father to the kids it made sense to have them act out because he really didn’t seem to be much of a factor in their lives, Robbie called him out on it halfway into the movie

[@paysour3]

@@brizzle3903 I think the kids were intended to be spoiled to reflect the dysfunction that happens to kids when there's a divorce. Then the mother marries a man with a eight bedroom mansion. If you're not trying to be a good father you don't invite the kid out to play catch. If he wasn't much of a father that doesn't explain why a kid would take his father's car on a Joyride. That is dysfunctional and extremely disrespectful of authority. That a kid that is in some kind of traumatic psychological pain. What kind of big brother would go off not knowing his baby sister was going to be safe. I certainly wouldn't especially as close as they seem to have been. If he was so doubtful of Ray he should have at least resisted his desire to run into the flames and use that same passion to protect his baby sister and his father. He saw what happened when they took the car. These are times when family should rally together and be cooperative and do as they are told. It's irritating to me to see such rebellious children. I felt the same way about The Day the Earth still. I would have blown up the Earth just to get rid of Jaden Smith. So disrespectful but again his disrespect was triggered by pain. I don't want to see this kind of Dramas worked out in some of the world's greatest science fiction movies of all time. In the first movie the little boy was so respectful and considerate but at the same time he was a great supporting actor. To me this movie would have been a thousand times better if the focus hadn't been exclusively on the Family. That should have been a parallel plot that included the military and the plotting and planning going on with the president and the Joint Chiefs of staff. Marshalling our forces to meet the Invaders. Notice how well-behaved the children were in Independence Day. Now that was a pretty good Invasion movie. Will Smith did a good job of not being too silly but at the same time being extremely entertaining. The children in that movie were very respectful and played a significant role in making it a good movie. Will Smith wasn't that boy's father and his mother was a stripper. The worst of all was The Mummy. What a great concept for a movie but then they add this little boy and it became a cartoon. I don't know what's come over these writers to think that they can just insert these children to accommodate the times we live in. Write something else about children misbehaving but leave it out of my science fiction movies. Now I got to wait another 20 years for them to make another Day the Earth Stood Still and War the worlds.

[@lordbyronkeith9488]

"and as the idiot disappears over the hill..." absolutely perfect description. Is it wrong to say that I really, really, really wanted the son to not make it in the end. I honestly hated the character or at least how he was written.

[@michaelmoser7497]

The kids themselves are so dang annoying in this movie. They honestly bring it down for me.

[@lordbyronkeith9488]

@@michaelmoser7497 I 100% agree!

[@RandoGrunt]

@@michaelmoser7497 The one thing I have to say about Dakota Fanning at that young age she had a really thunderous set of lungs.

[@TheScarletSlayer]

Honestly didn't care for him at first but after awhile I kinda started to understand his thought process a bit better and how he'd rather die in battle than live to see the world burn but yeah he realistically should've died there. Heck I thought the one guy outside the house getting his blood sapped was the son.

[@lordbyronkeith9488]

@@TheScarletSlayer it still didn't make sense to me that in one moment he was built as his sister's protector and the next he couldn't care less what happened to her. I mean I get it. If he stuck around you could have the dad's redemption arch. Now if he would have died sacrificing himself for his sister then THAT would have been something.

[@SharksSJ408]

I absolutely love the bleak and hopeless tone of this film. This easily could have been a generic, cheesy cash grab, but instead Spielberg went all-in on creating the most immersive alien apocalypse experience imaginable. Brilliant movie.

[@TheScarletSlayer]

I kinda like every scene on the ground with hundreds of people and just watching them walking and fighting for no other reason other than to survive. It's just so fascinating because more than likely this kinda stuff ( minus the aliens) had happened time and time again. I wish we could get more of it in modern movies just something with a gritty realistic feel. No good or evil just people who don't wanna die.

[@ultimatememer2235]

Also love the fact that they didnt make the humans fight back in some cool and cheesy scene, they did off screen and they all died, they killed the aliens in a realistic way which i love

[@TheScarletSlayer]

@@ultimatememer2235 we are humanity BEWARE ARE GERMS!!!

[@dene39]

It was a cheesy cash grab. The musical version does it 100 times better and the book, well, read it

[@paysour3]

I would have rather seen this movie from the perspective of the military. It seems so many movies get destroyed trying to incorporate these badass kids. Disrespectful spoiled as kids. The same thing happened in the movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Jaden Smith bad attitude was such a damn distraction. In the original movie the little boy was so respectful and kind.

[@Pandemiclui]

this movie was frightening to me, and not bc the monsters/aliens or creepy blood veins, but bc of the well done sound design and music queues. as a kid, i wasnt scared to a point of closing my eyes, i was scared, but couldnt pull my eyes off the screen.

