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» murmac - H.G. Wells meets Orson Welles

Orson Welles spoke with H.G. Wells during a 1940 interview following the Orson Welles radio production of War of the Worlds. You may still find the audio of this interview at
http://www.mercurytheatre.info/

I don't think that H.G. would have got along well with the writers of the latest War of the Worlds movie...very bad, but good special effects. The George Pal version done in the 1950's was a much better movie, though it did have its flaws also.

-- posted by murmac

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» Joseph Allen McCullough - H.G. Wells meets Orson Welles

In response to H.G. Wells meets Orson Welles posted by murmac:

I think H.G. Wells would have been okay with most of the movie. It kept the grim horrific tone of his original novel. Most of the major scenes from the novel are there, allbeit updated to modern times. It's just the overly rosey ending I think he would have had a problem with.

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