this video contains restricted contents/not supported in your area!!!!!!!wtf is that about...i use to b able to watch the early parts but now i cant....why?????????
The best part i reckon, a good mix of evacuation, news casts, the selflessness Thunderchild and her crew (eat Navy you 3 legged scumbags!) and also a sense of desolation as the eurofighters fly over the deserted buckingham palace
Of course today the odds would be the other way around - the Martians' survival would be a function of how many missiles they could shoot down before the Thunderchild riddled them with radar-directed cannon fire - but if it has to end like the song says, then yes- this is how it would go.
@jsm666 2 feet of shining screw projected, when suddenly....the lid fell off...then a gunship flew overhead, and dropped a missile directly in the cylinder, and the invasion force was defeated. Not much of a story that way though haha
How the fuck did someone manage to do this extremly well with no budget, while Spelberg couldn't even be borthered to set it in britin like its meant to be. My curmiserations to Richard Curtis, Jeff Wayne and of course H.G. Willis. One question though how did you do this?
@blackskullthunder that would be H.G. Wells. The original book is so old now, it is out of copyright and available for free on the web if you are curious
Not really because the Tripod appears ABOVE Big Ben. I wasn't being angry at you by the way. But this has got to be my favourite part up to now. I love the bit about Sky News and having Gordon Brown with the meeting of COBRA. Better than anything Steven Spielberg could have ever conjured up
I always loved the story The War of the Worlds, a read the book and saw the movies and I can say that even this is better that that stupid STeven Spielberg crap. This Awesome. I just love the beginning with the attack at London, how you used the pictures, the musical song and the special effects!
This is why Tom Cruise's version disappointed me - they could've done something really special but they didn't. You guys however, even with limited resources pulled a special thing out the bag here! I just love the image of thunderchild going to town on those martians! Gutted it goes down though :( well done, fantastic!
@Dinobot2468Sorry. No Royal Navy ship was ever christened Thundechild. There was an HMS Thunderer, and an HMS Thunderbolt though. The newst of them were battleship and a submarine I think.
Excellent. I really enjoyed the clip, especially the scene where the missiles fly over the ferry. I saw the stage show in Sydney Australia and loved it. Well done.
I just cant get enogh of this, I have posted many links on my facebook page for this, every friend i have shown this too have been blown away and i watched number 1 till number 8, it honestly took over the evening, these are so amazing. I reccomend this to all lol!
I cannot even begin to describe how good this is! Brought a tear to my eye... its refreshing daily on my facebook links so people see it - got to spread the word on this!!! awesome work, well done!
In the book, the Thunderchild actually went out with a bang when she rammed a second fighting machine and her magazines exploded, destroying her along with the Martian. I think that would've been better than just...Sinking...
@HelmutVillam - correct. The only reference to a torpedo ram I can find in my many texts on the Royal Navy is the HMS Polyphemus, a much smaller ship than the pre-dreadnought. The musical reinterprets the battle as a whole also - in the book, Martian number one is gunned down and rammed; number two shoots too close and the ship blows up in its face before the remainder of the hull smashes into it.
More likely the way any industrial society would view a stone age one ,or like the Martians, any space-traveling society would view a planet-bound one. That is realism rarely seen in Sci-fi, which is disapointing. Any civilization that couldn't travel in space or across the stars, would be no match for a civilization that could. Rebellion would be completely impossible without the aid of another such civilization.
I also like the physical appearence and biology of the Martians. Their non-humanoid anatomy makes it impossible for them to have any sympathetic feelings or attractions to us. That is a theme I think should be common with alien encounters in Sci-fi, because to me, romance between to species from different worlds each, is bull-shit.
I just saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and this has more atmosphere and human spirit in one second than that film did in its entire running time.
Fantastic video and loving the modern slant on the story, although I wonder if a cross-channel ferry could even get that far up the river into London without grounding/getting stuck in the Thames Barrier.
This was the most emotional moment in the production for me. I guess it was the utter hopelessness of the odds. But I found myself cheering thunderchild on "come on!" I cried "buy them time". Then, as the mighty steamer sank, I felt hope because the steamer got away, yet helpless as the destroyer and the crew were wiped out just to buy them all time.
That was their job. They knew their chances of surviving were pretty much zero but they went into battle anyway. Wonder how many of us could do the same?
Really Awesome! I love this musical and your Videos are fantastic. Only the Soundeffects are a bit to loud... but only my neigbours care about that. Keep up the good work!
