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The horrible ending explanation by Morgan Freeman

posted 9 years ago by fp_ff_fp
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I actually liked The War of the Worlds when I first saw it. An overwhelming alien invasion force, no chance for humanity except they succumb to our viruses and bacteria that we've evolved to now tolerate without much issue for the most part.

BUT - at the end Morgan Freeman explains that this is because "in his infinite wisdom, god decided to put those organisms on Earth" to protect us. Which is complete bs, baloney.

Besides making god a very vile person for allowing the deaths of a billion! it doesn't explain why god is just the god of earth? What about the martians? Surely, this same god protects them too?

Or maybe there is no god in reality and Morgan Freeman's explanation is utter bs, balderdash.

That ruined the movie for me - the lame ending plus the son showing up at the end which made very little sense.

[–] Ite 9 years ago

Sure troll sure.

[–] fp_ff_fp 9 years ago

Do you even know the meaning of the word troll?

People like you are the problem - apparently no one else can have an opposing opinion without being called trolls or things like that.

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[–] Ite 8 years ago

Keep crying troll.

[–] Jonstoni 8 years ago

Well what kind of an argument/reply can you expect from a religious person? :D They have no arguments.

Yo momma

[–] virgiltx 9 years ago

The germs-to-the-rescue ending, and the ending narration, were present in the 1953 version. It's also in the H. G. Wells novel.

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[–] fp_ff_fp 9 years ago

Yes, I know. I've seen the 1953 version and the explanation there was acceptable for the times. But in 2005 it seems anachronistic to say "god" "put" bacteria and viruses on Earth.

I'm referring to the theological views here. Freeman should've said that organisms which evolved on Earth built tolerance for each other whereas the Martians did not evolve to tolerate these foreign organism and hence succumbed and that would've made for a better explanation - simply removing the entire god angle.

[–] Razojackmw 8 years ago

Exactly my thoughts. The part about God triggered my atheistic ass like hell. Should have been replaced by "nature" or otherwise circumvented and left for audiences' interpretation based on whatever they believe in.

[–] granitodiaz 9 years ago

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT

[–] sweetpeajrt 9 years ago

But Morgan Freeman IS God.

[–] Jayroo 8 years ago

"Martians"? ROFLMAO! Are you retarded?

[–] baran_erik 8 years ago

Yes, Martians, you retard. Read the book. "Book One: The Coming Of The Martians". How does it feel to show the world that you're an ignorant fool?

[–] BrickNash 8 years ago

I let it off becasue it's a quote directly from the book which was written in a more religious time but I know what you mean, it's incredibly silly in the modern world.

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[–] winomaster 8 years ago

H.G. Wells according to Wikipedia was a pacifist. Speilberg was being true to the original book by putting a pacifist spin on it all. That is why we see that the military and anyone who acts against the aliens, suceeds only in making things worse. H.G. Wells plot device of having the aliens undone by bacteria...its there just to make pacifism a plausible philosophy. The message is when the conqueror comes, just run away and hide. And in time everything will work out. But its a curious message for someone of Speilbergs Jewish background. His people were being systematicly being exterminated by the invader. Does he really believe that the message of his film...that pacifism is the best way...is a great truth?

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

The ending has nothing to do with any pacifism. H.G. Wells was a science fiction writer and like all sci-fi writers, he wanted to end the book on an intellectual note using a scientific explanation. That's all there is to it. Please do not use Wikipedia as a reference for anything. It's junk information written by basement dwelling morons with a God complex. Many book editions for War of the Worlds came with introductions written by scholars that explain the book and H.G. Wells' philosophy. You are better off going to the library and picking up a book that has an intro like that than to read Wikipedia.