RIP Morbius

[Snarf Zagyg]

Also Willem Dafoe as Tars Tarkas was excellent!

Willem Dafoe is ALWAYS excellent!

He also pops up in the best places. I finally got around to watching Nightmare Alley, and guess what? That's right, Willem Dafoe.

A movie without Dafoe is like John Wick without a high fatality count. What's the point?

 

[James Gasik]

Not safe for work!

 

[Ryujin]

I think just having it be "John Carter of Mars" would have been sufficient. The film isn't really about him being a warlord, imho.

True. I think that it actually covers "A Princess of Mars" more, at any rate, but I read those books maybe 50 years ago.

 

[James Gasik]

It's "A Princess of Mars" but introduces the Holy Therns, who won't be a factor until the second book, "The Gods of Mars".

I'm afraid "A Princess of Mars" would have not been a good title either, something about associating princesses with things young girls like. As if we don't have a host of badass princesses to demonstrate otherwise.

 

[Ryujin]

It's "A Princess of Mars" but introduces the Holy Therns, who won't be a factor until the second book, "The Gods of Mars".

I'm afraid "A Princess of Mars" would have not been a good title either, something about associating princesses with things young girls like. As if we don't have a host of badass princesses to demonstrate otherwise.

Which is why you show Lynn Collins "dressed only in gems" in the trailers. Then "princess" becomes your selling point

 

[Rabulias]

It's "A Princess of Mars" but introduces the Holy Therns, who won't be a factor until the second book, "The Gods of Mars".

I'm afraid "A Princess of Mars" would have not been a good title either, something about associating princesses with things young girls like. As if we don't have a host of badass princesses to demonstrate otherwise.

Maybe John Carter and the Princess of Mars?

 

[James Gasik]

I don't know. I actually have this friend who refused to see The Princess Bride, of all things, because the title wasn't manly enough for him.

Don't worry, the story has a happy ending. Once I managed to get all of his friends to see it, they started pushing him, and finally he said "if it's so good, why don't they re-release it, then?".

As we all know, some years back, they did, we got him into the theatre, and he liked it.

 

[ART!]

There was a whole book written about what went wrong with John Carter: John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood, by Michael D. Sellers. The Wrap's Drew Taylor did a very good and thorough article on the whole debacle, marking the film's 10th anniversary.

 

[Retreater]

I guess I'm alone in enjoying John Carter. I think I've seen it three times (which is at least three times more than most people). I am a sucker for space opera/sci-fi adventure, and I thought the movie was entertaining enough.

 

[James Gasik]

Not at all. The movie was flawed, but it was great. My issue was that Disney basically said "hey let's have our own Star Wars!" then realized they could buy actual Star Wars, so hung John Carter out to dry.