Black smoke (The War of the Worlds) Black smoke (The War of the Worlds) The black smoke, or black powder, is a fictitious poisonous gas in H. G. Wells' 1898 science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds", used by the Martians to eliminate groups of humans, especially artillery crews, and conveyed by shells fired from a gun-like ""black tube"" carried by the Tripods' whip-like tentacles. Any animal inhaling this deadly smoke is killed almost instantly, but the smoke becomes harmless on contact with water. The Martians would dispel it after each use with jets of steam, leaving only a residual, "cindery" black powder, which reminds the
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave 2" features considerably more outlandish science-fiction elements, discarding the horror treatment of the first film for an action/adventure premise. The film's plot is mostly original, its characters entirely so, though it does feature elements from "The War of the Worlds" which were excluded from the first film. The film's music was composed by Ralph Reickermann, a former composer for The Asylum. The film features the single ""You Came into my Life"" which featured the vocals of singer John Brown Reese. War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave is a 2008 direct-to-DVD