see you auntie said:

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Here's the trailer.

...strong Attack of the Clones visuals.

 

This wins the "Understatement of The Day" award.

It left me wondering: When is John gonna turn to the darkside?**

** Keep in mind that I have never read any of the books, AND had never heard of it, until now.

I think I'm gonna skip this movie until I read the books - if I ever read the books.

That's a terrible trailer. The teaser was better. It's directed by the guy who wrote and directed Wall•E so I'm definitely looking forward to it. The series is a classic. Especially the first book the Princess of Mars which was Edgar Rice Burroughs first novel and what the film is based on. I've always wanted to read them and with the film coming up now is definitely the time. As someone on Youtube put it:

If you believe the likes of Roddenberry and Lucas (to name a few) weren't influenced by Burroughs' work, you ought to read this book.

Even if the plot points are similar the film didn't need to look so AOTC.

Look at Lynch's Dune.

Say what you like about it, it doesn't look remotely like Star Wars despite Lucas ripping off huge chunks of surface detail from the books.

Well except for the fact that it takes place on Mars so of course everything is going to be orange and a coliseum is a coliseum. =P

Yeah but it doesn't have to look like the same coliseum and the Barsoomians don't have to look so Geonosian (even if the notion of a space coliseum filled with multi-limbed creatures is straight out of John Carter).

Not that far in the book so I can't comment on how it's described there but the Barsoomians seem to be pretty faithful to how the book describes except for the fact that they should probably be bulkier and a darker green. Though it's hard to tell from the trailers they do seem to be about as tall as they're described in the book.

New fan trailer spliced together from all of the footage released so far. The screenwriter really dug it.

I can't be the only one here who has seen this...  What did you think?

I thought it was fantastic!  I understand that not everyone is the audience for it... but if you're reading this, I'm guessing you're the target audience.

I've never read the novels, so I can't compare there.  It's possible it will offend the purists.  But since most of you aren't JCoM purists, you'll probably enjoy it as much as I did.

If you don't go see it, I might have to start IGNORING you.  Yes, that tactic went over like a lead balloon with Inception.  But it's back, baby!

I haven't seen it.

IGNORED!

For those that didn't know, you can get "Movie Cash" to go see it from DisneyMovieRewards.com.  You have to buy/have the "Movie Magic Code" from a short list of movies.  I already had one of them and bought another BD for $10 and saw John Carter "for free".

Haven't seen the Disney version yet. I did see about half of the SciFi version, and it was pretty awful. The alien makeup was literally falling off an actor's face in some shots.

They also managed to make the most iconic movie location of all time look drab and uninteresting.

It's sad some people have no idea how many stories and films have taken their inspiration from Edgar Rice Burroughs' source material. Disney is probably in shock over getting edged out at the box office by yet another Dr. Seuss movie, and yet another joke fest based on an old tv show.

Meanwhile, that teeny bopper Running Man clone I never even heard of prior to a couple weeks ago, is probably going to gross even more obscene amounts of money than all of them. ;)

SilverWook said:

Haven't seen the Disney version yet. I did see about half of the SciFi version, and it was pretty awful. The alien makeup was literally falling off an actor's face in some shots.

They also managed to make the most iconic movie location of all time look drab and uninteresting.

It's sad some people have no idea how many stories and films have taken their inspiration from Edgar Rice Burroughs' source material. Disney is probably in shock over getting edged out at the box office by yet another Dr. Seuss movie, and yet another joke fest based on an old tv show.

Meanwhile, that teeny bopper Running Man clone I never even heard of prior to a couple weeks ago, is probably going to gross even more obscene amounts of money than all of them. ;)

And who's fault is that, Silverwook?

SHUNNED! (and IGNORED!)

My post in the movie thread after the midnight premiere:

Tobar said:

John Carter (2012)

Just got back from seeing it a little while ago. What a great movie! This was everything the prequels should have been. Best movie I've seen in a while.

I wanted to bump this thread but since I was the last to post in it I didn't want to double post. =P It didn't do so well domestically but it did very well overseas. To date it's grossed about $179,327,248 worldwide. I'd say it's looking like it'll make its money back. I plan on seeing it again as well and I've heard the same from multiple people.

FRIENDED!

        Just saw it. In a new premium theater.

         The CGI of the creatures was fantastic! The closest to utterly real I've seen. I completely bought into their reality. Backgrounds worked well as a desert environment. I couldn't tell whether it was all CGI or some digitally enhanced footage. Those CGI guys have come a long way.

        The score was magnificent on the premium system!

xhonzi said:

SilverWook said:

Haven't seen the Disney version yet. I did see about half of the SciFi version, and it was pretty awful. The alien makeup was literally falling off an actor's face in some shots.

They also managed to make the most iconic movie location of all time look drab and uninteresting.

It's sad some people have no idea how many stories and films have taken their inspiration from Edgar Rice Burroughs' source material. Disney is probably in shock over getting edged out at the box office by yet another Dr. Seuss movie, and yet another joke fest based on an old tv show.

Meanwhile, that teeny bopper Running Man clone I never even heard of prior to a couple weeks ago, is probably going to gross even more obscene amounts of money than all of them. ;)

And who's fault is that, Silverwook?

SHUNNED! (and IGNORED!)

The weather here was atrocious over the weekend, and I was ill on top of that. I will see it when I'm feeling better, I promise. ;)

Tobar said:

My post in the movie thread after the midnight premiere:

 

Tobar said:

John Carter (2012)

Just got back from seeing it a little while ago. What a great movie! This was everything the prequels should have been. Best movie I've seen in a while.

 

I wanted to bump this thread but since I was the last to post in it I didn't want to double post. =P It didn't do so well domestically but it did very well overseas. To date it's grossed about $179,327,248 worldwide. I'd say it's looking like it'll make its money back. I plan on seeing it again as well and I've heard the same from multiple people.

The media doesn't seem to give a crap about overseas grosses, and has already proclaimed it a bomb. Go figure.

I still haven't seen it.

I finally saw it tonight. It was now or never to see it in IMAX. I really liked it. I think CGI has finally reached the point where creatures look like they're really there on the set. Definitely going to see it again, probably in 2D if I can find it.

And that dog creature almost stole the movie. :)

I still haven't seen it.

$5 coupon for the 3D BD at disneymovierewards.com