"War of the Worlds" Aircraft - Crash Scene

[William R Thompson]

Okay, so all three machines are models. It's still a
well-constructed diorama.

They say that the wires which held up the fighting
machines were invisible in the original Technicolor
release of the movie, but they showed up when the
film was reprinted in a different film format.

--Bill Thompson

[Dave Kearton]

"William R Thompson" > wrote in message
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| Okay, so all three machines are models. It's still a
| well-constructed diorama.
|
| They say that the wires which held up the fighting
| machines were invisible in the original Technicolor
| release of the movie, but they showed up when the
| film was reprinted in a different film format.
|
| --Bill Thompson
|
|
|


....and are clear copies of late-war German designs.




--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

[William R Thompson]

"Dave Kearton" wrote:

> "William R Thompson" wrote:

> | Okay, so all three machines are models. It's still a
> | well-constructed diorama.

> | They say that the wires which held up the fighting
> | machines were invisible in the original Technicolor
> | release of the movie, but they showed up when the
> | film was reprinted in a different film format.

> ...and are clear copies of late-war German designs.

Hmmm . . . yeah, I can see the fighting machine's derivation from
the Triebflugeljager. Propulsion comes from a trio of impossible
support units, it's all built from unobtainium and no human being
could fly it. The Martian fighting machine could be on someone's
Luftwaffe-'46 (2046, that is) page.

But I'm sure that the aircraft in the foreground is a strictly American
design.

--Bill Thompson

[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

"William R Thompson" > wrote in news:wa87i.16426
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The remake had better machines.

But then, it also had Tom Cruise, which
made it virtually unwatchable.......

[MaXiLeeCH]

"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
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> "William R Thompson" > wrote in news:wa87i.16426
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> The remake had better machines.
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> But then, it also had Tom Cruise, which
> made it virtually unwatchable.......
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You got that right!

--

Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF
Atherton
Queensland 4883

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

William R Thompson wrote:
> Okay, so all three machines are models. It's still a
> well-constructed diorama.
>
> They say that the wires which held up the fighting
> machines were invisible in the original Technicolor
> release of the movie, but they showed up when the
> film was reprinted in a different film format.
>
> --Bill Thompson
>
>
>

If you order the "Limited Edition DVD there is an explanation about the
problem of Technicolor and the conversion process and digital process.

I didn't even bother to watch the Tom Cruise version. A couple of my
friends saw it and were all a twitter about the FX. George Pal still
wins that bet with me.

They also described how the Christian Minister part was virtually
eliminated, which I always thought was a powerful vignette about which
reflected the battle between "godless communism and god-is-on-our-side
USA values".

Cheers,

Dave

PS: This F86 photo was taken in Centenial Park, Nashville, TN

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

I like this series :

"Honey! ... I'm Home!"

[Grumpy AuContraire[_2_]]

William R Thompson wrote:

> "Dave Kearton" wrote:
>
>
>>"William R Thompson" wrote:
>
>
>>| Okay, so all three machines are models. It's still a
>>| well-constructed diorama.
>
>
>>| They say that the wires which held up the fighting
>>| machines were invisible in the original Technicolor
>>| release of the movie, but they showed up when the
>>| film was reprinted in a different film format.
>
>
>>...and are clear copies of late-war German designs.
>
>
> Hmmm . . . yeah, I can see the fighting machine's derivation from
> the Triebflugeljager. Propulsion comes from a trio of impossible
> support units, it's all built from unobtainium and no human being
> could fly it. The Martian fighting machine could be on someone's
> Luftwaffe-'46 (2046, that is) page.
>
> But I'm sure that the aircraft in the foreground is a strictly American
> design.
>
> --Bill Thompson
>
>


Kinda looks like a Beaver to me...

JT

[John Meyer]

In article >,
"Dave Kearton" > wrote:

> "William R Thompson" > wrote in message
> link.net...
> | Okay, so all three machines are models. It's still a
> | well-constructed diorama.
> |
> | They say that the wires which held up the fighting
> | machines were invisible in the original Technicolor
> | release of the movie, but they showed up when the
> | film was reprinted in a different film format.
> |
> | --Bill Thompson
> |
> |
> |
>
>
> ...and are clear copies of late-war German designs.

Not so fast Dave! :-)

From the trivia section of this film's entry at IMDB:

"Albert Nozaki based his designs of the Martian machines on the shape
and movements of swans."

It would seem to me that any late-war German designs would still be
considered top secret in the early 1950s when WotW was being produced.

--
One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others can
not grasp.*- Ed Wood

[redc1c4]

Mitchell Holman wrote:
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> "William R Thompson" > wrote in news:wa87i.16426
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> [i]
> >
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> The remake had better machines.
>
> But then, it also had Tom Cruise, which
> made it virtually unwatchable.......
>
>

it could be worse.....he used to live in my house.

redc1c4,
(years *before* we bought it, but still. %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

[AJ[_2_]]

CWO4 Dave Mann > wrote in
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> Attachment decoded: The War of the Worlds-3.png

Wow! My Aunt Lucy made a cameo appearance in WOTW??

[Jim Breckenridge]

AJ wrote:
> CWO4 Dave Mann > wrote in
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>>Attachment decoded: The War of the Worlds-3.png
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> Wow! My Aunt Lucy made a cameo appearance in WOTW??
but who are the other two pictures of?????

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

Jim Breckenridge wrote:
> AJ wrote:
>> CWO4 Dave Mann > wrote in
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>>> Attachment decoded: The War of the Worlds-3.png
>>
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>> Wow! My Aunt Lucy made a cameo appearance in WOTW??
> but who are the other two pictures of?????
The guy and gal are the stars; lucy was the puppet which was the Mars
critter's robot viewer which was soon to be decapitated and taken to the
lab.

Check out:

http://www.war-of-the-worlds.org/

More info that you ever wanted ...

Cheers,

Dave

[AJ[_2_]]

Jim Breckenridge > wrote in news:fCZ7i.253381$aG1.137268
@pd7urf3no:
> but who are the other two pictures of?????
>

That was the lovely Ann Robinson. My Aunt Lucy is the short one with the
three eyes. At least she didn't have a moustache.