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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 20050630
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Byline: MAL VINCENT

BY MAL VINCENT

THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

BRING YOUR OWN paranoia - it'll help a great deal in making Steven Spielberg's take on H.G. Wells' vision of doomsday a meaningful experience.

Indeed, there is no way to sit through this latest version of "War of the Worlds" without thinking of the recent, still unthinkable attack on U.S. soil that left us confused, momentarily helpless and totally victimized. Who can deny the worldwide hysteria and fear of the unknown that still is the result?

Any treatment of Wells' classic "warning" is replete with ...

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