Martian Invasion of Surrey Ch 4: The Destruction of Weybridge & Shepperton

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  • @MattVF
    @MattVF 2 роки тому +253

    Absolutely superb! You’ve done what the BBC with all its millions couldn’t do!

    • @kevinmccullen1
      @kevinmccullen1  2 роки тому +43

      You are too kind - glad you enjoyed it.

    • @axjagfilms
      @axjagfilms 2 роки тому +15

      Fax

    • @richardgregory3684
      @richardgregory3684 Рік тому +24

      Oh lord, yes, that dreadful version that shunted it to the Edwardian period for no reason whatever and then beat everyone around the head repeatedly with the woke-bat by droning on endlessly about colonialism (no, make that _British_ colonialism, the only really bad kind) and screwing with the ending by having the Red Weed take over (whereas in fact it dies early on with a canker, thus foreshadowing the fate of the Martians themselves).

    • @MattVF
      @MattVF Рік тому +11

      @@richardgregory3684 yep. No amount is of glitter could disguise that turd. It was awful.

    • @clayunderearth1884
      @clayunderearth1884 Рік тому +3

      Wait can somebody please explain what BBC did? Did they pretended there was a Martian invasion or something?

  • @olivercook4950
    @olivercook4950 Рік тому +33

    As a lifelong HG Wells fan, I think you've done better than the BBC on this one. Great work, can't wait for more.

    • @jonkyrie4214
      @jonkyrie4214 Рік тому

      Ohiofffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

  • @gmhs2
    @gmhs2 2 роки тому +153

    I love this series, the Correa tripods are really underrated.

  • @axjagfilms
    @axjagfilms 2 роки тому +25

    YAAAY HE POSTED!!!
    Well done sir! Fantastic! Absolutely phenomenal!

  • @Schokolita
    @Schokolita 2 роки тому +7

    The legend graced us yet again

  • @pschroeter1
    @pschroeter1 Рік тому +8

    I watched all four episodes in a row and I can't wait for you to finish the story and gather them all in one video. I'm amused how much the retro-charm of the Correa tripods have really grown on me. When I first saw them in illustrations I was amused he basically wanted to give the tripods eyes and a hat.

  • @georgehopkins2069
    @georgehopkins2069 Рік тому +17

    This! This is exactly how Wells described it. The animation is wonderful, and it exactly matches Henrique Alvim Correa's illustrations from the 1906 French version.
    I have waited for a production exactly like this since I first read The War of the Worlds in junior high school in 1968. Thank you so much! May you find success in all your endeavors!

    • @jarniwoop
      @jarniwoop Рік тому +3

      Right! These Martians do look like the illustrations in the old books.

    • @strafrag1
      @strafrag1 Рік тому

      @@jarniwoop Yes, and I love the "Chinese" hats. Cheers.

  • @kennyhagan5781
    @kennyhagan5781 Рік тому +7

    I believe that this is the first time that I have seen this done right.
    Five gold stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @ichmalealsobinich
    @ichmalealsobinich Рік тому +9

    For the first minutes I believed that it was an early 1910s movie. Before I took a longer look at the actors. Just an excellent CAD visualization. This is art!

  • @geraldadams6423
    @geraldadams6423 Рік тому +29

    Of all of the WoW movies that I have ever seen, this is the closest to perfection in its production as well as being closest to the both the word and spirit of the book. Bravo! Magnificent!

    • @makeitsonumberone1358
      @makeitsonumberone1358 Рік тому

      I do like the album though, Jeff Wayne has been promising us a film for the last 30 years lol

  • @maquinadeobservar
    @maquinadeobservar Рік тому +4

    Bro the visual effects are so amazing, seem so real. Ultra nice work!

  • @Tinyredfella
    @Tinyredfella 7 місяців тому +6

    If you think about it the last scene makes it look like the tripods really do care about eachother and thats the reason why the even started attacking

  • @av8bharrier2modified76
    @av8bharrier2modified76 2 роки тому +8

    The wait was worth it

  • @EddieLawless-vn9ys
    @EddieLawless-vn9ys Рік тому +5

    Just watched this in a completely spaced out state for reasons I won't go into, and I'm not lying when I say it blew my mind! Intensely awesome work of creativity!