[@acewickhamyoshi8330]

Oh yes .. the 1970 version on record even scared me with first 3 chords .. but .. the h g wells version felt rèal with radio commentry

[@MaxTheFun1995]

My love for War of the Worlds, ironically, as mentioned in the video, actually began with the radio version. We had to do it as part of like an English book study or something, and it scared the absolute shit out of me!! It mainly stemming from the fact that all I had was imagination and it ran rampant! 😅 I was in primary school at the time, just for context but I loved it so much, I actually proceeded to read the books and still enjoy the soundtrack to this day! That's why I when I saw about the adaptation from Spielberg(who is a banging movie director), and casted Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning as protagonists, I had to watch it and it delivered for me on all bases! 😍😍 Still absolutely enjoy watching this still now!

[@taytorcatcatcat]

My grade five teacher told us about the radio broadcast and the. Read us the broad cast. That’s where my love for Aliens started

[@ulysses2162]

Same here Max. I absolutely adore this story. I have several editions of the book, three different versions of Jeff Wayne's album, the PC game, the PS1 game, and various versions of the 1953 and 2005 movies on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray. Are you from the UK? Since you mentioned 'primary school', and that's what we call it here.

[@MaxTheFun1995]

@@ulysses2162 Yes my guy. About 2 hours up from London. I'm in the Midlands of the UK.

[@paysour3]

@@taytorcatcatcat I would have rather seen this movie from the perspective of the military. It seems so many movies get destroyed trying to incorporate these badass kids. Disrespectful spoiled as kids. The same thing happened in the movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Jaden Smith bad attitude was such a damn distraction. In the original movie the little boy was so respectful and kind.

[@jetlag1488]

The tripods are some of my most favourite machine designs ever. I love how they feel like they're alive, not just with the way they move but the sounds they make. That horn blast is so iconic. There's so much I love about this movie. The gritty realness of the visuals that reminds me of The Matrix, the relationship between Ray and his kids, Dakota Fanning's acting and the very realistic abrupt ending. The aliens planned this attack for a long time, possibly millennia. I like to think that they planned the invasion before there were humans and that the reason the tripods were never discovered is because they were buried so deep and the technology was so foreign that none of our equipment ever had a reason to detect them (the existence of the organic parts of the machines as well as the red liquid could possibly indicate that even the hard parts of the machines are organic, or an organic alloy).

[@jimmygee3219]

Red liquid was extracted human blood

[@yanqinng]

i like the uhh funny roar sound.

[@MythicSuns]

From what I can understand they were buried underground during the early years of humanity and then surfaced once the human population had reached a level where they were producing enough blood to be used as a means of terraforming the Earth (see the red vines).

[@rambo-cambo3581]

You'll probably love the War of the Worlds game that is being worked on rn

[@pivotkid85]

I just realised that the concept of the machines being buried before human civilisation doesn't make any sense. If they wanted the planet for themselves then they could've just taken it when they had the chance. why plant machines then leave?

[@frozen_waffle_cosplay]

Awesome fact that Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, who were the original cast in the first War of the Worlds in 1953, played the grandparents at the end!

[@tk-5268]

Woah

[@PineTreeProductions]

I think the most terrifying part about this movie is the hopelessness of some scenes. Take the scene on the hill when Ray and his kids escape the ferry. You just see people running for their lives only to be killed by the sweep of a laser beam. Or seeing the people in those basket things on the tripods; like animals, they’re completely out of power to do anything about it, just screaming for something to save them.

[@Dana-nv4ej]

Yeah for once we got to see ourselves as the persecuted beings and we didn’t like it yes it does seem hopeless when you can’t get away any more than cattle in a confinement system rabbits or mice in a trap instead of being On the Victoria side as especially Americans have come to think of themselves we were seeing ourselves in a hopeless situation that one we are used to know when we want to be portrayed in

[@I_Eat_Lemons]

Your sob story isn't making anybody vegan.​@@Dana-nv4ej

[@dynestis2875]

Vastly different though as animals do not have the awareness to comprehend the gravity of the situation the same as we do. ​@@Dana-nv4ej

[@julies3837]

The book is far more graphic vs any film adaptation I have seen or show. The book has a part where a man tells the character how he hid under a dead horse. If they made this book into a faithful movie version it would be a dark, dirty horror filled film. I would gladly watch it as the book is probably my favorite one.

[@SharksSJ408]

Spielberg’s adaptation is quite dark and visceral for a PG-13 film.

[@ginnrollins211]

They did make an adaptation that followed the book in its original setting, but it was low budget and the effects were pretty bad. Funny enough, it was also released in 2005, the same year as the Spielberg film. It was also the last VHS cassette we ever bought.

[@TheScarletSlayer]

@@SharksSJ408 that was PG-13? ....* Looks at the marvel movies* ....ratings these days are bulls**t

[@redcardinalist]

>>he book has a part where a man tells the character how he hid under a dead horse. How is this more "gritty" than this movie which, following the attack on the ferry has people visibly (kids!) drowning in a car!)?

[@007megaoof]

@@SharksSJ408 this movie is pg 13? How?

