History Awesome / TheWarOfTheWorlds

* [[Awesome/TheWarOfTheWorlds1898 The Original Novel]]
* [[Awesome/TheWarOfTheWorlds1953 The 1953 Film]]
* [[Awesome/WarOfTheWorlds2005 The 2005 Spielberg Film]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Come on, ''Thunder Child!"'']]

[[AC:1898 Novel]]
* [[Awesome/TheWarOfTheWorlds1898 See here]]

[[AC:2005 Film]]
* [[Awesome/WarOfTheWorlds2005 See here]]

* First time the humans takes down a tripod. Five Martian tripods attacks the town of Shepperton, there the British Army has put up defense lines with their artillery, and one of them goes near the river harbour, there a massive gathering of refugees was waiting for ships to take them away from the battlefield, and it seems that it's about to unleash its ray gun at the people when the artillery hits it right on and turn it into Swiss cheese. Cue massive cheers from the protagonist and every human around him. Thought the cheerfulness disappears as soon it comes when the other Martians does a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the humans, but their loss was enough to give the British Army time to prepare itself for future attacks, as well causing the Martians to [[WorthyOpponent take them more seriously]] - seriously enough that [[NoKillLikeOverkill they starts using the Black Smoke to clear their units out instead of engaging them head on]].

* [[Awesome/WaroftheWorlds2005 See here]]

* [[Awesome/WaroftheWorlds See here]]

[[AC:1953 Film]]
* The war machines! They're totally indestructible, and even an atomic bomb fails to put so much as a scratch on them. The ship design may be a bit dated today, but you can't help being impressed.
** The first battle is especially impressive. The order to fire is given and the war machines are standing imperiously, even indifferently, as all the bombs and bullets bounce off their force fields. Even the heat ray "heads" sway back and forth casually, as though the war machines were scanning the puny Earthling forces with contempt. "[[IsThatTheBestYouCanDo Oh, this is all you've got?]]" they seem to say, right before they [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown unleash their own devastating weapons]].

* [[Awesome/WaroftheWorlds See here]]

* First time the humans takes down a tripod. Five Martian tripods attacks the town of Shepperton, there the British Army has put up defense lines with their artillery, and one of them goes near the river harbour, there a massive gathering of refugees was waiting for ships to take them away from the battlefield, and it seems that it's about to unleash its ray gun at the people when the artillery hits it right on and turn it into Swiss cheese. Cue massive cheers from the protagonist and every human around him. Thought the cheerfulness disappears as soon it comes when the other Martians does a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the humans, but their loss was enough to give the British Army time to prepare itself for future attacks, as well causing the Martians to [[WorthyOpponent take them more seriously]] - seriously enough that they starts using the Black Gas to clear their units out instead of engaging them head on.

* First time the humans takes down a tripod. Five Martian tripods attacks the town of Shepperton, there the British Army has put up defense lines with their artillery, and one of them goes near the river harbour, there a massive gathering of refugees was waiting for ships to take them away from the battlefield, and it seems that it's about to unleash its ray gun at the people when the artillery hits it right on and turn it into Swiss cheese. Cue massive cheers from the protagonist and every human around him. Thought the cheerfulness disappears as soon it comes when the other Martians does a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the humans, but their loss was enough to give the British Army time to prepare itself for future attacks, as well causing the Martians to [[WorthyOpponent take them more serious]] - serious enough that they starts using the Black Gas to clear their units out instead of engaging them head on.

* First time the humans takes down a tripod. Five Martian tripods attacks the town of Shepperton, there the British Army has put up defense lines with their artillery, and one of them goes near the river harbour, there a massive gathering of refugees was waiting for ships to take them away from the battlefield, and it seems that it's about to unleash its ray gun at the people when the artillery hits it right on and turn it into Swiss cheese. Cue massive cheers from the protagonist and every human around him. Thought the cheerfulness disappears as soon it comes when the other Martians does a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the humans, but their loss was enough to give the British Army time to prepare itself for future attacks.

** The scene is so awesome, it adorns the [[http://www.the1stfloor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/13_TWOTW-Cover-web.jpg record cover]] of the Jeff Wayne version.

* The last stand of HMS ''Thunder Child''. To summarize, as a horde of people are shoving and pushing to escape to safety on a steamer, Tripods bearing down and ready to slaughter them all. From nowhere, the ''Thunder Child'' roars into life and charges straight at the Tripods, bringing down two down with torpedo tubes and heavy guns. This earns it a barrage of heat rays, and it just keeps going, trying to ram a third and take that one down as well, before succumbing and vanishing under the waves, saving everyone on the steamer. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb4BWSUV8mM This]] from the Jeff Wayne musical really sums up how freaking awesome this whole bit is.