How does War of the Worlds (the book) end? Spoilers about the film

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

07-12-05, 10:38 PM

Kube

DVD Talk Special Edition

Thread Starter

Join Date: Sep 2000

Posts: 1,571

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

How does War of the Worlds (the book) end? Spoilers about the film

Is it like in the film? Where the aliens just can't breathe our air for too long?

Reply Like

07-12-05, 10:40 PM

Groucho

Moderator

Join Date: Mar 2000

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Posts: 71,383

Likes: 22

Received 122 Likes on 84 Posts

It's exactly like the film, but the aliens don't have a problem with the air...they were killed by disease (virus).

Reply Like

07-12-05, 10:51 PM

Kube

DVD Talk Special Edition

Thread Starter

Join Date: Sep 2000

Posts: 1,571

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

I thought the disease (in the film at least) was in the air/water.

Reply Like

07-12-05, 10:56 PM

Groucho

Moderator

Join Date: Mar 2000

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Posts: 71,383

Likes: 22

Received 122 Likes on 84 Posts

Well, yes.

Reply Like

07-12-05, 11:18 PM

kvrdave

DVD Talk God

Join Date: Aug 1999

Location: Pacific NW

Posts: 86,191

Likes: 4

Received 15 Likes on 8 Posts

Yeah, the movie reminded me of what an anti-climatic ending the book had.

Reply Like

07-13-05, 11:48 AM

Mordred

DVD Talk Legend

Join Date: Jan 2000

Location: Austin, TX

Posts: 12,215

Likes: 0

Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts

Speaking of which, I would swear that I read somewhere that someone majorly involved with the movie stated that this movie wasn't going to end the same way as the first movie. Granted this time it was bacteria, but I was expecting something completely different and felt somewhat misled. Did I make up that statement?