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Re: TWOTW's Special Collector's Edition DVD.

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In Reply to: Re: TWOTW's Special Collector's Edition DVD. posted by Jack G on January 3, 2006 at 11:06:43:

Yes, the wires were discussed by Dante,Burns and Warren in their
commentary, and in 'The Making of TWOTWs' featurette, I believe. The
wires not only held up the ships, but were attached to manipulate
electronics gear inside. The DVD does bring them out with clarity,
but I never noticed them on my first big screen viewing in 1953 at
age 5(understandable,I suppose) and over the years on my VHS copy, which has softer resolution.
Will have to play that VHS tape and see how discernable they are, now
that I'm aware of them. Only learned of them a while back via the
WOTWs discussion board at www.imdb.com. Have a friend, age 32, who watched my DVD
on a 51" screen recently for first time and he didn't notice them. Think, like me, he was
too mesmerized by those menacing craft to notice! ~AH

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Robinson Crusoe on Mars alien fighters - Fretless 13:13:46 01/05/06 (1)
Did you know that the alien fighter ships from the 1963/64 movie "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" were redressed WOTW "tripods?"

Wires clearly visible, but who cares! Pal's classic WOTW puts Spielberg's schlock remake to shame.
- Re: Robinson Crusoe on Mars alien fighters - AudioHead 13:44:18 01/05/06 (0)
  No I did not, thanks for info! According to 'The Making of TWOTWs'
  featurette, the 3 original copper tripods were eventually melted
  down. That featurette also showed a tripod made specifically for the
  later TV series. ~AH

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