Knowing they are all that stands between a boat load of women and children and an unthinkable horror, they recklessly, desperately, pitifully, throw down their lives, trying everything, even ramming a tripod.
War at its most savage, but what's going on really is a great upwelling of love inside everyone involved. An enormous bursting heart of infinite tenderness and care for complete strangers.
Good crews that are well led will do stuff like this.
Look at the destroyers (3 of) and destroyer escorts (4 of) of Taffy 3 in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. They went up against a Jap force of 4 battleships (Including the Yamato) , 6 heavy and 2 light cruisers, and 11 destroyers. They knew their chances of surviving a toe to toe slug match were pretty much zero but they went into battle anyway.
If memory serves, didn't they also kick ass before they sank? I remember reading a story on how they managed to put Yamato out of the fight, as well as blowing the bow off a heavy cruiser.
@Knowles87 between air attacks, guns, and torpedos they ended up sinking three heavy cruisers and did lesser damage to several other Japanese ships. One US destroyer fired a spread of torps at a Jap cruiser and missed but they were headed for the Yamato and the commander had the battleship trying to outrun the torps for about a half an hour I think. Took that big sucker out of the fight.
Absolutely awesome, well done. I wish there was a special youtube honorary distinctions button to click for exception quality posts, cos you would get heaps of clicks for this film list!
I hope very much to see more from you in the future.
Well done. I think that Wells would have been happy! As for the updating, it should be remembered that in the late 19th -- early 20th century, naval fighting ships were the height of man's technology. (he also wrote about the British Army's use of quick-firing canons, which destroyed a Martian tripod, and machine guns, which were completely ineffective.) The updating is keeping in line with the spirit of Wells' writing.
its been updated to modern day, so it's only normal for it to be firng that ordnance. i thinks it great seeing it given an effective modern day setting, and it least its in the right nation.
HEY THIS IS AN AWESOME video it's not like you get to see the battle of the Thunderchild with Spielberg and It's not like Jeff Wayne is going to turn out of his grave to make a movie but u are right the effects were a little loud.
when the trailer for this was first played on the radio, back whenever it actually caused mass panic and some people actually commited suicide.Because the thought it was a real news bulletin.
IF you listen to the original radio thingie by Orson wells.. if you didnt know it was just a radio play, with it being the only source of info. You would have beleaved it too.
"Never before in the history of the world, had such a mass of human beings moved and suffered together. This was no disciplined march. It was a stampede, without order and without a goal. Six million people, unarmed and unprovisioned, driving headlong. It was the beginning of the rout of civilization - the massacre of mankind." When I heard that for the first time, my hair stood on end, but I was very young back then. I still love this rendition of that classic. Awesome work. :)
The self sacrife of the thunderchild, really drives home the sacrife of anyone who goes to war. The level of courage it takes to lay down your life for another. Especially people you don't even know. really chokes me up.
HG Wells was a remarkable visionary when it came to sci-fi, this story was written when the whole genre didnt really exist.
It makes for a great survival-horror story because it shows just how fragile and defenceless the human race would be in such a situation, and still leaves the reader feeling uneasy and vulnerable at the end because the martians are defeated not by force or human ingenuity but by diseases and bacteria which are beyond our control
Wells is kind of a prophet. He has bio terrorism, lasers, space travel, even poinson gas as a weapon. WWI used mustard gas. That stuff would make you puke up your own guts.
this part always makes me emotional for some reason, but the video has mad it even more emotionsl, making it even better, Very well done on album one!
The Royal Navy doesn't have battleships at all any more and hasn't for decades, ditto cruisers. Frigates and destroyers make up the bulk of our dwindling surface fleet now.
no battleships and no cruisers wow that sucks I know the battleship sort of died out in world war 2 but I didn't know cruisers were being retired that sucks T_T I really liked bettleships and now another good class of fighting ship is gone.
