War Of The World - The New Generation.
Thoughts, anyone?
Feel free to skip the first half if you've got a short attention span.
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My thoughts are mainly
"Why?"
There's nothing wrong with the original, IMO.
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Tusk knows where you live, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:24,
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I guess "because" would be the only real answer.
They've updated a few bits - there's some dancey basslines and some dubstep lite (for beginners) and some industrial mutterings going on. It does seem a bit strange to try and make something appeal to the yoof when the only people who'll notice are the 30somethings.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:43,
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Who's going to buy it then?
I just don't see a market for it, but maybe I have an optimistic view of the world's taste in music.
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Tusk knows where you live, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:46,
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People who liked the original
but think it needed more Gary Barlow?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 22:17,
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The original is so good that even when its totally ruined it still sounds brilliant.
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WormuIus, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:30,
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That sums it up pretty well.
Also I think that dubstep could very well have found it's only natural home here. Distorted warblings and off kilter beats would be pretty much perfect.
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Loved it
Quite frankly, voices and theatrical talent like Richard Burton's come around every few hundred years, Liam Nielsen sounded very good.
Guess it will be Morgan Freeman in the States..
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Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:32,
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STOP DOING WAR OF THE WORLDS WRONG.
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Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:39,
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You should hide Jahled....
I saw what you said..
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Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 22:31,
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Well whoever was voicing the artilleryman needs some acting lessons
He really shouldn't be sounding quite so happy about his unit being wiped out.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:05,
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still waiting on the 8-bit version...
à la www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLdKW_Db1k
but with added currah μspeech samples please...
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 21:57,
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Dubstep triplets (a.k.a wublets)...
Fuck 'em.
Fuck 'em dead.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 10 Dec 2012, 22:38,
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Well first off, the artilleryman sounds like he's about to laugh
so that's a load of shit. Liam Neeson appears to be filling Burton's shoes though. Just. But the music feels off...hardly changed from the original really, apart from a few jazzed-up effects and beats. But the whole thing sounds...well...a bit cheaper, like those rip-off cds you hear playing in shops without the original artists.
I have to ask, what's the point? If you're not going to redo it massively and more betterer, don't bother at all. Quite liked the bit where it goes all underwatery though.
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^that right there!!
I went to see the stage production at weekend, and absolutely loved it...
and even though i did really enjoy it, it still made me pine for the the original .. Burton, Essex. Lynott.. the original is one of those rare examples of getting everything right!
There really isn't a need for "the new generation" .. Jeff Wayne must need a few quid, and Barry Garlow hasn't nearly enough exposure is all i can think!?!
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DanGleeballs Moist people don't notice spelling errors..., Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:23,
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much as i love it...
...david essex? really?
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:18,
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at the time, he was a popular bloke..
and although he's a bit annoying, i really like his voice on it..
"Just hunks of mettul.."
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DanGleeballs Moist people don't notice spelling errors..., Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:26,
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a brave new world!
innit. yeah, kinda like it - rose tinted nostalgia an' all that - but he was just flavour of the month at the time, much as whoever is playing whoever in the current cash grabbing remake i s'spose.
let's start over agAIN... over aGAIN...
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:50,
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no nathaniel! oh, no nathaniel, no...
there must be more to life...
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 23:54,
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It doesn't feel the same.
It's like I've stumbled across what I thought was the original but is actually a not-as-good cover. Like those Christmas albums you buy that turn out to be Stars in Their Eyes style impersonations.
Disappointing :(
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Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 9:34,
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