Ah yes, the old War o' Worlds -- how could I have overlooked that one? In fact, a couple of days ago I had the great enjoyment of watching it on DVD, and it really is a fine movie. It's from 1952 and the Technicolor is fine. What's most sophisticated about the movie, besides great special effects for its day, is that you are led to believe the scientist may come up with some solution. He bashes the camera device, analyzes it that it works like the Martians' eyes, starts to cart it off to another lab when his must be evacuated -- and then it all gets out of his control, the mob wrecks the vehicles carrying the scientists, he loses his equipment, and is helpless just like everybody else. It's a great device, because you're suckered into thinking this is a typical adventure movie where somebody comes up with a solution. But there is no solution. We are defeated by the aliens -- except that the microbes give us the crucial hand of flagella or something. It is closer to Wells' original than The Time Machine movie, and it's really a great one. -- Joe