Fighting machine (The War of the Worlds) the tripods' main body and the aliens' heads resemble cuttlefish. In Pendragon Pictures' low-budget, direct-to-DVD "H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds" (aka "Invasion" internationally or "War of the Worlds"), the only Victorian-set adaptation of Wells' novel, the tripod fighting machine design is loosely based on the look of a praying mantis, which, according to director Timothy Hines, was a favorite insect of H. G. Wells. Tripods have a large, free-moving head atop the smaller main body, giving its sole Martian occupant a panoramic view. It has four thick, metallic tentacles, which are held on high, made up of boxy-looking
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave survives the infection, and the humans celebrate while listening to the radio, which undergoes some static interference, indicating a third invasion, and the characters spend a few moments in silence before the film ends. Blu-Ray.com gave the movie 1.5 stars of out 5, finding that while movie opens well, it quickly falls apart, becoming a jumbled mess of a movie. "War of the Worlds 2" is notably different in tone to its predecessor. While "War of the Worlds" kept relatively faithful to the novel with a focus on realism and humanity rather than the aliens themselves, "War of the Worlds