'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS'
MARTIANS ARRIVE THIS SUNDAY
BBC has been postponing this one for, methinks, almost two years, and now that first reports from the countries that already aired it are coming in, we kinda get the picture why. I will give it a go when it premieres this Sunday
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| The War of the Worlds starts this Sunday on BBC One |
on
BBC One, but I hear it is a dreary and pointless adaptation which changes the story the way it suits BBC's modern agenda, making, for example, the
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| The series has been shot in three hourlong episodes |
female character of Amy the lead one, even though she does not appear in the novel
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS by
HG Wells on which the three part series is supposed to be based upon. As
The Sun says in their review, they've
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| Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson play the lead roles in the series |
turned the beloved book into a politically correct ‘woke’ drama making a mockery out of the source material. Beside
Eleanor Tomlinson who plays
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| The series already aired in some countries, New Zealand for example |
the role of Amy, the cast also includes
Rafe Spall, Robert Carlyle and
Rupert Graves, in the famous story of alien invasion of Earth in the Edwardian (in the book it is Victorian) England setting.
Love In The Time Of Aliens
Woking, 1905. George (
Rafe Spall) and Amy’s (
Eleanor Tomlinson)
relationship is a scandal. They are a painful embarrassment to George’s
brother Frederick (
Rupert Graves), an upstanding servant of the British
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| Rafe
Spall is George, passionate, stubborn and brave. He blindly follows his
heart, doing everything he can to save his loved ones from the Martian
invasion, even if that means putting himself in danger. |
Empire, and pariahs in their own neighbourhood. Their only friend is
local scientist and fellow outcast Ogilvy (
Robert Carlyle).
When a mysterious
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| Eleanor
Tomlinson is Amy, in her twenties, fierce, intelligent and ahead of her
time, aiming to study natural sciences at college. With the coming of
the Martian invasion, she may be mankind’s last hope. |
capsule lands one night on Earth at Horsell Common,
George, Amy and Ogilvy are the first to examine it. However, as more
people gather to study the
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| Rupert
Graves is Frederick, George’s older brother. He works at the Admiralty
in London as the Secretary to the Minister for War. He’s an upstanding
servant of the British Empire and, despite his strained relationship
with George, a caring brother. |
unusual object it quickly becomes clear that
this is no inanimate object fallen from the sky - but a transport for a
living, fighting organism from outer space.
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| Robert
Carlyle is Ogilvy, a good friend of Amy and George, and an outcast
himself. He’s an astronomer and scientist in his 50s who is kind and
good-humoured. His tireless experiments could be the key to driving back
the Martian invasion. |
As more people gather to
study it, it lashes out and kills scores of people.
And so begins a terrifying ordeal, as more capsules land on Earth and
release a
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| Amy apparently takes most of the action scenes instead of George |
horde of murderous Martian tripods which stalk England
exterminating and consuming everything in their wake. As wave upon wave
of Martian invaders
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| The reactions to the series so far have been singularly negative |
land on Earth, mankind faces an almighty fight for
survival. In amongst the chaos, George, Amy, Frederick and Ogilvy must
put their personal difficulties aside as they attempt to hold onto their
humanity.
