The New John Carter Movie Worries Me
Edgar Rice Burroughs holds a special place in my heart after a misspent youth spent reading up on Barsoom and Pelucidar. Joy filled my soul when I heard a John Carter movie was
under development…until I saw the trailer. I really, really want this move to be amazing, but dread fills me.
Please do not suck, John Carter, because if you do suck there will not be another pulp sci-fi/fantasy movie for years of any scale at all. And pulp films need scale.
Am I alone in my concerns?
Trask
I share your unease/dread/disappointment! I read the Barsoom series 40 years ago in high school and have been a keen fan ever since. Digital technology is at a point to believably portray all the wonder of Barsoom that Burroughs described, Tharks, thoats, White Apes, etc. But, digital technology does not a movie make, the core is a solid story! And based on the trailers I’ve seen I have that awful sinking feeling in my stomach!
I still don’t understand why they didn’t name the film what it should have been, “A Princess of Mars!” “John Carter” ??!! What the…
Because there is a cheap direct-to-video movie already called that.
Antonio Sabato Jr. as John Carter? How did I miss this turkey. I am sure it is a direct-to-video classic!
Trask
It’s called John Carter because it’s Princess and Warlords mashed together.
It’s actually a really amazing movie…