"WAR OF THE WORLDS"...huh? and so noone gets mad...**spoiler**

<p>dcfca,
thanks. notice how 3 of your answers were "probably" or "i dont know".
haha. this is how i felt during the movie</p>

<p>couple more questions</p>

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<li><p>what exactly was the purpose of the red vines of blood or whatever?</p></li>
<li><p>and why would the "optimal time" for the aliens to attack be when techonology was so advanced, for us humans anyway?</p></li>
<li><p>and why did the machines' defense or force field thingy fail exactly?</p></li>
<li><p>how'd the son survive? did he go with the military?</p></li>
</ol>