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Harrison Blackwood
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Suzanne McCullough
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Norton Drake
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Colonel Paul Ironhorse
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Debi McCullough
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Malzor
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John Kincaid
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Mana
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At the end of the 1953 film "War of the World", earth is saved from alien invaders when they are apparently killed by common bacteria. However, what if the aliens weren't really dead? In "War of the Worlds" the aliens from the 1953 invasion are brought out of suspended animation when radiation kills the infecting bacteria. Now the aliens launch a genocidal war against an unsuspecting Earth, using their ability to take over human bodies to allow them to move freely. Dr. Harrison Blackwood teams up with microbiologist Suzanne McCullough, computer programmer Norton Drake, and army Lt. Colonel Paul Ironhorse to save the world from this alien menace. In the second season, Harrison and Suzanne are joined by mercenary John Kincaid, who help them fight in a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland against a second wave of invaders dedicated to the death of all life on earth. Written by L. Ross Raszewski <rraszews@skipjack.bluecrab.org>
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7 October 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Ironhorse: I don't call open sores and radiation sickness a perfect disguise. I mean it's not difficult to spot these people in a crowd.
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Originally, Paramount had conceived the series not as a sequel or for television, but as a film remake of the _The War of the Worlds (1953)_ with George A. Romero slated to direct. See more »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. See more »Quotes
Norton Drake: We're talking Night of the living Dead here folks. Not only do these guys get to pick our brains, they get to use our bodies as a perfect disguise.Ironhorse: I don't call open sores and radiation sickness a perfect disguise. I mean it's not difficult to spot these people in a crowd.
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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.