well the whole point is that the Aliens overlooked such a simple aspect (the simple form of life) which ultimately wins over the most advanced technology. The Aliens were not stupid, they just were too cocky and thought they *knew* they could win (which is a possible reason why they didnt send "so many aliens" to invade. As for the roots Lowcrawler they started to grow them after all humans were cleared from an area, then used the captured humans as fertilizer to help spread the infestation, the Tripods walked right over the worlds most strongest military power and weaponry with ease, Hardly an invasion force you say? Why send all your men to invade when you could keep the occupation of soldiers and casualties to a bare minimum? While still having enough for reinforcments incase anything goes wrong / having those idle military powers to be used somewhere else?
The Aliens also waited so long for invasion because they need BLOOD. The human population was at its highest, its like what.. over 6 billion people in the world today or some bogus number like that? Thats alot of blood. and who knows, they were probably invading other planets throughout those millions of years while keeping an eye on Earth.
As for the rest of the non explaining of detailed crap within only a 2 hour time limit : The Unknown is mans greatest fear. Would you prefer they cut out all of the action and replace is with boring dialouge from a scientist? You cant have everything. The movie could have been better, yes. But then again EVERY movie can be better
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fine but still.... how did they grow their stuff before humans? did they find other planets that had blood? and how did they know that blood would work?
The biggest problem though is the giant plot hole. How could those ships never be discovered underground? It's impossible. I guess it did make for a nice change from the book.. and of course it allowed for that awesome scene where the first ship came up from the ground... drool...
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You dont know how far underground they were. For all we know they were fairly close to the center of the earth.
The biggest problem though is the giant plot hole. How could those ships never be discovered underground? It's impossible. I guess it did make for a nice change from the book.. and of course it allowed for that awesome scene where the first ship came up from the ground... drool...
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You dont know how far underground they were. For all we know they were fairly close to the center of the earth.
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hes got a point, they DID come down through LIGHTNING and it did take some time for them to reach the surface and cause havok.
1.) why were they frying people with a death ray if they needed their blood
2.) why did they even have deathrays if they had an impenetrable shield
3.)emp thing isnt necessarily bs since it wasnt actually lightning
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1) The aliens came to exterminate everyone on the planet. This included many things that we built (but not everything). At the beginning of the movie, it showed that by using the rays, people would herd together and run en masse. This would allow for easy extermination and picking up people. The aliens would not need the 6+ billion people on earth to make the blood farms. Killing several thousand people in a major city would make no difference. And then there's the fact that armies are shooting everything they have at them. It might not hurt them, but I think it would get very tiresome.
2) And then there's the fact that armies are shooting everything they have at them. It might not hurt them, but I think it would get very tiresome.
3) Don't know what you're saying for sure, but...the emp was to make it so people couldn't drive away or communicate easily with each other. After all, communication is one of the world's strongest weapons today. And then yeah it wasn't actual lightning.
I did find it ridiculous that the ex-wife's house and street were completely untouched. What the hell?
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I watched it last thursday, I got to say that it's a great movie. What I never understood was how his son made it to boston, after there was a big explosion where he went towards. Oh and Manta, I believe the tripods never reached Boston yet, it was at boston where they started to die. Yeah and they do look like stryders :D
Hmm, looks like our world will go to **** in 45+ years according to that first link.
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I think right now world leaders are hoping aliens will either kill a few billion of us, or give us a ton of food. Or both, like that episode of the Twilight Zone I saw on July 4th, with the Kanamits. I think we should invest more money in space programs to speed up the time until that meeting occurs. Then again, they do just seem to waste it by doing things like smashing into comets. :p Maybe next we can fly some monkeys into the sun.
As for the goofs in the movie, people with a lot of time on their hands have been discussing it endlessly on the IMDB.com forums. Here's an explanation I read:
A) EMP affects devices that are working.
B) A change of battery would enable the video camera (and, yes there was a 35 mm camera AND a video camera)
C) The EMP (or whatever!) fried the starter and the solenoid. Ray tells the mechanic to change the solenoid before replacing the starter before he knows there has been an invasion...when he comes back, he, therefore realizes that that van is the only one in the area that will work.
