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Warring Worlds, Part Four: Martians Everywhere Immediately after the publication of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, imitations and unauthorized sequels began to appear, such as Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss in 1898. In the years since there has been a sort of mini-genre within science fiction of authors writing their own sequels or extrapolations of Wells’s work, such as Manly Wade Wellman’s…

Warring Worlds, Part Four: Martians Everywhere

Immediately after the publication of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, imitations and unauthorized sequels began to appear, such as Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett P. Serviss in 1898. In the years since there has been a sort of mini-genre within…

03.09.2025 18:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Warring Worlds, Part 3: Mysteries from Mysteroid Continuing my series looking at films based on or inspired by H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Unlike George Pal’s 1954 adaptation of The War of the Worlds, Ishirō Honda's 1957 The Mysterians was not a regular feature of my childhood roster of science fiction and monster movies. Non-Godzilla Japanese films were rare on the broadcast channels I had access to.

Warring Worlds, Part 3: Mysteries from Mysteroid

Continuing my series looking at films based on or inspired by H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Unlike George Pal’s 1954 adaptation of The War of the Worlds, Ishirō Honda's 1957 The Mysterians was not a regular feature of my childhood roster of…

09.08.2025 21:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Warring Worlds, Part Two: Aliens and Adaptations Continuing my series looking at films based on or inspired by H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. One of Henrique Alvim Correa's illustrations for Wells' novel. There are some texts that filmmakers, playwrights, and other artists keep returning to, adapting them to their own personal visions and interpretations. Audiences also seem to never tire of retellings of stories such as Mary Shelley’s…

Continuing my series looking at films based on or inspired by H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds.

29.07.2025 17:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Warring Worlds, Part One: Introduction In this series I will be looking at ways extraterrestrial invasion has been portrayed in movies. I will mostly be examining what I consider to be two sibling films: George Pal’s 1953 adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds and Ishirō Honda’s 1957 The Mysterians. Other “Wars” may come up as well. H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds…

Beginning a new series about extraterrestrial invasion movies.

21.07.2025 19:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Godzilla (1954) Writer and game designer Robin Laws has said1 that the original 1977 Star Wars will always have a special status as only Star Wars film that is not in dialog with every other Star Wars property. Is…

Getting back to my blog series on Godzilla films… And where they all began:

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14.07.2025 22:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“Everybody wants to be… my enemy…” Thoughts on Arcane (no real Spoilers, just some general opinions and observation) Watching the Arcane animated series is an unusual experience for me. Most often when I encounter a series that is a…

After a brief hiatus of a couple years, I’m getting back to blogging on various media I have thoughts about:

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02.07.2025 21:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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