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Study 095 - The War of the Worlds - Part 3 (Patreon)

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2024-06-20 13:42:22
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Can you survive our third episode on The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells?

Please support our excellent reader: Greig Johnson!

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Mandy Reznor (She/It)

Those spongy bipedal Martians have eluded my notice until now! As someone who has been toying with the idea of a planetary pulp crossover RPG (in the vein of how League of Extraordinary Gentlemen portrays our wider solar system) I can't help but handwave that those prey sophonts were Clark Ashton Smith's spongy-chested Aihai.

Professor Murder

Great episode. For more bicycle action in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi setting, I highly recommend the film “Turbokid.” At the very least check out the trailer as it will either win you over intensely or drive you away just as much so. Also, creepin and peepin being a key point of the narrative just made me think of alternate lyrics to “Nuthin but a G Thang” by Dr Dre that are just begging to be written.

Ben A

I'm thoroughly enjoying your coverage of THE WotW. I'm pretty sure I mentioned this last week in the comments, but the Thunder Child's theme music isn't metal, but prog rock. It's worth giving Jeff Wayne's musical version of the story a listen, if only because it is entertaining (if not cringe-worthy). Multiple individuals sing about how they're losing their minds, and so at least the musical translates that aspect of the story. Alas, there are no songs about bicycles. Also, since you bring up the ways in which religion is thematically woven into the tale, it's worth mentioning the 1988 War of the Worlds TV series--which bears very little similarity to the original story--and inexplicably had all its first season episode titles taken from biblical references. For those who have not watched it (I saw it during its original run), the series took the stance that the events of the 1953 film actually happened but collective amnesia made humans forget about the alien invasion. The series has some wonderfully middling budget qualities mixed with nonsensical plot lines. There are (unfortunate?) indelibly memorable elements, namely the reused special effects of aliens taking over human bodies (yep, that's an aspect of the show), alien hands bursting out of characters' torsos, and the shouted phrase, "To life immortal," every time an alien dies. It's almost Manimal-worthy. (I'll note the second season was accompanied by a hostile takeover of the original producers by the studio, featuring a complete (baffling) change in tone to a post-apocalyptic future, where the first episode literally kills off half the main characters and sends the rest underground.)

Ben A

I'll also make a note that, based on Wells' description, it's pretty obvious that the (tentacled) Martians are cephalopods: tentacles for arms, beak-like mouths, and bodies that look like heads. So, this is the first space octopus vampires story!

It's a Ghost.

Thanks for another great episode, guys. Also, I'm guessing you've heard the sad news that Donald Sutherland has passed away. I was surprised how almost all of the articles about his passing reference his appearance in the movie Don't Look Now. I didn't realize he was so well known for it. The BBC article about his passing even begins with the sentence, "The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, star of films including The Hunger Games and Don't Look Now, has died at 88 after a long illness." . . . Although, I have yet to come across any articles that refer to him as "naked Donald Sutherland."

Sweatin' to the Great Oldies

I took it that the cephalopodic Martians looked at Earth and saw it swarming with cattle. We look similar to one of their sources of meat which makes it easier for them to kill us. In their minds, perhaps, this doesn't even feel like an invasion. More like harvest time of some dumb beasts who can cause injury of even death if the harvesters don't keep their wits about them.

Andrew M. Reichart

Scrolling through podcasts for a new episode to listen to while I take the dogs out & saw this one and said out loud, “Oooooh yeeaah.” 😄

Prince Prawn

Bicycles...grr. now I cant get Queens "Bicycle Race" out of my head. Now that's a frightening idea, a race of vampiric space bicycles. Led by a tentacled and beaked Freddie Mercury.

Background Noise Comic

I am so glad you guys are doing War of the Worlds, it’s such a great story and your coverage is fun & thoughtful as always, as are your music choices, but have you heard the version of WotW narrated by Sir Richard Burton with crazy 80s music by Jeff Wayne? It’s long, but very entertaining. If you give it a try, stick with it long enough to hear the singing, it’s too much: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFV_pTSMduaURY4rVeOeWDCIWcgdAW7PZ&si=abLDG4eSkpWdPmG6

Alex Beal

I first discovered the War of the Worlds (and many other books) through the "Great Illustrated Classics" book series. Essentially classic books slightly abridged for younger readers and including frequent illustrations (I guess otherwise kids wouldn't pick them up?). The pictures from that version always stuck with me including the depiction of the martians. I went digging through google to find an image and found a reddit post with a big collection of pictures from the series including the heat ray coming out of the pit burning the group with the white flag: https://preview.redd.it/nc75ovzj7oc51.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=b505228f2b1bd9a69839dc0c89f5d295df9d1fb1 And "the birth of a martian": https://preview.redd.it/awb7e5gj7oc51.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=6b4fb38e157b842f6fa1d66a84c87aa6e3721ee8 The martian is pretty creepy, but the look of apparent surprise on the face of the little one as it pops kind of takes away from that.

Jim Cannon

Is that... do I detect some Clash of the Titans music at the top of the show?

David Aloy

Other civilizations “got along fine”… if you like being Stone Age in the age gun powder sure.

Eldritch Golem (JPM)

Regarding the HMS Thunder Child I wanted to point out that following its initial US publication in Cosmopolitan,* The War of the Worlds was adapted for publication in the New York Evening Journal and the Boston Post where it was retitled "Fighters from Mars" and the story relocated to America and the amount of violence significantly increased. This new and improved jingoistic version of The War of the World also featured a new ending for the story which was basically the HMS Thunder Child scene cranked up to eleven. Here the Martians aren't defeated by the common cold but by an American artillery ship being detonated beneath them. Go USA! *Where it appeared alongside the Robert W. Chambers story “A Matter of Interest” about the discovery of a living dinosaur-like creature off the coast of Long Island.