"If they're not going to do this movie as a period piece, then there's no reason to make it in the first place."
Excellent points all around, King Krypton!
I've long felt if Hollywood wants to do an original story they should do so-- and STOP trying to pass them off as "adaptations" of previously-existing books. For example, one of my favorite 007 films is YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE-- but the movie has ALMOST NOTHING to do with the novel! In fact, it only recently occured to me that the climax of the book-- more or less-- appeared as-- get this-- the pre-credit sequence of the PREVIOUS movie, THUNDERBALL. So much for having any respect for writers' works...
I admire Jeff Wayne's WAR OF THE WORLDS-- although it does go on a bit long. But his obsession to the point of INTERFERENCE in other people's projects borders on lunacy. Rick Wakeman's JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH is a similar, but far more listenable project, and like WOTW, follows the book CLOSER than ANY movie project to date!
So when I think of WOTW a la H.G. Wells, the first thing that comes to mind is the voice of RICHARD BURTON. With that in mind, the first actor that pops into my head should an "accurate" film ever be made would be another Welshman-- TIMOTHY DALTON!
And speaking of INDEPENDENCE DAY... while clearly another WOTW type of story, it really bears the closest resemblance to the projhect is blatently RIPPED OFF-- and managed to beat to the theatres (despite a later starting date)-- MARS ATTACKS! As usual with me, comparing a "straight" and "comedy" version of the exact same story-- I'll take the one with the laughs!
"Why can't we all just-- get along?"
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