Yeah, I'm working right now, thus all the posting. :p
Spielberg should just stop making movies. I think he is off his rocker along with Lucas and Tom Cruz. In all his movies now-a-days it seems he only does things if it will make a cool shot, forget plot and common sense.
My friend and I busted out laughing when in boston the soldiers of the 10th mountain were walking all tactically and using hand signals next to a MASSIVE crowd of people.
The camera at the begining made we want to cry, he must have had it in an EMP proof case or something. You can find it on the sony website I think.
I agree with LC, this movie blew my balls.
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i wouldnt say its really speilberg's fault... he didnt write the movie he just made it. And its H G Wells' plot that sucks.
as for the soldiers, it makes perfect sense... they were blending in with the massive swarm of people... the tripods would have flipped and gone into total omgomgomgkill it mode when they saw the soldiers that could pose a threat, especially if they knew the shields were down. the civilians werent a threat.
As for the goofs in the movie, people with a lot of time on their hands have been discussing it endlessly on the IMDB.com forums. Here's an explanation I read:
A) EMP affects devices that are working.
B) A change of battery would enable the video camera (and, yes there was a 35 mm camera AND a video camera)
C) The EMP (or whatever!) fried the starter and the solenoid. Ray tells the mechanic to change the solenoid before replacing the starter before he knows there has been an invasion...when he comes back, he, therefore realizes that that van is the only one in the area that will work.
Yeah, I'm working right now, thus all the posting. :p
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Yay, closure. It makes sense now.
The tri-pods couldn't even walk straight. They looked drunk. Of course only Tom Cruise could see this, the soldiers who had been fighting these things for days didnt notice. They dont have that top notch scientologist training.
lol, i also thought it was funny how tom cruise always managed to be at the center of the action. Oh well its a movie after all :-p
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Crazy stuff like what was happening to Tom Cruises character(explosions, stealing vehicles, mass crowd hysteria, searching houses, army attacking tripods) was probly happening all over the world. The only real thing that might not have happened elsewhere also was when he put the grenade into the tripod.
I think if people cant suspend disbelief, they should be barred from cinemas.
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haha owned you all
I think if people cant suspend disbelief, they should be barred from cinemas.
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haha owned you all
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There's a pretty big difference between suspending your disbelief of things that are fantastic or impossible.. and ignoring gaping plot holes, things that make no sense logically in the context of the impossible setting.
As for the goofs in the movie, people with a lot of time on their hands have been discussing it endlessly on the IMDB.com forums. Here's an explanation I read:
A) EMP affects devices that are working.
B) A change of battery would enable the video camera (and, yes there was a 35 mm camera AND a video camera)
C) The EMP (or whatever!) fried the starter and the solenoid. Ray tells the mechanic to change the solenoid before replacing the starter before he knows there has been an invasion...when he comes back, he, therefore realizes that that van is the only one in the area that will work.
Yeah, I'm working right now, thus all the posting. :p
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Yay, closure. It makes sense now.
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For the record, If I remember right the emp fries sends a huge electric pulse that kinda melts the wiring... and what kind of logic is, "It only effects the battery in the electric circut!"
but yeah, I still like the movie, it just kinda bugged me that they called it an EMP, where... if they called it something else, NO ONE could defy what they had said afterwards.
As for the goofs in the movie, people with a lot of time on their hands have been discussing it endlessly on the IMDB.com forums. Here's an explanation I read:
A) EMP affects devices that are working.
B) A change of battery would enable the video camera (and, yes there was a 35 mm camera AND a video camera)
C) The EMP (or whatever!) fried the starter and the solenoid. Ray tells the mechanic to change the solenoid before replacing the starter before he knows there has been an invasion...when he comes back, he, therefore realizes that that van is the only one in the area that will work.
Yeah, I'm working right now, thus all the posting. :p
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Yay, closure. It makes sense now.
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For the record, If I remember right the emp fries sends a huge electric pulse that kinda melts the wiring... and what kind of logic is, "It only effects the battery in the electric circut!"
but yeah, I still like the movie, it just kinda bugged me that they called it an EMP, where... if they called it something else, NO ONE could defy what they had said afterwards.
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Noes, Bill. No more closure.