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BBC One’s The War Of The Worlds adaptation will premiere on Sunday November 17th at 9pm, it has been announced.

https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2019/11/bbc...C0QL8g5tOnD_p8

Looking forward to this.

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I wouldnt get your hopes up too much, it really wasnt that good tbh. :sleep:

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Thanks.:D

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Finally!

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Will it be better than 'The Tripods' though? ;)

Looks good, God bless the BBC :)

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I think you are talking about War Of The Worlds 28TH Oct- 18th Nov.

Rather than The War Of The Worlds.

Damn confusing.

Edit WOTW was an 8 epidoe season, TWOTW is a 3 episode mini series.

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I wonder at what point “influence” becomes “plagiarism”. John Christopher was sailing a tad close to the wind at times, I think.

The BBC adaptation was good on its own terms but having departed so much from the novels it made it very hard to pick up the story in The Pool of Fire from the unresolved cliffhanger at the end of the TV version of The City of Gold and Lead (for anyone who had to do it that way ... I didn’t :D )

I’ve never quite understood the reason for most of the changes to the basic story for TV, although I suspect it was the budget. The Masters feature much more heavily in the novel and the characters spend a lot more time in the alien environment.

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Nope, I was referring to the mini series.
I havent seen the Fox/Canal series at all yet.

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Paul, are you the editor of the series, how could you say before it was broadcast?
Was it about aliens or fornicators?

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I know episodes 1 & 2 were available 1 month ago, I haven't watched them yet. Episode 3 doesn't seem to be out there ATM from my sources, Paul's may be different.

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Available where?

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Other means.

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Web-based services of dubious legality. Well, the services themselves are legal, but the sharing of copyrighted material is a civil infringement and in some cases criminal. Newsgroups and BitTorrent were always the major ones.

The War of the Worlds is a major international co-production that has already been broadcast elsewhere in the world. Hence copies of it are out there. I suspect that's one of the reasons the BBC hasn't kept it for its Christmas schedule (it was originally earmarked for Christmas 2018 but the post-production ran into difficulties with the special effects). The other reason would be that the reviews haven't been brilliant.

I watched it tonight as broadcast. It was good enough but it looks like they haven't been able to resist the urge to use it to be massively preachy about early 20th century conceptions of morality and empire (extrapolating far beyond anything HG Wells may have had in mind).

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There was no episode 3 in those releases, the NZ broadcaster they were sourced from edited the original 3 episodes into 2 longer episodes.

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Yep, and I agree with those reviews.

It was largely just dull - and confusing as it kept switching to the future.
(Hey guys, look, we beat them - talk about embedding a massive spoiler).

Also, as Chris noted, yet another preachy BBC production (much like Dr Who now).

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It's a shame people try and see 'agendas', particularly if the BBC are involved. HG Wells was a socialist, so if there is anything, it's just reflecting the author.

Finally made a start on my Blake's 7 boxset (3 episodes down, 49 to go, never seen Mrs K look more depressed ;) ). No doubt that would be dismissed as lefty socialist claptrap these days, with freedom fighters against the system. In 1978 it was just entertainment with wobbly sets as a bonus, nobody asked or looked for anything more.

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On the contrary - Blake’s 7 makes useful observations about the logical end point of a totalitarian regime propped up by high technology (and then, like Wells, postulates that an alien invasion, by someone all the more powerful, renders oppressor and oppressed alike, all but impotent ... sorry, season 2 spoiler). The difference between Blake’s 7 and the present adaptation of WOTW is that Blake’s 7 for the most part just shows you the evil, especially in its earlier episodes, before Servalan was allowed to become a pantomime evil queen, and while they had the benefit of the more measured portrayal of Travis by Stephen Grief. The production team on WOTW have tilted towards leaden dialogue and over-cooked looks of horror/sympathy to underscore the political message. They could have been a lot more subtle, but subtle exposition of social and political topics is not a hallmark of British tv drama at the moment, sadly.

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I gave it a pass. I've seen too many attempts at the story and I'd rather just read the book now.

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See? You've looked into it far too much for sub texts. It's just entertainment. I love it for the costumes; the blond woman looks likes she's stepped straight out of Abba , in her high heeled boots, and keeps tripping up over the sets :D

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Well that was disappointing. I have no idea what they thought they were doing with last night’s episode. They span about 15 minutes of story into 60 minutes, the CGI was ropey and I’m almost certain there were still FX missing.

Having looked forward to this ever since it was announced (two years ago I think?) ... disappointing.

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It was totally pants, the whole thing was a lesson on how screw up an adaptation of a classic story.