sad that The Royal Navy is coming to pieces we used to be the worlds biggest super power and have the the best fleet now we just have (mainly) frigates and destroyers
cash, don't worry about it. I even forget about what the Navy has. And you want to know what? I really don't wan't to know. I'm not in the loop anymore. =Stefan=
Yeah, but back then (In the early 1900s) I think the US had the Great White fleet of IronClad battleships which were similar to the Thunderchild in the musical (Of course the musical's thunderchild is different from the book's)
Hold on, Just in case I was unsure, From 6:40 to 7:12 all those missiles had no effect against the Martans.... sweet. You got the concept right, they didn't need force fields or something cliche like that to avoid harm
If I may paraphrase Doctor Who: "The Martians should face missiles with dignity" I find it strange that the Thunderchild is more heroic in the musical than in the book, even though the mucic one killed less martians, TC in the book was just fighting until reinforcements arrived
the musical still says it takes out two the lyrics "brought a mighty vessel warlord, crashing down in sheets of flame" means it destroyed a tripod. then it rams a second one. so yes it did destroy the tripod
I just glad this film had a naval battle all war of the worlds movies made in the 1950's and by spielberg neglected naval battles and ultimately the thunderchild and your right kh the Martians should face human weaponery with dignity in movies.
I'm very impressed, this bit has always conjured up the best images. Your whole video looks like a fantastic animatic of what the remake could have been. I wish we could just make at least one big budget epic movie in the UK of some of our own grown stories!!
Cannon to the right of them,Cannon to left of themcannon in front of them.Volley'd and Thundered,stormed at withe shot and shell Boldly they rode and well......lol I love this part of the story the best!
Stunning! Seeing 'HMS THUNDERCHILD' on the side of that ship gave me goosebumps. An excellent rendition of my favourite novel in its best dramatised form. Well done indeed.
So much better than Steven Spielbergs POS. Jeff Wayne's version has always been one of my favorite records to listen to (Has the original ones :) ) You have taken their faithfullness to the source material, and given it a visual experience that makes it even more stunning. You sir, I tip my hat to
this video contains restricted contents/not supported in your area!!!!!!!wtf is that about...i use to b able to watch the early parts but now i cant....why?????????
LeelaSkullgrinn 2 months ago
I got comment before [see part four] but this is great. Maybe in the future newsreels comments inbedded?
radioarchive 1 year ago
awesome
mikeejb 1 year ago
Truly valiant sacrifice. Love the way you perfectly timed the action of HMS Thunderchild with the musical lyrics. Glad you are our ally.
MrAndyBear 1 year ago
The best part i reckon, a good mix of evacuation, news casts, the selflessness Thunderchild and her crew (eat Navy you 3 legged scumbags!) and also a sense of desolation as the eurofighters fly over the deserted buckingham palace
ferahgo90 1 year ago
long live thunderchild
mrcurtisification 1 year ago
This is nothing short of brilliant. Thank you.
Of course today the odds would be the other way around - the Martians' survival would be a function of how many missiles they could shoot down before the Thunderchild riddled them with radar-directed cannon fire - but if it has to end like the song says, then yes- this is how it would go.
jsm666 1 year ago
@jsm666 2 feet of shining screw projected, when suddenly....the lid fell off...then a gunship flew overhead, and dropped a missile directly in the cylinder, and the invasion force was defeated. Not much of a story that way though haha
JustRed69 1 year ago
How the fuck did someone manage to do this extremly well with no budget, while Spelberg couldn't even be borthered to set it in britin like its meant to be. My curmiserations to Richard Curtis, Jeff Wayne and of course H.G. Willis. One question though how did you do this?
blackskullthunder 1 year ago
@blackskullthunder that would be H.G. Wells. The original book is so old now, it is out of copyright and available for free on the web if you are curious
jasonj2008 1 year ago
Starring HMS Daring as "HMS Thunderchild", and err maybe Pride of Dover as "The Steamer"
Classic!
champman99 1 year ago
It was brilliant on so many levels. enjoyed every second, thank you.
owrunow 1 year ago
5:33 whats the song?
findmestudios 1 year ago
love it!!
jasonj2008 1 year ago
despite the cheesyness of the effects, this puts the speilberg remake to shame.
jasonj2008 1 year ago
here you make only one mistake the thenderchild destroyed two martian machines, for the other thing fantastic
doorcf 1 year ago
rofl - got a google advert for 'vaction in jordan' - funny..
profbaldwin77 1 year ago
I can't help but think the Tripod may of been a little too tall.
Carnage1235 1 year ago
@Carnage1235
Not really because the Tripod appears ABOVE Big Ben. I wasn't being angry at you by the way. But this has got to be my favourite part up to now. I love the bit about Sky News and having Gordon Brown with the meeting of COBRA. Better than anything Steven Spielberg could have ever conjured up
kingtom256 1 year ago
People started cheering, come on THUNDERCHILD!!
VenlyssPnorr 1 year ago
woo nice action
blitckrieg 1 year ago
Forever Autumn my fave ever!
