The New " War of the Worlds ", SBS, 09 July.

[bob10]

Another movie from Jules Verne's classic book. We all know how it ends , but it never seems to cease to fascinate us.

Guide to the classics: The War of the Worlds (https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/movies/2020/07/08/war-worlds-sbs-series/)

[DieselDan]

H G Wells you mean!

Interesting article though.

[AK83]

I liked it. One of my favourite stories, and liked both movies made about it too. So a bit of bias here, but a good watch last night. Looking forward to next episodes.
Oh! also good to see a non US version of it too.

[grey_ghost]

Me and SWMBO loved it. [emoji1303]

[INter674]

Years ago I was obsessed with these dystopian novels..read them all over and over.. but HG was my favourite. A brilliant author.

Think it led to my strong distrust of Governments and corporations tho😃

[loanrangie]

i forgot it was on, better watch it on catchup.

[loanrangie]

Went searching for copies of this and found there was also a 3 part mini series set in the UK turn of the century with Robert Carlyle.

[RANDLOVER]

Did anyone else find themselves thinking instead of the characters walking everywhere, they should've found an old TDI 200/300 D1 or Series and removed the fuel solenoid, then they could've driven around, as no electronics to be affected by EMP?

[Geedublya]

Every time I watch it. Or how about an old tractor with no electrics except for glow plugs.

I enjoyed it at first but now I’m finding it a bit slow. Maybe I need to record 4 episodes at a time and binge.

[loanrangie]

Every time I watch it. Or how about an old tractor with no electrics except for glow plugs.

I enjoyed it at first but now I’m finding it a bit slow. Maybe I need to record 4 episodes at a time and binge.

Thats what i did, watched the first episode on air then found the rest of the series and watched all together.

[edddo]

Really enjoying it.....the sbs series that is.
The Poms do a superior ( cf USA) job of drama incl sci fi, understated and character driven.

[TasD90]

After having been captivated with the series so far, I thought the ending was really lame.
The preceding programmes had been chilling and suspenseful.
Hope it can be salvaged with a sequel series.
Peter.

[Homestar]

I didn’t get to the end of the second episode without falling asleep.

[Rolly]

Well, I reckon they ran out of funding. The last episode was just Pfffft. Like a balloon deflating!

[350RRC]

I didn’t get to the end of the second episode without falling asleep.

Bottle of Bailey's will do that. [biggrin]

[Homestar]

Bottle of Bailey's will do that. [biggrin]

Haven’t had a Baileys for years, but now I feel like one! [emoji16]

[JDNSW]

Interestingly, about a year ago I came across (and bought) a book that is a sequel to "War of the Worlds", labelled "Authorised by the H.G.Wells estate". Titled "The Massacre of Mankind", by Stephen Baxter, I was not particularly inspired by it.