WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH...R-rated animation ahoy!

For years, Jeff Wayne has been pimping an animated version of his infamous War of the Worlds disco musical, even putting Paramount thru years of development hell over what became the Tom Cruise version to ensure only he would be able to use the 1898 setting. Well, his bullshit still hasn't come to pass, but Heavy Metal's got their own period piece sequel to the original novel in the pipeline:

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I've got mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it sounds like it could be really bad jingoism if handled poorly. On the other hand, what would a world upgraded with Martian technology be like? The Scarlet Traces comics toyed with the idea, and played it as a disastrous move. If this movie shows both the good and bad of having alien tech used in world wars, maybe it could be something.

Thoughts?

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It will be cool-steam powered battle tripods, doomed Cossack cavalry charges, victorian decco, steam punk Manhattan, 1500 foot long armored battle zeppelins, Teddy Roosevelt, souped up Tri-planes, blood on steaming metal, sex in the cockpit. The usual."

Usual? For whom?

Looks like Heavy and Pyro's bastard lovechild on one of those pages.

EileenK98 wrote:

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It will be cool-steam powered battle tripods, doomed Cossack cavalry charges, victorian decco, steam punk Manhattan, 1500 foot long armored battle zeppelins, Teddy Roosevelt, souped up Tri-planes, blood on steaming metal, sex in the cockpit. The usual."

Usual? For whom?

Heavy Metal's regular audience?

Tits. Whether or not it sucks, we need more R-rated Western animation. Gotta break out of the ghetto somehow.

Delcat wrote:

Tits. Whether or not it sucks, we need more R-rated Western animation. Gotta break out of the ghetto somehow.

Well, there was Tales of the Black Freighter earlier this year, but as it's being recut into the Watchmen movie proper, mayhaps it doesn't count.

That said, R-rated DVD cartoons are a ghetto in and of themselves. An R-rated theatrical cartoon would be a way better approach to breaking down the "cartoons are for kids" image.

EileenK98 wrote:

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It will be cool-steam powered battle tripods, doomed Cossack cavalry charges, victorian decco, steam punk Manhattan, 1500 foot long armored battle zeppelins, Teddy Roosevelt, souped up Tri-planes, blood on steaming metal, sex in the cockpit. The usual."

Usual? For whom? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

For a heroin junkie, maybe. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Obvious question is obvious: is :lolinsane: THOMAS EDISON :lolinsane: involved?

Can...can we just vote to have Chris' avatar changed to slowpoke.jpg already?

Delcat wrote:

Tits. Whether or not it sucks, we need more R-rated Western animation. Gotta break out of the ghetto somehow.

This. Also, I'd watch it.

Keith Fraser wrote:

Obvious question is obvious: is [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] THOMAS EDISON [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] involved?

I guess we'll just have to settle for Teddy Roosevelt in his stead. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]