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The War of the Worlds

7.2 (36 Ratings) Rate It

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A mini-series TV adaptation of the H.G. Wells story, where Earth is attacked by an alien force, and...

Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander in Apps

Nov 21, 2017

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Official Launch Trailer - Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

Retro sci-fi strategy meets base building, exploration, and a deep tactical JRPG combat system in Halcyon 6. Take control of an idiosyncratic group of officers as they fight for the survival of Earth against an unknown alien threat.

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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Doctor who the space museum in TV

Aug 11, 2023

Watched this week its okay there's alot about this that could have been better the set design the look of both alien could have been better alot was a lack of budget which was spent on the next story which I will get to next time

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Life (2017) in Movies

Jul 28, 2017

Life (2017)

2017 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

6.6

(104 Ratings)

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Unoriginal but a decent ending

Let's face It, the premise of this film isn't exactly original. How many times have we seen supposed scientists meddle with alien life forms with horrific results?

The story is completely unoriginal, not very suspenseful and I found the lifeform itself to be very unthreatening not sinister in the slightest. Calling it Calvin didn't help either with the fear factor. The only thing I liked was the ending, as for once I didn't see it coming. Whether this was just due to boredom setting in by then I won't know for certain.

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David McK (3562 KP) rated The War of the Worlds in Books

Jun 16, 2019

The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.7

(22 Ratings)

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HG Wells seminal tale of alien invasion, that has laid the template for many an alien invasion movie afterwards (and I'm paraphrasing here):

"There's no war between us and them, any more than there is between us and ants"

Victorian set, and told mainly through the eyes of a journalist who witnesses all the events, from the arrival of the Martians through to their attack and eventual defeat (I'll give nothing away here how, except to say that the movie Independence Day tried an updated version of the same solution), this is also - or so legend says - responsible for mass panic in the States when the radio adaptation was first broadcast.