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Post by omega on Feb 19, 2018 9:37:06 GMT
Really struggling to get into this one......I have listened to 1st 20 minutes 3 times now. This is the first of the wells collection that I have not lapped up. Giving the journalist, a name inexplicably annoys me and the constant Herbert and wells just grates....... Probably just me or love Jeff Wayne’s too much...... Will come back at a later date I had similar problems with The Time Machine & the needless renaming of Weena. Why Big Finish? WHY? You'd need to take that up with Marc Platt, who adapted The Time Machine.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 9:45:33 GMT
I had similar problems with The Time Machine & the needless renaming of Weena. Why Big Finish? WHY? You'd need to take that up with Marc Platt, who adapted The Time Machine. OK I will.
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Post by number13 on Feb 19, 2018 16:03:41 GMT
Poll added, sorry for the delay...
How many stars Mars do you award 'The Martian Invasion of Earth'?
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Post by elkawho on Feb 20, 2018 13:16:06 GMT
I've never read War Of The Worlds, but I really loved this. number13, keep sharing your thoughts on all the BF audios for us. I love reading those posts. The only Wells I've ever read was The Invisible Man, and I was about 13 when I did that so my memory of the written story is vague. But something that strikes me about Wells that runs throughout all of these stories is his pessimism about his fellow man. I find that interesting, since so much of science fiction is based around the potential of the human race Wells, the father of modern Science Fiction, sees his fellow man as base and shallow. The inability of humanity to save itself from destruction runs through so many stories. In this one, humanity isn't saved by it's ability to adapt, it's intelligence, etc. We have nothing to do with our own salvation. It's a fluke of nature that the Martians fail in their invasion. I tend to think that he and I would find very little common ground regarding politics and our overall view of the world.
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Post by number13 on Feb 22, 2018 11:43:57 GMT
I've never read War Of The Worlds, but I really loved this. number13 , keep sharing your thoughts on all the BF audios for us. I love reading those posts. The only Wells I've ever read was The Invisible Man, and I was about 13 when I did that so my memory of the written story is vague. But something that strikes me about Wells that runs throughout all of these stories is his pessimism about his fellow man. I find that interesting, since so much of science fiction is based around the potential of the human race Wells, the father of modern Science Fiction, sees his fellow man as base and shallow. The inability of humanity to save itself from destruction runs through so many stories. In this one, humanity isn't saved by it's ability to adapt, it's intelligence, etc. We have nothing to do with our own salvation. It's a fluke of nature that the Martians fail in their invasion. I tend to think that he and I would find very little common ground regarding politics and our overall view of the world. Thanks very much elka, that's really appreciated. I too enjoy reading people's thoughts on the audios, it's always interesting, whether a longer piece or a concise one-line summary. So I like to contribute when I think I can. It's been an outstanding Wells series from BF, but I fully agree with you about Wells' pessimistic (to say the least) view of people and society. In the novels, he repeatedly assumes that we will choose the "wrong" path unless people are directed by an elite, usually a scientific elite of people like him. His politics were extreme and to the modern reader, repulsive. His ideal model of society was clearly a monocultural, communistic, scientific State where people would be directed to be efficient in the name of "progress" and uniformity. Freedom, diversity and democracy could not be tolerated, as being inefficient and unequal! And in 'The Shape of Things to Come', his clearest blueprint of his idealised future, Wells also advocates a form of eugenics, makes lengthy anti-Semitic statements and is disparaging about African languages. It's no wonder that adaptations of his books concentrate on the science fiction.
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Post by nottenst on Feb 26, 2018 16:38:51 GMT
Just finished it today and am in the midst of the interviews. I've seen the George Pal movie, the Tom Cruise movie, and have listened to Jeff Wayne's version multiple times. I never got around to reading the book.
Anyway, I thought it was a marvelous piece, but there was one thing oddly missing. We hear Herbert and Amy's story and we hear Edward's story. Since both Edward and Herbert survived, I would have thought we might have had a little coda where the two of them found out that they survived or met up again. I presume this is also something absent from the original novel.
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Post by Hieronymus on Mar 4, 2018 19:15:42 GMT
I think this falls short of the Jeff Wayne adaptation, but is still very good.
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Post by Hieronymus on Mar 4, 2018 19:17:24 GMT
I never got around to reading the book. The book is very good, and holds up to a reading even today. It's one of the few novels I've read more than once and continue to re-read every few years. I strongly recommend you read the Wells novel.
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Post by Digi on Mar 9, 2018 16:48:41 GMT
I enjoyed this one. Wasn’t quite as enjoyable as some of the other Wells adaptations they did, but it was still a thoroughly entertaining listen. Great production, acting, directing, sound engineering, etc., just a very solid production all-around.
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Post by Hieronymus on Apr 22, 2018 15:41:13 GMT
Additional thought: I think the reason this fails is that it differs radically from the original on a significant point. In the original novel, the narrator is either alone throughout the events, or is paired with someone he does not know well. This creates a sense of isolation, wariness, and distrust that is important to the overall feel of the novel. The BF release pairs the narrator with a close companion throughout, so that there is never such a sense of isolation. It feels more like a sightseeing trip for two.
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Post by dangerwillrobinson on Mar 5, 2019 9:07:14 GMT
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Post by pawntake on Mar 5, 2019 10:03:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2019 11:56:33 GMT
Absolutely right. It is one heck of a listen.
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Post by mark687 on Mar 5, 2019 13:24:37 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Apr 9, 2019 12:29:33 GMT
Regards
mark687
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Post by Digi on Apr 9, 2019 12:52:01 GMT
That was...interesting.
Sidenote: I wonder if that’s the fabled podcast-recording shed.
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Post by number13 on Apr 9, 2019 18:44:26 GMT
'I'd like to thank...'
Seriously, BF richly deserve the award, TWOTW TMIOE is a cracker! (And in my BF 2018 top ten for sure, loved it.)
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Post by fingersmash on Apr 10, 2019 14:56:33 GMT
'I'd like to thank...'
Seriously, BF richly deserve the award, TWOTW TMIOE is a cracker! (And in my BF 2018 top ten for sure, loved it.)
I do have to admit, Nick can just be a massive nerd and it's always delightful when that side comes up.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 18:14:12 GMT
Got to say and i know its bad but hell i much prefer Sherwood sounds version The Coming of The Martians i thought it far superior to Big Finish version and certainly has had far more listens even though am a massive Armitage fan the other version engaged me far far more.Sorry Big Finish but on this occasion my vote would be elsewhere
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Post by aemiliapaula on Apr 11, 2019 1:55:09 GMT
Got to say and i know its bad but hell i much prefer Sherwood sounds version The Coming of The Martians i thought it far superior to Big Finish version and certainly has had far more listens even though am a massive Armitage fan the other version engaged me far far more.Sorry Big Finish but on this occasion my vote would be elsewhere I did like the Big Finish version, but I'm with you Causality I really prefer the Sherwood version. I think it stayed closer to the original book as well. I loved Ben Briggs' cameo, however!
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