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I don't suppose anyone noticed that the movie Independence Day was a remake of H G Wells War of the Worlds. Ships arrive from somewhere, blow up everything in sight, before succumbing to a virus . . . computer virus, this time.
With the opening scene of giant ships sliding across the sky nicked from Childhoods End. Or, probably, from V, which nicked it from Childhoods End.
I liked the 53 version of WotW, with Gene Barry, gave me the creeps as a very small boy. The most recent version, with Tom Cruise, wasn't bad, but too long.
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