No one would have believed that in the last years of the 19th century, that human affairs where being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few man even considered the possibility of life on other planets; and yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this Earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely they drew their plans against us.
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this is for my wee sister's birthday. she was looking for posters of the art that came with one of our favourite musicals of all time. there's wasn't any that wasn't just the front cover of the CD. so I recreated it. I didn't change much, and no one needs to redesign the tripods.....cause to this day, 20 years later, they're still PERFECT!
man that musical gives me goosebumps, STILL. this made up my childhood and everytime I heard a creak or anything went bump in the night, I was positive it was those martians coming to get us.
if you listened to it now it might be a bit tame, but you just don't understand man, you'll NEVER UNDERSTAND *CRIES*
this is of course from Jeff Wayne's masterpiece of the H.G.Wells classic: 'War Of the Worlds'
fucking timeless! I implore you, if you haven't already heard it, listen to it now.
Oh, the old movie creeped me out as a kid. Very good film though, I'll say
I've been trying to find the original broadcast! I'm sure I'll find it online tho, hehe
Very nice piece! You depicted the uneasiness of that scene perfectly!!
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"Come...dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly."-Dr. Manhattan
And those tripods never really need to be re-designed. The whole weird almost insect-like look of them is just perfect. And you don't fuck with perfection.
I do understand. Completely. Because oh man I remember us borrowing the vinyl record off someone, and just sitting down and listening to it.
Then only a few days later we got it on CD so we had a copy.
And the artwork in the booklet that came with both of them, they always freaked me out but I could never stop looking.
A bit tame now? maybe. But some of the subtle eerieness of it has never left. For me at least, and that makes it still totally worth it. Even after more than 10 years since I first heard it.
Plus the remixes at the end of disc 2 are awesome. 8D
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I would appreciate it if you put that octopus back into the sea.
Dear god THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE NIGHTMARES OF MY CHILDHOOD! Mum used to play the old recored of it and every time the aliens made that 'ulah' cry I'd be hiding in a second. @_@
This is just as creepy and atmospheric in your style as the paintings from the old booklet.
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"MEEP!"
"Have you ever had the urge to do something stupid.........and AWESOME!!!"
I gotta tell ya, I don't usually do this but for some reason as soon as I read the post with this picture I started looking into this Jeff Wayne guy. Long story short you have converted a heathen! This album rocks the very foundation of time itself! Thanks for spreading the good word!
Youtube won't do this epic album justice. It's a two CD set. I remember having it on two cassettes (or was it three... I dunno). No. You must get the whole album. Used, new, whatever. At Amazon, for instance.
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[M]anufacturers of laser weapons...build in cool sound generators.... Marketing research...[has] shown that energy weapons that make sounds sell better by 20-33%. - Kevin Siembieda (Rifts GM Guide)
One of the best rock operas of all time. If not the best. An hour and a half of pure awesomeness.
Richard Burton's narration is spot on. And the cries of the Martians...Chills. Chills I tell you! And I love the songs Forever Autumn and Thunder Child. Heck...I love the whole thing!
Thank you for reminding me about it... I'll have to listen to it now. This is a good thing
Oh... and great rendition of the tripods and the parson. Great stuff. Great stuff!
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[M]anufacturers of laser weapons...build in cool sound generators.... Marketing research...[has] shown that energy weapons that make sounds sell better by 20-33%. - Kevin Siembieda (Rifts GM Guide)
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...Creepy Tripods. Being creepy.
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Sore ja sorujaa, dotsukare-san!!
I've been trying to find the original broadcast! I'm sure I'll find it online tho, hehe
Very nice piece! You depicted the uneasiness of that scene perfectly!!
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"Come...dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly."-Dr. Manhattan
And those tripods never really need to be re-designed. The whole weird almost insect-like look of them is just perfect.
And you don't fuck with perfection.
I do understand. Completely. Because oh man I remember us borrowing the vinyl record off someone, and just sitting down and listening to it.
Then only a few days later we got it on CD so we had a copy.
And the artwork in the booklet that came with both of them, they always freaked me out but I could never stop looking.
A bit tame now? maybe. But some of the subtle eerieness of it has never left. For me at least, and that makes it still totally worth it. Even after more than 10 years since I first heard it.
Plus the remixes at the end of disc 2 are awesome. 8D
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I would appreciate it if you put that octopus back into the sea.
This is just as creepy and atmospheric in your style as the paintings from the old booklet.
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"MEEP!"
"Have you ever had the urge to do something stupid.........and AWESOME!!!"
*shalt look for music on youtube*
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I am Minion: Duststorm, in the ~Trans-AIDS club
I'm the Self-Godmodding TMNT Gummybear. Join the bucket! [link]
[link] Please help my poor dragons!
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[M]anufacturers of laser weapons...build in cool sound generators.... Marketing research...[has] shown that energy weapons that make sounds sell better by 20-33%. - Kevin Siembieda (Rifts GM Guide)
Richard Burton's narration is spot on. And the cries of the Martians...Chills. Chills I tell you! And I love the songs Forever Autumn and Thunder Child. Heck...I love the whole thing!
Thank you for reminding me about it... I'll have to listen to it now. This is a good thing
Oh... and great rendition of the tripods and the parson. Great stuff. Great stuff!
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[M]anufacturers of laser weapons...build in cool sound generators.... Marketing research...[has] shown that energy weapons that make sounds sell better by 20-33%. - Kevin Siembieda (Rifts GM Guide)
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I am Minion: Duststorm, in the ~Trans-AIDS club
I'm the Self-Godmodding TMNT Gummybear. Join the bucket! [link]
[link] Please help my poor dragons!
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