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KD8AFH
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Post subject: Are tripods biological? Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:13 am |
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Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:31 am Posts: 24 Location: Milford, Ohio USA
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Just wondering - every subliminal shot I see of a partial tripod in the new
trailers appears to be more biological rather than a mechanized fighting
machine. Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed this?
The latest TV trailer also shows what appears to be some small hover or observation craft. Maybe its a play on the '53 movie with the electronic eye.
I love that scene where a tentacle is seen coming down and grabbing some guy, which is more in line with H.G. Well's story.
Ron
"Guns, Tanks, Bombs - They are like toys against them."
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:26 am |
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Loz
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:55 pm |
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who's Loz?
I think that they have tried to make the tripods semi biological. in the book wells describes them as being very fluid, an extension of the martian brain. so it may just be awsome technology, that mimics biological units.
you may have noticed that the foot of one of the fighting machines looks like the hand of the martian in the 53 film. I don't think anyone has mentioned that yet!
Bah bah black sheap April diamond spheres, Rigsby, Rigsby, Eight sided Pears.
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Thunder Child
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:10 pm |
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Yeah, I think it's just supposed to be alien looking. Shots of the lights in the front and details in the back look like a mechanical construct. The overall design looks like an homage that crosses the tripods in the book with the Martians in George Pal movie. (Long froglike limbs, crablike middle structure, multi-part illuminated "Eye(s)",
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Loz
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:57 pm |
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The film certainly looks to have a lot homages to Pals film. The Electonic Eye on the end of a long tube, instead of being remote controled, being the most obvious.
Bah bah black sheap April diamond spheres, Rigsby, Rigsby, Eight sided Pears.
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KD8AFH
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:07 pm |
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Loz wrote: The film certainly looks to have a lot homages to Pals film. The Electonic Eye on the end of a long tube, instead of being remote controled, being the most obvious.
Yes. I think we are going to see a scene where the electronic eye will be severed by an ax just like the farm house sequence in the '53 film.
"Guns, Tanks, Bombs - They are like toys against them."
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:25 pm |
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Alland
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:20 pm |
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Wells specifically stated in his novel that the Martian fighting and handling machines were built to simulate living things, even to the point of having artificial muscles.
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Loz
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:41 pm |
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So thats why they gone for an almost living feel and look to them, but they are machines. They be made of something other than metal though.
As for the farm house bit. I wonder if there will be a tap on the shoulder. I'm betting on it in fact.
From the bits I've seen. Putting it all together the tripods look as though they are going to be incredible.
Bah bah black sheap April diamond spheres, Rigsby, Rigsby, Eight sided Pears.
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