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* TheWikiRule: [[https://waroftheworlds.fandom.com/wiki/War_Of_The_Worlds_Wiki War of the Worlds Wiki.]] It has info from all four video games, ''The Crystal Egg,'' the 1953, 2005, and neo-B movies, ''Goliath,'' the Dark Horse graphic novel, and the crossover with ''ComicBook/SuperMan.''
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** MillionToOneChance
** TripodTerror
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: H.G. Wells was a biologist and a staunch adherent of Charles Darwin's ideas. As such, what solves the conflict of the novel is not any kind of human ingenuity, but rather everyday natural selection working its course.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: H.G. Wells was a biologist and a staunch adherent of Charles Darwin's UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin's ideas. As such, what solves the conflict of the novel is not any kind of human ingenuity, but rather everyday natural selection working its course.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: H.G. Wells was a biologist and a staunch adherent of Charles Darwin's ideas. As such, what solves the conflict of the novel is not any kind of human ingenuity, but rather everyday natural selection working its course.
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*** Also because it was by no means clear to the Martians that this iron ship was anything to do with the humans, or had any aggressive intent.
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*** The Martians' functioning in this regard fits '''[[Creator/{{Aristotle}} Aristotelian]]''' ideas about digestion, long discredited in late XIX century.
** Modern science would agree that extraterrestrials with no familiarity with Earth's biosphere would indeed have little or no resistance to Terran microbes. But neither would we against microbes they would invariably bring with them. So the Martian's succumbing to the diseases of our planet would be grimly counterbalanced by scores of humans dying from "martian smallpox," possibly resulting in MutuallyAssuredDestruction. (This is handwaved in some cases where it's stated the Martians wiped out anything resembling disease years ago, bringing nothing with them to Earth).
*** The book flat-out states that there are no bacteria on Mars at all. The reason the martians didn't consider the possibility of catching Earth diseases is because they had no idea such things existed in the first place. This is, of course, a rather extreme case of science marching on. Similarly, in ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' future humans are stated to have gotten rid of bacteria, which Wells should have known is impossible. He should have also known at least a little about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_immunology immune system]].
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The awe that the humans experience upon seeing the Martian flying machine is somewhat dated, especially considering that human flight would be achieved ''within the next 5 years''. In contrast, every other piece of technology the Martians use has aged surprisingly well, as walking machines and directed energy weapons, though beginning to appear in real life, have yet to become subject to the industrial precision and mass-production shown in the novel. One big exception is their defenses, or lack thereof; while they move fast enough to be hard targets for British artillery, any shell that actually connects will destroy one.
** Modern science would agree that extraterrestrials with no familiarity with Earth's biosphere would indeed have little or no resistance to Terran microbes. But neither would we against microbes they would invariably bring with them. So the Martian's succumbing to the diseases of our planet would be grimly counterbalanced by scores of humans dying from "martian smallpox," possibly resulting in MutuallyAssuredDestruction. (This is handwaved in some cases where it's stated the Martians wiped out anything resembling disease years ago, bringing nothing with them to Earth).
*** The book flat-out states that there are no bacteria on Mars at all. The reason the martians didn't consider the possibility of catching Earth diseases is because they had no idea such things existed in the first place. This is, of course, a rather extreme case of science marching on. Similarly, in ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' future humans are stated to have gotten rid of bacteria, which Wells should have known is impossible. He should have also known at least a little about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_immunology immune system]].
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The awe that the humans experience upon seeing the Martian flying machine is somewhat dated, especially considering that human flight would be achieved ''within the next 5 years''. In contrast, every other piece of technology the Martians use has aged surprisingly well, as walking machines and directed energy weapons, though beginning to appear in real life, have yet to become subject to the industrial precision and mass-production shown in the novel. One big exception is their defenses, or lack thereof; while they move fast enough to be hard targets for British artillery, any shell that actually connects will destroy one.
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*** The book flat-out states that there are no bacteria on Mars at all. The reason the martians didn't consider the possibility of catching Earth diseases is because they had no idea such things existed in the first place. This is, of course, a rather extreme case of science marching on. Similarly, in ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' future humans are stated to have gotten rid of bacteria, which Wells should have known is impossible. He should have also known at least a little about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_immunology immune system]].
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** Even then, today mass production of aluminium isn't exactly cheap or easy, at least not compared to something like iron. It's cheap today in large part because we recycle it far more than we do other metals.
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* AscendedFanon: Most info on Martian technology, such as their power plants and motors come from a document titled ''[[http://web.archive.org/20010501001141/www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Galaxy/3773/waroftheworlds/martians/tech.html A Report on Martian Technology]],'' written long afterwards(1999-ish). It purports that the martians have portable nuclear reactors and artificial muscles utilizing room-temperature superconductors, and the green exhaust their walkers occasionally release is an easily-plasmatized gas they use to generate electricity. Flying Machine hulls are also apparently plated in [[Literature/TheFirstMenInTheMoon Cavorite]].
