Sherman Tanks VS Martian War Machines

Yoxford · Post by **Yoxford** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:44 am

I know this is a bit in left field, but...still cool...new from Pegasus Hobbies for about $20.00 bucks

and its on sale now at Great models
http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/c ... um=PGH9002

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:39 am

YOXFORD:

That's a neat diorama.

I got the WAR OF THE WORLDS (Gene Barry) dvd a few months ago. In the dvd commentary, star Ann Robinson says she and Gene Barry ran among the Shermans of the Arizona National Guard while they were on maneuvers.

I also have the WAR OF THE WORLDS (Tom Cruise) dvd in which the M1 Abrams-NATO paint scheme belong to the Virginia National Guard (in the scene where Cruise and son argue as the armored column passes) while the Abrams, Hummers, etc. in the battle scene belong to the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton. I've noticed the Cruise movie has an F-22, an F-16, A-10 and AH-1s attacking the aliens.

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:09 am

Pretty cool, I like it!

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:41 am

dragon53 wrote:YOXFORD:

I also have the WAR OF THE WORLDS (Tom Cruise) dvd in which the M1 Abrams-NATO paint scheme belong to the Virginia National Guard (in the scene where Cruise and son argue as the armored column passes) while the Abrams, Hummers, etc. in the battle scene belong to the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Pendleton. I've noticed the Cruise movie has an F-22, an F-16, A-10 and AH-1s attacking the aliens.

Those are the best parts of that movie.

Awesome dio btw.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:52 am

ROWSDOWER:

I'm still ticked off that Spielberg chose not to show the actual battle scene between the Marines and aliens---you only see the Marines go over the hill firing and then you see the Hummers coming down the hill on fire. The potential for a truly great, dramatic scene that would have been the highlight of the movie was missed. What a waste of military hardware---alien Tripods vs. M1 Abrams, AH-1 Supercobras, F-22 Raptor, F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt, etc., etc.

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:57 pm

dragon53 wrote:ROWSDOWER:

I'm still ticked off that Spielberg chose not to show the actual battle scene between the Marines and aliens---you only see the Marines go over the hill firing and then you see the Hummers coming down the hill on fire. The potential for a truly great, dramatic scene that would have been the highlight of the movie was missed. What a waste of military hardware---alien Tripods vs. M1 Abrams, AH-1 Supercobras, F-22 Raptor, F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt, etc., etc.

Yeah, that did suck. It also would have been cool to see Fighters and attack choppers blowing up the tripods once their shields were down at the end of the movie Plus I would have popped a cap in that alien that comes out of the downed Tripod, even if it was already dead.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:09 pm

dragon53 wrote:I also have the WAR OF THE WORLDS (Tom Cruise) dvd in which the M1 Abrams-NATO paint scheme belong to the Virginia National Guard (in the scene where Cruise and son argue as the armored column passes) while the Abrams, Hummers, etc. in the battle scene belong to the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Pendleton. I've noticed the Cruise movie has an F-22, an F-16, A-10 and AH-1s attacking the aliens.

That was my favorite scene from that entire movie. If I were a big-bucks film director, I'd love to make a similar scene (or movie for that matter) but instead of aliens it would be some earthly foreign power - and there would be no Tom Cruise. Really stick it to the American public as to just how fragile their freedom is

Sorry, that was all a bit off topic

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:41 am

TMANTHEGREAT:

I think the only director that falls in that category would be John Milius---and apparently he's not doing much anymore. I watched his ROUGH RIDERS on dvd several days ago. I'm in the newspaper business, and I greatly enjoyed his accurate portrayal of William Randolph Hearst as the greedy, corrupt newspaper magnate who helped start the Spanish American War in order to increase his circulation/profits.

jkinzel · Post by **jkinzel** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:49 am

tmanthegreat wrote:
dragon53 wrote:I also have the WAR OF THE WORLDS (Tom Cruise) dvd in which the M1 Abrams-NATO paint scheme belong to the Virginia National Guard (in the scene where Cruise and son argue as the armored column passes) while the Abrams, Hummers, etc. in the battle scene belong to the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Pendleton. I've noticed the Cruise movie has an F-22, an F-16, A-10 and AH-1s attacking the aliens.
That was my favorite scene from that entire movie. If I were a big-bucks film director, I'd love to make a similar scene (or movie for that matter) but instead of aliens it would be some earthly foreign power - and there would be no Tom Cruise. Really stick it to the American public as to just how fragile their freedom is

Sorry, that was all a bit off topic

Remember the "MARS" comics where some unknown foreign army invades North America,that would be a good movie.

sluff · Post by **sluff** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:31 pm

I kind of wish he made the movie like the book, det in the late 1800s and the tripods were not indestructable, some lucky artillery shots killed a few and it would be amazing to see the Thunder Child battleship take on the tripods

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:56 pm

GUYS:

Yes, Spielberg and writer David Koepp did it from the refugee point of view. If I remember correctly, it was supposed to be a post-Sept. 11 plot---we must stop our squabbles and band together to fight the enemy within (aliens underground) which symbolize the terrorists already in the US, as the Sept. 11 terrorists were.
Originally, Tom Cruise announced the movie would be faithful to HG Wells's novel and be set in 1890s England---but that didn't last long. As for the family point of view---that ruined it for me---with Cruise and his son in yelling bouts with each other and Dakota Fanning screaming and whining throughout the movie.

My biggest disappointment with the movie is that wasn't faithful to the novel (including the battle scenes) and instead emphasized the feuding family.

From my youth: