New BBC War Of The Worlds

Probably the same company that made Titanic 2. Utter shite!

Well this BBC one has been on that sort of level. Anyone checked it out yet? It's on the usual -ahem- outlets.

One good think though, it made me dig out the Jeff Wayne WOTW box set for the first time in years to listen to the out takes etc. Lots of fun.

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]

But I can't help thinking there will be someone one day who takes the original illustrations by Henrique Alvim Correa and puts them onscreen.[/QUOTE]

Those illustrations scared the shit out of me (not as much as the music) when I was a kid.

Probably the closest we'll get is the cgi footage at the live shows. I'm sure I remember Jeff Wayne announcing a cgi film but that was 14 years ago.

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]

One good think though, it made me dig out the Jeff Wayne WOTW box set for the first time in years to listen to the out takes etc. Lots of fun.[/QUOTE]

Same here! Greg did a good job with that box. Shame QPL won't let him do the same for Queen.

Some annoying omissions (as always) but yes a wonderful set.

I'd like to take this opportunity to say that Sir Richard Burton is/was awesome!

Yes. I think Jeff Wayne has a bit of a Q&AL vibe going on with all this New Generation malarky.

I'd add too that on that box set it might have been nicer if they composited some of the performances rather than 'fade in - play a bit left off the album - fade out'. Some of the dialogue, while nice, isn't worth an extra track but would make sense and given more value added at the end / start of a track. I'm sure there was some discussion about it and they went with that way. Fair enough I guess. But would be nice to present it as a concise complete 'alternate' album.

I'd have dropped a few of the Udubulla remixes in favour of some contemporary 70s single edits that in most cases are totally different - EG TEOTW single had Chris T singing rather than Justin H, and BNW was totally different with the backing being the music from Epilogue 1.

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]

I'd add too that on that box set it might have been nicer if they composited some of the performances rather than 'fade in - play a bit left off the album - fade out'. Some of the dialogue, while nice, isn't worth an extra track but would make sense and given more value added at the end / start of a track. I'm sure there was some discussion about it and they went with that way. Fair enough I guess. But would be nice to present it as a concise complete 'alternate' album.

I'd have dropped a few of the Udubulla remixes in favour of some contemporary 70s single edits that in most cases are totally different - EG TEOTW single had Chris T singing rather than Justin H, and BNW was totally different with the backing being the music from Epilogue 1.[/QUOTE]

I've never listened to the remix disc. Never will either!

Very wise!

I decided to watch the 1953 and 2005 films again to redress the balance. Listened to the audiobook of Day Of The Triffids too (first time since school). Most pleasing.

If anyone is interested, here's a link to the famous 1938 Orson Welles radio play: https://archive.org/details/WarOfTheWorlds1938RadioBroadcast256kbps The audio quality isn't fantastic, but hey, it's a 1938 recording. Enjoy!

Yeah it's worth a mention on here. There's a great documentary about it (I think I had it on DVD). Fascinating stuff.

Those who listened from the start enjoyed a fine piece of radio drama. Those who tuned in five minutes late thought the world was about to end. Hilarious!

Actually, that seems to have been greatly exaggerated years after the fact.