MsDaniwoo 1 year ago
brilliant!
MrPetercriss1971 1 year ago
AMAZING
I always loved the story The War of the Worlds, a read the book and saw the movies and I can say that even this is better that that stupid STeven Spielberg crap. This Awesome. I just love the beginning with the attack at London, how you used the pictures, the musical song and the special effects!
Kilkiller15 1 year ago
AMAZING
Kilkiller15 1 year ago
This is why Tom Cruise's version disappointed me - they could've done something really special but they didn't. You guys however, even with limited resources pulled a special thing out the bag here! I just love the image of thunderchild going to town on those martians! Gutted it goes down though :( well done, fantastic!
Longy4life 1 year ago
i would rather have spent my £15 on a DVD of this than that spielberg rubbish
epic vidio well done !!!
eddie0hitler 1 year ago
is there anything left of the REAL thunderchild, it was actualy real.
Dinobot2468 1 year ago
@Dinobot2468Sorry. No Royal Navy ship was ever christened Thundechild. There was an HMS Thunderer, and an HMS Thunderbolt though. The newst of them were battleship and a submarine I think.
MrAndyBear 1 year ago
Amazing work as always. I keep watching again and again, like others.
Taiwanlight 1 year ago
i dont usually write coments but well done my friend Jeff Wayne and H J Wells should be proud and cant wait to watch the rest
agugular 1 year ago
farewell Thuderchild
andrei25ni 1 year ago
Excellent. I really enjoyed the clip, especially the scene where the missiles fly over the ferry. I saw the stage show in Sydney Australia and loved it. Well done.
blackops7669 1 year ago
Fantastic...come on Thunderchild!
WilfulDays 1 year ago 2
I love 6:43, great scene
otchightower 1 year ago
1 word........ AAAAMMMAAAZZZIINNNGGGG!!!
lonelywolf1966 1 year ago
love it
FullHeadShot1 1 year ago
love that shot when the missiles fly over the ferry
TheChartmaker 1 year ago
I have to compliment you. A fantastic job!! We saw the concert in New Zealand last year and your film was just as great. Thanks
nzsandmann55 1 year ago
i love listening to this song
in my car speeding swiftly down the motorway as thunderchild
rakafai89 1 year ago
absolutely superb work, can't wait to see it when finally completed.
ASkywalker1 1 year ago
I just cant get enogh of this, I have posted many links on my facebook page for this, every friend i have shown this too have been blown away and i watched number 1 till number 8, it honestly took over the evening, these are so amazing. I reccomend this to all lol!
wilmolfc 1 year ago 2
I cannot even begin to describe how good this is! Brought a tear to my eye... its refreshing daily on my facebook links so people see it - got to spread the word on this!!! awesome work, well done!
ChaseWilliams 1 year ago 8
@ChaseWilliams yeah this is really good stuff. this is everything i wanted the shit speilberg film to be.
jasonj2008 1 year ago
In the book, the Thunderchild actually went out with a bang when she rammed a second fighting machine and her magazines exploded, destroying her along with the Martian. I think that would've been better than just...Sinking...
FalconKPD 2 years ago
is that a poster for war of the worlds live on the millennium dome? haha nice touch
DJSquare 2 years ago
tremendous my friend!
azjeff1971 2 years ago
this guy needs funding and wud be legend
TheChartmaker 2 years ago
One of my fave ones yet. I love Thunderchild!?!
By the way- Is the ship that plays Thunderchild, Hood, Battlecruiser? Because it looks like it. If so that is so fitting.
NeonStarGazer 2 years ago
The Thunderchild in the book was a Torpedo Ram, but was interpreted in the musical as a Pre-Dreadnought battleship.
The Thunderchild in this video is one of the modern Type 45 Daring class Destroyers.
