Talk:H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005 film)

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Contents 1 Archives 2 Controversy section 3 $42 million? 4 Modern or period

[edit] Archives

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[edit] Controversy section

There's currently a tedious back-and-forth battle going on in the Controversy section, between 24.18.239.200 (who's been adding comments on what Hines said or did, without citing reliable sources), and 71.210.220.162 (who's been adding comments on Hines being a liar, without citing reliable sources). As of now, this section contains five references, only one of which (an article at videobusiness.com) has anything like direct relevance to a "controversy". I'm considering purging the section entirely, so if anyone has good reasons why that shouldn't happen, now's the time to discuss it. Thanks.--Nalvage 15:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I think it's notable because a large (ass load, if you want my specific term) portion of the attention this film has gotten was/is mainly due to what Hines has said and claimed. I can produce some sources for some of this - Hell, even some that specifically use the word "controversy", but it may take time in trying to track some of this down as I have to figure out what got started on a forum somewhere and what are legitimite claims. I'll try to random searches in betweens things to prove that there's some merit. Let me know if this is acceptable. --Bacteria 16:20, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

If there are good sources out there, excellent. My fear was that it didn't get beyond message board claims and counter-claims, and that removing the section would be the only way to stop it devolving further into a he-said-she-said anecdotal evidence fest. I'm not part of the fandom, or clear where this controversy may have been covered, but I'll see if I can rustle anything up myself. --Nalvage 16:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

http://www.syfyportal.com/news421674.html and http://www.syfyportal.com/news422156.html look useful. --Nalvage 17:16, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll try to integrate the information in the first link into the article and/or tag it as a source sometime soon. The second one is actually in the external links section, but I'll see if I can fit it in as well. The confusion in some of this is that forums (namely those of the three oft-visted War of the Worlds sites and the IMDb page) is where Hines' comments and actions have really been picked apart, and am sure have entire threads dedicated to debunking and ridiculing his claims. So the hard part is getting to what are actual statements on his behalf. It's not like he's been less than suspicious in all of this, but I'm sure some of this has been blown out of proporition or even entirely fabricated by pissed off fans. --Bacteria 08:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] $42 million?

The article says that Hines had raised $42 million from Microsoft employees: I'm not aware of any evidence of this other than Hines' claims. If that's the case, I don't think it should be phrased in that manner, and earlier in the article it says 'Hines claimed' when referring to the same sum, rather than stating it as a fact. Mark Grant 15:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Modern or period

Can someone who's seen the film edit the article? The introduction says it's a modern retelling set in Seattle, the synopsis says it's a period piece set in Victorian England. I'm fairly sure it's set in Victorian England, but not having seen the film myself, I don't want to make a cock up. Optimus Sledge 00:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Done and done. I blame myself because when I did the initial draft of the production history, I seemed to have done what I always do - work on an floating assumption, that being that everyone knew they changed directions from modern to loyal adaptation. I addressed this both in the production history and intro so, hopefully, this makes it soundly clear. --Bacteria 16:53, 25 February 2007 (UTC)