War of the Worlds Ripoff

It IS a homage, not a rip off. How many million times has "Cinderella" been told, in a million different settings? An American version, a modern version, a "reverse gender" version, etc.

Absolutely! remember, this is the man who also later wrote THE WAR IN THE AIR and THE LAND IRONCLADS - if he had had the foresight of WW1-technology aeroplanes and tanks when he wrote WOTW in 1897 he would definately have used them. And the video has exactly the right *feel* in every sense. Much more so than any pre-existing cinema effort.

This is unquestionably the best by far version if WOTW I have ever seen, although I would still dearly wish to see a version which was actually true to the time and place of the book. I'd say that if Wells were going to apalled by 'no talent writers' and rubbish adaptations he would have saved his ire for the other versions presently existing, especially the mawkish George Pal and the (really horrible) Spielberg version.