HelmutVillam 2 years ago
@HelmutVillam - correct. The only reference to a torpedo ram I can find in my many texts on the Royal Navy is the HMS Polyphemus, a much smaller ship than the pre-dreadnought. The musical reinterprets the battle as a whole also - in the book, Martian number one is gunned down and rammed; number two shoots too close and the ship blows up in its face before the remainder of the hull smashes into it.
jsm666 1 year ago
@HelmutVillam Yeah she is depicted on the album as a Canopus class battleship
MrAndyBear 1 year ago
I love the motive of the Martians. They don't hate us for any real reason. We are not a real threat to them. We're just "in the way."
pytko3 2 years ago 3
@pytko3 kind of the way western civilization sees indiginious cultures
crass770 2 years ago
More likely the way any industrial society would view a stone age one ,or like the Martians, any space-traveling society would view a planet-bound one. That is realism rarely seen in Sci-fi, which is disapointing. Any civilization that couldn't travel in space or across the stars, would be no match for a civilization that could. Rebellion would be completely impossible without the aid of another such civilization.
pytko3 1 year ago
I also like the physical appearence and biology of the Martians. Their non-humanoid anatomy makes it impossible for them to have any sympathetic feelings or attractions to us. That is a theme I think should be common with alien encounters in Sci-fi, because to me, romance between to species from different worlds each, is bull-shit.
pytko3 1 year ago
Brilliant visual work. I must know, are you trained in cinematography? If not, then Sir, you are a Genius. Bravo!
Rangerlou 2 years ago
my FAVE song wow- watched that like 10 times now, fantastic. (hope no.7 is out soon!)
wilmolfc 2 years ago
No 7 Is Out ..
compressedfilms 2 years ago
Brought a mighty metal warlord crashing down in sheets of flame...
dennilfloss 2 years ago
I just saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and this has more atmosphere and human spirit in one second than that film did in its entire running time.
kitchenaut 2 years ago 5
this song is good^^ video 2 ^^
Pieterdesnowboarde 2 years ago
Remember the Thunderchild....
I have to admit I cried...
MassMIlitia 2 years ago
beautifully aptured in a modern context. Just waching all of these through again now the Spirit of Man has been released, this is good stuff!
ferahgo90 2 years ago
this is incredible the imagery is so powerfull!
joeibanez666 2 years ago
Farewell Thunderchild )':
TheBastard97 2 years ago
God bless thee thunderchild, and bravo!
brunoofthesheikra 2 years ago
"WITH A DEAFENING ROAR AND A WHOOSH OF SPRAY!"
That's epic storytelling, that is. Excellent work with the video. Nice update of the story.
Yggi11 2 years ago
@mcbear...
u hv i 4 dtail???
tomwmloppe 2 years ago
We shall never forget you Thunderchild...
Kilkiller15 2 years ago
Farewell Thunderchild!!!!!!!!!
tomwmloppe 2 years ago 2
Love It
lukemonday 2 years ago
Fantastic video and loving the modern slant on the story, although I wonder if a cross-channel ferry could even get that far up the river into London without grounding/getting stuck in the Thames Barrier.
sleeming88 2 years ago
Ya know,if they can build a martial tripod in Woking, the RN can name a ship HMS Thunder Child... dammit
snowboredsnj 2 years ago 2
Favourited.
Best of the series so far.
kitchenaut 2 years ago
Superb! This part of the musical is really touching, and you pictured it perfectly.
Parabéns!!
bulha100 2 years ago
This was the most emotional moment in the production for me. I guess it was the utter hopelessness of the odds. But I found myself cheering thunderchild on "come on!" I cried "buy them time". Then, as the mighty steamer sank, I felt hope because the steamer got away, yet helpless as the destroyer and the crew were wiped out just to buy them all time.
danschaoticmind 2 years ago 8
This is just a classic. I first heard this album when I was 14 and now all these years later discovered it again.
lerxt42 2 years ago
That was their job. They knew their chances of surviving were pretty much zero but they went into battle anyway. Wonder how many of us could do the same?
roadrodent1952 2 years ago
duty first and foremost, protect those unable to defend themselves, no matter the cost. The underlying creed for most armies?
ferahgo90 2 years ago
you would hope so...
TheChartmaker 2 years ago
Yeah good point...
ferahgo90 2 years ago
they melted the Thunder Childs valiant heart. BASTARDS! come on bacteria lets get em!
emellemc 2 years ago 4
Thunder child!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!
venera13studios 2 years ago 6
just amazing.....
TheGilly1974 2 years ago
WOW
what a vid
well done!!
y559djr 2 years ago
Good grief! That's pointblank range for the missiles! They barely have time to arm before hitting!
roadrodent1952 2 years ago
@roadrodent1952 Also less chance for the enemy to react and shoot them down.
MrAndyBear 1 year ago
i dont suppose you can change the ending so thunerchild kicks the martians but so bactiria dosnt have to
muppey18 2 years ago 2
BEST ONE YET!!!! :D
TheSargeJ 2 years ago
Really Awesome! I love this musical and your Videos are fantastic. Only the Soundeffects are a bit to loud... but only my neigbours care about that. Keep up the good work!
