about the mars question...............

Rating: 8/10 (3 August 2005)

OK i have something to say about people asking if there are in fact from mars and why the movie didn't really "say" they were from mars and why it only hinted at a possible mars looking planet by showing a red sorta planet in the beginning. Well during the writing of HG wells novel there was no real scientific evidence on what was or is on mars, so he made up whatever and said the aliens are from mars cause it was a mystery anyway, but i think Spielberg knew and we know from the pictures taken and shown on the news about mars and how rover had shown us so much already, it would be silly to actually "say" the aliens are from mars cause we already have photographic evidence of what mars looks like and from what we know there is basically almost nothing there, so i think away for Spielberg to stay somewhat fate-full to the story and still not seem hokey and corny for today audience was to simply show a red planet (to stay true to the novel) and not "say" there from mars (to not insult our intelligence)in the film. This is my take on why he didn't have the movie say there from mars but yet showed a red planet in the beginning....what do u think?