The Great Martian War 1913 - 1917

[CampX]

I think the idea was very good, however there are great flaws in the story line, it is well done for the better part. There is no Thunder Child in this one, and the Martians have protective shields again, unlike the original Novel where they did not and we could knock them out.
Entertaining and that's what it was for.

Dean O

[KradSpam]

I like the idea of this

[StefanM]

When is the re run?....

Sky Guide - Great Martian War


"This one-off documentary event casts itself back 100 years to 1913 and looks at what could have happened had Martians invaded. The subsequent events are re-told through mock footage, historians and first person accounts of a time when the world was plunged into a four year-long war and every nation would unite against the alien foe."

An enjoyable two hour entertainment.

[James C]

if they added a few AT AT walkers it would be the icing on the cake

[Gunny Hartmann]

Sky Guide - Great Martian War


"This one-off documentary event casts itself back 100 years to 1913 and looks at what could have happened had Martians invaded. The subsequent events are re-told through mock footage, historians and first person accounts of a time when the world was plunged into a four year-long war and every nation would unite against the alien foe."

An enjoyable two hour entertainment.

Cheers Stefan!...

[Danmark]

As usual, by the time it gets to 'free to air' down here the history channel becomes the ancient history channel.

[Gunny Hartmann]

It was on the History channel on sky about a week back, so hopefully it will be aired elsewhere at some time in the future.

did anyone see it and was it any good?

Just watched the re run Jerry, i switched it off after an hour as i just couldn't be ars*d with it!..

[Wagriff]

Jeff Wayne's musical version, but also Byron Haskin's - rather liberal - classic movie adapation from 1953.

Somebody made a Musical out of WOTW?? You can't be Serious?

[Thanatos]

I'll be the party pooper.
Bacteria kills the lot of them.
Now you don't have to watch it.

[HPL2008]

Somebody made a Musical out of WOTW?? You can't be Serious?

Serious as black smoke and heat rays. Not a musical in the true sense, though. It started life as a concept album, but there have been later stage productions. (The Richard Burton narration mentioned earlier in this thread was a reference to the musical version, too.)

For more info, see: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wayne also did an musical adaptation of Spartacus, by the way.