Talk:The War of the Worlds (disambiguation)

message: We need to reconcile and/or merge the "Radio Play and Panic" section with War of the Worlds (radio).
Particularly:
* the extent and degree of panic
* how many disclaimers were made during the show
--Ed Poor
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Ed, why the heck would it matter how many disclaimers were made during the show?
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I think to show how likely it was for someone to hear the broadcast and find out it was a hoax before they reacted with panic.
-Not Ed
Not very likely, I imagine... I've heard a recording of the broadcast, and can personaly confirm that there are a total of three major disclaimers throughout the entire hour worth of audio. The first is made right at the beginning of the broadcast (and explicitly states it to be a work of fiction) while the second is after the long radio-esque broadcast and before the 'diary' second half, and is more of a 'we'll be right back' sort of thing. The third is made at the very end of the second act, where Wells himself wishes the audience a happy halloween, and ominously exclaims: "Remember please, the terrible lesson you learned tonight..."
--72.140.12.15 02:01, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Try http://www.imdb.com . They have info on pretty much every movie ever made. DJ Clayworth 15:49, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I'm told that there is a black and white version of War of the worlds, directed by Alexander Kodra during the 30s/40s, and I've seen clips of it on TV. Does anybody know anything about this version?
--82.34.112.4 09:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black and white movie 

message: The Sci Fi Channel has aired H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds on 4-22-06 @ 5pm EST/EDT. Martial Law 21:19, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sci-Fi Channel

message: The picture on this page should be either replaced, edited or gotten rid of. The "tripod" only has two legs! -Litefantastic 16:43, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You might want to look again. It has three legs, but one of them is mostly hidden behind one of the other legs. Andy120290 23:00, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Done. -- BBlackmoor (talk) 16:38, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bad picture

message: I moved the 1953 film since that looked like there was two articles with overlapping information.  I did not do the others since they may have been cut and paste copies.  If that's the case, then a history merge may be needed, beyond my knowledge base.  Since this was resolved here, I think the request should be listed in the speedy section of WP:RM, no need for a long discussion.  But that's my opinion and I may decide to move it.  I will probably not be following this discussion, so if you need me to do more, leave a message on my talk page.  Vegaswikian 01:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that. Yes there have been a lot of messy edits. We managed to stop them and tried to fix things but have reached the limits of our abilities. I suspect some seriously fany pair of merging tongs might be required to sort it all out because, as you say, the history sections also need merging but at one point there were parallel versions of the two entries so there may not be an even "join" although we did what we could to stop problems with versions I can't guarantee there were some. Hence why we had to kick it upstair for someone else to sort out ;) (Emperor 01:57, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi. I've just completed the request listed at WP:RM#Uncontroversial proposals.  One of the 2005 films had a split history that required merging, so that's done, and the other more straightforward moves are completed as well.  If there's any more administrative assistance required, please feel free to let me know. -GTBacchus(talk) 03:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks that is great. It all looks good and I currentl can't think of anything else that needs admin help. We'll go through everything and make sure it all points to the right place. We'll give yuo a shout if anything esle crops up. (Emperor 04:25, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP:RM request 

message: I've removed this section, and placed the references in the influences section, since the editor who wrote those paragraphs gives no direct evidence that the works were intentionally echoing the plot of the novel. Also, to describe the artilleryman's vision as an "alternate ending" requires a rather liberal definition of the term. There is no evidence that I'm aware of that Wells ever intended to end the novel any other way than he did. "Speculation" is better. Serendipodous 22:44, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Takes by other authors

message: Someone added the 1968 broadcast The War of the Worlds (radio 1968), which seems worthy of an entry as it also sparked a panic. However, there are numerous other radio adaptations   - which raises the question: which of those are also notable enough for an entry? Strikes me from looking at those links that we have the 1926, 1944 and 1949 ones which also cause panic. So the next question arises: Do they all need their own entry? If not they do need a mention but the Orson Welles broadcast entry seems solid so should there be an entry like List of The War of the Worlds radio adaptations? If so should the 1968 one be merged in there? In fact should we move The War of the Worlds (radio) to The War of the Worlds (radio 1938) and use the radio entry as a disambiguation page like The War of the Worlds (film) which would act as a version of the List but by its very nature wouldn't be so long. It needn't be an either or - you could have the list and make a disambiguation page. Just some thoughts. I'm going to ponder this one for a bit but my initial thoughts are that we will need the list and we can link to other entries using . If a lot of the other broadcasts spawned their own entries then we might want to look into creating a radio disambiguation page. However, that is just my provisional thoughts. ;) (Emperor 00:44, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Radio

message: The usage and primary topic of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (film) is under discussion, see Talk:H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005 film) -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 08:45, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: "H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (film)"

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:War of the Worlds (2005 film) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RMCD bot 17:46, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move discussion in progress 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :War of the Worlds (upcoming TV series) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 September 7#War of the Worlds (upcoming TV series) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Steel1943 (talk) 17:33, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "War of the Worlds (upcoming TV series)" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]