War of the Worlds

TV Series
1988–1990
TV-PG
45m

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Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s.Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s.Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s.

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Jared Martin

Harrison Blackwood

Lynda Mason Green

Suzanne McCullough

Philip Akin

Norton Drake

Richard Chaves

Colonel Paul Ironhorse

Rachel Blanchard

Debi McCullough

Denis Forest

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Ilse von Glatz

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Adrian Paul

John Kincaid

Catherine Disher

Mana

Julian Richings

Ardix…

Michael Rudder

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Richard Comar

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Ric Sarabia

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David Calderisi

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Corinne Conley

Mrs. Pennyworth

Michael Copeman

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Michael Eric Kramer

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Larry Reynolds

Tom Kensington

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Trivia
Originally, Paramount had conceived the series not as a sequel or for television, but a feature remake of The War of the Worlds (1953) with George A. Romero slated to direct.

Goofs
In one episode, an actor dressed as an alien jumps down from an air duct onto a human. As he jumps, you can see his socks.

Quotes
Harrison Blackwood: In 1953 Earth experienced a War of the Worlds. Common bacteria destroyed the aliens but it didn't kill them. The aliens fell into a state of deep hibernation. Now the aliens have been resurrected more terrifying than before. In 1953 aliens started taking over the world. Today they're taking over our bodies.

Crazy credits
A mysterious credit that appears at the end of all episodes from Season One is for "The Far Side" cartoons by Gary Larson, courtesy of Chronicle Features. It's unclear why this credit appears since there is no evidence of the cartoon's use or even a reference throughout the show. It is because in an early episode, a Larson cartoon appears on a bulletin board in a shot and the credits were not changed after that episode.

Alternate versions
The animation of the alien hand taking a hold of Earth that opens every episode in the first season is omitted on the DVDs.

Connections
Follows The War of the Worlds (1953)

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A War of Give and Take

The best thing about this series was that, in the first half of the first season, you never knew who was going to win the battles. An example plot would have the aliens trying to acquire a list of the locations of their canned (literally) comrades. The humans try to stop them but fail.

That's what I loved about the series: EVERYTHING was unexpected. Then late in the first season, you started having plots that were too obvious. (On TV in the 80s, there was no way aliens were going to detonate a nuclear bomb in the middle of the USA--especially with our heroes in the same city!) From that point on, the show settled for standard science fiction. It was still interesting, but it had lost its spark and never got it back.