I reckon the budget must have run out after the first two episodes. There is no more action, they are stuck in a couple of locations, and all that happens is that some people talk at each other.
It was so dark that you could barely make out what was happening (which must also have been convenient for the budget). And the Martians are... three-legged carnivorous spiders? Not exactly the cold, brilliant creatures you'd imagine building spaceships and giant tripods to invade Earth.
The metaphors of what empires do to those they invade, and the results of arrogance, are not so much hinted at or alluded to as beaten home with a hammer. Subtle, this wasn't. To be honest I quickly got so bored that I lost track of what was going on. Not much though, in fact it could have been summed up in a couple of sentences and scenes: "The Martians get sick and die. There are signs of hope for the future."
It was so dark that you could barely make out what was happening (which must also have been convenient for the budget). And the Martians are... three-legged carnivorous spiders? Not exactly the cold, brilliant creatures you'd imagine building spaceships and giant tripods to invade Earth.
The metaphors of what empires do to those they invade, and the results of arrogance, are not so much hinted at or alluded to as beaten home with a hammer. Subtle, this wasn't. To be honest I quickly got so bored that I lost track of what was going on. Not much though, in fact it could have been summed up in a couple of sentences and scenes: "The Martians get sick and die. There are signs of hope for the future."