Season 1 – The War of the Worlds

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J H. @sleepycatzzz May 25, 2026 It starts off pretty well, you like the characters and they are interesting. But once the martians begin their destruction, it's got the actors running, running, never having food or water with no explanation, no survival skills. Ask Eleanor Tomlinson a question, and she's mastered the empty stare. It gets worse when they split the timeline and move between the now and the future. Confusing, bad acting, hokey aliens, and an unacceptable deviation from the book when it comes to what defeated the aliens. Not fun. See more Daniel J @RT16886619 Aug 4, 2023 Not bad. Not great. Some here are confusing two different series that came out at the same time. This is the 3-episode series starring Eleanor Tomlinson ("Poldark"). The 24-episode, three season series starring Gabriel Byrne is not this series. See more Tim K @RT28440283 Oct 27, 2022 Totally worth a watch. See more david b @KingofBelAir Sep 12, 2022 Such a let down. The acting, script, dialog, and just about everything we're just awful. Visuals were good, and the cast could have been better used. The main characters were just u likable, and the delivery of the lines were just emotionless and nonsensical. See more May 4, 2022 !Spoilers! Now, this was quite the mixed bag since theres a lot i absolutely loved and some i found to be quite irritating. A lot of the really bad reviews i saw came from disappointment due to a seemingly badly adapted story but since i never read the book, that wasn't a factor for me. Now the first episode takes its time but once the tripod shows up and wrecks the village near the end of the episode i felt that. The second episode i absolutely adore. The atmosphere and tension is tight and the beach scene was just plain cool. As the episode ended i was more than excited for the third episode which starts of great with some super tension packed and scary scenes but then just grinds to a stop after Frederick dies. Now, this is where i was disappointed because they just kind of erase any tension and replace it with some kind of ponderous mood and rather (admittedly) good dramatic moments but it feels like there should've been more of the tension and action. Overall i really recommend this show, at least for those who aren't huge fans of the book since those people will probably disappointed. The acting, tension and most definitely the visuals are fantastic, but the end disappoints quite a bit. See more Glenn C @Fanfoot Mar 8, 2022 Its pretty bad. Mostly a soap opera on the things that happen between the human beings that are left--a child steals a picture from a man of his the family he lost, a man lies to his wife etc etc. There is very little action. A few scenes spread out over 8 episodes. Also the action itself isn't particularly exciting. The aliens soldiers are basically Boston Dynamics robot dogs, which for some reason can be killed somewhat easily with a machine gun. People shoot at them with no concern about bullets bouncing off or anything which seems odd. Anyway, just hate watching the rest of the season to see how it ends. Not recommended. See more Read all reviews

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