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War of the Worlds

1988

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EP1 The Second Wave Oct 02, 1989

Almost Tomorrow The world is now a mess. As the environment with its predictable weather patterns and the economy in dire straights, anarchy is now loose and the world as we knew it is less optimistic. It's been months with no alien activity and the military backing for the Blackwood Project is weakened as the government seems to be in turmoil as well. As if things weren't bad enough, a new group of aliens, the Morthren, have arrived. They have used a process of transmutation to take on human form to protect themselves from Earth's bacteria so the need for hosting bodies and radiation is no more. Under the rule of Malzor, they are instructed by the Eternal Spirit of Morthrai to kill off the ""soldiers"" who came before and failed to appropriate the planet. Continuing in their mission, they try to snare a member of the Blackwood Team for cloning purposes which will obtain all memories of the original, but totally loyal to the Morthren cause. With this clone, it can more easily infiltrate

EP2 No Direction Home Oct 09, 1989

While the Blackwood team picks up the pieces and tries to find a new home, the Morthren, too, have to find a new location as they are aware that the humans have been there once and might return. When Harrison and Kincaid go back to the empty base, they find an engram for the aliens' cloning devices that can transport memories and images from the subject to its copy. Meanwhile, Mana and Ardix have cloned a reverend so that he can spread the word of the one true God - the Eternal.

EP3 Doomsday Oct 16, 1989

A heat wave, followed by a water shortage, drives everyone to the brink of desperation. When a local church font begins to produce an apparently unlimited supply of water, the team is suspicious. Is it a miracle, or something much darker?

EP4 Terminal Rock Oct 23, 1989

Rock and roll ruins young minds...especially when the aliens are involved. Loner Kincaid and newly-adolescent Debi experience growing pains while the team tries to deal with a new, dangerous kind of music.

EP5 Breeding Ground Oct 30, 1989

While at the hospital looking for some hard-to-find medicine, Harrison comes across gruesome evidence that the aliens are experimenting on humans. Meanwhile, Malzor and Mana try to find a way to increase their Morthren numbers here on Earth.

EP6 Seft of Emun Nov 06, 1989

When the Morthren run low on power, they are forced to bring Seft, the High Priestess of Emun, out of stasis. While Seft is searching for the materials she will need to create power crystals for her captors she meets Harrison. Will the link forged between them be enough to save Seft and her son, or is she doomed to forever serve the evil Morthren?

EP7 Loving the Alien Nov 13, 1989

Suzanne helps her friend Marcus search for his missing daughter, unaware that the girl has been captured by the aliens. Meanwhile, Debi runs away in search of someone who understands her. She finds that person in a pale, strange boy named Ceeto.

EP8 Night Moves Nov 20, 1989

The harsh life in the city, coupled with a food shortage, lead Suzanne to take Debi out to the country to live with Suzanne's estranged mother. The aliens are also having food shortages, however, and have their own plans for the family homestead.

EP9 Synthetic Love Jan 15, 1990

Kincaid runs into an old friend named Johnny, only to discover that his friend is dangerously addicted to drugs. Kincaid takes him to one of the well-known Laporte Rehabilitation Centers, which has just started using a new miracle drug called Krebulax. But something strange is going on at the clinic, and there's something even stranger about the man supplying the drug...a Mister Malcolm.

EP10 The Defector Jan 22, 1990

When an attempt to hack into the humans' computers goes awry, a Morthren technician (Kemo) is scarred both physically and mentally by the experience. Facing execution, he flees and takes over the identity of the human hacker he killed.

EP11 Time to Reap Jan 29, 1990

The Eternal instructs Malzor on how he can go back in time to 1953 in the aftermath of the failed invasion to ensure victory by inoculating his brethren from Earth's bacteria in order to change the course of history in the favour of the Morthren race. However, Blackwood and Kincaid have followed him through the same time tunnel to stop him from succeeding in giving the aliens a huge advantage in their conquest.

EP12 The Pied Piper Feb 05, 1990

The first-born Morthren on Earth is now grown to the age of a nine-year-old. The aliens use both his need for emotional comfort and their need for gentic information in one play as they leave him at the Crecne Experimental School where he will bring back files for the Morthren's use.

EP13 The Deadliest Disease Feb 12, 1990

Warring factions (including the Blackwood team and the Morthren) fight over a med cell that could save countless lives--including that of a dying Mana.

EP14 Path of Lies Feb 19, 1990

While Ardix bargins with a dying millionare's life for access to a communication's satellite, the aliens are trying to kill nosey reporter Marc Traynor. During an assassination attempt, the reporter snaps images of dead alien bodies. To make matters worse, Kincaid and Blackwood are seen killing them. If published, their identities will be revealed and easier for the aliens.

EP15 Candle in the Night Apr 09, 1990

While the aliens try to recover a malfunctioning surveillance device, the team plots a surprise birthday party for Debi.

EP16 Video Messiah Apr 16, 1990

The aliens use subliminal messages and a clone of a popular motivational speaker to control the minds of the rich and powerful. Kincaid and the rest of the team get involed when an old friend of Kincaid's is drawn into the lethal scheme.

EP17 Totally Real Apr 23, 1990

Debi is forced to fight an alien warrior in a duel to the death.

EP18 Max Apr 30, 1990

A year after his brother's death, Kincaid discovers that the aliens have brought Max back to life to kill him.

EP19 The True Believer May 07, 1990

In desperate straits, the aliens gain a piece of valuable information: the identities of Harrison, Suzanne, and Kincaid. Soon the team has been accused of bank robbery and murder, and Malzor has taken over the police investigation.

