Comments on: Episode 100: The War of the Worlds

By: Smuggins

Smuggins — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:02:30 +0000

Totes agree with Eric! The first half is so good and if Orson had bothered to show up before the broadcast, I think he would have chopped or adapted the second bit.

It would be fairly easy to do, as you could have survivors hiding in central park with a radio setup, maybe former reporters and they would witness the machines gathering in the park, the debarkation, and then the death of the martians.

The whole death thing does add alot of good angles to the story, not just kind of biological science angle, but also going back to HP Lovecraft, and how the martians are almost god-like in their power, but humanity and the earth are saved by a fluke.

I really like those aspects of stories that show humanity, not as the center of the universe, but as a galactic after thought.

By: Doug Shaw

Doug Shaw — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:04:18 +0000

My father remembers someone in his apartment building (New York, Long Island) running up and down the halls panicking. I’m one of the people Eric pointed out – heard OF it but never HEARD it. It was excellent. Reminded me a bit (format) of the book World War Z.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:23:23 +0000

Congrats on hitting 100!!! Woooohoooo!

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:05:48 +0000

1. Here’s some contemporary newspaper coverage of the broadcast:

https://emruf.webs.com/WOTW.htm

2. Also, check out this 1927 “panic broadcast” from Australia:

http://www.mwotrc.com/rr2013_04/invasionpanic.htm