The War of the Worlds (1953 film)/WMG

Whatever powered the Tripod's forcefields had to be constantly kept in check.
Perhaps it was powered manually or by the aliens brain power, which is why the shields began to fail after the aliens got sick? The aliens may have had to crank operate the force fields, or fuel it with some kind of substance, or even willed the force fields to exist themselves.


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