outtahr34

I just finished & think the problem is with the title and the marketing. Had this not been billed as War of the Worlds Reboot, the reception would have been more merciful. I found it thoughtful and well executed, despite some holes and wooden acting from one of my favorite actors- Gabriel Byrne. Once again, the ham-fisted "suits" upstairs have nearly trashed a good product to rake in more profits than they deserve. For newbies: pay NO attention to the stupid title & watch on its own terms.

My eyes were crossing by the third episode and I knew that there was no way to save this script. Self-indulgent acting by otherwise good actors, a script that dies quite soon after Hattie did and direction that pulled out every bit of scariness -- fish eye lenses, ultra closeups, trees waving mysteriously in the wind, scary music -- enough!! BBC is usually quite good about taking a spare three to five episodes and making for a satisfying story that would take most American series 26 episodes to complete. No more episodes would save this turkey. By the last episode, I wondered who killed the script, not who killed Hattie.