War of the Worlds by the Star Trek Cast 175
eDavidLu writes "Here is a radio remake of The
War of the Worlds. From the promo: 'Join actors from Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation as they recreate this classic radio thriller. The breathless pace and convincing details make it clear why the 1938 broadcast of an eyewitness report of an invasion from Mars caused a nationwide panic in 1938. Originally performed by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre of the Air, War of the Worlds is truly the mother of all space invasions, offering a rare combination of chills, thrills and great literature.' My local NPR station KPCC broadcast this show last Saturday night, and the streaming audio for the entire program is available for one week only on their site. I was going to submit this story for Halloween eve, but KPCC was in the middle of a fund drive. Now that the fund drive is over, the slashdotting can begin. If you like this type of programming, remember to contribute to your local NPR station." Update: 11/05 17:53 GMT by Z : Edited for jerks. Thanks, guys. Seriously. Way to be responsible members of the internet community.
This is over 10 years old (Score:5, Informative)
Re:I thought the movie was pretty bad (Score:3, Informative)
Re:wow (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Real Media format (Score:1, Informative)
Works fine with windows media player 6.4.
Re:Who has the original? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Real Media format (Score:1, Informative)
How to download the stream and convert to mp3 (Score:5, Informative)
Oh - and the original 1938 broadcast can be found here [earthstation1.com].
Re:url for capturing stream? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:I thought the movie was pretty bad (Score:3, Informative)
It was only after his publisher balked at this that H.G. Wells changed the plot so that humanity survived. However, note that humanity didn't save itself.
Re:I thought the movie was pretty bad (Score:5, Informative)
It was the cutting edge of science when the book was first published in 1898 (the discovery of viruses and the common cold being relatively new).
It's public domain now and you can read the original book here [gutenberg.org], along with HG Wells complete works (which I highly recommend - he's the grandaddy of science fiction).
DO NOT CLICK THE LA THEATER WORKS LINK! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Who has the original? (Score:3, Informative)
Bah, No wonder. (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:NPR already gets my money... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Make it into MP3 & Torrent it (Score:3, Informative)
I've edited out the hour long performance after it (never liked I Love Lucy anyway), so it's 53 minutes.
Leonard Nimory is good, but Orson Wells is excellent, and overall I like the original much better. Even the scratchiness of the reproductions adds to the realism (AM radio then). I would everyone get the original (linked below) and listen to it instead, or at least get both and decide for yourself.
I'll remove the link when KPCC does.