ElCid2312 2 years ago
Thunderchild was always my favourite song from war of the worlds, and this is a great video for it. Thank you.
Grimmtoof 2 years ago
Amazing! what program did you use?
venera13studios 2 years ago
This bit always choked me up as a kid.
Knowing they are all that stands between a boat load of women and children and an unthinkable horror, they recklessly, desperately, pitifully, throw down their lives, trying everything, even ramming a tripod.
War at its most savage, but what's going on really is a great upwelling of love inside everyone involved. An enormous bursting heart of infinite tenderness and care for complete strangers.
Humanity at its best.
Super vid BTW - adds to the feeling.
MrSpongg 2 years ago 2
Good crews that are well led will do stuff like this.
Look at the destroyers (3 of) and destroyer escorts (4 of) of Taffy 3 in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. They went up against a Jap force of 4 battleships (Including the Yamato) , 6 heavy and 2 light cruisers, and 11 destroyers. They knew their chances of surviving a toe to toe slug match were pretty much zero but they went into battle anyway.
roadrodent1952 2 years ago 2
@roadrodent1952
If memory serves, didn't they also kick ass before they sank? I remember reading a story on how they managed to put Yamato out of the fight, as well as blowing the bow off a heavy cruiser.
Knowles87 1 year ago
@Knowles87 between air attacks, guns, and torpedos they ended up sinking three heavy cruisers and did lesser damage to several other Japanese ships. One US destroyer fired a spread of torps at a Jap cruiser and missed but they were headed for the Yamato and the commander had the battleship trying to outrun the torps for about a half an hour I think. Took that big sucker out of the fight.
roadrodent1952 1 year ago
The Thunderchild went down heroically.
cmsahe 2 years ago 2
An standing ovation to your videos!
cmsahe 2 years ago
Richard, why not approach P & O, Richard Branson & other brand names you have in this for "sponsorship"?
Brilliant Video!
Bazzawombat 2 years ago 2
Absolutely awesome, well done. I wish there was a special youtube honorary distinctions button to click for exception quality posts, cos you would get heaps of clicks for this film list!
I hope very much to see more from you in the future.
FallingLikeAlice 2 years ago
Well done. I think that Wells would have been happy! As for the updating, it should be remembered that in the late 19th -- early 20th century, naval fighting ships were the height of man's technology. (he also wrote about the British Army's use of quick-firing canons, which destroyed a Martian tripod, and machine guns, which were completely ineffective.) The updating is keeping in line with the spirit of Wells' writing.
countingman 2 years ago
The sound effects were a little loud, and also, why was the thunderchild shooting modernday rockets and missiles? It was before the 1900's!
TheBlondie2112 2 years ago
its been updated to modern day, so it's only normal for it to be firng that ordnance. i thinks it great seeing it given an effective modern day setting, and it least its in the right nation.
themightydwarf 2 years ago 2
if you havent noticed, the thunderchild in this was a modern day war ship and everything else is modern as well.
reddalek555 2 years ago
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HelmutVillam 2 years ago
and of course all of the sound is from the original soundtrack
HelmutVillam 2 years ago
At least the Thunderchild put up a fight...but that's gotta suck seeing more aliens come from the sky after that...
dealmaker007 2 years ago
awesome vid,thx
mikeejb 2 years ago
Really good vid matey :)
Deathjester01 2 years ago
HEY THIS IS AN AWESOME video it's not like you get to see the battle of the Thunderchild with Spielberg and It's not like Jeff Wayne is going to turn out of his grave to make a movie but u are right the effects were a little loud.
lockhedp38 2 years ago
Thunderchild as a Daring Class destroyer - nice touch
pudtwuk 2 years ago
when the trailer for this was first played on the radio, back whenever it actually caused mass panic and some people actually commited suicide.Because the thought it was a real news bulletin.
MrBladespanker 2 years ago
Mr blade.
IF you listen to the original radio thingie by Orson wells.. if you didnt know it was just a radio play, with it being the only source of info. You would have beleaved it too.
grahwo 2 years ago
"Never before in the history of the world, had such a mass of human beings moved and suffered together. This was no disciplined march. It was a stampede, without order and without a goal. Six million people, unarmed and unprovisioned, driving headlong. It was the beginning of the rout of civilization - the massacre of mankind." When I heard that for the first time, my hair stood on end, but I was very young back then. I still love this rendition of that classic. Awesome work. :)
RabidPetRocks 2 years ago
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
goldgrif 2 years ago
The self sacrife of the thunderchild, really drives home the sacrife of anyone who goes to war. The level of courage it takes to lay down your life for another. Especially people you don't even know. really chokes me up.