  • @nikitaborisov330
    @nikitaborisov330 8 місяців тому +15

    The video:scary
    That music at background:fun :D

  • @SkipSpotter
    @SkipSpotter Рік тому +7

    *_Only just realized that you have other chapters shared on your UA-cam channel. Am going to watch the rest of them_*
    Ultra-Professional work. Great to see you have stayed loyal to the original designs and concepts found in the early years. Yours being different, yet very realistic and quite scary, seeing those heat rays at work. Hope you expand this and are able to share it. 10/10

  • @adrianrobinson2749
    @adrianrobinson2749 Рік тому +14

    Wow, maybe War Of the Worlds is where 'Wow' came from, but
    this production brings back most of the places I went to as a kid, and I have always admired H.G.Wells works, and the fact that he wrote this story while staying at The Maybury Inn for some months.
    I would go to the Saturday morning children's film program at the Odeon, which would cost us a silver thruppence to get in.
    On the way from Byfleet on the 426 or 437 bus, I would pass the Maybury Inn, and go down under the train track bridge, turn left on Oriental Road, which is probably not called that any more, I am guessing.
    I would get on my bike or walk to Pyrford, Wisley, Oxshott, Wisley Lake, Cobham, Addlestone, and Weybridge, along the Wey Navigation canal, and other nearby towns, from Byfleet, and had so much fun in those days.
    I remember most of the buildings in the 4 chapters so far, and they bring back very pleasant memories to me, I am now living in Idaho U.S.A. where the weather is similar to Byfleet, but so glad I was born in Woking, and grew up in Byfleet. I was so lucky, and thank God for everything.
    Adrian Robinson. This film maker is a Genius, in my mind.

    • @kevinmccullen1
      @kevinmccullen1  Рік тому +6

      I am so glad that you are enjoying my project. I live near to Woking and have known the area for nearly 40 years. The Wey navigation and the Basingstoke canal are favourite places. Oriental Road is still there, as is the little church which I blew up in Chapter 1. Woking is changing dramatically at present, the town centre a mass of sky-scrapers. About time the Martians came back......!

  • @mikebrooks5034
    @mikebrooks5034 2 роки тому +7

    Absolutely amazing! Thanks for such a faithfully told, yet mesmerising series. HGW would have been very proud of such a respectful production.

  • @Yustillhere
    @Yustillhere 2 роки тому +5

    YES it's FINALLY HERE
    Pls don’t make us wait so long, everyday for the past 7 months I’ve checked this Chanel waiting for this

    • @kevinmccullen1
      @kevinmccullen1  2 роки тому +9

      Thank you for your interest and kind comments. Unfortunately, this type of animation takes a long time to do and there is only me!!!!

    • @Yustillhere
      @Yustillhere 2 роки тому +2

      @@kevinmccullen1 I understand, it wasn’t even me who typed this tbh it was my little cousin who I watch these with and he does check your Chanel everyday waiting for new vids anyways, these are amazing especially that you’re doing this type of stuff on your own and thank you for taking time to reply to my/my little cousins comment.

    • @60-SecondsSikhi
      @60-SecondsSikhi Рік тому

      @@kevinmccullen1 I wanna say how much i love these videos and the amount if effort and dedication you put in, I can’t wait to see more from your talented self

    • @achilleswiley
      @achilleswiley 5 місяців тому

      ⁠I want to see the flying machine

  • @reddalek555
    @reddalek555 2 роки тому +27

    As always a work of art!
    Amazing. All this destruction simulations would have been a nightmare to render.
    Keenly awaiting the next chapter 👍

    • @pkmovies92
      @pkmovies92 2 роки тому +2

      Hello there!

    • @reddalek555
      @reddalek555 2 роки тому +2

      @@pkmovies92 Hello there fine sir. A pleasure to cross paths again.

    • @CoolRanchPropaganda
      @CoolRanchPropaganda Рік тому +2

      @@pkmovies92 general kenobi you are a bold one.

  • @timjerrom7173
    @timjerrom7173 2 роки тому +3

    WoW this is much better than the BBC's one.

  • @themissapproject
    @themissapproject Рік тому +3

    Absolutely brilliant,well done and true to the original story. Much better than the films so far.can’t wait for the next instalment,and thank you.

