H.G. Wells' Things To Come (1936)

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H.G. Wells' Things To Come (1936)

Postby hagbard on Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:07 pm

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A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Nothing is being manufactured at all any more, and society has broken down into primitive localized communities. In 1966 a great plague wipes out most of what people are left, but small numbers still survive.

One day a strange aircraft lands at one of these communities and its pilot tells of an organisation which is rebuilding civilization and slowly moving across the world re-civilizing these groups of survivors. Great reconstruction takes place over the next few decades and society is once again great and strong. The world's population is now living in underground cities.

In the year 2035, on the eve of man's first flight to the moon, a popular uprising against progress (which some people claim has caused the wars of the past) gains support and becomes violent.

ed2k: Things.To.Come.(after.H.G..Wells.prophetic.novel.The.Shape.of.Things.to.Come).(1936).avi  [700.09 Mb] [Stats]

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Postby hagbard on Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:23 pm

Ups. Completely forgot about that one. It´s verified & can be moved.

As could be expected, it´s rather low quality, but I doubt, it could be much better (seeing it is from 1936) ...

AVI File Details
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Filesize.....: 700 MB (or 716,896 KB or 734,101,504 bytes)
Runtime......: 01:32:51 (133,577 fr)
Video Codec..: XviD
Video Bitrate: 919 kb/s
Audio Codec..: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 126 kb/s, monophonic VBR
Frame Size...: 416x320 (1.30:1) [=13:10]


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Postby mxyzptlk on Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:54 pm

read a lot bout this

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Postby spudthedestroyer on Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:57 pm

*Moved*

Thanks for verifying :beerchug:
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Postby Jynks on Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:56 pm

this is a tops flick
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Postby potmunky on Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:35 pm

This is the best film-version of a HG Wells story, imo.
Just realised how much 'SkyCaptain' successfully homaged this, and other scifi films, of the time! :D
Wonder how long before its remade... :(
Cheers hagbard!
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Postby mxyzptlk on Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:17 am

finally got to see it,I must say I'm very impressed.to make a film like that in that time...
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