I don't think anyone has managed to do it justice ever. The definitive version remains the musical version!

Episode 1 was slow, and just seemed to be a outlet to show how pretty the lead actress could look (if you like redheads).

Episode 2 the tripods where actually quite good, I liked the way they moved. There was no further explanation of why the smoke killed them. No Thunderchild. Artilleryman Superfluous.

Episode 3 not just Ep3 but the time jumping forward and back didn't do anything to enhance the story. The aliens didn't look good.

it was just not good, I think budget constraints may have affected it.

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I did warn you :)

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https://newsthump.com/2019/12/02/hg-...GB77PBg3MfqhbM

:D

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:rofl:

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Beats DR Poo...

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Been watching another version on Fox.......it’s not really “War of the Worlds” I.e tripods and all that. It’s more like Survivors.

It’s bleak. Slow moving. Set in the U.K. & France. (Anglo/French production)

But I’ve found it strangely compulsive. I’m up to Ep 6. I don’t think it’s for everyone but I’m enjoying it so far.

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Sounds like Brexit negotiations :D

Is it available here anywhere?

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Yeah, I have watched that, it ends on a bit of a strange note, but there is a second season coming, at some point.

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Its available from the 'usual sources' :)


(Or did you mean legally available ;))

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I've only just come across this and am halfway through the 1st series. Yep it's certainly plodding which I find only works when there's a really good pay-off at the end of the season so fingers crossed.

It certainly is unexpectedly compelling, normally I'd given up by now on something which is so obviously a slow-burner.

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The second season is out (first few episodes) but so far I've only managed to find them with hard coded Dutch subtitles.

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With S1 now on Disney plus it shouldn't be too long before S2 appears

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Season 2 is also on Disney+ and it looks like it is weekly with up to ep3 currently available. I can find normal eps without hardcoded subs.

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Funnily enough, it appears they have, or at least some of them.

At the time of posting yesterday I'd not long got back off my holiday and not checked my systems, they had picked up English subbed Season 2 Episodes 1 to 3 yesterday morning. I've watched Episode 1 tonight. :D

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Got episode 1 and 2 with forced subs, none of the rest as of yet have them. Skipping through ep3 I can not find any French but will wait and see subs first and watch them all together

edit appear to have them for 3 so far

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Are you using a VPN? I have Disney+ and I’m only seeing 1 season. It’s very good though, we’ve just watched the first episode. :tu:

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Same for me.

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Season 1 Episode 1 is probably the most exciting/action packed of them all.
In general its a slow burning show/story, and yet it just about manages to keep you hooked.

Same with Season 2, I've seen the first three so far. :)

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Same here and I can't say I'm all that impressed so far.

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Just seen an ad on Fartbook that S2 is on Disney + (star) from July 16th.

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Yup, missus spotted that earlier. Though I’m still curious to know how General Maximus is seeing it listed in Disney+ right now.

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I am afraid it is classified

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Windscribe has servers that do not flag when using streaming services using international ips maybe he is using something like that

Saying that it is not meant to be airing till July but the rips I have are labelled DSNY so dunno

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It is available on Epix via Amazon Prime .com

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There are Epix rips out there as well (for episodes 1 & 2).

Season 2 is definitely more 'pacy' than season 1, I've seen episodes 1 to 4 now.

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Disney+ doesn’t block Windscribe IPs - I’ve tried it. I don’t use it though, because I watch TV on the TV, not a computer or a tablet, and that means configuring the VPN in our router, which would be pointless as our family’s data usage is almost a terabyte a month. Even Windscribe’s free 10GB would be gone in a flash.

My question was really more prompted by suggestions further up the thread that season 2 had yet to be released anywhere that wouldn’t automatically generate foreign language subtitles - if it was on Disney+ in the USA, for example, you might assume the “usual sources” would have a rip of that already.

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I built my own package 1 premium UK, Windflix US, Unlimited and R.O.B.E.R.T costs me $3 a month. I have it running on an old TP Link router running DD-WRT so have a VPN Network and a None VPN Network off my SH3 and Mesh system

The usual sources do have rips of what airs in the US. It is airing every Friday and the rips are up on the Saturday. I have 4 with EN forced subs

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The usual sources have rips of both Disney & Epix (Disney up to E4, Epix up to E2).
There are also Canal+ Rips of all 8 Eps, but sadly without the English subs (They have "English" Audio, but still with French bits in them).

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Erm...you certain about that?

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About what ?

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About the lack of subs?

All 4 eps from Season 2 I discovered on each launch day with English subs onscreen for English and French where spoken respectively.