  • @iskaras233
    @iskaras233 Рік тому +2

    Very good achievement. It's great that you take the original concept of tripods and illustrations from the book 👍

  • @Justin-ox7wc
    @Justin-ox7wc Рік тому +2

    I sincerely hope you continue making more for this series! It's splendid!

  • @Datan0de
    @Datan0de Рік тому +3

    Just discovered this series, and very much enjoying it! Glad to see that it's not an abandoned project. Looking forward to the next installment! Ulla!

  • @KillenOlsson
    @KillenOlsson 2 роки тому +22

    Always great to see more of this project! It's really refreshing to see a fan adaptation that does its own thing instead of just copying one of the films or following the book word for word.

    • @levthemapperxd
      @levthemapperxd Рік тому +1

      The thing is, it’s following the book 99% of the time

    • @KillenOlsson
      @KillenOlsson Рік тому +4

      @@levthemapperxd Hard disagree on that. While it is very close to the novel, there is a distinct shift in which scenes are given priority and how things are ordered. "Doing its own thing" goes deeper than the plot beats. There are creative choices here that are separate from the source material, which is what I was getting at with this comment (trying to, at least).

  • @NERailwayRambler
    @NERailwayRambler 2 роки тому +20

    This is incredibly well animated. Nicely done!

  • @trevorday7923
    @trevorday7923 Рік тому

    Gorgeous work here, and extra kudos for staying so faithful to the original book. You did a better job in these little ten minute scenes than the BBC did in several hours. Looking forward to seeing HMS Thunderchild being rendered in all her heroic glory!

  • @matthewhopson964
    @matthewhopson964 Рік тому +1

    Utterly Fantastical. I love what you have done and am eagerly awaiting the next instalment!

  • @tomflynn2912
    @tomflynn2912 Рік тому +1

    Hit! Score one for the humans! This episode is incredible! You are doing such an awesome job! Thank you!

  • @robertwkalkman9603
    @robertwkalkman9603 Рік тому +4

    I'm one who is very, very fond of the novel and mostly pretty unimpressed with the various screen adaptations. So, for me, this is quite a great find! You've done a nice job here.
    So it's time for me to go back to chapter one and work up to this point.
    I have no doubt I'll enjoy it.

  • @martintremethick8370
    @martintremethick8370 Рік тому +2

    Just discovered these. At last a version done set in the right place at the right time and as true to the book as possible. You can’t beat the original story. Very well done.

  • @ReiverBlue1971
    @ReiverBlue1971 Рік тому +4

    Ooh, some seriously nicely done composites (loved the train and station) and it's great you've chosen the older, illustrated Fighting Machines too! Off to start from the beginning ;)

    • @badgers1975
      @badgers1975 Рік тому +2

      Although they look like the drawings that the journalist refers to as looking to mechanical and not organic in the popular pamphlet after the war

    • @ReiverBlue1971
      @ReiverBlue1971 Рік тому

      @@badgers1975 Well there was always the concept of Martians never developing the wheel so the joints would have to be very much like a biological one (ball and socket etc with cartilage to reduce friction etc). My design follows this and the rest of the description from the books

  • @davidmccann9811
    @davidmccann9811 2 роки тому +6

    Fantastic work as always. Love the detail and the way the people turn into skeletons when hit by the heat ray. 👍👋👋

  • @abulomania
    @abulomania 9 місяців тому +4

    4:13 what's that song name?

  • @John-Deere-Fan-1837
    @John-Deere-Fan-1837 7 місяців тому +29

    Average earth bacteria:

    • @sixthatom7786
      @sixthatom7786 6 місяців тому +1

      The average earth bacteria could literally win, fighting the tripods

    • @Thundertoadeagle123
      @Thundertoadeagle123 5 місяців тому

      @@sixthatom7786the martians not pods

    • @sixthatom7786
      @sixthatom7786 5 місяців тому

      @@Thundertoadeagle123 what

    • @sixthatom7786
      @sixthatom7786 5 місяців тому

      @@Thundertoadeagle123 they are in tripods or fighting machines

    • @Thundertoadeagle123
      @Thundertoadeagle123 5 місяців тому

      @@sixthatom7786 exactly the tripods don't move on their own there's martians in there

  • @matthaxx7137
    @matthaxx7137 Рік тому

    Outstanding! Whenever I'm in this part of Surrey I stop and imagine " the martians went this way.." and this is the realisation of those musings, Best animation of the tripods I have seen.