[@joshmciver4847]

this was one of your more amusing Explained videos. Calling the boy "idiot" as he runs over the hill to join the military, and some of the critics jabronis as well as some of your other quips made me chuckle.

[@Samsara__]

Jabronis is such a brilliant word

[@RumpIeforeskin]

Jabronis is a word?

[@Samsara__]

@@RumpIeforeskin words are just a weaving of intention and meaning that ebb and flow in and out of reality when used and then forgotten

[@eliteofthe9136]

Hes so casual to🤣

[@XUntameableX48]

This movie was an absolute godsend. I watched it so many times as a kid and now as an adult its still one of my favorite movies. Tom cruise was such a good pick and I'm happy Spielberg was involved.. there aren't many actually good alien movies, but this is definitely one of them.

[@grummanf14tomcat40]

I agree Mate, but its a bit sad that the black smoke was not in this movie

[@codylabrecque5446]

I hope you've read the book. I enjoy the film, but despite the original being in word form, the imagery stands far taller and more menacing than this movie. You think the aliens were indomitable in the movie? Imagine this happening in the late 1800's. But, again, truly the imagery is remarkable. I know which book I'll be rereading presently.

[@EirikBull]

HG Wells' novel is my favorite alien invasion story, and I make a point out of watching every adaptation I can find. Sadly, most are pretty bad, but this one is great! I remember being genuinely scared watching it in the cinema. And the ending is spot on and underscores the point of the novel.

[@vonfaustien3957]

The point of the novel was to critique Eropean specifically English imperialism. The martians masacuring the locals only to die to bacteria was a callback to eropean expeditions lost to malaria or worse things well trekking across various jungles. This movie kept the bacteria but ditched the whole underlying message behind Wells book.

[@EirikBull]

@@vonfaustien3957 Agreed. Of the adaptations we've seen so far, I still think this one hits the mark the most. I've watched everything I've found, even the horrible stuff from The Asylum. I would still like to see a good adaptation set in the 1980s though. The BBC one dropped the ball, I think.

[@HragFarraGaming]

@@vonfaustien3957 Ahh now I undertand it. I've never read the novel, but now I can see how the ending works.

[@Robahue]

@@vonfaustien3957 and they change the ending line for worse. It's like this move as more advance as the books might look, it is not.

[@Analitique]

The movie was just so good. No OP aliens, no violent fight scenes, no insane alien ship or wonder-weapon. Just the dread that a tripod comes out of the hill and takes you.

[@VisceralCarbon]

That’s how scary and real it should be . They where so advanced despite having those tripods under ground for millions of years.. and we didn’t even lay a scratch on them. Makes you wonder how insignificant we are in the grand scope.

[@Analitique]

@@VisceralCarbon have you even asked yourself if we are basically a galactic natural reserve and that a great confederation of multiple alien races are watching us ? I don’t know I just feel like that possibility is pretty nice.

[@wyattguilliams9479]

I get what you're saying but pretty sure they had vaporizing super weapons

[@sour3000]

Idk... themm lazers was wonder-weaponful af

[@dawsonkozel4171]

@@wyattguilliams9479 and sheilds

[@DKArmstrong]

You've no idea how happy it makes me that this is a bit longer than your normal videos. War of the World's is one of my favourite things.

[@alienz8641]

Thank you so much for covering this! HG Wells was ahead of his time when writing War of the Worlds!

[@vonfaustien3957]

No it was of its time. It's a thinly veild commentary on Victorian England's practices of colonialism and imperialism just the script flipped so England gets to play the part of the locals. Removing the story from the early modren time period before ww1 when the eropean empires were still at the peak of power destroys the underlining message of the book

[@redfox4561]

I love the movie but I always found it weird that noone ever found any of the tripods over thousands of years, I feel like at least one would have been found while digging.

[@balloonedraccoon2503]

Weren't they like really deep though? Like really really deep

[@TheLivelovelaugh165]

I'm going to assume the materials were too foreign for us to detect. Like a metal detector sounding off to a seashell - nothing found

[@daviddaddy]

They were probably miles underground and so deep that most normal construction type work wouldnt ever be semi close to uncovering one. At least thats the only way i believe they could have gone undetected for so many years. Also maybe the machine was smart and could burrow further when sensing vibrations.

[@StephenJohnson-jb7xe]

Even though I liked the movie that is the thing that bugs me the most if you came thousands of years ago why not just take over and breed humans like cattle? Why would anyone bury technology for thousands of years when it is most likely it will be superseded in just a few decades? But hey we got to see loads of special effects as it emerged from underground which is, I suspect, why they did it.

[@mr.cheese6896]

@@daviddaddy problem I have with that is the places they finally emerged are now mile deep holes?

