Hello fellow Earthlings, I hope you are well. Its looks like I have found another project to work my way through. I recently watched The War of the Worlds, 1953 and was a little surprised by my reaction to it! I kind of grew up with that film and always held it in high regard. Don’t get me wrong, I still do, but I think I only realised a couple of weeks later why I didn’t enjoy it as much this time round. In 2005, Steven Spielberg reimagined the H.G Well’s science-fiction classic story, and I have to say, I think it’s brilliant. I realise that it gave me a lot more enjoyment than the 1953 version and is currently my favourite retelling of this story. But is it the best? I think it’s only fair to give the other iterations of this wonderful tale a chance to be ranked, not that my thoughts hold only credibility, but it’s simply going to be fun. I do remember reading the original story, but it was a very long time ago. I have even listening to some of Jeff Wayne’s album but never learnt much about it, and its adaption to the stage. I have listened to the Orson Welles radio play and never really thought about its place in history. Plus, a lot of other projects that I haven’t even heard about before. Hopefully, I can really understand the impact this novel has had on society and learn something new along the way.
NUMBER 1, WAR OF THE WORLDS, 2005.
Who’s more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him? 