  • @gamerpaulakatheDoomSlayer
    @gamerpaulakatheDoomSlayer Рік тому +3

    GIVE US THE NAMES OF THESE SONGS (I ALREADY KNOW FUN I A BOTTLE
    BUT I WANT THIS ONE: 2:35)

  • @mekano08
    @mekano08 Рік тому +1

    Excellent work! Bravo! I hope you'll continue this series. 👍

  • @userador
    @userador Рік тому

    Superb! You did a great job bringing those Correa illustrations to life.

  • @NathanTarantlawriter
    @NathanTarantlawriter Рік тому +1

    Am I bad to laugh at some of the bodies flying? It's great! Gruesome and darkly hilarious at the same time. Gruelarious!

  • @Lab4Official
    @Lab4Official Рік тому +1

    This is brilliant, blows the BBC effort away.

  • @tommyenglish5104
    @tommyenglish5104 2 роки тому +1

    I've been so looking forward to this episode. Another master piece as usual. Shame the episodes are months apart but well worth the wait haha

  • @lieutenantnomad9198
    @lieutenantnomad9198 2 роки тому +3

    YES you've returned!!!!!

  • @andrewwhitworth7754
    @andrewwhitworth7754 11 місяців тому

    This is just fantastic! I am a massive war of the worlds fan and i have just purchased a model of the Correa tripod and was looking through UA-cam for inspiration to make a diarama and found these videos!! Perfect, please keep them coming 🙂

  • @SunChipLover4
    @SunChipLover4 6 місяців тому

    this is really cool! I've been interested in this type of stuff for a while now. Good job!

  • @satanofficial3902
    @satanofficial3902 Рік тому +4

    "ACK. Ack ack ack. Ack ack. Aaaack ack ack. Ack ACK."
    ---Old Martian Proverb

  • @Dave-er2pn
    @Dave-er2pn Рік тому +2

    Exactly as i pictured the carnage in my minds eye, when i first read the book as a young boy, over fifty years ago.

  • @sialmeckerjr
    @sialmeckerjr 3 місяці тому

    The water effects and the smoke and fire during the ThunderChild scene are amazing

  • @nickk6518
    @nickk6518 Рік тому +9

    As a 'local,' I am happy to report that the monument on Monument Green in Weybridge was later restored and still stands today. I was looking at it the other day whilst having a free coffee in Waitrose.
    Fun fact: The author E. M. Forster once lived for a while in a house on Monument Green and Weybridge Station hasn't changed much since the arrival of the Martians!!

    • @ian_b
      @ian_b Рік тому +1

      I would have thought that that must have been a municipal priority after the end of the invasion. Civic pride and all that.

  • @goldenmanstudios
    @goldenmanstudios 2 роки тому +2

    So happy to see it out

  • @warmachine9018
    @warmachine9018 2 роки тому

    YES FINALLY IVE BEEN WAITING FOR DAYS SUCH A MASTER PIECE!

  • @Harvey_Pekar
    @Harvey_Pekar Рік тому

    Incredible job, bro!
    Can't wait for the next chapter!

  • @princerupert6161
    @princerupert6161 2 роки тому +2

    A brilliant piece of work. 👍

  • @dalek14mc
    @dalek14mc 11 місяців тому

    6:51 I absolutely love how you made it look just like the Correa illustration!

  • @monsignorerasmus.6441
    @monsignorerasmus.6441 Рік тому

    You can understand how frightening this story could be and how a novel scenario like this can delight and thrill people. This is cool interpretation.

  • @edwilliams9914
    @edwilliams9914 Рік тому

    Wonderful job! Of course I've subscribed and can't wait for the rest. Keep it up! But do take your time and keep the rest as superb as these 4 chapters have been -- we'll wait and it'll be worth it!

  • @bonesf200
    @bonesf200 Рік тому

    These are fookin amazing!!! Absolutely brilliant! 👌👌👌👌

  • @ZombieGrandpa
    @ZombieGrandpa 2 роки тому +2

    Well done friend- please do continue!

