The War of the Worlds: Next Century The War of the Worlds: Next Century The War of the Worlds: Next Century () is a 1981 Polish film by Piotr Szulkin which is inspired by the classical novel of H. G. Wells, "The War of the Worlds". It was immediately banned by the Polish government upon its release because it depicted political parallels with the political context of the country at that time. It only received its premiere on 20 February 1983. The film starts from the position close to the literary inspiration suggested in the title, but rather than developing it in the same manner as the
Flying machine (The War of the Worlds) the tripods described in the novel, might be an obscure reference to the novel's Martian flying machine; the look of these machines actually derive from the complication of making convincing walking tripod effects and were given "invisible legs" to give the machines support and lift from the ground. In the pilot episode of the "War of the Worlds" TV series, a sequel to the 1953 film, these same machines are seen but the "legs" are not present and are given more of a look of taking flight, but still possess the speed and movement of their film counterparts. The flying