WAR OF THE WORLDS | ICE CUBE | AMAZON PRIME OFFICIAL TRAILER
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Chuck Berry
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They look like a mix of the Striders from Half-Life 2 and the Tallboys from Dishonored
The movie, however, looks like shit
The movie, however, looks like shit
Revolutionary
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If you remote control a PC that is playing a game, the person playing would immediately notice because you're capturing the mouse controls. But Ice Cube brings up the fake Steam UI and uninstalls the entire game without his son noticing, who then calls and asks "did you delete my game?!"Technically, you can delete files the game isn't actively using while it's running, and the moment the game tries to load them, it'll crash because they're gone. But uninstalling an entire game mid-play? Nah, that's pure sci‑fi. Wait, It is a sci‑fi movie.
Forgot to mention he also hacked his daughter's fridge so he can keep an eye on her nutrition...
And yeah I know it's a sci-fi movie but the previous Screenlife movies made a decent effort to keep things somewhat believable within the context of using a computer... even in Unfriended, a movie about a ghost killing people over the internet.
Anyway I'll try to finish watching the movie throughout the day and report back later.
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Badlucktroll
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this reminds me of a mockbuster from the asylum
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
In the original HG Wells novel, the humans (or the British armed forces) actually put up a spirited fight (RIP Thunder Child), but still get spanked. This is a 19th century army going up against the overwhelming superiority of the Martian technology.
Realistically, the British armed forces in the late 1800s are not taking out the Martians with that kind of technology gap. Wells understood this. He was scientifically literate and well read in Darwinian evolution and bacteriology. The idea that an alien species, uncustomed to Earth's microbial ecosystem, could be fatally vulnerable is plausible and scientifically grounded.
There are other reasons as well, such as the need to subvert readers expectations and an analogy to British imperialism, but the scientific route is the main reason.
You should read the book. It can be a bit difficult to get into considering it was written in 1898 and gets a bit slow towards the end, but the first half is a hell of a thrill ride.
Oh, and I agree with
clarky
. This new adapation looks gash. Propper gash.Reizo Ryuu
Member
Watched it, you can really tell they put a whole 10$ and a whole lot of hope and optimism into this.
It's even more well reasoned than this. The martians had sterilized their environment and controlled it to such an extend that they had nearly 0% waste/inefficiency in their biology but had also lost all the protective adaptations that come with living in a dangerous, unruly environment.In the original HG Wells novel, the humans (or the British armed forces) actually put up a spirited fight (RIP Thunder Child), but still get spanked. This is a 19th century army going up against the overwhelming superiority of the Martian technology.
Realistically, the British armed forces in the late 1800s are not taking out the Martians with that kind of technology gap. Wells understood this. He was scientifically literate and well read in Darwinian evolution and bacteriology. The idea that an alien species, uncustomed to Earth's microbial ecosystem, could be fatally vulnerable is plausible and scientifically grounded.
There are other reasons as well, such as the need to subvert readers expectations and an analogy to British imperialism, but the scientific route is the main reason.
You should read the book. It can be a bit difficult to get into considering it was written in 1898 and gets a bit slow towards the end, but the first half is a hell of a thrill ride.
Oh, and I agree with
Revolutionary
Member
Finished watching it. It's a piece of shit but we got some enjoyment from laughing at it. Pretty sure they knew they had a turd on their hands at some point during the production because there's a scene where Cube yells "bitch, get out the way" and slaps an alien
2/10
2/10
Sonik
Member
Are you kidding or does this actually happen?
Revolutionary
Member
It was an alien tentacle to be more accurate, but I'm not kidding... it does happen.
I guess I can list off more dumb things that happens in the movie. Unmarked spoilers ahead.
- Boyfriend of Cube's daughter is an Amazon driver so later in the movie he tells Cube to make an order (reminder: an alien invasion is in progress) so that they can hack and take control of the delivery drone, which he controls with a VR headset
- Turns out that Cube's son is a super hacker and hacks an actual combat drone to defend the aforementioned Amazon delivery drone from the tripods (which can detach and fly in this one)
- the Amazon delivery drone flips on its back so they bribe a nearby homeless man to flip it by texting him a $1000 Amazon gift card (sensing a pattern yet?)
- Eva Longoria has TWO fakeout deaths where she screams and her feed cuts off, only to call back later like nothing happened
I'll post more if I think of more
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So Bezos made a 90 minute ad for Amazon delivery that features Ice Cube and Eva Longoria?
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
no fucking way lmao
LordCBH
Member
Hold up. This sounds like a 10/10 just from that last bit alone.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
He in fact says move bitch, get out the way
Idleyes
Gold Member
Honestly, O'Shea Jackson Jr. playing Ice Cube in every movie is played out. At this point the only way I'd be entertained is if he starred in a full‑on Bollywood flick, looking mad as hell while he dance-fights up the side of a skyscraper, kicks a meteor back into space only to land in the middle of a cricket match happening on the moon.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Sci-fi horror movie told through zoomer TikTok footage? This looks fucking horrible. And it's even worse than I think??