  • @goofiusmeme
    @goofiusmeme Рік тому +2

    What is the music from 9:48

  • @robertbray2012
    @robertbray2012 Рік тому

    Brilliant stuff. I'm really enjoying these and it's lovely to see something that is so close to the source material (still one of the eeriest and scary novels i've read). I can't wait for ep 5!
    I take it the next one will concentrate on his brother and the flight out of London/Black Smoke

  • @mrbrightlightness
    @mrbrightlightness 7 місяців тому +7

    0:51 WTH ARE YOU DOING THOMAS!?

  • @J--cp9gi
    @J--cp9gi Рік тому +2

    what is this music 9:35

  • @M_di4-ah
    @M_di4-ah 7 місяців тому +6

    Its funny how some people are running for their life at like 0.1 mph while others are just walking

    • @Thundertoadeagle123
      @Thundertoadeagle123 6 місяців тому +1

      There not scared of me?

    • @M_di4-ah
      @M_di4-ah 6 місяців тому

      @@Thundertoadeagle123 i think they are but they're legs are broken

  • @MeeKai_el
    @MeeKai_el 5 місяців тому +1

    At 7:34 when the to tripods were destroying the town the one in the right was in the moment meanwhile the one on the right was just doing his job

  • @MrLonesomecrow
    @MrLonesomecrow Рік тому +1

    Very well done, excellent work.

  • @MEQMALA_BACKUP2YT
    @MEQMALA_BACKUP2YT Рік тому +1

    4:18 Mission Successful! You hit Puberty.

  • @aletron4750
    @aletron4750 Рік тому +1

    Really well made, good job!

  • @FlankerF23
    @FlankerF23 Рік тому +6

    Trabalho fantástico, eu terminei de ler o livro há 2 dias atrás, e acho curioso como os Tripods ilustrados por Corrêa parecem chapéus gigantes.

    • @lamps4044
      @lamps4044 7 місяців тому +1

      Hey mano, acabei conhecendo o trabalho de Correa pelo youtube e acabei comprando o livro por causa disso, muito top os designs

  • @bsharp3281
    @bsharp3281 Рік тому

    I love what you're doing! Such a fun escape! Thanks!

  • @roydelacruz8139
    @roydelacruz8139 29 днів тому +2

    6:50, this one looks familiar...

  • @RyanEspectro18
    @RyanEspectro18 4 місяці тому

    4:16 "Bloooom"! Muy buena esa parte, me encanta esta adaptación!!!! Es genial!!!

  • @AhmedAomar-x9t
    @AhmedAomar-x9t Рік тому +1

    6:50 Herbert George Wells moment.

  • @nitricoxide5899
    @nitricoxide5899 2 роки тому +2

    Took you a spell longer, but well worth the wait.
    Brilliant as always.

  • @paulbalogh4582
    @paulbalogh4582 Рік тому +1

    Pure brilliance.

  • @montylc2001
    @montylc2001 Рік тому +1

    All of these are EXCELLENT!! BRAVO!! When is the next chapter?

  • @FIYSH-uq1pn
    @FIYSH-uq1pn Рік тому +1

    That tripod is my favourite

  • @chuckbrown2765
    @chuckbrown2765 Рік тому

    Well done!! 6.83K subscribers should be 683K. Keep going, you will get there.

  • @thriddoctor
    @thriddoctor Рік тому +4

    I hope you adapt the whole book. The Thunderchild battle would be epic.

    • @williamkoppos7039
      @williamkoppos7039 Рік тому

      THAT'S what I'm looking for. This guy's take on it will be spectacular I bet.

  • @Bracken1765
    @Bracken1765 7 місяців тому +3

    6:50 does this look familiar?

  • @RodTheCod5
    @RodTheCod5 7 місяців тому +2

    Man this looks so realistic

  • @mariapapadogianniratinggam3778
    @mariapapadogianniratinggam3778 2 роки тому +4

    Part 4 is here my fellow Martians.

