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* MonumentalDamage: The Eiffel Tower and The Taj Mahal. Oddly enough Washington went untouched.
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* MonumentalDamage: The Eiffel Tower gets its upper half torn off as seen in photos during the debriefing in Washington and The is later shown fully burnt by the end in the ruins of Paris, and the Taj Mahal. Mahal ends up destroyed as well. Likewise in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles City Hall gets destroyed during the climatic raid. [[note]]Since it was the only landmark the city had back in TheFifties, as the Hollywood Sign and the US Bank Tower wouldn't be built until decades later.[[/note]] Oddly enough Washington went untouched.
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->''"In the First World War, and for the first time in the history of man, nations combined to fight against nations using the crude weapons of those days. The Second World War involved every continent on the globe, and men turned to science for new devices of warfare, which reached an unparalleled peak in their capacity for destruction. And now, fought with the terrible weapons of super-science, menacing all mankind and every creature on the Earth comes [[TitleDrop The War of the Worlds]]."''
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->''"In the First World War, and for the first time in the history of man, nations combined to fight against nations using the crude weapons of those days. The Second World War involved every continent on the globe, and men turned to science for new devices of warfare, which reached an unparalleled peak in their capacity for destruction. And now, fought with the terrible weapons of super-science, menacing all mankind and every creature on the Earth comes [[TitleDrop The the War of the Worlds]]."''
-->-- '''OpeningNarration'''
-->-- '''OpeningNarration'''
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->''"In the First World War, and for the first time in the history of man, nations combined to fight against nations using the crude weapons of those days. The Second World War involved every continent on the globe, and men turned to science for new devices of warfare, which reached an unparalleled peak in their capacity for destruction. And now, fought with the terrible weapons of super-science, menacing all mankind and every creature on the Earth comes [[TitleDrop The War of the Worlds]]."''
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* DarkestHour: The film's final act is among the darkest and bleakest acts ever put into a 50's alien invasion film. There's absolutely no hope left for humanity, and the protagonist's only goal is to spend the remaining minutes of his life with his loved one. Fortunately, like in the book, things take a turn for the better at the very end.
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* DarkestHour: The film's final act is among the darkest and bleakest acts ever put into a 50's alien invasion film. There's absolutely no hope left for humanity, and the protagonist's only goal is to spend the remaining minutes of his life with his loved one. Fortunately, like in the book, things take a turn for the better at the very end.end, if through no effort of humanity's own.
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* WaveMotionGun: The secondary weapon of the machines, in the form of a DisintegratorRay - people, vehicles, even entire buildings vanish when they are hit by it, leaving no trace but an ashy silhouette. They still have their signature heat ray, which may also qualify.
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* WaveMotionGun: The secondary weapon of the war machines, in the form of a DisintegratorRay - people, vehicles, even entire buildings vanish when they are hit by it, leaving no trace but an ashy silhouette. They still have their signature heat ray, which may also qualify.qualifies. We never see ''anything'' survive being hit by either weapon.
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** The Martian war machines are still ''technically'' tripods, just using "legs" of electromagnetic force instead of mechanical legs. The three beams are quite visible in the first appearance of the machines, and they "ports" the emanate from are clearly depicted.
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** The Martian war machines are still ''technically'' tripods, just using "legs" of electromagnetic force instead of mechanical legs. The three beams are quite visible in the first appearance of the machines, and they the "ports" the they emanate from are clearly depicted.
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* DeflectorShields: The Martian war machines generate these and it makes them ImmuneToBullets as well as artillery and explosives, including the latest model of atomic bomb.
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* DeflectorShields: The Martian war machines generate these have these, and it makes them they're powerful enough to be ImmuneToBullets as well as artillery and explosives, including the latest model of atomic bomb.
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** The Martian war machines are still ''technically'' tripods, just using "legs" of electromagnetic force instead of mechanical legs. The three beams are quite visible in the first appearance of the machines, and the "ports" the emanate from are clearly depicted.
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** The Martian war machines are still ''technically'' tripods, just using "legs" of electromagnetic force instead of mechanical legs. The three beams are quite visible in the first appearance of the machines, and the they "ports" the emanate from are clearly depicted.
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** The Martian cylinders come down in groups of three. Each cylinder carries the components for three war machines. Once built, the machines operate in groups of three.
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** The Martian cylinders come down in groups of three. Each cylinder carries the components for three war machines. Once built, deployed, the machines operate in groups of three.
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** The Martians eye has 3 pupils and their probe have 3 lenses.(based on their eye) Lampshaded by Forrester.
** They also have 3 fingers. The Martians grouping of 3 is Lampshaded by Bilderbeck.
** They also have 3 fingers. The Martians grouping of 3 is Lampshaded by Bilderbeck.
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** The Martians eye has 3 pupils and their probe have 3 lenses.(based on lenses, presumably because their eye) natural eyes do. Lampshaded by Forrester.
** They also have 3 fingers. TheMartians Martians' grouping of 3 is Lampshaded by Bilderbeck.
** They also have 3 fingers. The
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* SensoryTentacles: A viewing device attached to a long cable was inserted into the farmhouse where Professor Forrester and Sylvia van Buren were hiding. Professor Forrester knocked it down with a crowbar and escaped with it.
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* SensoryTentacles: A viewing device attached to a long cable was inserted into the farmhouse where Professor Forrester and Sylvia van Buren were hiding. Professor Forrester knocked it down manages to sever the device with a crowbar and escaped escape with it.
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* CitywideEvacuation: When the Martian war machines approach the city of Los Angeles, the population is evacuated to the nearby San Gabriel hills.
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* CitywideEvacuation: When the Martian war machines approach the city of Los Angeles, the population is evacuated to the nearby San Gabriel hills. The announcement is made via loudspeakers mounted on trucks.
-->''"Everybody, listen carefully! The Martians are coming this way! We must evacuate the city! Take food and water and extra clothing with you! All major highways have been marked to lead you to shelter and welfare centers in the hills!"''
-->''"Everybody, listen carefully! The Martians are coming this way! We must evacuate the city! Take food and water and extra clothing with you! All major highways have been marked to lead you to shelter and welfare centers in the hills!"''
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* ManOnFire: One of the Marines takes a glancing bolt from a heat-ray.
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* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Sort of; it's more of an omnidisciplinary lab group: Forester, an astrophysicist, is not only in the same department but actually shares the same lab space with an electrical engineer and a biochemist.
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* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Sort of; it's more of an omnidisciplinary lab group: Forester, Forrester, an astrophysicist, is not only in the same department but actually shares the same lab space with an electrical engineer and a biochemist.
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** When searching for Sylvia, Forester enters three churches, finding her in the third.
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** When searching for Sylvia, Forester Forrester enters three churches, finding her in the third.
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* ScreamingWoman: When Forester and Sylvia encounter a Martian in the flesh, Sylvia at least waits until it's driven away to lose her composure. But when she does, her wailing is downright blood-curling.
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* ScreamingWoman: When Forester Forrester and Sylvia encounter a Martian in the flesh, Sylvia at least waits until it's driven away to lose her composure. But when she does, her wailing is downright blood-curling.
