"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> schreef in bericht 
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>
> I conciously avoided putting THREE Machines in;  it would have been too
> crowded. So the thought hit me that I could *suggest* the third Machine
> with just its ray--which then gave me the idea of having all the rays at
> different angles, to give the impression that all hell is breaking loose!
>

...which is very much in the mood of Wells' book. I took it from my 
bookshelf this morning to browse through a couple of chapters. What you 
could play with (in probably another scene) is the weird locomotion manner 
of the Martian machines. Also, Wells tells us that the Death Ray comes from 
a tube held high above the machine (at the end of an extending arm?). The 
top (where the Martian sits) constantly swivels round as if observing the 
surroundings, and also, in my view, as a necessity during moving around.

Thomas

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