Shouldn't an EMP bomb kill you?
| It's called "remake". |
No, it's called "evil" and "wrong." You don't take a great book like that and turn it into a piece of shit hollywood action adventure. Not to mention that they decided to stick tom cruz in it, and deviate almost entirely from the story. In fact, the only similarities I can think of are that a bunch of aliens come to Earth in a three-legged vehicle and kill people.
As for remakes... at least the LOTR films do the book justice... War of the Worlds as a movie was pathetic.
| Rule of Cool. You can't deny that the scene where the machine erupts from the ground is impressive. |
I can and will. Impressive? It was a cool effect, nothing more.
| In the original, it only appeared to be a meteor, but it was actually a vessel. |
I haven't read the book since I was about ten; and as I've said before... I have a terrible memory.
I personally despise it when a movie that totally differs from a source book is created. If you're going to butcher the original material and screw with it limitlessly go find a name for it so that people who actually care about literature/film/anything else won't accidentally blow up with the pain of watching it, expecting something as good as the source book.
| I personally despise it when a movie that totally differs from a source book is created. If you're going to butcher the original material and screw with it limitlessly go find a name for it so that people who actually care about literature/film/anything else won't accidentally blow up with the pain of watching it, expecting something as good as the source book. |
QFT
| at least the LOTR films do the book justice |
I don't think there's much to butcher in War of the Worlds. The book is about some aliens that come to Earth to terraform the planet. It's not a masterpiece of literature with intricate characters and beautiful imagery.
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WHOA WHOA WHOA LET'S KEEP THE SLASH OUT OF THIS
It's not so much that WotW was a great book as that it was a classic. Classics deserve some respect just because they were able to make it that far.
It's not so much that WotW was a great book as that it was a classic. Classics deserve some respect just because they were able to make it that far.
| It's not so much that WotW was a great book as that it was a classic. Classics deserve some respect just because they were able to make it that far. |
Am I going to have to type "QFT" again?
| To some degree. I found the lack of erotic subtext between Legolas and Gimli disappointing. |
For me, it was the lack of side-shots of Arwen's chest that was a disapointment... But let's not dwell.
| I don't think there's much to butcher in War of the Worlds. The book is about some aliens that come to Earth to terraform the planet. It's not a masterpiece of literature with intricate characters and beautiful imagery. |
"Terraform..." that reminds be of a game I used to play called Alpha Centauri. It was a brilliant game. It was a turn-based strategy, and it was great because you could choose several different races (I chose a woman called "Colonel Santiago" most often, because she had the coolest bases). The AI was reasonably clever; at times you would think "How did I not see that coming?"
It was designed by the same guy who made the Civilization games, Sid Meier. They also made an extension game called Alien Crossfire; which added some extra races, one of which was a woman that was some kind of "hacker."
Edit: SMAC also had great cinematics, and an awesome backstory that you uncovered as you played. It also had a weird cheat mode where you could do anything; it was fun to do that every now-and-again.
I still have the disk for it, actually... I could play it.
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If we're going to make sex objects out of classic fantasy literature...
(Hey, they don't call it fantasy for nothing)
(Hey, they don't call it fantasy for nothing)
| If we're going to make sex objects out of classic fantasy literature... |
Where were you going with that?
| If we're going to make sex objects out of classic fantasy literature... |
I think he was referring more to
than to homoerotic happenings between Gimli and Legolas...
| For me, it was the lack of side-shots of Arwen's chest that was a disapointment |
than to homoerotic happenings between Gimli and Legolas...
| expecting something as good as the source book. |
There's your problem right there.
Never, ever, under any circumstances whatsoever, go into a movie expecting anything remotely as good as the source book.
Seriously, I can count the number of movies on one hand that have even come close to living up to the original literature, and I could even afford to lose a few fingers and still count them on that one hand.
I cannot fathom how anyone that has seen even a handful of sci-fi and fantasy movies could go into any new movie with such expectations. Gluttons for punishment? Idiotically optimistic? Eternally naive?
No offense to anyone intended, but I just find that most people's aggravations are usually a result of their own completely unrealistic expectations.
I don't expect something as good as the source. But if you're going to name it the same thing you ought to at least live up to the name. Otherwise find a different name so I won't confuse a good book with a crappy retarded movie.
| Am I really the only one who here who played SMAC? It was a great game... |
I played and enjoyed it, but to me it was a reskinned Civilization. I don't remember it adding any truly new elements to the Civ formula, which was fine because that formula worked great.
| But if you're going to name it the same thing you ought to at least live up to the name. |
Like I said, unrealistic expectations.
| I played and enjoyed it, but to me it was a reskinned Civilization. I don't remember it adding any truly new elements to the Civ formula, which was fine because that formula worked great. |
Yay! I knew I wouldn't be the only one.
What did you think of the aliens? They got on my nerves at times, but ultimately I think they were a cool idea, and fun when you could build them yourself.
I think the thing I liked the best was hoarding "planet busters" (which were nuclear missiles).
I remember once I got like ten of them, and destroyed the largest base of each of my enemies... Good times :)
Then I would send my navy of over 20 carrier ships and 10 combative ships to a given enemy's main territory, unload about 160 soldiers and vehicles onto their land, and raze the whole place, destroying every base that wasn't worth keeping (if the number next to it was less than 5, it wasn't worth keeping; I forget what the number signifies though). Then when I had no enemies left, I turned on my allies.
Another time the Chinese dude and me were the only ones left, and he had a waaaaay larger army than me. So I tactically made him sign a "pact of brotherhood" (means you can go into their territory, hang out in their bases, sort of like the kind of pact between the USA and England), and waited 100 turns of boredom (no-one to fight) for my planet busters to finish building; and then... BAM. His ten or so largest bases were reduced to dust. Still, he had a way larger army than I did, and his air force was like 200 planes... I got completely owned.
I loved that game for a time.
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Lol, Call of Duty Mordern Warfare 2 is a sci-fi game. I thought everyone knew that? They also have a heartbeat sensor attachment for your guns (yes a gun that picks up heartbeats).
I bought COD4 for myself when it came out and a friend bought me COD4:MW2 as a present. I must say I would never have bought it on my own because I thought it was way too similar to the first game but I'm glad he bought it for me. It's actually really fun. Play with ventrilo buddies.
I still haven't found a game with great balanced PVP since Nox. I can't express how many nights I've spent crying after hearing people talk about MMORPG's taking real "skill" when all they do is spec their gear. They can then complain about losing because they lack gear.
If anyone remembers Nox, don't say anything about Diablo or I might just shoot myself. Diablo is a hack and slash RPG (collect gear and level). Nox is a fast paced action-adventure game.
I bought COD4 for myself when it came out and a friend bought me COD4:MW2 as a present. I must say I would never have bought it on my own because I thought it was way too similar to the first game but I'm glad he bought it for me. It's actually really fun. Play with ventrilo buddies.
I still haven't found a game with great balanced PVP since Nox. I can't express how many nights I've spent crying after hearing people talk about MMORPG's taking real "skill" when all they do is spec their gear. They can then complain about losing because they lack gear.
If anyone remembers Nox, don't say anything about Diablo or I might just shoot myself. Diablo is a hack and slash RPG (collect gear and level). Nox is a fast paced action-adventure game.
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| They also have a heartbeat sensor attachment for your guns (yes a gun that picks up heartbeats). |
Also, science fiction is a narrative genre, not a video game genre.