Oh, but Independence Day ripped of War of the Worlds WAY worse than any other alien movie/book ever. I remember when the WotW remake came out, I was thinking 'Why would they bother? They already did a remake - it was called Independence Day!'.
I actually prefer the movie to the book. I find that's often the case with HG Wells. Fantastic stories, but the writing is a little cumbersome. Also, something about the first person (which he tends to use a lot) puts me off.
I used to have Deep Impact on VHS (yes, I'm that old) so I guess I'll have to wait until it comes on tv. Which sucks, because now I really want to watch it!
Yeah, I love the original PotA, but I'm ashamed to admit, I have the entire original movie set and tv mini-series on DVD. Once you watch Beneath the Planet of the Apes, you really have to wonder HOW ON EARTH they managed to scrape up enough funding to make three more movies and ten episodes.
I also have Tim Burton's PotA, but every time I watch it, I do nothing but trash talk. What the hell was that shit?! The latest one, (Rise of the Planet of the Apes?) I actually really enjoyed, though.
Heh, now you've got me wanting to have an apocalypse movie fest. Maybe I'll do that for New Years :)
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Date: 2012-12-28 12:53 am (UTC)I actually prefer the movie to the book. I find that's often the case with HG Wells. Fantastic stories, but the writing is a little cumbersome. Also, something about the first person (which he tends to use a lot) puts me off.
I used to have Deep Impact on VHS (yes, I'm that old) so I guess I'll have to wait until it comes on tv. Which sucks, because now I really want to watch it!
Yeah, I love the original PotA, but I'm ashamed to admit, I have the entire original movie set and tv mini-series on DVD. Once you watch Beneath the Planet of the Apes, you really have to wonder HOW ON EARTH they managed to scrape up enough funding to make three more movies and ten episodes.
I also have Tim Burton's PotA, but every time I watch it, I do nothing but trash talk. What the hell was that shit?! The latest one, (Rise of the Planet of the Apes?) I actually really enjoyed, though.
Heh, now you've got me wanting to have an apocalypse movie fest. Maybe I'll do that for New Years :)