* ReferencedBy: The Mars People from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' are lifted wholesale from the book's description of martians, minus the huge, "V" shaped mouth and VaderBreath (ie, sapent, land-lubbing octopi with giant robots).
* ReferencedBy: The Mars People from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' are lifted wholesale from the book's description of martians, minus the huge, "V" shaped mouth and VaderBreath (ie, sapent, land-lubbing octopi with giant robots).
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* AscendedFanon: Most info on Martian technology, such as their power plants and motors come from a document titled ''[[http://web.archive.org/20010501001141/www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Galaxy/3773/waroftheworlds/martians/tech.html A Report on Martian Technology]],'' written long afterwards(1999-ish). afterwards (1999-ish). It purports that the martians Martians have portable nuclear reactors and artificial muscles utilizing room-temperature superconductors, and the green exhaust their walkers occasionally release is an easily-plasmatized gas they use to generate electricity. Flying Machine hulls are also apparently plated in [[Literature/TheFirstMenInTheMoon Cavorite]].
* ReferencedBy: The Mars People from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' are lifted wholesale from the book's description ofmartians, Martians, minus the huge, "V" shaped mouth and VaderBreath (ie, sapent, land-lubbing octopi with giant robots).
* ReferencedBy: The Mars People from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' are lifted wholesale from the book's description of
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** The Martians are described lacking a true digestive system, instead draining blood from other creatures and replacing their own with it, thus gaining the necessary nutrients. Needless to say, the understanding of blood transfusions hadn't developed very far when the book was written. And there's also the issue of NoBiochemicalBarriers, although they ''did'' all die from interaction with Earth's ecosystem...
*** The Martians' functioning in this regard fits '''[[Creator/{{Aristotle}} aristotelian]]''' ideas about digestion, long discredited in late XIX century.
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** The Martians are described lacking a true digestive system, instead draining blood from other creatures and replacing their own with it, thus gaining the necessary nutrients. Needless to say, the understanding of blood transfusions hadn't developed very far when the book was written. And there's also the issue of NoBiochemicalBarriers, although they ''did'' all die from interaction with Earth's ecosystem...
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*** The book flat-out states that there are no bacteria on Mars at all. The reason the martians didn't consider the possibility of catching Earth diseases is because they had no idea such things existed in the first place. This is, of course, a rather extreme case of science marching on. Similarly, in ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' future humans are stated to have gotten rid of bacteria, which Wells should have known is impossible. He should have also known at least a little about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_immunology immune system]].
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* AscendedFanon: Most info on Martian technology, such as their power plants and motors come from a document titled ''[[http://web.archive.org/20010501001141/www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Galaxy/3773/waroftheworlds/martians/tech.html A Report on Martian Technology]],'' written long afterwards(1999-ish). It purports that the martians have portable nuclear reactors and artificial muscles utilizing room-temperature superconductors, and the green exhaust their walkers occasionally release is an easily-plasmatized gas they use to generate electricity. Flying Machine hulls are also apparently plated in [[Literature/TheFirstMenInTheMoon Cavorite]].
* ReferencedBy: The Mars People from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' are lifted wholesale from the book's description of martians, minus the huge, "V" shaped mouth and VaderBreath (ie, sapent, land-lubbing octopi with giant robots).
* ScienceMarchesOn:
** At the very least, there's no Martian civilization invading Earth, and much of the speculation about how the Martians' technology and biology works is based on outdated science. Wells does future-proof the story to some extent, though, by constantly stating that the characters' scientific speculation is just that, and they could be entirely wrong.
** In some ways that makes our technological advancement over the last 100 years or so quite scary. These machines were pretty much the most deadly things that the author could think up, and yet put them against modern weapons and they would be obliterated in seconds.
** The Martians' main advantage is that their weapon is point-and-shoot accurate, whereas artillery of the day required that the target be 'bracketed' in order to reliably place fire on the target. So the artillery would open up with their initial shots to try and find the range, and the Martian Heat-Ray would immediately and accurately destroy them. The ''Thunder Child'' was so effective because it closed to point-blank range before opening fire.
*** Also because it was by no means clear to the Martians that this iron ship was anything to do with the humans, or had any aggressive intent.
** The Martians are described lacking a true digestive system, instead draining blood from other creatures and replacing their own with it, thus gaining the necessary nutrients. Needless to say, the understanding of blood transfusions hadn't developed very far when the book was written. And there's also the issue of NoBiochemicalBarriers, although they ''did'' all die from interaction with Earth's ecosystem...
** Modern science would agree that extraterrestrials with no familiarity with Earth's biosphere would indeed have little or no resistance to Terran microbes. But neither would we against microbes they would invariably bring with them. So the Martian's succumbing to the diseases of our planet would be grimly counterbalanced by scores of humans dying from "martian smallpox," possibly resulting in MutuallyAssuredDestruction. (This is handwaved in some cases where it's stated the Martians wiped out anything resembling disease years ago, bringing nothing with them to Earth).