[@racenturtlez]

Love how you literally always call bad faith or dumb critics of films “jabronies”. Mac and Charlie would be proud

[@filmcomicsexplained]

I hope so! Have you seen the it’s always sunny podcast? They’re going through each episode daily :)

[@racenturtlez]

@@filmcomicsexplained Omg I haven’t but now I know I have to! Love your channel btw, long time subscriber and I ain’t going anywhere. Shameless request since I have your attention though; would you be willing to explore more old Godzilla films? The man-in-suit art form just does something for me. Take care of yourself!

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

You disrespakh Iron Sheikh and his jabronies. Sheikh put you in the Camel Clutch. I break your back, I make you *humble.*

[@scout3058]

You know that word has been in usage for decades, right? Since at least the early 80s.

[@tomoakley760]

Jabroni, cool word.

[@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush]

It's pretty awesome that someone from the 1800's came up with such a creative sci-fi story

[@TyTyproductions]

It was from the 1800’s? Something that science fiction from so long ago?

[@ATruckCampbell]

@@TyTyproductions 1890s I believe.

[@AngelEmfrbl]

@@TyTyproductions HG Wells, the books writer, was a socialist and a lot of his books reflected this. World of the Worlds was about how proud men of his era were and he wrote the book to put things in perspective. This is why the book ends with bacteria being the hero - against all man's efforts, something that man overlooked was the victor, while man was utterly helpless to do the same thing. They had all this science and knowledge an advancements going on at the time and they were pushing the superiority of mankind and European advances. Most of his books are poking at some aspect of his society that he enjoyed mocking. He wasn't along, the writer of "An Inspector Calls", all of Dickens books, all of them poked fun at the era they all were born or living in from the 1800s to the early 1900s. Frankenstein is the same ilk, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, etc. it was the done thing to do.

[@Herschel1738]

@@TyTyproductions Read the novel - it's an easy read, 300 pages & can be read in an afternoon. Wells also wrote The Time Machine, The invisible Man, The Island of DR Moreau, The First Men in the Moon & many other sci-fi novels. Frankenstein (considered the first sci fi novel) was written in 1818 by Mary Shelly on a dare. Jules Verne wrote The Journey to the Center of the Earth, Mysterious Island and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in the 1870's. And it's all free online.

[@matty6848]

For me this is one of the best sci-fi/horror movies in the last few decades. The tripods are genuinely creepy and fascinating at the same time. Brilliant movie all round.

[@MsSwitchblade13]

I avoided this movie for a while. I think I went through a "I've had enough of Tom Cruise" phase. But damn that guy acts in good movies and this movie was great. Hats off to Spielberg, the whole team behind it. Who knew such simple design of the tripod could instill such fear and dread.

[@safeysmith6720]

He’s a good actor.

[@bazanime]

Jeff Wayne's Musical version is a masterpiece of its own. When you hear those first notes, you know you are in for an epic adventure. I liked the design of this movie in general. Well made with some stunning visuals. I disliked the kids, and some of the acting seemed limited. No brave Ironclad Thunderchild was a little sad. All in all, it was a decent adaptation. There was a BBC mini-series set in the books period, and an American streaming series set in modern times. I want a Jeff Wayne movie adaptation with the same music. Animated would be awesome.

[@coasterblocks3420]

You are absolutely spot on. The artwork which comes with Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds is simply stunning. I wholeheartedly endorse the idea of a movie version true to Jeff Wayne’s vision which was true to the book.

[@scif121]

@@coasterblocks3420 I agree. Grew up listening to the album my parents owned and then was lucky enough to be given my uncles spot to attend a new tour of the musical live. Except for the fact the singer's mic cut out during Forever Autumn it was flawless.

[@leerman22]

I think "war of the servers" was better than this adaptation, it's somehow more truer to the source material, and they even use that awesome music. They even have the Thunderchild in it.

[@amandalou34]

I’m all for a Jeff Wayne film version I don’t want a animated one tho

[@Floodbait_117]

The musical has a terrifying ending as well

[@Error-tr9ke]

I laughed when he called Robbie an idiot. Fun fact, Robbie's actor also played Goku in the live-action Dragon Balls.

[@sendoh7x]

lol no wonder he looked so familiar

[@singletona082]

In fairness. the director to the live action dragonball movie did apologize. Publicly.

[@Error-tr9ke]

@@singletona082 That's good because as an Asian kid who grew up watching that show, that movie felt like an insult. Only watched it once and erased it in my mind. Same with The Last Airbender.

[@singletona082]

@@Error-tr9ke I have yet to 'properly' watch shamalamadangdong's train wreck. I have no interest in watching it either.

[@Error-tr9ke]

@@singletona082 Lol, that name. I'll be using that from now on. For a guy with Asian heritage, he sure knows how to eff up a well-established story grounded in Asian cultures.

