'War of the Worlds' - Ray Harryhausen martian test footage

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Unfortunately Ray never got to make this movie, I wish he did, this test footage is great.
This footage is in a documentry, 'The Harryhausen Chronicles', which is on almost every Harryhausen DVD. It's also available seperate on DVD with tons of bonus stuff.

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As much as I revere ... ( 5 months ago by oa)

As much as I revere Harryhausen's work, I'm kind of glad this didn't make it into the 1953 version. George Pal and Harryhausen have much too different styles and quite frankly, thsi Martian would've made me laugh rather than be terrified (as I was when seeing the tri-eyed Martian).

that looks really ... ( 5 months ago by acepeeter)

that looks really shit, no wonder the film didn't get made

hey, check the date ... ( 5 months ago by chipmonkey666)

hey, check the date of when it was made. It was just after WWII so what do you expect? Dolby Surround 7.0 with HD-quality super rendered special effects?

acepeeter, r u just ... ( 4 months ago by loslobos2101)

acepeeter, r u just a fucking retard?

You could be right ... ( 4 months ago by inorcistartist)

You could be right oa, but I would LOVE to have seen the tripods animated by George Pal.

Who said they were ... ( 4 months ago by fullmetalsaiyan)

Who said they were tri-optic?

Fullmetalsaiyan... ... ( 4 months ago by sonabehr)

Fullmetalsaiyan...joecubbear, OA and myself noticed because we WATCHED the movie..I read the H.G.Wells text, and because "the way things are is the way things are"

This is test ... ( 4 months ago by SidNightWalker)

This is test footage for an adaptation Harryhausen was gonna make himself, but it never went through.Personally i kinda wish it did, as it woulda been great probably.

Actually I think ... ( 4 months ago by fullmetalsaiyan)

Actually I think this one is creepy, The tri eyed martian in the old film didn't scare me at all. Why can't people just follow the book? I bet Harryhausen would have.

I saw this on the ... ( 4 months ago by JustPhilNY)

I saw this on the documentary about the 1953 film. That was a nice touch, when he wipes his brow after the long journey. Still, you can't go wrong on how the 1953 film turned out.

acepeeter how would ... ( 4 months ago by bobbyjic)

acepeeter how would you like it if i said "AGHHH THATS THE SHITEST THING IVE SEEN IN MY LIFE" TO ONE OF UR VIDEOS!!!!!!?????? (if ray saw that comment he would be so so pissed off with you!) THATS NOT BAD QUALITY FOR 1940'S!!!!!!!

thats awesome ( 4 months ago by MorningGlory1212)

thats awesome

thats exactly what ... ( 4 months ago by Nelapidae)

thats exactly what I look like first thing in the morning

Say what you will ... ( 4 months ago by dthomas1984)

Say what you will about the quality etc, but that martian looks exactly as Wells described.

OMG!It really looks ... ( 3 months ago by MJMotown)

OMG!It really looks just like Wells described it!I'm reading the book and I'm just over that part.But to say the truth I was expecting the Martian to be bigger!

I think the Martian ... ( 3 months ago by schnellbomber87)

I think the Martian wiping its forehead was sort of like a joke. Anyway, i loved it!!

Yes, about the size ... ( 3 months ago by Cool2BCeltic)

Yes, about the size of a bear perhaps. This would have been great had it been made.

nah thrs 1953 and ... ( 3 months ago by xxxrockmoshcryxxx)

nah thrs 1953 and thr was 3 movies in 2005, speilburg's and thr was one made but was changed to the title invasion because paramount owns the title wotw, and thr was one by timothy hines which was the most to the story. thr was a sequel to "invasion" this year and it kinda suked

This is very ... ( 3 months ago by MrUnidyne)

This is very closely based on the description of the dramatic scene in Orson Welles' radio drama "War of the Worlds", complete with the "door" unscrewing and the multiple tentacles on the Martian.

he was a genius. ... ( 2 months ago by SuperPigeonMaster)

he was a genius. Theres something more scary about these than the new CG stuff for me. The slightly tounge in cheek air makes them more real because even the scariest things in reality can be slightly funny. And thats coming from a 17 year old whos grown up in the CG generation of films.

looked like Mr ... ( 2 months ago by TobyTheTissue)

looked like Mr Myagi from Karate kid

lol ( 1 month ago by bennihana123)

lol

We arent really ... ( 1 month ago by ReverendSyn)

We arent really given anything to scale the alien with. He could well have been big.

Damn even though ... ( 1 month ago by Hawkes10112)

Damn even though it's made of parts from the Krakken, that is still the most scary looking alien i've seen yet. Something about the idea of those in machines killing feels really... evil.

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