Is this a sequel?

Rating: 2/10 (2 July 2005)

I know its a remake of a TV series, which remade an album which came from a movie that formerly was a radio serial that came from a book. Each version had their own unique qualities and a certain 'feel' that made them special unto themselves. But in this incarnation I didn't end up leaving the theatre with the experience I'd hoped for. It felt derivative of his other movies. It was like Schindlers List II! The aliens carry around a bunch of humans in a holding area that is a blatant visual tie in to the Jews getting shipped around in Schindlers List! Quit shoving this in our face! I wanted a classic story of invaders from mars but instead I got more of the typical Hollywood reminder of the Holocaust*TM. Enough already. As a side note, whatever happened to the British version of War of the Worlds. Will it ever be released in North America?