Warning: This War of the Worlds review contains spoilers.
Back when we thought the killer robo-dogs were the Invaders, their disregard for human life was easy to understand. They were emotionless machines whose only goal was to methodically clear the planet. Stomp stomp stomp, squelch, stomp stomp stomp, squelch, and so on. Watching them murder children as if they were swatting flies was harsh, but it wasn’t personal.
In season two, it’s personal. We know that the child-killing robo-dogs are the weapons of alt-humans who have no compunction about committing genocide. That revelation sparked its own mystery: just what is the Invaders’ damage? Yes, humans have always done terrible things to each other in the name of survival, but usually, we’re at least conflicted about it. This lot stitch bombs into stomachs and – as Bill’s new companions noted in disgust – kill kids without remorse. Why the lack of fellow-feeling?...
Back when we thought the killer robo-dogs were the Invaders, their disregard for human life was easy to understand. They were emotionless machines whose only goal was to methodically clear the planet. Stomp stomp stomp, squelch, stomp stomp stomp, squelch, and so on. Watching them murder children as if they were swatting flies was harsh, but it wasn’t personal.
In season two, it’s personal. We know that the child-killing robo-dogs are the weapons of alt-humans who have no compunction about committing genocide. That revelation sparked its own mystery: just what is the Invaders’ damage? Yes, humans have always done terrible things to each other in the name of survival, but usually, we’re at least conflicted about it. This lot stitch bombs into stomachs and – as Bill’s new companions noted in disgust – kill kids without remorse. Why the lack of fellow-feeling?...
- 6/28/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains major spoilers for War of the Worlds season one.
The first thing to remember about Howard Overman’s moodily atmospheric War of the Worlds is that if novelist H.G. Wells were here today (and had the required TV streaming package), he probably wouldn’t recognise it as his story. Aside from an alien invasion that wipes out much of Earth’s population, the TV drama had little crossover with Wells’ novel. Instead of tripods with heat rays, it had cyborg dogs with machine gun heads. Instead of a solitary journalist wandering around Woking, it had a large cast of scientists, soldiers, teenagers and others, spread across the UK and France. Instead of dealing with themes of colonial imperialism, it was mostly about family and loss. And instead of red weed-spreading Martians it had… well, that’s the question. Ahead of season two’s arrival on Epix in the...
The first thing to remember about Howard Overman’s moodily atmospheric War of the Worlds is that if novelist H.G. Wells were here today (and had the required TV streaming package), he probably wouldn’t recognise it as his story. Aside from an alien invasion that wipes out much of Earth’s population, the TV drama had little crossover with Wells’ novel. Instead of tripods with heat rays, it had cyborg dogs with machine gun heads. Instead of a solitary journalist wandering around Woking, it had a large cast of scientists, soldiers, teenagers and others, spread across the UK and France. Instead of dealing with themes of colonial imperialism, it was mostly about family and loss. And instead of red weed-spreading Martians it had… well, that’s the question. Ahead of season two’s arrival on Epix in the...
- 6/4/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains War of the Worlds finale spoilers.
As delved into in our explainer, the War of the Worlds finale left viewers on a cliff-hanger that raised several questions. Big, story-bending, ‘but then does that mean…?’ consequential questions.
In episode eight, Emily (Daisy Edgar-Jones), the young Englishwoman whose eyesight had been lost to a genetic condition, had her vision restored thanks to her mysterious connection to the alien invaders. To discover more about that connection, Emily allowed the aliens to lead her into the heart of their ship where she discovered a creature plugged in to a series of ventilator tubes.
Den of Geek asked finale director Richard Clark (read the full interview here) what it was all about.
What has Emily had discovered inside the ship?
What Emily hasn’t discovered is an alien in the form that we might have imagined. The creature, the alien, definitely has humanoid...
As delved into in our explainer, the War of the Worlds finale left viewers on a cliff-hanger that raised several questions. Big, story-bending, ‘but then does that mean…?’ consequential questions.
In episode eight, Emily (Daisy Edgar-Jones), the young Englishwoman whose eyesight had been lost to a genetic condition, had her vision restored thanks to her mysterious connection to the alien invaders. To discover more about that connection, Emily allowed the aliens to lead her into the heart of their ship where she discovered a creature plugged in to a series of ventilator tubes.
Den of Geek asked finale director Richard Clark (read the full interview here) what it was all about.
What has Emily had discovered inside the ship?
What Emily hasn’t discovered is an alien in the form that we might have imagined. The creature, the alien, definitely has humanoid...
- 4/22/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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