So, I'll be blogging about NEARFest soon enough, once I get some photos in order. But, I have a question for all the SF nerds out there.
I remember, in the mid-1980's, there was a TV movie on NBC (I think) that was kind of a remake/retelling of the War of the Worlds story.
From what I remember, it starts out with a fake news report, starring real news reporter Edwin Newman. A developing story starts, with I believe some landings of meteors/alien spaceships in a number of places around the world.
The story is told by reporters, reporting into Newman in the home base. One country, perhaps the US, perhaps Russia, decides to destroy the spaceship.
BUT, then, there are three meteors approaching Earth from space. I think that the US and Russia launch missles to destroy the asteroids, and they do! Yay for humans!
BUT! And here's the Twilight Zone ending... Just as the rejoicing starts in the control room for the missles (with a reporter conveniently there), there are more radar hits for incoming asteroids. Hundreds of them. All coming in to destroy earth.
And, that's how the movie ends. Not a real happy story, but I remember being vaguely entertained by it when I was younger.
I checked Edwin Newman's entry in IMDB, and I've googled a bunch of combinations, trying to find the name of this movie, with no luck. Anyone out there remember this? Brian? Come on, if anyone does, you'd remember it....
NP: Peter Gabriel - San Jacinto
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I do remember a TV movie like that, but I never saw it. I do not remember it being Edwin Newman...
Was this the same TV movie that was 2 hours of fake news reporting? It had a name that used some generic news jargon, like "Special Report" or "Breaking News"... but I didn't *think* it was scifi. But my vague recollection is that the anchorperson reminds me now of Edwin Newman...
Nope. Not very helpful, am I?
Hey, here's the movie I think I remember that matches your description - WITHOUT WARNING.
Maybe it *is* the same as the "Special Report" thing I'm also remembering. "Live" breaking news coverage of something or other (terrorist attack? epidemic? natural disaster? aliens?) from around the world... a sort of pre-24 24. Or rather, a 2.
That's all I've got.
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