Hey folks, Harry here... I don't know about you, but I'm literally intoxicated by WAR OF THE WORLDS. Now, I've been this way most of my life. H.G. Wells, Orson Welles and George Pal are all patron saints due to their involvement in the WAR OF THE WORLDS mythology. I have the old Amazing Stories Pulps that featured those amazing war machines, I own George Pal's director's chair that he directed WAR OF THE WORLDS from... and just recently I picked up this original first LP edition of Welles' WAR OF THE WORLDS radio broadcast that panicked a nation autographed by Orson himself!

There's something so vitally immediate about the story of WAR OF THE WORLDS that perfectly suits it for adapting into any era. Watching the trailer campaign for Spielberg's version has been so much fun, but at the same time... utterly confusing. I am trying to figure out, just from the evidence we have... these trailers, interviews that folks involved have done, and little things that Quint remembered when I applied the hot irons to the soles of his feet. At no point in any of these trailers do we see any main character do anything, but care for their family and run. There's no, "Ok, what we have to do is explode the gas main under the war machine, throw it off balance then we can bring these buildings down atop it." No, there isn't any of that.

Somewhere along the way Spielberg said he wanted this to be the great American refugee film. It seems that what he has planned here is a survivors tale. The story of what it was like to live through the War of the Worlds. Steven has said he loves the immediacy of Welles' radio play, that 'You are there!' quality. This new Japanese trailer furthers that idea even further. When Cruise meets the Army - he's trying to talk them out of going in the direction of the invaders. This doesn't seem to be a hero's tale, but one of a father and his kids just trying to see another day. That's powerful stuff. This new trailer also shows a cylinder unscrewing. Goosebumps! Can not wait to see this sucker!

Check out the new Japanese trailer at DreamworksFansite.Com