[@molletre9606]

Still remember the scene on the bridge, when a Tripod came up out of the water. It looked so gigantic and terrifying. In the cinema that horn sound and music was breathtaking. There are few scenes in movies that really frights me, but that one I still remember. That feeling of being completely helpless. No negotiations, to talking, no nothing. An enemy that cannot be handled in any way or form. Truly terrifying. But again, just like in "Signs", any species that could do interstellar travel (somehow the Tripods must have been brought there) must be so advanced in technology, they will know any possible danger on any planet for them. But hey, its just a damn fine movie.

[@e.t.2914]

There is a such thing as becoming too advanced to recognize danger in something insignificant. For example, the incident (the Goiania accident) in Brazil where scrappers fished out the radioactive material of an x ray tube, and not knowing what it was, brought the glowing material home for their families to play with. They all ended up dying of radiation poisoning. If we are a species smart enough to put men on the moon, why do such stupid accidents happen? Well, there's a massive knowledge gap across our species as a whole. Everybody does not know everything equally. This is probably what doomed the aliens. Humans don't send scientists and advanced intellects to the frontlines of battle, we send soldiers. Why would the aliens be any different? You don't send your most advanced minds out to do grunt work, because they are too valuable to lose. But what's the problem when you send dumber people to do work? Accidents happen. BAD accidents. Accidents smarter people would have avoided. This is why you can find hundreds of videos online of soldiers fucking around with dangerous equipment but you don't find videos of nuclear chemists playing with the x-ray tubes for funzies.

[@GGKittyXO]

@@e.t.2914 I love this take/explanation so much

[@opiniondude1]

Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated with War of the Worlds and it's many iterations. I also listen to a lot of audiobooks. There is a gentleman on KZbin called Edward French who is currently reading War of the Worlds in an audiobook series..( I believe the next episode is due in about 7-8 hours. Highly recommend a follow.. a very talented voice actor.

[@dohc1067]

Once that blast hits you "poof". One of Tom's better movies 🎬. Great special effects and Morgan Freeman's voice over narrative is the extra seasoning.

[@Zooumberg]

I actually enjoyed the film for the most part. One of the best things about the film is Tom Cruise's leather jacket, so I bought one from Wested Leather, who made the Indiana Jones jackets for Harrison Ford. The jacket has lasted me over ten years now and still is in great condition. Not bad for a couple of hundred quid. I'm thinking of sending it back to them to get it refurbished.

[@Cheatman5]

This is one of those movies that I re-watch religiously or stop on a channel to completely watch through. What an awesome movie. Tom cruise and Dakota fanning’s performance when the lightning strikes under the table is absolutely amazing. Great movie

[@zacheryschmidt2611]

One of my favorite movies. The effects are fantastic for 2005 and still hold up, the sound design for the tripods is fantastic, scary and otherworldly. And Tom cruise isn’t in a mission impossible movie for once.

[@beetle0164]

This movie, along with Signs and Cloverfield have been the best movies I grew up with. Extremely grateful

[@dameanbible1694]

Holy crap thank you so much for this, I've waiting literally my whole life for this. This has been my favorite movie since it came out and no one really talks about it.

[@taytorcatcatcat]

I’ve been hoping you’d cover War of the World’s for years!!! Thank you! The scene where they are waiting for the ferry still strike terror in my soul. The noises still haunt me.

[@jackoblllllllll]

The tripod sound is the best sound effect ever created for me. Gives me shiver every time without fail and I can’t get enough of it.

[@YourBoyWang]

The one scene where his daughter asks “What’s that all over your face?” and he realizes it’s ash of dead people. He freaks out and starts slapping his head to get it off. It’s so chilling because it doesnt make you think it’s people. Makes you think it building dust.

[@isaiasvalladares4210]

I still watch this movie and get chills when I see the tripods attacking the cities and beaming down the citizens. This movie scared me as a kid. 10/10. John Williams was a master on the sound and Steven was definitely aiming at horror vibes.

[@--INDIGO--]

For a second I thought it was about the 1953 version because that’s the one that always comes to mind first for me. The first part of the Spielberg version is spectacular though.

[@carolynallisee2463]

It's interesting to note that the narrations Morgan Freeman does at start and end of the film, are word for word pretty darn close to those in the the book... And every time someone complained about the ending on other channels, I did point out that the ending was true to the original story. We've become so used to the fantastical destruction scenes at the end of alien invasion movies that we've come to expect them, and have been blinded to the fact that such endings aren't, in fact, at all realistic. As anti-climatic as his ending was and is, H.G.Wells's choice of ending for his novel might well be the most realistic of all...

[@AngelEmfrbl]

The bacteria ending is meant to be mocking mankind itself. We didn't win the fight, thats the point. Something we overlooked won for planet Earth. HG Wells was mocking mankind and all its advancements and achiements with the ending. Basically, he tried to say "as mighty as we are, humans would hopeless to this terrifying invaders and something we scoffed at won instead". A lot of readers or the movie watchers don't like this ending, because they want something like an Independence day ending. I mean, man, where do I start with that one. I was like... "And they said War of the worlds had an unrealistic ending??? What was that?!?!?".

