2006-08-05 19:47:48 · 25 answers · asked by the sunshine pig 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
In the book (a good read) by H.G. Wells, you find out that the martians had such advanced medical technology that they had evolved beyond a need for an immune system. Thus they were easy prey for all kinds of earth bacteria and viruses. This part is never really explained in the movies, it's just stated that they didn't have immunities to our particular microbes.
2006-08-05 19:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by Obeast 2 · 9⤊ 2⤋
The overall environmental conditions of the earth. It's like what would happen if you suddenly put an Urban person in the jungles of the amazon. That person will not survive because he is not adapted to that environment.
It's the same premise as the war of the worlds aliens, humans have adapted to the earth for thousands,millions of years. And have evolved to be able to survive in it. It's not one thing that killed them, but a combination of everything.
2006-08-05 19:56:13 · answer #2 · answered by gatwick100 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chapter 27, The War of the Worlds
HG Wells
"My knowledge of com- parative physiology is confined to a book or two, but it seems to me that Carver's suggestions as to the reason of the rapid death of the Martians is so probable as to be regarded almost as a proven conclusion. I have assumed that in the body of my narrative.
At any rate, in all the bodies of the Martians that were examined after the war, no bacteria except those already known as terrestrial species were found. That they did not bury any of their dead, and the reckless slaughter they per- petrated, point also to an entire ignorance of the putrefactive process. But probable as this seems, it is by no means a proven conclusion."
2006-08-05 19:50:20 · answer #3 · answered by GJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same kind of thing that killed millions of Native Americans... viruses. Humans have developed natural immunities to billions of pollutants in the air... an invading alien race would more than likely succumb to some of them.
2006-08-05 19:51:32 · answer #4 · answered by kenny_the_bomb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the old movie, "War of the Worlds" germs killed the aliens. They had no defenses in their immune systems against our germs. I hope this helps.
2016-03-27 00:48:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we had a tea party on mars with a bmw on in 5 pieces with a cow sitting on top of them going quak and with all the connfusion a blond came by and gave them the cooties so they dumped the toad in the hole and ripped off there bottem doller to go get a duck a million million miles away where they met chewbacka and goerge lucas saying use the force then they ran around in circles saying "i have a great personality" and we had soda but the duck ex ploded with the penut butta jelly time theme song ex cept there was only a tuna fish sandwhich
2006-08-05 20:00:39 · answer #6 · answered by ziegler910 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bacteria....they weren't used to the germs in our world, so their immune systems couldn't handle it. Think of back in the day when the Europeans brought disease to the new world and killed many natives...and visa versa. (I never said I was a history buff. lol)
2006-08-05 19:58:51 · answer #7 · answered by Kristina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First they were distracted by the birds, remember? That gave the soilders the chance to kill the leader. It had to have control over others lives because they all died after the leader's death. Not sure if I'm right, though.
2006-08-05 19:59:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were probably bored to death like most of the audience. But in reality, they had no antibodies for the microbes here on earth. Check out the opening credits for a clue.
2006-08-06 08:55:04 · answer #9 · answered by scourgeoftheleft 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the germs viruses and bacteria in the air. the aliens were not able to fight off what our immune does.
2006-08-05 19:53:42 · answer #10 · answered by Adam B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