War Of The Worlds (EPIX 2020 Series)
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:29 am
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The BBC War of the Worlds is kind of odd. They decided to PC the story up, so we get a fair chunk of the first episode (of three) exploring the relationship between the protagonist and his wife - he divorced his previous wife to marry her, which was a huge scandal, and there a lot of stuff about how everyone discriminates against them, etc.Nutso wrote:Didn't know there was another one out. The BBC made a great Dracula mini, modernizing the story while putting in new elements to make it their own adaptation of the Dracula tale. It's an unfaithful adaptation but, it's good. That actor, Claes Bang, has an almost Pierce Brosnan-like charm about him. I would think they'd have similar success with War of The Worlds.
Was it poorly advertised, in your opinion? Because I would have posted the trailers here if I had seen it. Like I did for Dracula, or for EPIX's War of The Worlds. If I didn't see the advertising I either had a bad week, or the people I rely on for these things didn't see the ads either. I was searching reviews for the BBC WoTW and I saw one article suggest that the BBC new this was a stinker and so intentionally buried it. Personally I don't think that's possible since the BBC has to be careful with it's money, unlike Hollywood which can release "Cats: The Musical: The Movie" unfinished and opposite the final Star Wars Sequel movie.Graham Kennedy wrote:The BBC War of the Worlds is kind of odd. They decided to PC the story up, so we get a fair chunk of the first episode (of three) exploring the relationship between the protagonist and his wife - he divorced his previous wife to marry her, which was a huge scandal, and there a lot of stuff about how everyone discriminates against them, etc.Nutso wrote:Didn't know there was another one out. The BBC made a great Dracula mini, modernizing the story while putting in new elements to make it their own adaptation of the Dracula tale. It's an unfaithful adaptation but, it's good. That actor, Claes Bang, has an almost Pierce Brosnan-like charm about him. I would think they'd have similar success with War of The Worlds.
They also modify how the story plays out a lot. Spoilers...
Some things I did like, though. The heat ray is closer to what Wells described, for one. And the Tripods don't have invulnerable shields - we see a couple hit by artillery, and they die just fine, as in the book. It's not terrible, but I found it a bit disappointing.
Perhaps somewhat. I knew it was coming for most of a year before, having seen a couple of articles talking about the filming. I wouldn't say they really pushed it hard, in terms of peppering ads around, though.Nutso wrote:Was it poorly advertised, in your opinion? Because I would have posted the trailers here if I had seen it. Like I did for Dracula, or for EPIX's War of The Worlds. If I didn't see the advertising I either had a bad week, or the people I rely on for these things didn't see the ads either. I was searching reviews for the BBC WoTW and I saw one article suggest that the BBC new this was a stinker and so intentionally buried it.
The Beeb is an oddity when it comes to things like that. It's not ad driven, obviously, so poor ratings don't strictly matter because they don't cost it anything. Their mandate is to produce quality material. And in fact the government has even suggested that the BBC has been "too aggressive" in chasing ratings against their commercial rivals and should avoid doing that.Personally I don't think that's possible since the BBC has to be careful with it's money, unlike Hollywood which can release "Cats: The Musical: The Movie" unfinished and opposite the final Star Wars Sequel movie.