  • @richardgregory3684
    @richardgregory3684 Рік тому

    This is absolutely wonderful stuff, I love the use of the Corrêa Martians (from the 1906 edition, by the way, so not quite the very earliest images of the Martians)

  • @stuartpeacock8257
    @stuartpeacock8257 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely incredible

  • @dr_m_93
    @dr_m_93 10 місяців тому

    Wow. I just stumbled upon this gem and I love it!

  • @Laguito7517
    @Laguito7517 2 роки тому +2

    Henrique Alvim Correa, o Pintor Brasileiro (Naturalizado Belga) criador das primeiras ilustrações artísticas dos Tripods... Simplesmente Incrível !!!
    English = Henrique Alvim Correa, the Brazilian Painter (Belgian Natural) creator of the first artistic illustrations of the Tripods... Simply Incredible !!!

  • @strafrag1
    @strafrag1 Рік тому

    Absolutely brilliant, superb! Bravo to you.

  • @cerberus6654
    @cerberus6654 Рік тому

    Absutely brilliant in a weird, retro way.

  • @nininikUGXrealmsminetest27
    @nininikUGXrealmsminetest27 9 місяців тому

    as a person who finished this book recently, this is epic.

  • @williamconnors1510
    @williamconnors1510 Рік тому

    Can't wait for the next part! This is just delightful...in a horrible sort of way...

  • @funkydozer
    @funkydozer Рік тому

    I like that this follows the book, and isn’t a vague interpretation like every other adaptation has been. However, even this version hasn’t managed to get the movement of the tripods right, even though their motion is described simply and concisely by Wells in just one sentence: “a milking stool, tilted and bowled violently along the ground”. There is also reference to striding with articulated legs with joints at the knees in the book, so presumably Wells imagined they had separate ‘walk’ and ‘run’ movements, much as every animal does.

    • @kevinmccullen1
      @kevinmccullen1  Рік тому +1

      The way tripods move has always been the source of debate. Wells' description of a "milking stool" I think is because the tripods were being viewed via lightning flashes, ie a strobe like effect with only a brief glimpse every second or so. That would certainly give the effect as he described it. As you say, he described articulated legs, as was taken up by Correa's illustrations. A walking tripod as I have tried to animate based upon these illustrations with "hip" and "knee" joints, would be difficult to visualise any differently. Since at each stage of the walk cycle the tripod only has two "feet" on the ground, the centre of gravity has to shift, giving a rolling motion. A run cycle may be possible but the tripod would have to leave the ground or at the very least always have one foot in contact. The huge size would make their walk pretty fast anyway. "Striding" suggests walking - I cannot find a reference to running.

  • @jessiee7620
    @jessiee7620 7 місяців тому +4

    credits to the cameraman for time traveling

  • @joshbates3147
    @joshbates3147 7 місяців тому

    Dude, I would be so embarrassed to be losing to those tripods

  • @sirenhead666wo
    @sirenhead666wo 6 місяців тому +1

    i love these tripods

  • @chriskelly6574
    @chriskelly6574 Рік тому

    Hay, this looks real slick man. I have been building sets and models for a bunch of 'Buck Rogers a'la 1930's adventure stories I have writing. I do not think either one of us has the easy job but, you can definitely do some things I just can't with models and small sound stages but...I do actualy get to blow stuff up in the garage...nope, not married...any more. Good luck man, looks great.
    P.S. I'm a cinema-snob and love old black and white movies. I typically snub lousy looking retro ticky-tacky but you, well I am intrigued; second time round now. My second favorite thing about your short film is the complete and total lack of Tom Cruse.

  • @cindydott452
    @cindydott452 Рік тому

    OMG! That was astounding!
    Subscribed, liked, and hit that Bell 🔔

  • @paulgalvinauthor
    @paulgalvinauthor Рік тому +1

    Outstanding

  • @nealspill9177
    @nealspill9177 Рік тому

    Absolutely phenomenal job thank you!!!!

  • @RMSTitanic362
    @RMSTitanic362 Рік тому +1

    Also Can You Make Video About The Great Martian War 1913 - 1917
    After Done Making Videos About The Martian Invasion Of Surrey
    And Can You Do That Pls After The Martian Invasion Of Surrey Finished?

  • @michaeldeierhoi4096
    @michaeldeierhoi4096 Рік тому +1

    Very well done indeed.