War of the Worlds 02

Trollheart · 12-16-2012, 02:48 PM

Well, due to the nature of the story, I would imagine little could take place onstage: perhaps the meeting of the artilleryman and the journalist, maybe the journalist arriving at Carrie's home? But most of it is big, cinematic action and you couldn't very well expect Fighting Machines to be stalking across the stage in real-time, or the "Thunderchild" going down in a hiss of steam, could you? I'd think it's quite limited as to what could be achieved onstage (I have the DVD but have yet to watch it and have never seen it live) but then, as you say, the music is what it's all about.

victoria sponge · 12-19-2012, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Well, due to the nature of the story, I would imagine little could take place onstage: perhaps the meeting of the artilleryman and the journalist, maybe the journalist arriving at Carrie's home? But most of it is big, cinematic action and you couldn't very well expect Fighting Machines to be stalking across the stage in real-time, or the "Thunderchild" going down in a hiss of steam, could you? I'd think it's quite limited as to what could be achieved onstage (I have the DVD but have yet to watch it and have never seen it live) but then, as you say, the music is what it's all about.

Fair comments, dunno what I was expecting.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Well, due to the nature of the story, I would imagine little could take place onstage: perhaps the meeting of the artilleryman and the journalist, maybe the journalist arriving at Carrie's home? But most of it is big, cinematic action and you couldn't very well expect Fighting Machines to be stalking across the stage in real-time, or the "Thunderchild" going down in a hiss of steam, could you? I'd think it's quite limited as to what could be achieved onstage (I have the DVD but have yet to watch it and have never seen it live) but then, as you say, the music is what it's all about. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018