The battle for the planet continues this week with more War of the Worlds. The first episode up this week, The Meek Shall Inherit, sees the ruling party of the morthren, known as the Advocacy planning to disrupt society by destroying our communications networks. Blackwood (Jared Martin), Ironhorse (Richard Chaves), Suzanne (Lynda Mason Green) and…
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War of the Worlds (1988) – To Heal the Leper, and The Good Samaritan
The battle continues, and one has to wonder how badly Earth is losing to the Morthren… To Heal the Leper is the first episode this week. It was written by David Tynan, and first broadcast on 21 November, 1988 (by which time, I had already recorded Harrison Blackwood’s (Jared Martin) intro and the opening theme…
War of the Worlds (1988) – The Walls of Jericho, and Thy Kingdom Come
The war of the worlds truly gets underway this week as the aliens attempt to cement their position on the planet, and come up with a way to survive the radiation poisoning plaguing them (by constructing creepy looking suits). The Walls of Jericho was written by Forrest Van Buren (an alias, most likely for Greg…
The War of The Worlds (1953)
The updated moral of the story may be remember to get your vaccination shots, but this film, a welcome re-discovery on the 101 Sci-Fi Movies list is always an enjoyable watch. Based on the immortal tale by H.G. Wells, the story is updated, and lifted from England, and placed on the Pacific coast of the…
The Mind Reels 