Mangapulse 2 years ago 5
Good modern update on an excellent classic, well done!
harleyman341 2 years ago
P&O ftw
TheAird3ad 2 years ago
AWSOME. I LOVE THIS. GOOD WORK DUDE. And THANKYOU
Megatronmrs 2 years ago 2
HG Wells was a remarkable visionary when it came to sci-fi, this story was written when the whole genre didnt really exist.
It makes for a great survival-horror story because it shows just how fragile and defenceless the human race would be in such a situation, and still leaves the reader feeling uneasy and vulnerable at the end because the martians are defeated not by force or human ingenuity but by diseases and bacteria which are beyond our control
PeteJones100 2 years ago 6
lol thanks for ruining the end for damn it :)
gal04 2 years ago 3
Wells is kind of a prophet. He has bio terrorism, lasers, space travel, even poinson gas as a weapon. WWI used mustard gas. That stuff would make you puke up your own guts.
Mangapulse 2 years ago 2
many back then were, think of the new dreamers
goldgrif 2 years ago
here's a fun fact for you the book the war of the worlds was first published in 1894 or three way before world war one started.
lockhedp38 2 years ago
Bestest everone ive seen
5000Awesomedudes 2 years ago
THUNDERCHILD VS TRIPODS!!!!!
germanxguerra 2 years ago
this part always makes me emotional for some reason, but the video has mad it even more emotionsl, making it even better, Very well done on album one!
dakilleas 2 years ago
The best installment, so far (I have yet to watch Part 6)! =^[.]^=
Raycheetah 2 years ago
its a story derrrr
theriddler29 2 years ago
Go P&O Lines!!!
BandSteel 2 years ago
Hello, please remember this is science fiction!
planetpie 2 years ago 2
Wow again!!! Really enjoying this series, going to watch part 6 now, thanks so much, your amazing
deejon167 2 years ago
Guitar Hero, War of the Worlds version?
rtonb 2 years ago
you would think a missle cruiser would rape the shit out of the martians, don't US cruisers carry trident missles? Or is that just submarines?
calapanpo 2 years ago
Only Ohio-class subs carry Trident missiles, but they are not cruiser missiles, but ICBM (would wipe London altogheter)
ChronologieIV 2 years ago
This is the new T45 class Stealth air defence destroyer.
Carries various missile systems and Royal Navy Tomahawk cruise missiles.
compressedfilms 2 years ago
"US cruisers carry trident missles" an error, this is english, im not sure our english battleships are equiped with them
WarlockGman950 2 years ago
The Royal Navy doesn't have battleships at all any more and hasn't for decades, ditto cruisers. Frigates and destroyers make up the bulk of our dwindling surface fleet now.
schalburg1 2 years ago
no battleships and no cruisers wow that sucks I know the battleship sort of died out in world war 2 but I didn't know cruisers were being retired that sucks T_T I really liked bettleships and now another good class of fighting ship is gone.
lockhedp38 2 years ago
the US still has the massive Iowa class Battleships equipped with modern tech
Makeshiftdemon 2 years ago
No we don't, they were decomissioned in the mid-late 90s :'(.
FalconKPD 2 years ago
sad that The Royal Navy is coming to pieces we used to be the worlds biggest super power and have the the best fleet now we just have (mainly) frigates and destroyers
cashcrew666 2 years ago
cash, hey, the RN has some fantastic nuke subs. =Stefan=
chengloki 2 years ago
oh yeh forgot about the subs
cashcrew666 2 years ago
cash, don't worry about it. I even forget about what the Navy has. And you want to know what? I really don't wan't to know. I'm not in the loop anymore. =Stefan=
chengloki 2 years ago
To be honest I really don't want to pay for them to construct battleships if they aren't used...
Also Navys are looking at creating submarines now and were build the best in the world currently
Zeplinsofcake 2 years ago
You have a few VTOL carriers, right?
FalconKPD 2 years ago
this is the royal navy not us.
DEPTrooper 2 years ago
Yes but in the War of the Worlds story Britain was the only power that had a chance stopping them, nowadays every country would stand a chance.
calapanpo 2 years ago
Bacteriums stopped them... it was just set in britan.