*** The book flat-out states that there are no bacteria on Mars at all. The reason the martians didn't consider the possibility of catching Earth diseases is because they had no idea such things existed in the first place. This is, of course, a rather extreme case of science marching on.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The awe that the humans experience upon seeing the Martian flying machine is somewhat dated, especially considering that human flight would be achieved ''within the next 5 years''. In contrast, every other piece of technology the Martians use has aged surprisingly well, as walking machines and directed energy weapons, though beginning to appear in real life, have yet to become subject to the industrial precision and mass-production shown in the novel. One big exception is their defenses, or lack thereof; while they move fast enough to be hard targets for British artillery, any shell that actually connects will destroy one.
** The scene where the protagonist describes the Martians' aluminium refining technology. A modern reader may think "So what? Big deal". At the time the book was written, however, aluminium was extremely difficult and expensive to mass-produce, it was even considered to be a precious metal with a higher value than gold, so being able to mass-produce it was used as proof of the Martians' technological mastery.
** Even then, today mass production of aluminium isn't exactly cheap or easy, at least not compared to something like iron. It's cheap today in large part because we recycle it far more than we do other metals.
* TropeNamer;
** MillionToOneChance
** TripodTerror
* TheWikiRule: [[https://waroftheworlds.fandom.com/wiki/War_Of_The_Worlds_Wiki War of the Worlds Wiki.]] It has info from all four video games, ''The Crystal Egg,'' the 1953, 2005, and neo-B movies, ''Goliath,'' the Dark Horse graphic novel, and the crossover with ''ComicBook/SuperMan.''
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* ReferencedBy: The Mars People from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' are lifted wholesale from the book's description of martians, minus the huge, "V" shaped mouth and VaderBreath (ie, sapent, land-lubbing octopi with giant robots).
* ScienceMarchesOn:
** At the very least, there's no Martian civilization invading Earth, and much of the speculation about how the Martians' technology and biology works is based on outdated science. Wells does future-proof the story to some extent, though, by constantly stating that the characters' scientific speculation is just that, and they could be entirely wrong.
** In some ways that makes our technological advancement over the last 100 years or so quite scary. These machines were pretty much the most deadly things that the author could think up, and yet put them against modern weapons and they would be obliterated in seconds.
** The Martians' main advantage is that their weapon is point-and-shoot accurate, whereas artillery of the day required that the target be 'bracketed' in order to reliably place fire on the target. So the artillery would open up with their initial shots to try and find the range, and the Martian Heat-Ray would immediately and accurately destroy them. The ''Thunder Child'' was so effective because it closed to point-blank range before opening fire.
*** Also because it was by no means clear to the Martians that this iron ship was anything to do with the humans, or had any aggressive intent.
** The Martians are described lacking a true digestive system, instead draining blood from other creatures and replacing their own with it, thus gaining the necessary nutrients. Needless to say, the understanding of blood transfusions hadn't developed very far when the book was written. And there's also the issue of NoBiochemicalBarriers, although they ''did'' all die from interaction with Earth's ecosystem...
** Modern science would agree that extraterrestrials with no familiarity with Earth's biosphere would indeed have little or no resistance to Terran microbes. But neither would we against microbes they would invariably bring with them. So the Martian's succumbing to the diseases of our planet would be grimly counterbalanced by scores of humans dying from "martian smallpox," possibly resulting in MutuallyAssuredDestruction. (This is handwaved in some cases where it's stated the Martians wiped out anything resembling disease years ago, bringing nothing with them to Earth).
*** The book flat-out states that there are no bacteria on Mars at all. The reason the martians didn't consider the possibility of catching Earth diseases is because they had no idea such things existed in the first place. This is, of course, a rather extreme case of science marching on.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The awe that the humans experience upon seeing the Martian flying machine is somewhat dated, especially considering that human flight would be achieved ''within the next 5 years''. In contrast, every other piece of technology the Martians use has aged surprisingly well, as walking machines and directed energy weapons, though beginning to appear in real life, have yet to become subject to the industrial precision and mass-production shown in the novel. One big exception is their defenses, or lack thereof; while they move fast enough to be hard targets for British artillery, any shell that actually connects will destroy one.
** The scene where the protagonist describes the Martians' aluminium refining technology. A modern reader may think "So what? Big deal". At the time the book was written, however, aluminium was extremely difficult and expensive to mass-produce, it was even considered to be a precious metal with a higher value than gold, so being able to mass-produce it was used as proof of the Martians' technological mastery.
** Even then, today mass production of aluminium isn't exactly cheap or easy, at least not compared to something like iron. It's cheap today in large part because we recycle it far more than we do other metals.
* TropeNamer;
** MillionToOneChance
** TripodTerror
* TheWikiRule: [[https://waroftheworlds.fandom.com/wiki/War_Of_The_Worlds_Wiki War of the Worlds Wiki.]] It has info from all four video games, ''The Crystal Egg,'' the 1953, 2005, and neo-B movies, ''Goliath,'' the Dark Horse graphic novel, and the crossover with ''ComicBook/SuperMan.''
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