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The Strain (2014)
WOW
I think the strain is the best vampire series I've seen simply because it's not been dumbed down with woke politics it's got good energy, good performances for the most part ( yes I'm looking at you Zack ) ,
The show is so much better for actually showing the apocalypse from the begging instead of a walking dead type show that just jumps from normality to the collapse of society in the first episode , we get to see the start the middle and end and it's one of the shows that have a good ending, it's also not bogged down with a boring love angle , it can be brutal in places and some great special effects and the characters are believable with some good character development.
War of the Worlds (2019)
The first season finale really let this down
First off this is not war of the worlds , it's just another alien invasion apocalypse, that being said it's not too bad , it's not great but it's not bad
This has a lot of story so if your looking for excitement then it's not for you, the problem I have with the show is it's build up to something special but in the end I felt let down because of the rather underwhelming finale reveal and if this is the big reveal then I won't bother to watch anymore past series two
I like the look and feel of the show but it's missing something I can't put my finger on
The War of the Worlds (2005)
Not a bad version
I never heard of this version at the time of release and so far as I know it was never released in the UK but I did snag a copy imported from the US , stays faithful to the book but it's production value let's it down , the CGI is poor and doesn't fit well the rest of the film but if you can look past that it's not too bad
La guerra de los mundos. La verdadera historia (2012)
I was pleasantly surprised by this
Ever since I read the book I wanted to see HG Wells version and now I have , this docudrama is about 95% of the book so it's the closest we will get , it's not perfect as there's some ropy acting but it stays faithful to the book so I can forgive that
If you loved the book I recommend this version as a must see , you can watch it on prime video and also buy it if you wish it's not expensive
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
About time we had a grownup Star Trek
If your looking for old Trek then this is not for you , I for one am really happy with this and to see some real character development
This plays like a ten hour movie
The War of the Worlds (2019)
Well that's 3hours of my life I won't get back
Ever since I first read the book I wanted to see that transferred into a movie or tv series and I was really happy to find out the bbc was going to do it . I'm sorry to say but this isn't anything like the book, I understand creative license but this was a mess with only about 5% of the book in it , it was terrible and if I could give this zero stars I would.
Also why is it the bbc has to put so much ideological nonsense into its programming?
If you want to see the book in movie form then check out the docudrama the war of the worlds the true story on prime video