Who hasn't seen the classic scifi novel The War of the Worlds turned into any number of movie, radio or TV program. A classic alien invasion tale that ends rather lamely when the aliens all die due to bacteria infections. When it was first broadcast on radio it caused mass panic among the people listening to it for the first time. Now it's just become a go to alien invasion franchise to be milked dry. Well guess what, it's back once again getting a new lease on life this time in the form of an animated movie. But this time it looks freaking bad ass.
War of the Worlds: Goliath is next in line for the War of the Worlds franchise but unlike many (almost all you could easily say) of it's predecessors it actually looks interesting and bad ass from the initial trailer. This time around the story is being turned into an animated movie that looks to take place a little after the initial invasion and Earth has been able to adapt to the Alien's technology. The time frame for this one looks to be right around WW1 but thanks in large part to stealing the alien tech the WWI military tech is slightly more evolved including a giant carrier Zeppelin, three legged mecha tanks and hello plasma (I think it's plasma) weapons abound. It also gives off that nice touch of Steampunk scifi as well. I found this little snippet that gives a better idea of the plot.
It looks like it'll be out on DVD some time in 2010 and I'll be eagerly awaiting it's arrival. In the mean time you can check out the awesome trailer below.
War of the Worlds: Goliath is next in line for the War of the Worlds franchise but unlike many (almost all you could easily say) of it's predecessors it actually looks interesting and bad ass from the initial trailer. This time around the story is being turned into an animated movie that looks to take place a little after the initial invasion and Earth has been able to adapt to the Alien's technology. The time frame for this one looks to be right around WW1 but thanks in large part to stealing the alien tech the WWI military tech is slightly more evolved including a giant carrier Zeppelin, three legged mecha tanks and hello plasma (I think it's plasma) weapons abound. It also gives off that nice touch of Steampunk scifi as well. I found this little snippet that gives a better idea of the plot.
It looks like it'll be out on DVD some time in 2010 and I'll be eagerly awaiting it's arrival. In the mean time you can check out the awesome trailer below.
