If you're not familiar with the original War of the Worlds radio broadcast, you'll merely find this amusing, albeit a little puzzling. If you are, you'll find it hilarious. (It also helps if you know enough rudimentary Spanish to get the jokes in the song titles.)

I've written about how today's media would report WW II. Now we know how they'd handle an interplanetary invasion:

CARL PHILLIPS: Professor, as we look out and see the Martian mechano-men smashing and blowing up the countryside, I think all America wants to know: why do they hate us?

PROF. PIERSON: That’s a very good question Mr. Phillips, and I’m sure the mechano-men have a number of good reasons. Maybe it is our militarism, our alignment with their Venusian oppressors, or it could be the luxurious liqui-cushioned ride of our Kokomo Mogul 8s. Whatever their reasons, it is important that we get beyond the violence and begin a dialog with the mechano-men...

"Roosevelt Lied! Martian Robots Died!"

That's just brilliant. ROTFL

IOWAHAWK's version is great. Or should I say Bueno, Muy Bueno!!

I have a very clean version of WOTW from Mercury Theater, on cd. It's Great!!

Started reading H.G Wells stories when I was 11 or 12. WOTW is my favorite. It's Great!!

Loved the Gene Barry movie from 1953, I have several different versions on VHS and DVD. ALL Great!!

Each a little different from the original story and each other, but still great.

Why then did Senor Speilbergo decide to remake a mix of ID4 and Mars Attacks and Signs? I don't even feel a pull to go see this thing. It looks like plenty of explosions and LOTS of Mr. Cruise, Ms Fanning is plenty cute, but is this WOTW?

Steven, what were you thinking? What next? Remakes of what other sci fi standards will you attack?

How's this....

Harrison Ford is KLAATU, in Speilbergs 6 hour mini series, The Week The Earth Stood Still.

OR

"Variety today announced that Steven Speilberg will remake Ed Wood's sci fi epic bringing it up to date...Will Smith plays the sherrif and Owen Wilson is a guy who seemingly has no job other than to feed Mr Smith great straight lines, in...Plan 10 From Outer Space."

Its all so hopeless, we used to have original movies from our buddy Steven. (I LOVE Duel, that truck is demonic, and poor Chester is just driving through the desert and minding his own business, looking for Matt Dillon.)

Now Speilberg is recycling things we don't necessarily want recycled. Maybe its that old Left Coast thing, Save the Earth, one soda can and one refurbed script at a time.

E.T., phone M. Night Shyamalan, PLEASE!!!

Take that Speilberg!!!