S16 Ep868: War of the Worlds (2005)

We Hate Movies

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Tv & Film, Comedy

4.7 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

“[Ryan] Gosling ate this dude’s lunch” - Andrew, on Justin Chatwin

On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza keeps the Spielberg chatter going from last week with a hilarious talk about his 2005 sci-fi adaptation, War of the Worlds!

Couldn’t we have had some puppet aliens instead of those CGI guys? How fantastic is Tim Robbins playing this basement-dwelling lunatic? Should the boy have stayed exploded? How many of us would rather just turn to dust in this situation? And would this movie have been better with Eric as an extra? PLUS: Everyone say hi to Ray Ferrier’s new Bayonne, New Jersey girlfriend, Cigaretta!

World of the Worlds stars Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Rick Gonzalez, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Lisa Ann Walter, and Tim Robbins as Harlan Ogilvy; directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Come hang out in Vegas with us this summer as we do a three-night stand at ST:LV to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek and 10 years of The Nexus! We’ll be at the convention Thursday, Friday and Saturday night doing three Nexus shows on Wrath of Kahn, Generations, and First Contact! Best part is, you don’t need to have a convention pass to attend, each show is ticketed separately. Click through to snag your tix now!

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0:00.0	Hey, gang, before we get to today's episode on Senior Spielberg's War of the Worlds from 2005,
0:05.7	just wanted to pop in real quick to remind you this August.
0:08.7	We're going to go play in the desert, y'all.
0:10.6	We're hitting up Vegas for STLV.
0:13.0	That's right.
0:13.5	Three nights, three movies, one epic experience.
0:17.6	That's right.
0:17.9	We are bringing our show The Nexus live on the stage at the world's biggest Star Trek convention, August 6th, August 7th, and August 8th. We're talking three nights in a row, our favorite Star Trek movies, Star Trek the Rath a Khan, Star Trek Generations, and Star Trek First Contact in that order. Tickets are on sale now. It's going to be a lot of fun. All shows are happening at STLV. Again, like I said, the biggest, most badass Star Trek convention in the world. They're celebrating 60 years of Star Trek. We're celebrating 10 years of the Nexus. The cool thing is, if you want to come see these shows, we want to see you there. And if you don't have a convention pass, that's totally okay. These tickets are separate. So you can come to Vegas, hit up some
0:54.9	casinos, walk around the strip, get some great food, come see the shows. It's going to be a banger time, y'all. It's our first time in Vegas. We want to make a real sweet impression on these folks. So head over to our website, WHMpodcast.com. Click on that tour page. We got links all over the website where you can go to purchase the tickets. Three nights of laughs, three nights of Star Trek love.
1:13.5	It's going to be a lot of fun. Join click on that tour page. We got links all over the website where you can go to purchase the tickets.
1:27.5	Three nights of laughs, three nights of Star Trek love. It's going to be a lot of fun. Join us this summer. All right, that's it. Now let's get into it. Those tripods are coming out of the ground. We're talking war of the worlds and joy. The line must be drawn here this far, no further. this week on the program you know the four of us are here hiding in a wet
1:29.5	eerie basement to talk about war this far no farther this week on the program
1:27.5	you know the four of us are here hiding in a wet
1:29.5	eerie basement to talk about
1:31.2	war of the worlds i'm Andrew Jupin
1:33.4	didgerid do nois Steven Sadeg
1:35.4	wet Eric Siska
1:36.4	16 years of a podcast and you would think
1:39.2	maybe the robots are taking over
1:41.4	but no
1:42.3	hi Chris Cabin
1:44.1	and we hate movies and we hate movies Maybe the robots are taking over. But no. Hi, Chris Cabin.
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