[@crispy6454]

I adore War of the Worlds novel , and I'm happy you're covering one of its film adaptions.

[@Angelcynn_]

I've watched this movie dozens of times, and I still love it. Every year, in the fall when it's cold and rainy and dreary, I watch this movie. It's the same setting the film takes place in and it always makes me feel the ambiance of the movie.

[@dougbrown04]

I was really pissed that we didn't get to see the fight with the army. Perfect opportunity to see how outmatched we really were.

[@chefc8371]

Really underrated imo. Not enough chatter about this gem. I loved it. Full of dread, scale and great sound effects and score. Thanks for covering it! Great choice Some people dog the ending but we have known for centuries how microorganisms can be the deadliest and unsuspecting killers

[@Hawk7886]

lmao how would you consider a Spielberg blockbuster that made over 600 million dollars at the box office on a 130+ million dollar budget, narrated by Morgan Freeman with Tom Cruise in the lead "underrated"? It really seems like people don't know what the word means.

[@apexsocialmediamarketinggr5030]

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Thanks for for covering this Filmcomicsexplained.

[@WCUPUNK1]

Robby running to fight the aliens and then not only survives but beats them to Boston was a really needlessly stupid moment in an otherwise great film.

[@markcarr5142]

I remember seeing this when I was in my early 30s at the theater. That scene filled me with fear, anxiety, and a feeling of utter hopelessness. If it was real, what Chace would we have against it?

[@ArthurWangArt]

Apparently a stiff sneeze will do the trick 😂

[@ATruckCampbell]

If it were to follow everything in the movie, an extremely good chance. Even if we remove them dying from disease, once the shock factor wears off and everyone figures out the shields block conventional weapons, and all you have to do is get explosives inside of the shield, it would be pretty easy sailing from there. Remember if the mechs were not given shields, they would not have lasted two days against any modern military force. Out of all the bonkers, horrifying alien designs throughout scifi books and movies, these are probably some of the easiest ones to defeat.

[@jyemeier8069]

I’ve been waiting for you to cover this movie for so long!! I personally loved the movie and thought the tripods looked fair dinkum awesome

[@tonymoviechappied9neillblo996]

War of the worlds in my top 3 favorite Spielberg movies a nearly perfect movie for me

[@rathorclemenger6125]

The one thing I CAN say about the movie is that it's an interesting take on what might happen if the invasion had happened now-a-days instead of the 50's/60's (like the old movie, which was better) or the late 1800's/early 1900's (like in the original book).

[@ForrestSentinel]

The idea of aliens invading terrified me as a kid, yet I still watched War of the Worlds and Independence Day. Nowadays, I know it’s fiction, and they’re a pair of movies I can always enjoy.

[@slick__1]

FINALLLYYYYYYYY I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sm1ret]

I liked that, at the ending, they had Ann Robinson and Gene Barry from the 1953 version. I really loved that omage to its predisessor

[@dudewithtude4476]

May sound weird but I enjoy listening to these vids to fall asleep...his voice is so chilled lol 👍

[@GuyTheSheep]

One of the few movies that gave me nightmares, those horns are something else to hear in the quiet of night. Great video as always!

[@elfuego7317]

I’ve been waiting for a war of the worlds video for so long it’s my favorite movie

[@pageachatter229]

The ending is something that's always kinda bugged me a bit, even as a kid. I mean, this is an advanced alien species, thousands, if not millions of years ahead of us. They have tech such invisible shields and human vaporizing lasers, not to mention being capable of interstellar travel. They've been observing us for as long as humans have been a thing. Why couldn't they have been prepared for something as miniscule as our diseases?

[@GIGAREAKTEM]

Maybe they thought they were above it. That it wouldn't effect them.

[@AndrewCZ47]

Maybe the disease didn't even exist when they arrived. Some viruses can alter DNA, they used human tissue to fertilize the red weed (which by itself is some genetically engineered thing optimized for fast replication and whatever else). What if the interaction between these two resulted in a perfect doomsday virus ?

[@ashleylastname9091]

As a 4 year old, this movie traumatized me, but now it's spawned a love for the novel and other adaptations

[@ultraslang]

I am so happy you called them jabronies, when released, I thought the ending was very intelligent, logical. And realistic but it turned out audiences wanted some sort of huge showdown and victory. Damn jabronies!

[@scif121]

"we don't want to do what everyone else has done" "so lets make it so their machines have always been on earth buried literally a few meters under the streets our cities are built on because that totally makes sense" "and let's combine it with a bland family drama with a son who runs away to fight the invincible machines because reasons only to appear again at the end because happy ending i guess"

[@filmcomicsexplained]

lol

[@singletona082]

Don't forget the screaming hellfit daughter who's allergic to everything, screams constantly, whines, complains, and serves only to show how 'this man is a struggling single father.'

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Yeah it's amazing that despite centuries of tectonic activity, mining, sewer building, subway construction, and foundation excavation, not _one_ of the machines was ever found.

