Showing posts with label john carter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john carter. Show all posts
May 18, 2013
May 4, 2013
Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...
It's time for a rant. :)
And since the "Mouse House" is notorious for suing everybody, I will be using "Allegedly" every so often. And because this is just my opinion...Allegedly.
Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...by now you know that the Star Wars franchise was sold to Disney. And we can expect new films in the coming years with much of the original cast returning to pass the torch to the next generation. Yay! How can you not be excited by that?
But...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...when this story first broke last year, my reaction was "Ah HA!...Now I know why the Mouse House film "John Carter" was completely thrown away." Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...because they already knew that the purchase of Star Wars was going to go down...Allegedly.
Think about this. When the story about the Star Wars purchase broke we eventually found out that they had been in talks for OVER a year before the announcement. Lucas also let it slip that the major actors in the franchise were also in talks for over a year. So this would have all began sometime during production of John Carter...Allegedly.
The Mouse House had a contract/rights/obligation to do a John Carter film. Which is a huge franchise---9 books, the story is over 100 years old, continues to sell, and even George Lucas said parts of the John Carter stories were inspirations for Star Wars. And parts were ripped off for "Avatar" as well...Allegedly. Not to mention a successful comic book adaption was currently on the market. So an Audience was already there. It only needed the major publicity that any film gets to make it successful. They started production and filming of John Carter, and we're removing all the adult content (huge violence, nudity) from the original stories. Allegedly...because like most of the Mouse House films they wanted merchandise tie ins---action figures, tshirts, happy meals, etc Allegedly. That is the standard and would make a world of sense. But when release time came for the John Carter film---no merchandise. No publicity. No major press launch. Nothing. Why?
Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...because they were abandoning the John Carter franchise for the Star Wars deal which was not yet public knowledge...Allegedly.
And this would make sense. Stars Wars is a proven franchise. So...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...since they were already halfway into filming John Carter and had a contract to complete the film...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...they just gave zero fucks anymore about John Carter with the Star Wars universe around the corner.
Allegedly...they just rushed to complete John Carter, making sure they gave it no care or concern on being a good film...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...because they wanted to be done with it...Allegedly...and maybe even wanted it to fail...Allegedly...so that they could have a legitimate excuse as to backing out of the option to do more films...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly.
Allegedly...and that seems to be what they did...Allegedly. The movie got bad reviews. And the guy in charge of green lighting the film was "fired" BUT! We know from the press that it was one of those "you're fired, and here's several million dollars for you to keep as a part of your firing package." Allegedly...
Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...so this seemed to be making him a scape goat for their plan...Allegedly...and several months later, they announce the purchase of the Star Wars franchise. We also know from the press at the time that Lucas Films has appointed their own overseer to all things Star Wars and for any new films. So in other words this guy who was fired would have had to have been removed anyway for new films to begin since he would not be in charge of them...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...
Allegedly...so there you go.
It's a shame for the John Carter franchise that it was handled so poorly. And thrown away so hard and fast. When I'm sure originally they had many plans for it as a long term franchise. But it was abandoned and Allegedly...sabotaged...Allegedly. And because of that, it may never get a proper film version it deserves.
But I am still very excited for new Star Wars films...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly. :)
And since the "Mouse House" is notorious for suing everybody, I will be using "Allegedly" every so often. And because this is just my opinion...Allegedly.
Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...by now you know that the Star Wars franchise was sold to Disney. And we can expect new films in the coming years with much of the original cast returning to pass the torch to the next generation. Yay! How can you not be excited by that?
But...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...when this story first broke last year, my reaction was "Ah HA!...Now I know why the Mouse House film "John Carter" was completely thrown away." Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...because they already knew that the purchase of Star Wars was going to go down...Allegedly.
Think about this. When the story about the Star Wars purchase broke we eventually found out that they had been in talks for OVER a year before the announcement. Lucas also let it slip that the major actors in the franchise were also in talks for over a year. So this would have all began sometime during production of John Carter...Allegedly.
