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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 5856191" data-attributes="member: 70">I saw it today and agree; 7 out of 10 ain't bad.&nbsp; And this film had a serious marketing problem.&nbsp; I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't, couldn't, and wasn't billed as &quot;John Carter OF MARS&quot;, which would have made it a bit clearer, and the trailers could have been utilized to set the stage far more than they did.&nbsp; Honestly, it was in the same ballgame as Thor, and possibly Captain America.As far as Thern motivation, I might have been distracted, but I basically got &quot;because we're older than this planet, and it amuses us&quot;, which really seems like all the reason you need when you measure lifespan by the number of planets you outlive.I think this is either overly simplistic, or you're just flat-out missing some categories.&nbsp; I don't see any of the major comic-book superhero movies falling into the categories you've labelled.&nbsp; (Spiderman, Iron Man, X-Men, etc, etc).&nbsp; There's a clear theme of self-sacrifice, overcoming personal loss, and redemption in all of them, and John Carter is squarely in the middle of that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 5856191, member: 70"] I saw it today and agree; 7 out of 10 ain't bad. And this film had a serious marketing problem. I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't, couldn't, and wasn't billed as "John Carter OF MARS", which would have made it a bit clearer, and the trailers could have been utilized to set the stage far more than they did. Honestly, it was in the same ballgame as Thor, and possibly Captain America. As far as Thern motivation, I might have been distracted, but I basically got "because we're older than this planet, and it amuses us", which really seems like all the reason you need when you measure lifespan by the number of planets you outlive. I think this is either overly simplistic, or you're just flat-out missing some categories. I don't see any of the major comic-book superhero movies falling into the categories you've labelled. (Spiderman, Iron Man, X-Men, etc, etc). There's a clear theme of self-sacrifice, overcoming personal loss, and redemption in all of them, and John Carter is squarely in the middle of that. [/QUOTE]

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