RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Phil Parker said: I might say that all coaches look like Mk1's Tut... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 17 hours ago, Phil Parker said: I'm looking forward to the comments on here when that happens. I might say that all coaches look like Mk1's but suspect that others may be a bit picky when BR coaches are covered with sticky-backed plastic to represent something pre-grouping. On the other hand the "Hornby War of the Worlds" set would only be a paint job away. I could see Hornby doing one of those Railroad train packs (rather like the old Triang 08 and three wagons ones) containing an old-model Terrier and a trio of 4-wheel coaches in a dodgy livery and "heat ray scorch marks" down the sides, with an exciting Tripod logo on the front. They could even include a Martian made from a simple plastic moulding of a tripod cabin attached to a small 4" tall bendy-leg camera tripod.... The Horror!!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 19 hours ago, pete_mcfarlane said: The WOTW/WW1 metaphor has already been done (very well): Much more interesting, and at least 235 minutes shorter. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted November 28, 2019 Administrators Share Posted November 28, 2019 45 minutes ago, Hroth said: I could see Hornby doing one of those Railroad train packs (rather like the old Triang 08 and three wagons ones) containing an old-model Terrier and a trio of 4-wheel coaches in a dodgy livery and "heat ray scorch marks" down the sides, with an exciting Tripod logo on the front. They could even include a Martian made from a simple plastic moulding of a tripod cabin attached to a small 4" tall bendy-leg camera tripod.... The Horror!!! I'd buy one! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Phil Parker said: I'd buy one! You are at risk of making your own... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: You are at risk of making your own... Perhaps it could be the next Cakebox Challenge. The theme is... (Dramatic Pause) WotW! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted November 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2019 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 The “coconuts” riding scenes are probably the best joke in the whole film... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 Continuing to re-read the book, I note that after the carnage on the LNWR at Chalk Farm and the chaotic trainloads of fugitives on the GNR at East Barnet, the Midland comes out rather well: by the Tuesday, the narrator's brother "was told the Midland Railway Company had replaced the desertions of the first day's panic, had resumed traffic, and was running northward trains from St. Albans to relieve the congestion of the home counties." We're left to assume that outside the home counties, apart from dealing with the influx of refugees, life went on pretty much as normal throughout the fortnight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Continuing to re-read the book, I note that after the carnage on the LNWR at Chalk Farm and the chaotic trainloads of fugitives on the GNR at East Barnet, the Midland comes out rather well: by the Tuesday, the narrator's brother "was told the Midland Railway Company had replaced the desertions of the first day's panic, had resumed traffic, and was running northward trains from St. Albans to relieve the congestion of the home counties." We're left to assume that outside the home counties, apart from dealing with the influx of refugees, life went on pretty much as normal throughout the fortnight. Wells only lists seven cylinder landing sites, all in the Greater London area. The order to evacuate London was given on the fourth day. The entire book spans a period of fifteen days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 3 hours ago, rockershovel said: Wells only lists seven cylinder landing sites, all in the Greater London area. The order to evacuate London was given on the fourth day. The entire book spans a period of fifteen days. In The Book, Wells said that after the seventh flash, there was a much greater one, and supposed that there had been a catastrophic explosion at the launching site on Mars. At any rate, no further flashes were seen. The BBC however, as part of its re-imagination, ignores this and suggests an armada of invading cylinders. The BBC seem to have taken this "re-imagination" business on board for at least a couple more productions. My cheap TV listings mag this week has a two page "peek at festive treats to come". There are going to be new productions of A Christmas Carol and Dracula, described as "a new take" and "a new approach" respectively. As both books are constantly freely adapted, there's not much to say, apart from YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! I don't think railways appear in either. Unless that gets re-imagined too... 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 I don’t care to imagine a “woke” Scrooge.... although I think it safe to predict that Tiny Tim wont end the proceedings by declaiming “God bless us, every one!” 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Torper Posted November 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2019 Buts that all too often the case nowadays - fashionable screenwriters deciding that they know a bit better than the original author and "adjusting" their dramas accordingly, subsequently to bask in high praise from the critics while the public turns off in droves. DT 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetmorgan Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 For those like me that were so disappointed with this new BBC version. The BBC have got the proper book on BBC sounds...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07lgzc9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Hroth said: The BBC seem to have taken this "re-imagination" business on board for at least a couple more productions. My cheap TV listings mag this week has a two page "peek at festive treats to come". There are going to be new productions of A Christmas Carol and Dracula, described as "a new take" and "a new approach" respectively. As both books are constantly freely adapted, there's not much to say, apart from YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Scrooge will recant his previous life after a visitation from Greta Thunberg, and Count Dracula only turned to people's necks because of the inability of the under-funded NHS to maintain his blood supply...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Dracula has always been a controversial book, containing (or having attributed to it) some quite strong themes https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/dracula Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2019 9 hours ago, Hroth said: Dracula I don't think railways appear Think again: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09byr3c 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted November 30, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2019 Do we have any experts on Transylvanian railways to point out the inevitable gaffes for us? Maybe we won’t need one if the Beeb just use their favourite all-purpose steam loco, 3205, again. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 22 hours ago, Compound2632 said: We're left to assume that outside the home counties, apart from dealing with the influx of refugees, life went on pretty much as normal throughout the fortnight. The Martians knew they'd never be able to overwhelm the Midlands and North. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 2 hours ago, pete_mcfarlane said: The Martians knew they'd never be able to overwhelm the Midlands and North. What would be the point? They were desolate industrial wastelands then, and are desolate ex-industrial wastelands now... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Harlequin said: Do we have any experts on Transylvanian railways to point out the inevitable gaffes for us? Maybe we won’t need one if the Beeb just use their favourite all-purpose steam loco, 3205, again. Something like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvanian-Family-2639-First-Train/dp/B003XXKL32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2019 Are there any Trans Sylvanians? My nieces were into them at one time - they seemed altogether bourgeois. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 20/11/2019 at 11:41, melmerby said: What do you expect? For 99% of the viewers they wouldn't know the difference and equally wouldn't care. It's a train, end of! Yes, but let’s look on the bright side. I’m sure they’ll have paid handsomely for the hire of the railway and that keeps it running and the locos in steam for us to enjoy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Are there any Trans Sylvanians? My nieces were into them at one time - they seemed altogether bourgeois. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: What would be the point? They were desolate industrial wastelands then, and are desolate ex-industrial wastelands now... I was in the FSU at the time when the meteorite appeared over Chelyabinsk, a few years ago. For those unfamiliar with that part of the world, Chelyabinsk is a place which makes the Black Country appear positively benign; where, it is generally believed, the locals steal children from gypsies, and army recruiters hide from THEM. A joke rapidly spread that the meteor had, in fact, been a flying saucer which, realising where it was, had opted to self-destruct as the lesser evil. In Soviet Union, meteor fears YOU! Edited December 1, 2019 by rockershovel 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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