Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>> In article <ts79kt$1b9ta$1@dont-email.me>, dtravel@sonic.net wrote:
>>>> On 2/10/2023 8:25 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2/8/2023 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>> WAR OF THE WORLDS
>>>>>>>>> 1988 series that is supposed to be a direct sequel to the 1953
>>>>>>>>> movie, but doesn't really have much to do with it. And absolutely
>>>>>>>>> horrendous presentation in every possible area. Acting, writing,
>>>>>>>>> photography, staging. Even the titles are terrible. and then the
>>>>>>>>> second season gets worse! This also is shown in completely random
>>>>>>>>> order even though it's storyline builds.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I remember watching this when I was a kid. At the time I thought it
>>>>>>>> was great. It was pretty hard core sci-fi for TV in the 80s. I mean
>>>>>>>> what was the alternative, ALF? And I remember the 2nd season premier
>>>>>>>> where they killed off half the cast. At the time that was shocking
>>>>>>>> to see on TV. Of course the rest of the second season hit and um, OK
>>>>>>>> that was different! LOL. They pretty much completely changed the
>>>>>>>> premise of the show. But you have to admit the opening credits
>>>>>>>> depicting the fall of civilization were pretty cool for the time.
>>>>>>>> And season 2 introduced the Highlander as a new lead, and Friday the
>>>>>>>> 13th regular Denis Forest along with Forever Knight regular Catherine
>>>>>>>> Disher. So it wasn't a total waste.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only one I've watched so far, was the one with the lead actress
>>>>>>> from the movie. Apparently, the premise is they put the dead aliens in
>>>>>>> drums of radioactive waste (!) where they mutated (!) and now they can
>>>>>>> take over humans and the humans can have a giant version of the alien
>>>>>>> hand come out of their chest and kill you. They show shots of the
>>>>>>> ships in the series open and they talked about Gene Barry's character
>>>>>>> but I know he'll never show up. He wouldn't have anything to do with
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, they were stored in drums and forgotten about. In the pilot, some
>>>>>> (illegally?) added drums of nuclear waste on the site were ruptured by
>>>>>> terrorists, exposing the aliens to radiation which killed the bacterium
>>>>>> that made them go into hiberation. That's why they wear those rubber
>>>>>> fetish suits and gasmasks between possessions, which they always were
>>>>>> able to do. They relocated to an abandonned nuclear test site (in
>>>>>> Nevada?) to remain alive and launch their weekly evil plans.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's what Wikipedia says they said on the show, the version I told was
>>>>> what the special effects guy explained to a reporter.
>>>
>>> What?
>>
>> In an interview in a magazine (probably star log) they asked a special
>> effects guy why the aliens in the TV show didn't look anything like the
>> aliens in the movie. He said they mutated in the drums. Because he's an
>> idiot.
>
> Ah, OK. I haven't seen the movie in decades, but I thought they looked like
> the ones in the movie, or at least what little they showed.
>

I honestly don’t remember what the first wave of aliens in the TV show
looked like beyond that they had a third hand that came out of the middle
of the hosts chest. But it was enough so that the reporter asked about it,
and the effects guy came up with a weird excuse.

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anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>> In article <ts79kt$1b9ta$1@dont-email.me>, dtravel@sonic.net wrote:
>>>>> On 2/10/2023 8:25 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2/8/2023 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> WAR OF THE WORLDS
>>>>>>>>>> 1988 series that is supposed to be a direct sequel to the 1953
>>>>>>>>>> movie, but doesn't really have much to do with it. And absolutely
>>>>>>>>>> horrendous presentation in every possible area. Acting, writing,
>>>>>>>>>> photography, staging. Even the titles are terrible. and then the
>>>>>>>>>> second season gets worse! This also is shown in completely random
>>>>>>>>>> order even though it's storyline builds.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I remember watching this when I was a kid. At the time I thought
>>>>>>>>> it was great. It was pretty hard core sci-fi for TV in the 80s.
>>>>>>>>> I mean what was the alternative, ALF? And I remember the 2nd
>>>>>>>>> season premier where they killed off half the cast. At the time
>>>>>>>>> that was shocking to see on TV. Of course the rest of the second
>>>>>>>>> season hit and um, OK that was different! LOL. They pretty much
>>>>>>>>> completely changed the premise of the show. But you have to admit
>>>>>>>>> the opening credits depicting the fall of civilization were pretty
>>>>>>>>> cool for the time. And season 2 introduced the Highlander as a new
>>>>>>>>> lead, and Friday the 13th regular Denis Forest along with Forever
>>>>>>>>> Knight regular Catherine Disher. So it wasn't a total waste.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The only one I've watched so far, was the one with the lead actress
>>>>>>>> from the movie. Apparently, the premise is they put the dead aliens
>>>>>>>> in drums of radioactive waste (!) where they mutated (!) and now
>>>>>>>> they can take over humans and the humans can have a giant version of
>>>>>>>> the alien hand come out of their chest and kill you. They show
>>>>>>>> shots of the ships in the series open and they talked about Gene
>>>>>>>> Barry's character but I know he'll never show up. He wouldn't have
>>>>>>>> anything to do with it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, they were stored in drums and forgotten about. In the pilot, some
>>>>>>> (illegally?) added drums of nuclear waste on the site were ruptured
>>>>>>> by terrorists, exposing the aliens to radiation which killed the
>>>>>>> bacterium that made them go into hiberation. That's why they wear
>>>>>>> those rubber fetish suits and gasmasks between possessions, which
>>>>>>> they always were able to do. They relocated to an abandonned nuclear
>>>>>>> test site (in Nevada?) to remain alive and launch their weekly evil
>>>>>>> plans.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's what Wikipedia says they said on the show, the version I told
>>>>>> was what the special effects guy explained to a reporter.
>>>>
>>>> What?
>>>
>>> In an interview in a magazine (probably star log) they asked a special
>>> effects guy why the aliens in the TV show didn't look anything like the
>>> aliens in the movie. He said they mutated in the drums. Because he's an
>>> idiot.
>>
>> Ah, OK. I haven't seen the movie in decades, but I thought they looked
>> like the ones in the movie, or at least what little they showed.
>
>I honestly don't remember what the first wave of aliens in the TV show
>looked like beyond that they had a third hand that came out of the middle
>of the hosts chest. But it was enough so that the reporter asked about it,
>and the effects guy came up with a weird excuse.

Yeah, I'm not sure if we ever got a full frontal view of them. We defintirely
saw their three-fingered hands.

https://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2011/10/cult-tv-flashback-144-war-of-worlds.html

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