[@l.palacio9076]

​@@the_once-and-future_king. You know that the Earth's crust is extremely deep, right? The farthest we have gone down the Earth is 12 km, and it's a 1 meter diameter hole. And after all it's still a movie, not a scientific documentary

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

@@l.palacio9076 Right, but in that case how did they dig their way out in what, 15 minutes?

[@JusticeDrago95]

Actually really liked the movie and the book, happy to see you make a video on them.

[@OfficialTubeYou]

Finally!!! You did it!! Thank you!

[@kokujin5446]

Saw the movie when I was young. Shook me to my core along with the Alien movies. Now everytime I go somewhere even in my own house I think of ways to avoid being found by aliens or things I could use as weapons.

[@KC_Smooth]

Absolutely love alien attack movies, and this one is one of my favorites. I must’ve watched it at least 10 times.

[@coreyhiggins3475]

Very VERY good breakdown. I respect the ending BUT I think we could have used a little bit more explanation why such advanced interstellar beings didn't protect themselves against earth microorganisms...........I know when the book was first written we had such limited knowledge of the things and how to protect against them....but if WE know such much more than they should too. Did we engineer bacteria suited to take them out? Did things on earth evolve so rapidly they had samples and data out of date? Did the nuclear age mutate things beyond their measure here. Something! But still brother...great work!

[@saucevc8353]

The Martians clearly went down a very different technological and evolutionary path compared to Earth. Maybe on Mars, microorganisms went extinct after multicellular life evolved, as opposed to coexisting with multicellular life like on Earth. Maybe the advanced Martian civilization developed resistance or cures to all Martian diseases centuries ago until they forgot the danger of disease. Maybe Martian disease is killed in radically different ways than Earth germs and so their sanitation failed.

[@TruthNeverFade]

Thank you for consistently bringing us great video content! ❤️

[@el6700]

I wish there were more movies like these :( love these end of the world stuff

[@dougware]

This movie is underrated and has my favorite interpretation of a "death ray". As much as I love this movie, the 1950s version is still my favorite.

[@anjkovo2138]

I love Alien Invasion Films. One of my fave Genres. I'm still waiting for ''THE ULTIMATE DARK EPIC ALIEN INVATION FILM''

[@curiousworld7912]

I have to say; I prefer the old, 1953 version to this one, but it's just a matter of taste. The book itself, is marvelous, and does what all good sci-fi, fantasy, or speculative fiction do best: hold a mirror up to the society the authors find themselves living in, or to our basic human nature - all while telling a compelling story.

[@kevinjohnbetts]

I remember seeing that film as a kid and being terrified by the sight of people on fire. I then read the book and got Jeff Wayne's musical interpretation when it came out. Imho the 2006 film is a pale shadow of the book and the musical version. It's fairly typical Spielberg in that he seems to enjoy creating roles for children in his films even when they are superfluous, and they are most definitely that here. The film had some good ideas, some nice effects, and the leading adult actors played their parts well, but there was a lack of grittiness to it.

[@curiousworld7912]

@@kevinjohnbetts I, too, remember being freaked-out by the three men's ashes on the ground, after the initial action by the Martian 'heat ray' in the 1953 version. And, I agree with your statements regarding Mr. Spielberg's penchant for adding the 'broken family reunites in the face of extreme external pressure' theme in many of his films, that seems superfluous. It's begun to feel like an easy way to introduce an unnecessary story-arc. The 2006 film did have some nice moments; the special effects were good (and, even though it was a good visual, I really didn't buy the whole 'the machines were buried thousands of years prior' bit. Just my opinion.) And, of course - a scene of Tom Cruise, running for his life. :)

[@ree4ermadne55]

"But a few jabronis complained about the abrupt and unfulfilling ending" I'm dead🤣 haha I thought the film was fun for what it was, much love bro!

[@kgsphinx]

Great example of a classic re-imagined successfully, presented from a different point of view, and represented beautifully. I didn’t realize Spielberg even did this until now, but it makes sense. Brilliantly done.

[@hellopaul1472]

2:53 This is strangely wholesome to me. They likely had no idea of the scale of the universe and how impossibly low the chances of alien life were. The fact that they believed a random broadcast and didn’t assume they could lie is sweet.

[@6ar6oyle6]

lets goooo i requested this a few times glad you finally got around to it

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

The key to understanding War of the Worlds is seeing that the fighting machines are driven by human beings, not aliens, just as the angels from Evangelion are humanity in an unfamiliar aspect.

[@alexshank1414]

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Never knew that the 2005’s tripod horn sounds like the alien war cry “Ulla”. Makes it all the more terrifying. Side note: Love the humor of calling Robbie an “Idiot” for wanting to witness the battle, and calling some negative film critics “Jabroni’s”. Nice touch! 😂👍

[@j.k8190]

This movie still gives me goosebumps. It never gets old for me. Like a fine wine that sits* perfectly on the palate. Kinda wish they would do a follow up or maybe come out with a new one to see how it holds up, but in this day and age I doubt it would come close to this modern marvel.

