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    Tripods Movie Gunning For More $$ For More Explosions

    What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?

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    Image of Sleepybat Sleepybat
    10/13/09

    In reply to Tripods Movie Gunning For More $$ For More Explosions
    Maybe I'm mistaken but I'm fairly sure the BBC did book one and two. I watched the BBC DVD just recently and it had two seasons. Season one is 'The White Mountains' and Season two is 'The City of Gold and Lead'. He seems to think they only did book one.

    Exactly how much research did he do before trying to make this film? Maybe someone should tell him he missed the second season... his investors may prefer he is fully up to speed before giving him millions of pounds to make a film.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/13/09

    @Sleepybat: I have both of the seasons of tripods.great stuff for children to be introduced to a scifi.they will need to do 3 movies for each book of course.
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    Image of extra extra
    10/13/09

    In reply to Tripods Movie Gunning For More $$ For More Explosions
    I remember listening this story from cassettes about 20 years ago and ever since I've been waiting this to be made into a movie or series. Finally it will happen!

    Didn't know about the bbc series either. I seriously need to check that out! I rarely get excited about movies but this just made my day! Exclamation mark!
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    stereobot promoted this comment extra was starred extra was unstarred
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    10/13/09

    @extra: I remember seeing the bbc version as a kid, it scared the crap out of me.

    Now I can't be near a mounted video camera without hyper-ventilating.

    In all honesty, I DO have a fear of water towers which really may or may not be related to the tripods scaring me years earlier. Can you imaging being stuck inside a water tower? that big tank and a huge pump? just thinking about it is freaking the hell out of me.
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    10/14/09

    @stereobot: I dunno, water towers make me think of a certain scene in the opening credits for Petticoat Junction.
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    Image of Xamda Xamda
    10/13/09

    In reply to Tripods Movie Gunning For More $$ For More Explosions
    'The director of Knowing and I, Robot'
    Oh yay, another quality film then.

    The BBC version still stands up despite it's age.
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    10/14/09

    @Xamda: Copy that on the BBC version. I'd love to have it on DVD for my grandkids.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    OK all you nitpickers I updated the post to make it clear that these robots influenced the iPod and not the other way around. Even though that is outrageously untrue I think we should pretend it is.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    @Annalee Newitz: ...bitter much?

    the painting came before the ipod. thats our point. you were the one implying otherwise!


    how is that OUR fault and untrue??

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    @KhaiJB: oh and to make it perfectly clear from my position. I never thought and still don't think they look like ipods.


    ipod's are a rounded brick with a dial on.


    these are curved hulled constructions with double sphere eyes and 3 legs.


    there's no similarity at all.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    That WotW art site is fun. It's interesting to see how the illustrations followed not only art movements, but also the evolution of materials engineering.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    I can barely believe there are enough of us old folks reading io9 that actually remember this album. I've still got it in vinyl around the house somewhere.


    Plus, you know THUNDERCHILD!

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    @Chip Overclock: still got it on Vinyl, CD, CD Remastered + Bonus Remixes, Ubadulla 1 and 2, the Computer Game, and I have the Book with the Album artwork on the cover and I have the DVD of the live Concert :)


    now.. if I could just get the plans for the Tripods...

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    @KhaiJB: oh. and not a single iPod to be seen. funny that.
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    04/10/09

    @Chip Overclock: Maybe we ought to form a clique of old farts on IO9?
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    Image of James Tiberius Quirk James Tiberius Quirk
    04/10/09

    @corpore-metal: That would be the online equivalent of a flashing red palm crystal!


    Sigh, I guess I'll just make some cocoa and settle down with my Space 1999 dvds.

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    @James Tiberius Quirk: 'Hello? Commander Koenig? yes this is Adams from Geico insurance. I would like to talk to you about these claims for Eagles all flown by one 'Alan Carter'....'
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/10/09

    @Chip Overclock: a few of us were raised properly. i recieved a copy of this album on casset, recorded from the vinyl original, when i was around 8ish from my father. i used to listen to it over and over on my walkman.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/10/09

    @Chip Overclock: @KhaiJB: @corpore-metal: @James Tiberius Quirk:


    MY PEOPLE!!!


    Let us sit (on some comfy furniture) and remember the wonders of the 70's. I'll bring the Pop Rocks.

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    Image of Torley Torley
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    Oh, and if you enjoyed the Jeff Wayne production, you've got to hear the misery and sinister breakbeat-scapes of the Hybrid remix:


    It's a lot darker than the original, to say the least.

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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    Worst- iPod- Tripods- Ever.


    That musical version of WOTW sounds interesting though. I loves me some Richard Burton.


