Posted by Tricky Dicky on 12/26/22 11:25

"G Bell" <gbell@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> "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".

I'd pay to watch "Spy Kids versus Predator"

Tricky

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