The Mouse House had a contract/rights/obligation to do a John Carter film. Which is a huge franchise---9 books, the story is over 100 years old, continues to sell, and even George Lucas said parts of the John Carter stories were inspirations for Star Wars. And parts were ripped off for "Avatar" as well...Allegedly. Not to mention a successful comic book adaption was currently on the market. So an Audience was already there. It only needed the major publicity that any film gets to make it successful. They started production and filming of John Carter, and we're removing all the adult content (huge violence, nudity) from the original stories. Allegedly...because like most of the Mouse House films they wanted merchandise tie ins---action figures, tshirts, happy meals, etc Allegedly. That is the standard and would make a world of sense. But when release time came for the John Carter film---no merchandise. No publicity. No major press launch. Nothing. Why?
Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...because they were abandoning the John Carter franchise for the Star Wars deal which was not yet public knowledge...Allegedly.
And this would make sense. Stars Wars is a proven franchise. So...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...since they were already halfway into filming John Carter and had a contract to complete the film...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...they just gave zero fucks anymore about John Carter with the Star Wars universe around the corner.
Allegedly...they just rushed to complete John Carter, making sure they gave it no care or concern on being a good film...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...because they wanted to be done with it...Allegedly...and maybe even wanted it to fail...Allegedly...so that they could have a legitimate excuse as to backing out of the option to do more films...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly.
Allegedly...and that seems to be what they did...Allegedly. The movie got bad reviews. And the guy in charge of green lighting the film was "fired" BUT! We know from the press that it was one of those "you're fired, and here's several million dollars for you to keep as a part of your firing package." Allegedly...
Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...so this seemed to be making him a scape goat for their plan...Allegedly...and several months later, they announce the purchase of the Star Wars franchise. We also know from the press at the time that Lucas Films has appointed their own overseer to all things Star Wars and for any new films. So in other words this guy who was fired would have had to have been removed anyway for new films to begin since he would not be in charge of them...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly...
Allegedly...so there you go.
It's a shame for the John Carter franchise that it was handled so poorly. And thrown away so hard and fast. When I'm sure originally they had many plans for it as a long term franchise. But it was abandoned and Allegedly...sabotaged...Allegedly. And because of that, it may never get a proper film version it deserves.
But I am still very excited for new Star Wars films...Allegedly...Allegedly...Allegedly. :)
March 19, 2012
I liked it...
...I saw it at the $6.00 matinee and enjoyed it. They did try to cram too much plot from books 1,2 and a little of 3 into the film. It would have been better to slow down a bit but, I understand why they do this for the first film when they don't know if they will do a sequel yet. But I think they will. It's getting good word of mouth here and doing even better overseas. Some people here are complaining about the Star Wars/Avatar similarities. With most not understanding that John Carter was written in 1912 and influenced the plot/aliens/themes/characters/ships in Star Wars/Avatar and other Sci-fi movies. Sigh...many people don't know sci-fi history. John Carter came first. Anyway, see this movie on the big screen before it goes away. And Woola seems to have become the breakout star of the film. He needs his own show...
February 26, 2012
John Carter, Warlord of Mars...
...In 1912 (100 years ago) the first John Carter story was published under the title "Under the Moons of Mars" since renamed "A Princess of Mars." Written by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, it is the first of 9 John Carter/Mars novels. The first is the swashbuckling romantic tale
of John Carter, a former civil war soldier who moves to Arizona after the war to search for gold. He is soon attacked by Native Americans in the desert and while hiding in a cave falls under a strange phenomena; where he is teleported by astral projection to the planet Mars. Mars (known as Barsoom to the natives) is a savage semi barren planet filled with dangers and deceptions. He arrives on Mars completely naked and is almost immediately set upon by the savage Green men of Mars. Incredibly tall aliens with 4 arms...
...The Green men capture him but, eventually John Carter is attacked and he manages to kill a Green Man. Discovering in the process that due to the lesser gravity of Mars; with his Earth muscles he practically has super strength and can leap great distances. The Green men respect killing and make him a member of their tribe and teach him their language and ways of the Green men. But they are almost total savages who when not fighting with each other, are warring with other tribes of Green men and the other races of Mars. John's only friends are his shark toothed toad like alien dog he names Woola, his multi-limbed horse like Thoat, and a few intelligent Green men who can see that constant war doesn't create much of a future for them...
