From: lukas.mariman@REMOVEgmail.com
"Alric Knebel" schreef in bericht
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> "SanFrancisco2019" wrote in message
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>> "iakovos" wrote in message
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>>> The teaser trailer for the remake of this cult classic has been released
>>> starring Keanu Reeves
>>> and the Blade Runner references are so obvious I can't but wonder...
>>>
>>> With a very calm and controlled voice:
>>> "I am going to ask you a series of controlled questions..."
>>> and the polygraph / Voight-Kampff machine starts breathing...
>>>
>>> Very inspired indeed. Can't wait for the actual release...
>>>
>>> Iakovos:)
>>>
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>> Seeing a VK comparison in the interrogation segment is a hell of a
>> stretch.
>>
>> The original with Michael Rennie is one of the best, and my favorite,
>> science fiction films of all time.
>>
>> They better not fuck this remake up the way Spielberg did with War of
>> the Worlds.
>>
>> DR
>
> I'm going to step up and do something unpopular. I'm going to defend
> Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS. Neither Pal's or Spielberg's film was what
> I wanted to see from Wells' novel, but I thought Spielberg hit it closer
> in that he actually had the tripods, which were creepy. He also captured
> the feel of what it would be like to see them on the landscape. He did a
> great job of capturing the mayhem and the movement of troops, the busy
> countryside. The creatures, too, were great. Pal's was a big
> disappointment to me, even as a kid.
I tend to agree, and I do not regard Spielberg's version as a bad adaptation
at all. Just my 2 cents. :-)
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