Aliens coming out of the ground in the film War of the Worlds is loosely based on H. G. Wells ' Martians .
As his former wife drops their children off for him to look after for a few days , the planet is attacked by aliens that come up out of the ground ( loosely based on H. G. Wells ' Martians ) driving Tripods and as Earth 's armed forces are defeated , Ray tries to protect his children and flee to Boston to rejoin his former wife .
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