    It's available as an MP3 download on Amazon- you can hear samples of every track. Richard Burton and crazy 80's music- I might need to get this.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/10/09

    @John Hazard: Buy it. Now. It's amazing stuff. (and it's actually 70's music)


    They truly don't make 'em like that any more.

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    Image of James Tiberius Quirk James Tiberius Quirk
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    Album art from 'a musical version' of WOW? There's been so many. I know I'm not the only almost 40 year old reading this blog but sometimes I feel like there's no one even close to that age contributing to it...


    Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds was a pretty big deal in the 70's and early 80's and along with OW's radio broadcast and the George Pal movie could be considered one of the best adaptations of the material.


    Next week on found footage: 'here's a clip of a lofi Russian version of that George Clooney space movie'

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/10/09

    @James Tiberius Quirk: speaking as a reader who is 25 i'm not sure there are any musical versions of WOW. as far as i know it's just a video game.


    (ignorance in the above post is feigned)

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    Image of Annys Annys
    04/10/09

    @James Tiberius Quirk: I just turned 48. I don't remember anything any more!! ;-)


    But I HAVE seen Jeff Wayne's WoW performed live, on stage, all flashing lights and fighting machines screaming ULLAH! at you! And Justin Hayward. Sigh.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/10/09

    @Annys: I bow to you, sir or madam of my generation. That must have been awe-inspiring. Come sit beside me and tell me of it as we yell at children to get off my lawn.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/10/09

    @James Tiberius Quirk: @GenericWhiteGuy: Right on, my middle-aged brethren. Keep standing up for the amazing stuff that should not be forgotten.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    04/10/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: At this point I can tell that if I don't buy this album I'm going to suck forever. It had better be on CD, you old farts!
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    so Ipods work back in time?


    the Album art is from 1979!

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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    04/10/09

    @KhaiJB: 1978 actually. Trust me. I got it in high school. Tsk. I'm such an old fart.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    @corpore-metal: oops year out.. well I was only 7 at the time...
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    Also, aren't these six-legged? Well, the one on the right certainly is...
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    @Discodave: thats a Handling Machine
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    Image of Galvatron Galvatron
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    ...must be a slow news day
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    04/10/09

    @Galvatron: If you want news, go to cnn.com.
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    Image of arkowi arkowi
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    These look nothing like iPods, I don't get it.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    04/10/09

    @arkowi: I believe "recast" is not meant literally, but Annalee's vision of what this made her think of.


    Even if WE don't see the iPods, the post still makes sense as written.


    Think outside the box, people. If it bends...

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    @Lassus: actually I see huge tripods with the martians hanging their asses out the front...
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    Image of Gann Gann
    04/10/09

    @Lassus: I disagree. Not only do they look nothing like ipods, but "In this album art from a musical version of War of the Worlds, artist Geoff Taylor has recast the menacing tripods as giant, horrifying iPods ravaging the Earth." implies to me that it was the artist's intent for them to be giant ipods.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/10/09

    @Gann: agreed. when Taylor created this look, there wasn't even a Sony Walkman.


    sorry but the article needs to be revised.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/10/09

    @arkowi: They look more like computer mice with extra legs to me. Esp. that one that's down left in the first pic.
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    I had this Jeff Wayne concept album waaaaaaaay back in the ancient days. Vinyl! Yow! Richard Burton droppin' science!


    But I really wouldn't call Taylor's interpretation of Well's tripods iPod-like.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/10/09

    @corpore-metal: everything with white plastic is 'ipod-like' to an ipod owner; it's a side effect of the extream hubris that accompanies ownership of any apple product.
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    Image of Annys Annys
    04/10/09

    @corpore-metal: and those aren't only the tripods - most of the machines in that pic are the machines that went around scooping up people into the basket on their back (see machine in bottom left of the picture)to take them away for..... whatever happened to them!


    I have the album too, on vinyl, complete with booklet. Happy days!

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    04/10/09

    @Annys: We have it on vinyl and copied it over to cassette to listen to on long car trips. It was AWESOME to bomb through nowhere at 70-80 MPH and hear this epic. Like being high without the illegal substances.
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    Image of IDesigner loves himself some car IDesigner loves himself some car
    04/10/09

    In reply to What If War of the Worlds' Tripods Looked Like iPods?
    Happened in scary movie 4....


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    Image of Torley Torley
    04/10/09

    @IDesigner is praying to the lolcats and the FSM to save us ...: You called it!


    Also, the link to Skiffy is formatted as an email address, not an URL.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/10/09

    @IDesigner is praying to the lolcats and the FSM to save us from the carpocalypse:
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