...but all that changes after the Green Men capture Dejah Thoris the Princess of the capital city of Mars. She is of the Red men of Mars, a humanoid race. She is also the most beautiful woman on the planet and much prized. John instantly falls for her beauty as well as the fact that she is the only human being he has seen in months. She is proud and strong willed. She regards him as scum and beneath her. But even so she is the only glimmer of humanity on the planet and John would rather be with her than the savage Green men. So he frees her and they begin a daring escape. Fleeing from the Green men and facing new dangers in his effort to return her to her people, prevent a war and to win her heart by proving his worth to her...
...Some have drawn comparisons of this story to the film "Avatar." That's because elements of John Carter were ripped off it seems. That film used similar elements of tall aliens, multi-limbed horse like creatures, warring tribes brought together, a princess who thinks the hero is scum but he yearns to win her heart, all in an effort to prevent war, etc, etc, etc. Keep in mind Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote this story nearly 100 years before Avatar was released. It's safe to say it had time to influence that film in both style and substance...
...I'm glad this tale is finally getting it's big screen debut. Although, with 100 years of artists visualizing these characters and world, from the detailed descriptions of the 9 books. The new film seems to have thrown out those 100 years of artistry for a tame version. See if you can spot the differences in my previous post about the movie...
...These characters and stories have endured for 100 years, and will continue to inspire more artists and writers in the future. The timeless quality of fighting for the one you love, never grows old. If you've never read these tales before, you can find some of the 9 novels (some are out of print) available at your local bookstore and a few comic book adaptations are out there as well. It's a great read in the old fashioned poetic writting style of that era, that still delivers for today, and allows your imagination to run wild.
of John Carter, a former civil war soldier who moves to Arizona after the war to search for gold. He is soon attacked by Native Americans in the desert and while hiding in a cave falls under a strange phenomena; where he is teleported by astral projection to the planet Mars. Mars (known as Barsoom to the natives) is a savage semi barren planet filled with dangers and deceptions. He arrives on Mars completely naked and is almost immediately set upon by the savage Green men of Mars. Incredibly tall aliens with 4 arms...
...The Green men capture him but, eventually John Carter is attacked and he manages to kill a Green Man. Discovering in the process that due to the lesser gravity of Mars; with his Earth muscles he practically has super strength and can leap great distances. The Green men respect killing and make him a member of their tribe and teach him their language and ways of the Green men. But they are almost total savages who when not fighting with each other, are warring with other tribes of Green men and the other races of Mars. John's only friends are his shark toothed toad like alien dog he names Woola, his multi-limbed horse like Thoat, and a few intelligent Green men who can see that constant war doesn't create much of a future for them...
...but all that changes after the Green Men capture Dejah Thoris the Princess of the capital city of Mars. She is of the Red men of Mars, a humanoid race. She is also the most beautiful woman on the planet and much prized. John instantly falls for her beauty as well as the fact that she is the only human being he has seen in months. She is proud and strong willed. She regards him as scum and beneath her. But even so she is the only glimmer of humanity on the planet and John would rather be with her than the savage Green men. So he frees her and they begin a daring escape. Fleeing from the Green men and facing new dangers in his effort to return her to her people, prevent a war and to win her heart by proving his worth to her...
...Some have drawn comparisons of this story to the film "Avatar." That's because elements of John Carter were ripped off it seems. That film used similar elements of tall aliens, multi-limbed horse like creatures, warring tribes brought together, a princess who thinks the hero is scum but he yearns to win her heart, all in an effort to prevent war, etc, etc, etc. Keep in mind Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote this story nearly 100 years before Avatar was released. It's safe to say it had time to influence that film in both style and substance...
...I'm glad this tale is finally getting it's big screen debut. Although, with 100 years of artists visualizing these characters and world, from the detailed descriptions of the 9 books. The new film seems to have thrown out those 100 years of artistry for a tame version. See if you can spot the differences in my previous post about the movie...
...These characters and stories have endured for 100 years, and will continue to inspire more artists and writers in the future. The timeless quality of fighting for the one you love, never grows old. If you've never read these tales before, you can find some of the 9 novels (some are out of print) available at your local bookstore and a few comic book adaptations are out there as well. It's a great read in the old fashioned poetic writting style of that era, that still delivers for today, and allows your imagination to run wild.
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