GatorFarmer
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I found this film somewhat randomly on Netflix. Apparently an animated co production of Malaysian and American companies, it made for an interesting find.
The backstory is that circa 1914, it has been 15 years since the Martians struck earth as portrayed by H.G. Wells in his seminal novel.
In the years following, humans have back engineered Martian technology in order to guard against any future invasions. Nikolai Tesla is portrayed as the science guy behind the inventions. Thus humans have rocket assisted bi planes, heat rays, flying airship battle carriers and mecha like walking tripod tanks.
Overseeing this force ultimately is Secretary of War (apparently permanent Secretary) Theodore Roosevelt. One of the bi plane pilots is a young Red Baron, btw.
Most of the story focuses on a young tripod mech tank captain and his crew as central characters, but TR features prominently.
Some of the dialogue is a bit stilted, but the action is well done. I could not help but think that Roosevelt portrayed as working a machine gun ala Burt Lancaster in "From Here to Eternity" to pot shot Maritans rather than Zeroes was an oddly fitting image. (TR was posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor for his Spanish American War combat exeriences in the 1990s.)
For a history buff, it is a rather interesting film.
A nice subtext is that in the United States as portrayed, the Statue of Liberty has been fit with a sword and apparently every citizen is in the militia and has various machine guns handy to defend themselves.
The backstory is that circa 1914, it has been 15 years since the Martians struck earth as portrayed by H.G. Wells in his seminal novel.
In the years following, humans have back engineered Martian technology in order to guard against any future invasions. Nikolai Tesla is portrayed as the science guy behind the inventions. Thus humans have rocket assisted bi planes, heat rays, flying airship battle carriers and mecha like walking tripod tanks.
Overseeing this force ultimately is Secretary of War (apparently permanent Secretary) Theodore Roosevelt. One of the bi plane pilots is a young Red Baron, btw.
Most of the story focuses on a young tripod mech tank captain and his crew as central characters, but TR features prominently.
Some of the dialogue is a bit stilted, but the action is well done. I could not help but think that Roosevelt portrayed as working a machine gun ala Burt Lancaster in "From Here to Eternity" to pot shot Maritans rather than Zeroes was an oddly fitting image. (TR was posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor for his Spanish American War combat exeriences in the 1990s.)
For a history buff, it is a rather interesting film.
A nice subtext is that in the United States as portrayed, the Statue of Liberty has been fit with a sword and apparently every citizen is in the militia and has various machine guns handy to defend themselves.
