War of the Worlds/Usagi question

Treadwell · Post by **Treadwell** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:44 -0700

I hope DH will have the poster at MegaCon. It wouldn't make up for Sensei not being there this year, but it would help.

MikeM · Post by **MikeM** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:44 -0700

Stan Sakai wrote:
Steve Hubbell wrote:
Was this new one listed in the Diamond catalog like the previous ones were? It has been quite a while since I've even looked in an issue of Previews, let alone checked the "prints and posters" section, so I would definitely have missed it if it had been listed.
It will be listed in Previews. There will be a signed and an unsigned edition.

Sweet! I will have to take extra care when I go through Previews and place my monthly orders.

MikeM

SHAMSKI · Post by **SHAMSKI** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 15:01 -0700

Relating to War of the Worlds, my son is currently reading the Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. This was one of my favorite Sci-Fi series as a kid. When I saw Stephen Spielberg's remake of War of the Worlds I kept saying to myself several of the scenes and scenarios were straight from the Tripods Trilogy. Later on after researching it I found that Spielberg was supposed to adapt this series to a movie but it fell through. He obviously took some of the ideas and incorporated them into the remake.
http://sffmedia.com/films/science-ficti ... ovies.html

The BBC also made an ambitious series that followed book 1 and 2 but it was never finished. Series 1 and 2 are available on DVD this March.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tripods-Complet ... B000R21294

This series as well as several other books by John Christopher are definitely worth a look if you have never read them.

tru2gzus · Post by **tru2gzus** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 0:03 -0700

SHAMSKI wrote:Relating to War of the Worlds, my son is currently reading the Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. This was one of my favorite Sci-Fi series as a kid. When I saw Stephen Spielberg's remake of War of the Worlds I kept saying to myself several of the scenes and scenarios were straight from the Tripods Trilogy. Later on after researching it I found that Spielberg was supposed to adapt this series to a movie but it fell through. He obviously took some of the ideas and incorporated them into the remake.
http://sffmedia.com/films/science-ficti ... ovies.html

The BBC also made an ambitious series that followed book 1 and 2 but it was never finished. Series 1 and 2 are available on DVD this March.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tripods-Complet ... B000R21294

This series as well as several other books by John Christopher are definitely worth a look if you have never read them.

Shamski, I also loved the series as a youth!!!

SHAMSKI · Post by **SHAMSKI** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:09 -0700

Tru2gzus, this series still holds up as one of my all time favorites even up against all the excellent Sci-Fi literature out there. I checked out some of the BBC series on You Tube. The fact that the series was made in the early and mid 80's dates it as far as effects go but the core story seems very well done. I preordered the DVD set from Amazon UK. I think my son and I will really enjoy it.