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I think you have misread it. :)

The lack of subs was referring to the canal+ rips of all 8 episodes.

The Disney Rips (which now go up to Ep 5) have forced english subs, the epix rips have hard coded english subs.

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Not sure which versions I have but I’m pretty certain they all have the Canal+ splash on them during the opening.

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Those are the Disney+ Rips, they still retain the Canal+ logo in them. Episode 5 came out today.

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5th was released today on usual sources

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I can see this getting cancelled.

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Its already been renewed.

https://www.thevulcanreporter.com/ex...n-3-fox-canal/

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there are subs for 7 and 8 but they are not perfect. I am waiting

https://subscene.com/subtitles/war-o...-second-season

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Yep, Ive just finished watching Episode 6.

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So does someone else have first run rights in the UK? I’m just wondering why Disney+ has dropped the whole of season 1 but isn’t giving us season 2 (yet). I’m just hoping they don’t repeat the mess they made with Marvel Runaways, putting 2 seasons of it on Disney+ and selling season 3 to SyFy UK at the same time. We had to wait over a year for them to finally add season 3 to Disney+UK even though it was available on the US platform from launch.

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Excellent …. I’ll be taking the Amazon Fire stick to the holiday house then. :D

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Basically, thats the Friday after its run on Disney+ ends.

D+
Friday 2nd July = E7
Friday 9th July = E8

Friday 16th July = E1, UK.

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My bad - I assumed everyone was up to speed.

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They’re currently filming S3 in Newport today.

I guess that’s the upside - plenty of corpses laying around with shops looted etc.

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I turned the episode off after that reveal. I just thought lazy, low budget, lack of originality etc, etc.

Does anyone remember the 80's or 90's War of the Worlds TV series based off the 1950's movie?

They did the same thing.

Tell me is it worth sticking with, be honest.

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There’s a fairly interesting twist on “that” which could be worth sticking around for but in all honesty I’m pretty underwhelmed.

If you’ve got nothing else to watch then it’ll pass the time.

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I enjoyed it.

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You might want to slap some spoiler tags around that…

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Having finally finished season 1 last night, I don’t think the big reveal is necessarily what it might first seem. There’s a great deal of ambiguity around what exactly Emily has found. Can’t wait to get stuck in to S2. :D

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That’s just it, there is a twist involved but from what I’ve read online it’s quite divisive. It’s certainly an interesting twist on what was originally a twist in itself and my hopes rest in what they do with it now.

IMO it has to form the basis of S3 otherwise I can’t see it coming back for a 4th season.

I really hope to be wrong though…

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If you are looking for a fast paced, action filled alien invasion, this is not the show for you.

I think part of the problem is the title - it is a "war of worlds", but not quite in the way people think.

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Well I finally finished it. I half guessed the "twist", which in itself opens up all kinds of paradoxal questions. I agree I don't know where a 3rd season would go.

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They finished filming just up the road from me at the weekend, from what I could make out they were doing some “action” scenes and the word around here is they were using new characters, or at least ones people didn’t recognise from previous eps.

Here’s hoping they do well with S3…

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It will be interesting to see where it goes, I'm assuming it will be set in that pre invasion time.

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War of the Worlds Season 3 starts on Epix in September (12th).

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English subs now available for the whole of S3 if you google. Just finished the season. Enjoyed it

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On Disney+ in the UK from 19th October
https://www.disneyplusinformer.com/w...ounced-uk-ire/

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I'm watching the weekly Epix releases (on Amazon).
They have hard coded English translations for the french parts.
Episode 3 was this Sunday, and carries on until Ep 8 at the end of October.

It been quite good so far.

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Great.... And it's the whole season too. Loved the first episode.

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Presumably they’ve dropped the entire season because they’re not premiering it. Pleasantly surprised to find it there when I opened Disney+ last night anyway. Missus and I will be digging in.

On a related note, this happened: :D

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Interesting, I've only seen up to episode 6 atm, as I'm watching the weekly amazon releases.

I was unsure where this would go after season 2 finished, but its proved to be quite interesting again.

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Oooh, Mrs Pierre is away tonight so I might just have an Andor / WotW double bill tonight

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I started to watch it last night, but then quickly remembered that you have to be in the right mood to watch this show as it's slow. So I'll wait until i'm in the right frame of mind before I go back to it.

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Just finished series 3. What a disappointment.

Without giving spoilers, the parts involving astronauts was interesting but the series ending was quite a let-down for me.

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Just watched the final episode, I cant say I was disappointed.

The ending seemed ok to me, and given how it finished, I'm thinking thats it, there wont be a season 4.