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bob_a_builder 04-07-2005 20:57
Re: War of the worlds
 
The point ..
Spoiler: 

Doesn't EMP destroy electronics, does a car solonoid count as electronics ?

When it all kicked off, and all the cars stopped working, Tom Cruise's mate was trying to fix his SUV, tried starter motor, still no go, ask Toms advise as he's passing, he says try the solonoid, which seems to do the trick, since he then takes the car and drives off with his kids, now your average car has one or two computer chips about its person nowadays, which are far more suseptible to EMP than some old coil of copper wire and an iron core

Yes, I know its only a film ...

dilli-theclaw 04-07-2005 21:00
Re: War of the worlds
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bob_a_builder
The point ..
..is that you should just add it to the increasing number of plot fudges ;):)

TheBlueRaja 04-07-2005 21:07
Re: War of the worlds
 
I would give them the benefit of the doubt with that one though - that car didnt look that new.

One more thing i just thought of regarding the car...
Spoiler: 
The radio worked too :D

dilli-theclaw 04-07-2005 21:12
Re: War of the worlds
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja
I would give them the benefit of the doubt with that one though - that car didnt look that new.

One more thing i just thought of regarding the car...
Spoiler: 
The radio worked too :D
Not to mention....

Spoiler: 
The fact that there must have been more camera systems and sattelite uplinks etc for the camera crew to have got the tape of the city's being destroyed by the tripods.


I could go on and on....

Sometimes you HAVE to fudge things a little or the film just won't work.

handyman 04-07-2005 21:23
Re: War of the worlds
 
damn its so hard not reading these before I watch it. Going to have to be tommorow.

Hom3r 04-07-2005 21:48
Re: War of the worlds
 
I believe that an EMP will only kill live electrical circuits so..

Spoiler: 
If the car stereo was turned off it would be unafected, and the bloke at the garage change the faulty parts with new boxed parts so also would be unefected


What we need is somebody who knows electrics & EMP effects

TheBlueRaja 04-07-2005 21:58
Re: War of the worlds
 
Ah ha... Found a linky...

Quote:
Effects of an EMP

Although the electric field created from an EMP lasts for only a short time, its effects can be devastating. It is predicted that a single high altitude burst 200 miles above Kansas could propagate an EMP enveloping the entire United States. Electrical systems connected to things that can conduct current like wires, antennas, and metal objects will suffer significant damage. EMP effects on electronics include interference of radio frequency links, irreparable damage to microcircuits, and even the disabling of satellites. Fortunately, electronic equipment that is turned off is less likely to be damaged.
So there you go - kudos to Spielberg for lucking out that one.

TracerTong 06-07-2005 07:00
Re: War of the worlds
 
I still have the original LP in it's sealed state since my brother bought me it for my 15th birthday in 1980!

Never got around to listening to my copy. My friend had it at the time and played it constantly!!! kinda put me off it for a long time. Hence the unbroken seal on mine.

Glad I did this now.

Mal 08-07-2005 20:46
Re: War of the worlds
 
The ending really ruined the ending for me...

Spoiler: 
One minute he was escaping from a tripod, then, totally unrelated, the aliens were dying. We're all saved!

The crop dusting/red weed, gory okay, but not really explained properly. Was that from the book?

The machines must have been buried thousands of years ago, but why bury them. Man at that time would have been very primitive at the time. I suppose, they must have seen potential in us.

Further to the above point, if correct, did the aliens not evolve/develop in that time? I mean that would be like someone around Roman times stashing a load of swords and us, now in the present, using them to invade another country.

If the aliens were here before, did they not know what would happen to them? I mean they took all that time to bury all those tripods, yet they die within 2 days of the invasion.


I was actually enjoying the film, aside from the above, but that was the last straw. :mad:

TheBlueRaja 08-07-2005 21:39
Re: War of the worlds
 
I Imagine nothing else other than the ending could have ruined the ending.

But i get your point... :erm:

:D

Mal 08-07-2005 21:43
Re: War of the worlds
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja
I Imagine nothing else other than the ending could have ruined the ending.

But i get your point... :erm:

:D
Damn! I really should check my posts before I submit ;)
__________________

I nearly shouted out in the cinema "Is that effing it???" I was sooo annoyed by the ending :)

Mal 08-07-2005 23:49
Re: War of the worlds
 
...and another thing...

Spoiler: 
What was the thing with his son Robbie about? I want to look??? Aliens killing people at will and he wants to go and look??? :knock:

Also, how the hell did he manage to get to Boston alive and before his dad and sister???

Though I did like the train bit


:mad:

iron25 09-07-2005 23:23
Re: War of the worlds
 
All I can say to anyone yet to see this film is don't bother, save your money or rent the original film. I can understand why there weren't any advanced screenings to the critics because this film is truly atrocious & totally living on the hype. The film doesn't explain anything and the storyline is simply about a family moving from one place to another to escape the danger :sleep: The special effects weren't particulary special and with the poor storyline and abrupt ending it was a poor showing from Steven Spielberg. My rating is 'must do better'.

Mal 09-07-2005 23:24
Re: War of the worlds
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by iron25
All I can say to anyone yet to see this film is don't bother, save your money or rent the original film. I can understand why there weren't any advanced screenings to the critics because this film is truly atrocious & totally living on the hype. The film doesn't explain anything and the storyline is simply about a family moving from one place to another to escape the danger :sleep: The special effects weren't particulary special and with the poor storyline and abrupt ending it was a poor showing from Steven Spielberg. My rating is 'must do better'.
I'm not alone :)

Stephen 09-07-2005 23:26
Re: War of the worlds
 
well I thought it was great. a Very good retelling of the story.


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