At a crucial moment the male protagonist even brings the story to a grinding halt to deliver a delirious rant about how colonised people must have felt when British military might arrived with guns and canons. Fair enough.

As someone whose countries of origin suffered under British and American imperialism I know how that feels. But must we have it shoved down our throat with entertainment? Especially since #hgwells' novel is a #metaphor for precisely those ideas, going so far as to reference #australianaborigines.

The big difference is Wells doesn't get didactic about it; he allows the intelligent reader draw his/her own conclusions. But it seems the half asleep #woke crowd need to be hit over the head with the obvious so that they can congratulate themselves about their progressive values before wringing their hands with the kind of fake guilt only a white #politicallycorrect person can afford to indulge. The leads even drag a light coloured #black girl around for a time to show they're not racist. But they don't hesitate to feed her to the #martians when she becomes a plot inconvenience. Says a lot about #wokeracism in my view.

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Just the facts: Title: War of the Worlds (2019) Written by: Peter Harness & H.G.Wells (novel) Directed by: Craig Viveiros Music by: Russ Davies Running time: 48 mins x 3 Rating: The Players: Robert Carlyle, Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, Rupert Graves Official website: none IMDb entry For session times of current films, use the cinema listings on the Movie links page. For scheduled release dates, see the coming attractions section. For more information about this miniseries, check out the internet movie database. For the latest additions to Festivale, check out the change history section.