John Carter Movie?????
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I will see it, but I am well lets say less than in love with past Disney science fiction.
From the previews, it does appear that George Lucas borrowed from it.
From the previews, it does appear that George Lucas borrowed from it.
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Let us know if Disney is true to the books. When John Carter met Dejah Thoris, he said “She was as destitute of clothes as the green Martians who accompanied her; indeed, save for her highly wrought ornaments, she was entirely naked, nor could any apparel have enhanced the beauty of her perfect and symmetrical figure.”
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That movie has a lot of buzz. I've heard people talking about it all week.
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I wanted to know where this khon carter story came from..I was not sure if it was an old movie, book or what.
I sure will let you guys know.
I sure will let you guys know.
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Based on Burrough's "A Princess of Mars", written in 1917, before he even wrote the Tarzan novels.x007x wrote:I wanted to know where this khon carter story came from..I was not sure if it was an old movie, book or what.
I sure will let you guys know.
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Loved the books! One of my favorite series of all time. I hope the movie does the first book justice!
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Let us know if the movie is any good. I gave up on Disney movies long ago, got tired of the 'let's kill off a parent' plot of most of their movies.
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Shrug. There really aren't that many story variations in most cultures. There's only about 36 (some say just 20), with variations of theme and character expansion. Disney is not better or worse than most, excepting the fact that their stories need a more rigid path to appeal to a broader audience (bad people are genuinely bad, good people are always good, etc.).i8godzilla wrote:Let us know if the movie is any good. I gave up on Disney movies long ago, got tired of the 'let's kill off a parent' plot of most of their movies.
"Rapunzel" didn't involve either of her parents being killed, so... there

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I read the John Carter books when I was a kid. I do want to see the movie, but there's no way on God's green earth that I care about any movie enough to go see a midnight show.OldCannon wrote:Based on Burrough's "A Princess of Mars", written in 1917, before he even wrote the Tarzan novels.x007x wrote:I wanted to know where this khon carter story came from..I was not sure if it was an old movie, book or what.
I sure will let you guys know.
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Star wars episode 3 came out when I was in high school. We watched 1&2, went to the midnight premier of 3, then went home and watched 4-6. Dumb? Oh yeah. Fun? Absolutely!The Annoyed Man wrote:I read the John Carter books when I was a kid. I do want to see the movie, but there's no way on God's green earth that I care about any movie enough to go see a midnight show.OldCannon wrote:Based on Burrough's "A Princess of Mars", written in 1917, before he even wrote the Tarzan novels.x007x wrote:I wanted to know where this khon carter story came from..I was not sure if it was an old movie, book or what.
I sure will let you guys know.
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Just finished most of the Mars/John Carter series by ERB and besides wondering how they were going to treat the attire in general, Dejah Thoris' in particular, and such, I also have to wonder why John Carter's hair is shoulder length rather than close cropped as specified by John Carter himself many times.The Annoyed Man wrote:I read the John Carter books when I was a kid. I do want to see the movie, but there's no way on God's green earth that I care about any movie enough to go see a midnight show.OldCannon wrote:Based on Burrough's "A Princess of Mars", written in 1917, before he even wrote the Tarzan novels.x007x wrote:I wanted to know where this khon carter story came from..I was not sure if it was an old movie, book or what.
I sure will let you guys know.
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Drove to Austin (from Houston) in the '80's with my brothers, saw Starwars 4, 5, and 6 in a six hour marathon at a downtown theater near the capitol. Loved it.74novaman wrote:Star wars episode 3 came out when I was in high school. We watched 1&2, went to the midnight premier of 3, then went home and watched 4-6. Dumb? Oh yeah. Fun? Absolutely!The Annoyed Man wrote:I read the John Carter books when I was a kid. I do want to see the movie, but there's no way on God's green earth that I care about any movie enough to go see a midnight show.OldCannon wrote:Based on Burrough's "A Princess of Mars", written in 1917, before he even wrote the Tarzan novels.x007x wrote:I wanted to know where this khon carter story came from..I was not sure if it was an old movie, book or what.
I sure will let you guys know.