In A.D. 1898, war was occurring...

[mikkeru]

No, seriously... A very fun, tongue-in-cheek, all out, sci-fi action movie concept...

A montage of newspaper clippings regarding the alien invasion is show, with a narrator saying something like this:

In A.D. 1898, an invading fleet from the planet Mars descended on the Earth to subjugate it's people... They were quickly repulsed...

Fade to a

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[rndstrofchars]

Mars Attacks II: Mars is attacked.
Tagline: This time it's serious.

[krfsm]

Five hundred years? I'd say - given speeds of technological and economical development - more like fifty (especially if a large part of the world economy is - as it seems to be - bent towards this purpose).