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Paramount has
confirmed the War of the Worlds The
TV Series will be released on DVD. The
first season is available Now.
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They never left! The common
bacteria may have stopped the invading aliens in
1953, but it didn't kill them. Now, 35 years from
where the classic original film left off, the aliens
have been resurrected and are more terrifying than
before.
War
of the Worlds was syndicated for two seasons back
in 1988-89 and 1989-90. Jared Martin (who played
"Dusty Farlow" in Dallas) starred in both seasons
as Dr. Harrison Blackwood, and Highlander Adrian
Paul came on board as "John Kincaid" for the second
season. The show picked up right where the 1953
George Pal film left off, showing how the aliens
didn't actually die from the Earth-bound germs,
but instead went into a kind of hibernation,
and were revived 35 years later to try a more insidious
approach to conquering humanity!
The reason this release is arriving on that date,
along with a "Special Collector's Edition" of the
1953 film, is surely to tie in with the expected
(but not-yet-announced) DVD release of the new version
of the film, which stars Tom Cruise. We don't know
if that scheduling plan bodes well for fans eventually
getting the second season of the show later on,
because there won't be anything marketing-wise to
tie in a Season 2 release with. Most fans, though,
tend to lean toward enjoying the first season in
any case, which contained Richard Chave's standout
performance as "Lt. Col. Paul Ironhorse", along
with Phillip Akin's role as "Norton Drake". Out
of 42 episodes produced for the entire run of the
show, 22 of them come from the first year, with
lots of guest stars including Ann Robinson (reprising
her role as Sylvia Van Buren from the 1953 film!),
John Vernon, Michele Scarabelli, Jill Hennessy,
Patrick Macnee, John Colicos, and many others.
The Complete First Season
will feature twenty-two episodes on 6 disc set presented
in fullscreen and Dolby Digital Stereo. The box
set is due from Paramount Home Entertainment on
November 1st DVD's are $24.99 at
amazon.com