DMGaina 2 years ago
"and no one, and nothing was left to fight them" but today there would be someone else to fight them.
calapanpo 2 years ago
Yeah, but back then (In the early 1900s) I think the US had the Great White fleet of IronClad battleships which were similar to the Thunderchild in the musical (Of course the musical's thunderchild is different from the book's)
FalconKPD 2 years ago
This whole video set is awesome! Thanks so much. Only one more bit to say for Thunderchild.
Come cheer up, my lads! 'tis to glory we steer,
To add something more to this wonderful year;
To honour we call you, not press you like slaves,
For who are so free as the sons of the waves?
Heart of oak are our ships, heart of oak are our men;
We always are ready, steady, boys, steady!
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again.
jamestparshall 2 years ago 2
ok.... lol
N01fb0y 2 years ago
You know I'd never realized how effective still images could be, but you've pulled it off extremely well.
Excellent work!
Commandingtripod 2 years ago 2
Hold on, Just in case I was unsure, From 6:40 to 7:12 all those missiles had no effect against the Martans.... sweet. You got the concept right, they didn't need force fields or something cliche like that to avoid harm
If I may paraphrase Doctor Who: "The Martians should face missiles with dignity" I find it strange that the Thunderchild is more heroic in the musical than in the book, even though the mucic one killed less martians, TC in the book was just fighting until reinforcements arrived
khfanboy666 2 years ago
the musical still says it takes out two the lyrics "brought a mighty vessel warlord, crashing down in sheets of flame" means it destroyed a tripod. then it rams a second one. so yes it did destroy the tripod
Vhosis333 2 years ago
but I'm not implying that missiles are effective. which they aren't but they did destroy just one tripod
Vhosis333 2 years ago
I just glad this film had a naval battle all war of the worlds movies made in the 1950's and by spielberg neglected naval battles and ultimately the thunderchild and your right kh the Martians should face human weaponery with dignity in movies.
lockhedp38 2 years ago
You mean "The Sontarans should face bullets with dignity."
badwolf66 2 years ago
;) Of Course
khfanboy666 2 years ago
there not martions, the martions are a diffrent race sontarans are from a diffrent galaxy. doctor meets the marsions before
the new series
fuzzage1 2 years ago
I was referring to the episode of doctor who called "the sontaran stratagem" when the doctor said sontarans should face bullets with dignaty.
badwolf66 2 years ago
I'm very impressed, this bit has always conjured up the best images. Your whole video looks like a fantastic animatic of what the remake could have been. I wish we could just make at least one big budget epic movie in the UK of some of our own grown stories!!
newquaykernow 2 years ago
1st off Bloody Awesome!!!!!!
2nd Red-Dwarf sound effect for the 'Deafening Roar' ftw!!!
TrueNubinator 2 years ago
lol i used 2 b scared of this album but now i luv it XD
RyantheLizard95 2 years ago
Cannon to the right of them,Cannon to left of themcannon in front of them.Volley'd and Thundered,stormed at withe shot and shell Boldly they rode and well......lol I love this part of the story the best!
Raibartroudrix 2 years ago
Stunning! Seeing 'HMS THUNDERCHILD' on the side of that ship gave me goosebumps. An excellent rendition of my favourite novel in its best dramatised form. Well done indeed.
interalia1 2 years ago
desgracado quando voce vai colocar a parte 6
tripodswar 2 years ago
Anyone notice the war of the worlds poster at 4:45 :P
QTXAdsy 2 years ago
Ful Marks !!
Was just thinking the other day that nobody had spotted that .
RK
compressedfilms 2 years ago
I did.
FalconKPD 2 years ago
So much better than Steven Spielbergs POS. Jeff Wayne's version has always been one of my favorite records to listen to (Has the original ones :) ) You have taken their faithfullness to the source material, and given it a visual experience that makes it even more stunning. You sir, I tip my hat to
Grakaron 2 years ago
A friend of mine send this link to me.. And just one word!!!! WOW!!!
SaskiaOomens 2 years ago
how many days??????
14hcap 2 years ago
It´s June!!!!!!
Drudix 2 years ago
It's Coming!
Days not Weeks :)
compressedfilms 2 years ago
only problem in all your videos are that the special effects that uve added are louder than the original soundtrack, should be same
12joe1201 2 years ago 2
excellent can't wait for the rest .
tonyies2 2 years ago