[@ObiClon]

The thing that confused me the most was that around the time this version came out,Sci-Fi made a version that was on DVD which made me think the Spielberg one was not in theaters long before hitting DVD. Both versions are good in their own ways btw

[@MiztCS]

Finally, been wanting a run down of this film I saw as kid, thats decent, good video peeps

[@christianleeperrr7641]

Love the channel man! I remember in my little town surrounded by mountains, my dad would scare/excite my brother and I by saying the two giant towers on the top of them was the tripods coming to kill us😂 also if you’re ready this I love you for explaining the demon theory of signs lol

[@Schinzo__]

Great video I’ve been waiting for this one

[@sprite4800]

Absolutely love this movie. Thank you for making this video!

[@filmcomicsexplained]

No problem 😊

[@sprite4800]

@@filmcomicsexplained That was a quick response! Either way take care.

[@MrHulthen]

Yyeeeeees! I had waiting to see your video on this!

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

I really enjoyed this version. Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill did a great adaptation in their "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II," that I loved.

[@theunitedcommonwealth715]

My fav adaption of War of The Worlds. Respect and keep up the epic work. Also EPIC Thumbnail.

[@kflanigan]

Fun facts they filmed the soldier van scenes about 15 minutes away from my college in Virginia. My dorm roommate was an extra in those scenes. Our local Dairy Queen had a fund raising jar for a child who needed medical assistance. Tom Cruise went into the DQ, saw the jar and dropped all of his cash in it. He then went to an ATM and withdrew a huge sum of money and paid for the kids treatment. He may be a bit screwy but he's always gonna be okay in my book.

[@jetlag1488]

Dude's a wackjob but he's having the time of his life and I gotta respect him for that. I will always love every movie he's in.

[@Dana-nv4ej]

@@jetlag1488 Like Hawkeye Pierce in Mash “ Winchester you’re over bearing snobbish pompous narrowminded but you’re alright “

[@rodlong1802]

Omggg.. the whole peanut butter scene cracks me up every time. Just the way she says "birth" and the way he collects the bread and throws the one slice against the window 😂

[@rafaelgustavo7786]

The end of the movie (referencing the book) in which nature defeats the invasion, shows how insignificant mankind is in the face of the cosmos (cosmicism), our own planet and life.

[@masamune2984]

Not just mankind either, but the insignificance of ALL intelligent life through that cosmic lens. 🙂

[@Pr4Hypertrophy]

I do have to say, that broadcast tail is a a myth. The day of the first broadcast, when he read it folks knew it wasn't real and knew it was a book reading, it is just a fun little myth. Love what you do, don't want to discourage that.

[@91megatron]

Thanks for mentioning how the story itself was influenced by the brutality of English colonization, people really forget how brutal the process is of alienating people from their own home,but when it's put in the format of "aliens" it's easier for people to digest.

[@Dana-nv4ej]

HG Wells actually talked about that close to the quote was the Tasmanians in spite of their human likeness were wiped out within 50 years who are we to plead mercy

[@AngelEmfrbl]

@@Dana-nv4ej The fact bacteria won and not man, was basically him taking a jab at how mankind thought of itself as this great species, and they overlooked things like bacteria. It beats Independence day, where somehow America won because.. America? Yeah we took a alien spaceship with technology far superior to our own, managed to add a virus of our own making and despite the aliens having decades to update software, somehow they ignored this one ship from X decades ago that managed to upload a software virus that shouldn't have been compactible with their own? I mean, come on, I know their fictional works but... Really?

[@Dana-nv4ej]

We also do that with every war the enemy is dehumanized immediately the Spanish were seen as a bunch of incompetent fools in 1898 the Japanese were seen as… well I won’t describe how the cartoons showed them but it’s all done to give us a sense of propriety in hating the enemy

[@giovannisangiacomo9135]

i was on my way home from work and this movie popped in my head out of nowhere i get in the house put on youtube and bam here this is. thanks for adding to my existential crisis.

[@eon6431]

i just love how realistic the movie was, how fast humanity delved into chaos and how some (the basement guy) thought that there was a hope of stopping them, all that on top of the aliens dying because of something so simple as the common cold really makes this story great

[@theminisimmer]

I'm still waiting to see an adaption of the book that it true to the original. I had hope in the BBC but sadly, it just didn't live up to expectations.

[@jacobpatton6554]

I remember being genuinely terrified when I first saw and heard the tripods in the theater. I was 12 years old. Over 15 years later I am still fascinated by every aspect of the design.

[@TheYoungOwl-2003]

I tend to disagree with most the changes from the book, however I do like that the Protagonist is there when the Aliens are finally taken down

[@abubakarhimself]

Havent had a video from this channel bumped in my feed for a very long time!

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

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