We shall fight on the beaches! 💥🛸💥👽💥 | The War of the Worlds - BBC

This is the original alien invasion story. Staring Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall and Robert Carlyle, this tense and thrilling drama follows a young couple’s race for survival against escalating terror of an alien enemy beyond their comprehension.

The War of the Worlds is a major adaptation by Peter Harness of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi title. This major new three-part drama is produced by Mammoth Screen for BBC One, and directed by award-winning director Craig Viveiros

Set in Edwardian England, this new adaptation of H.G. Wells' seminal tale - the first alien invasion story in literature - follows George (played by Rafe Spall) and his partner Amy (Eleanor Tomlinson) as they attempt to defy society and start a life together. Rupert Graves is Frederick, George's elder brother, and Robert Carlyle plays Ogilvy, an astronomer and scientist. The War of the Worlds tells their story as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.

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[hansstrudel]

This reminds me of an old military saying that has about a million variations: “There is no problem on Earth that cannot be solved with the proper application of high explosive.”

[TheJollyRapscallion]

Martians: Travel to invade Earth

Royal Navy: *Hippity hoppity no one violates the King's property*

[gl]

This production was the very definition of "not everything needs to be remade as a love story". It suffers massively for it. It had such potential

[kieranfo]

I like how the ships were shelling the first tripod with no effect but brought it down when they went for it's legs, then when the second tripod appears the ships go for the legs straight away and bring it down almost immediately, a little detail to show they learned the weak point.

[nosorab]

Martians: Our fighting machines are hundreds of meters high and are armed with high-energy infrared lasers.
British Navy: All I'm hearing is 'large combat profile' and 'abnormally hot searchlights'

[Hugabolunga]

No matter what generation, the noises the tripods make are horrifying.

[archermadsen]

Every adaptation gets closer to having the Thunderchild.

1953 version: No scene at the beach.
2005 version: The aliens attack a ferry but there are no warships.
This version: Martians are stopped at the beach by the Navy.

Maybe in the next WOTW adaptation, we will finally get to see the iconic sacrifice of the Thunderchild that is in the original book and Jeff Wayne version.

[andymclafferty]

Imagine being asked to create the tripod/ship battle for WotW, then realising it's only going to be used as background noise for this love drama dross

[hansstrudel]

Martians: We are bringing massive death walkers made from technology you can barely comprehend with your puny human minds. What do you have to say about that?
Royal Navy: *Laughs in heavy ordinance*

[samremfry]

Bacteria: "I'm the only thing on Earth that can stop the tripods"

Royal Navy Dreadnoughts: "Hold my rum ration"

[norffcdoomer]

“These aliens are so inept, nearly takes the honour out of victory.”

“Nearly.”

[WitchyyChick]

I love how the aliens saw the warship already take down one tripod but decided to continue war-criming civilians instead of returning fire on the one thing that was evidently capable of opposing them.

[shaggybottomtext]

Martians: -Invade-


British Dreadnoughts: *No*

[duneydan]

What I like with this scene:
- all those dreadnoughts opening fire when the tripods appears gives me goosebumps everytime
- The Tripod's sounds are great, maybe a bit less terrifying than in the old versions but still! And the "sounds of pain" when they get hit by those 850lb shells... so nice
-the ships blasting their foghorns in victory and, I like to think, as an answer to the tripod's sound kind of gives the impression they are sending a message: "we can fight you"
- A nice tribute to the HMS Thunder Child, A ram ironclad that sacrifices himself to destroy 3 tripods to save refugee's ships in the original story.
- Overall, The fact that they show mankind able to fight back! Usually you always see that our weapons are useless, armies getting crushed without being able to do any damage... I kind of get bored of that.
The only medium I can remember doing the same are the book "The Salvation War", this serie, the movie "Dragon war" and the anime "Gate".
If someone knows others medium of this type, feel free to writte it down here⬇️

[couldbeanybody]

Martians: we rule space, a incomprehensible area with unending resources, you can't resist us.

Royal navy: You rule space. But *Britannia rules the waves.*

[tidepodyearsago]

The dreadnaught's using their horn after destroying the tripod gave me goosebumps

[syriansyrup]

Martians:I thought you were dead

HMS Thunder child:My death was greatly exaggerated

[daxtonwotb]

Alien Tripod: *hello there*

British dreadnoughts: *YOU PICKED THE WRONG FIGHT FOOL*

[bamboozlednoodle]

The fact that aliens capable of interplanetary travel get absolutely vibe checked by the Royal Navy in the 1890s is hilarious to me

[UniDeathRaven]

1:28 one of the most realistic falls I've seen in movie. Damn. Feels good.