EP20 The Obelisk May 14, 1990

Continuing Morthren losses force a maddened Malzor to take a drastic step: the release of a spore which will cause the death of every native organism on Earth.
6.5| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.

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Reviews

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
alex_i-0 First of all. Season 1: 10/10 Season 2: 1/10This must be the creepiest sci-fi horror show/movie ever. I was 10 years old when I first saw it. Now, 21 years later, I still have nightmares.The reason may be the complete lack of human emotions within the aliens. No empathy whatsoever for human life. The aliens are portrayed as total different from us - not "almost human/American" like in other sci-fi shows. These ones cannot be reasoned with. You cannot negotiate with them.Three episodes moved me deeply. 1.Quinn. "no Harrison...you are the alien". 2.The abducted woman. The end scene when Harrison just being to late to rescue her. It gave me an incredible parallel with my own life. Being to late to save the most loved one person in my life. 3.The strong drug. The scene with humans collecting drugs from the floor. Acting as animals.The only flaw with the show is its low budget. Imagine what it could have been with a modern show's budget.And one more thing. WOW is no predecessor to "X-files". X-files is a cheesy, unrealistic show with vampires, werewolves, and baseball-loving aliens. YES! Baseball-loving aliens. Give me a break...WOW is the real deal. With real human emotions. With real characters. With a real nightmare-plot. Great job! GREAT!
marshallk28 an atomic-powered gothically sexy female android from the planet qar-to arrives on earth systematically traveling through five cities blasting the hell out of the evil mor-taxan aliens who are hiding in radiated host human bodies with atomic bullets and, each time demanding to know where is the advocacy the evil triad alien leaders. the human team led by dr. blackwood are baffled by the sudden mass-extermination of the evil aliens just as well as the evil advocacy alien leaders.one of the human team members col.ironhorse is kidnapped by the sexy hispanic-Mexican female android she mind-rapes him of his knowledge and befriends him when she finds that he and his motives are a shared common goal to kill the evil parasitic alien leaders and their kind before they spread.dr. blackwood and, his crew along with the colonel are happy as hell to have katara helping them.the advocacy organizes an ambush to kill katara and the blackwood team.and blackwood and his crew are mortally wounded and katara is shot by a circuit disabler rifle by grunt aliens she heals herself as well as the blackwood crew and, said she will return with reinforcements
MovieCriticMarvelfan I am impressed with some of the reviews on the series, "War of the Worlds The Second Invasion" was a great and modest series based on the HG Wells novel and the movie in 1950's. Its sad to see that its taken about sixteen years or so for people to catch on to the fact that this was a great series, but in retrospect, it shows how of our culture is of here unable to appreciate a good thing until it's good.The series ran for 42 episodes, and it premiered with a 2 hr movie, which gained some success and it gained popularity as the series went out. The series had some interesting plot lines and twist.For instance, episode six which I saw again called "An Eye for an Eye" uses the clever story tbat the fake broadcast by Orson Welles on Martian Invasion was NOT a fake but FACT and the government covered it up in 1938. Interesting and that sums up the whole show interesting and entertaining. We at first just get a short look at the Aliens, through a 3d like view like in Terminator movies. We then in several shots see the full alien body, more than the original movie in the 50s. Creator Greg Strangis who is listed in the opening theme of each episode, deserves a lot of credit for bringing this series to light. He gave us a continuation of the movie and gave us an intriguing array of episodes, thoughts and dilemmas to ponder There is also a strong resemblance between Dr. Harrington and Fox Mulder (X Files). I mean the comparison is uncanny. At first no one believes Harrington's story that Aliens have come back to life, likewise everyone thought Fox Mulder was crazy with his UFO and paranormal research.. Harrington's parents were killed by Aliens. Fox Mulder's sister was abducted by aliens. Interesting parallels eh? Chris Carter who created the Xfiles probably in some part borrowed the ideas for that show from here.The series does also take its jab at the military and how they always cover up alien happenings. In fact the aliens use this to their advantage like in episode 7 "Second Seal" where theyuses as hosts the bodies of Army personel to attack a base and gather weapons. There is also an ode to the original movie as the original Martian Spaceships are used commonly in the series.The acting is great too. Jared Martin as Dr. Harrison Blackwood, who is one of the first to discover the alien invasion is great. At first he is portrayed as a science nerd, but as time goes on, he can really kick butt. The writers in the second season made him more darker given him a beard, and darker look. Lynda Mason Green as Suzanne McCullough is great too as is Richard Chavez as Lt. Ironhorse. The first season is great though we do see a lot of "recycled footage" to essence save money on episodes, but oh well, its still a great series to watch, and for all you Highlander fans, will appreciate the appearance of Adrian Paul in the second and final half of the season.The series has not been released officially on DVD, although people have been selling DVR copies converted from VHS, however, a word to the wise, sometimes these transfers are of low quality and I wouldn't fork over the 50 or 80 dollars some people ask.
mistermime The first season of War of the Worlds was groundbreaking and refreshingly innovative. In many ways, it was the predecessor of shows like "The X-Files". The first season was very much like a game of chess between the Blackwood Project and the aliens- led the triumvirate Advocacy (featuring the underrated actress, Ilse Von Glatz- who was chilling as an Advocate). Towards the end of the season, there was a mythology carefully being built with the introductions of new characters such as the renegade alien/human hybrid- Quinn and the Qar'To Synth, Katara. Also, the show was blessed with creative writing, excellent direction- and casting Ann Robinson as Sylvia Van Buren was a nice coup for the producers.However, Paramount had plans to assassinate the show and installed Frank Mancuso Jr. as the new executive producer. He obliterated the first season storyline, continuity, most of the characters and killed the show in the process. But to many fans, the only real season of WOTW was 1988-1989.