Posted by G Bell on 12/26/95 11:25

"Owen" <spam@spam.com> writes:


>"Ridwan Hughes" <fox@ridhughz.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:MPG.1d7ae4077627eb9798971f@nntp.dsl.pipex.com...
>>I hope they don't ruin this great story during the condensing of the
>> trilogy into a single film.
>>
>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441811/
>>
>>

>"Beings known as the Tripods have conquered Earth and turned the human race
>into slaves by implanting everyone over the age of 14 with a mind-control
>device. 13-year-old Will Parker and his friends, however, plot to defeat the
>Tripods before they are fitted with the instruments"

>...13 and 14 year olds? I fear this will be a godawful kiddie-friendly
>"adventure" in the Harry Potter mould, or at least for that kind of
>audience.

The original books were "Juveniles" (I hate that phrase!) written by
John Christopher, author of Blade of Grass - movie version No Blade of
Grass directed by Cornell Wilde and never released on DVD, or video for
that matter I think(?). So teenage boys were always the main character's
of the story.

But yes we don't need "Spy Kids vs. the War of the Worlds".

Graham

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