"John Carter of Mars" Moving Ahead!

Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Ptrope, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. Dream

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    Are they going to show the Sith too? Lucas took the name from the giant hornet insects in these books.
     
  2. timothy

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    awesome I love the white apes though I would'nt want to mess with them. since they have a canibleistic appitite.
    and so need to read the books before the movie comes out.
     
  3. Mr. Adventure

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    Well, since that picture kind of looks like the Geonosis arena, why not? We can have some kind of super uber synergistic homage/rip-off thing going on.
     
  4. timothy

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    they don't show up till the later books. I think they are just cover the first 3.
     
  5. Dream

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    I think it would be funny if they used it. If the name is mentioned here people will get confused and wonder where the black robed guys with red lightsabers are, even though these books used the name first.:rommie:
     
  6. timothy

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    remmber lucas borrowed from everybody includling Isaac Assimov.

    anyway, I am so looking forward to this and I do plan to see it in 3D.
     
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    I like that White Ape. That's a bit more of the crazy spectacle I'm hoping for in this movie.
     
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    And some more pics:
    http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/11/25/john-carter-new-pics/

    I like the creature design, but I wish they would have made Mars a bit more alien. It's the Red Planet, so why not use a bit more red for the rocks and make them look less like a place you could find on Earth (and yes, I know Mars isn't really red on the surface, but even NASA colour corrected some of their photos taken there, because they didn't want do disappoint people).
     
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    Woola looks awesome. Tars Tarkas looks a bit slender from what i imagined. i dunno, maybe i'm just stuck with the Frazetta aesthetic.
     
  10. timothy

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    frazetta art was awesome for john carter and conan. and those picture look awesome this is going to be a great film. my most anticipated movie for next year, next to the amazing spider-man.
     
  11. Kegg

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    And a film which is already giving us numerous native species is not one in which rigorous scientific accuracy is expected...

    But eh. As Utahy as the movie's Mars is, the aforesaid creatures are delightfully weird.
     
  12. Admiral_Young

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    Those pics look great. Looking forward to the trailer next week as well.
     
  13. Hyperspace05

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    Aintitcool.com has a link to a low-res version of the new trailer, as seen on a morning TV show. (it might not be the whole trailer, though): http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52119

    My gut reaction is ... not as good as I hoped for. But the full HD quality trailer should be out this evening or tomorrow, it will be more fair to judge that.
     
  14. timothy

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    it looks great I am so looking forward to this movie more than star wars 3-D.
     
  15. nvek86

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    It seems too short to be the new trailer, so it's probably just the trailer for the trailer.
     
  16. Warped9

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    That trailer clip looks fun. Before it runs seeing all those...people...trying to get noticed on camera was...sad.
     
  17. RJDiogenes

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    Too small and fast-paced to really get a good impression, but it looks like it could be okay. One would expect the trailer to have a surfeit of action and explosions, but hopefully the movie will also have characters.
     
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    [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVqRvvjome0[/yt]
     
  19. JD

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    Yeah, most actual trailers seem to be between 1:30 or 3:00 long, that was only :49.
    EDIT: I just found the new trailer on Disney's Official Site for the movie, and it looks great to me.
     
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  20. Hyperspace05

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    YouTube also has a 1080p version of the new trailer:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nlvYKl1fjBI

    My initial reaction - I'm definitely looking forward to this quite a bit. But I have two complaints:

    - The green aliens... Poor creature design, looks more like what you would expect in a kids cartoon. Something just seems "off" about them. The lip movements doesn't match the speech either. (although I'm sure they are tweaking that last part)
    - Starting the trailer with a shot that looks like a ripoff of the "Attack of the Clones" arena scene does not give good vibes. Surely there was some way of making it look more distinctive?

    But lots of good things as well:

    + Vehicle and architecture looks alien and interesting
    + Big scope
    + Lynn Collins :drool: (less clothes would be even better)

    Overall I guess I was hoping for something more exotic looking like "Avatar" - but hopefully the final product will deliver.