The Great Martian War 1913-1917. Historians and Science Fiction nerds...unite. You may have already seen this...or perhaps you never knew of the great martian war. Either way, the Monster Critics thought it was cool, and wanted to share. The History Channel fused sci-fi with factual history, and left us with a historical documentary recorded for the 100th anniversary of a Martian invasion (In reality the publication of HG Wells’ The War of the Worlds), the show talks us through the lead-up to the invasion when Europe was on the verge of war in 1913. When an alien capsule crashes into the Black Forest and creates an 8-mile-wide crater, the world automatically assumes that Germany has tested some form of super-weapon and that war is certain. However, a few days later, Kaiser Wilhelm sends out a telegram pleading for help from the rest of the world: Germany is under attack from beings not of this world. (credit to David Bowling) The makers of this mocumentary made a decision from the start not to use WWI archive footage that showed real casualties or troops fighting, however other real footage was utilized, and some scenes were recreated in painstaking detail. Youll need to buy the DVD for a full viewing, but a link is provided to take a peak into the visual imagery this produced. vimeo/107454954
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 17:56:08 +0000
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