"John Carter of Mars" Moving Ahead!

[AvBaur]

Hmm, from all the reviews so far, I get the impression fans of the book are loving it, but everyone else is finding it a bit slow and hard to follow at times, with all the different characters and factions and politics involved.

Actually, I haven't read any of the books and I enjoyed it immensely. And although I probably didn't get every nuance of the politics, history, and technology, that didn't really detract from my enjoyment.

 

[Warped9]

I didn't find the first book all that complex at all although I have the impression this first film incorporates many elements from the first four books or so into one film. That could make it more complex, but it doesn't necessarily mean it will automatically turn off a large segment of the audience.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Hmm, from all the reviews so far, I get the impression fans of the book are loving it, but everyone else is finding it a bit slow and hard to follow at times, with all the different characters and factions and politics involved.

That's actually the best news I've heard.

 

[Gov Kodos]

It opens here Thursday, I think I'll make a double feature of it with Underworld.

 

[Captain Craig]

^^^
Underworld is fun, if you haven't seen it yet then that sounds like a good double bill!!

 

[Psion]

I just hope I can wait until April!

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I just hope I can wait until April!

For a lot of businesses, that's off by a month. Many businesses run on a February-January fiscal calendar, which would make April the end of the fiscal quarter. Disney's on a January-December year, but what about the theater? You might actually have to wait until May.

 

[Gov Kodos]

^^^
Underworld is fun, if you haven't seen it yet then that sounds like a good double bill!!

It opened Feb 23 here, so I haven't seen Kate yet. John Carter and Underworld, Thursday's looking good.

 

[AvBaur]

Andrew Stanton has tweeted another pretty good fan trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzPVYy7LHIo

 

[AvBaur]

It looks like Disney's marketing department is starting to try a little harder now. They just uploaded 10 minutes from the beginning of the movie on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HaE5Zs8dAY&feature=player_embedded

 

[Skywalker]

It's starting to feel like they just realized this movie was coming out soon, so they'd better start putting a little effort in.

 

[Dream]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HaE5Zs8dAY[/yt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HaE5Zs8dAY

Disney releases first 10 minutes online

 

[AvBaur]

Well, they're not exactly the first ten minutes.

(Also, I just posted that video two posts before yours, but never mind)

 

[Dream]

Also, I just posted that video two posts before yours, but never mind

Didn't notice it. But that video deserved to be posted twice.

 

[JD]

Damn, I just found out The Hunger Games also comes out this weekend. There's no way John Carter will stand a chance against that.

 

[Dream]

Damn, I just found out The Hunger Games also comes out this weekend. There's no way John Carter will stand a chance against that.

Nope. THG is released two weeks after John Carter.

 

[AvBaur]

Yeah. It just seems like it's coming out now because it already has more buzz than JCM...

 

[jefferiestubes8]

How ‘John Carter’ Succeeds Where the ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Failed

Interesting Star Wars franchise comparisons.

beefy hero, beautiful love interest, sweet weaponry, non-pandering comic relief, big aliens, and exciting flying things that could not look more like the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi.

Stanton treats the more fantastical aspects of John Carter

like George Lucas did, “It’s just there, and who cares how it works or how it got made?” Overall, John Carter bears both many connections and thankful distances to the Star Wars series. Just how Luke Skywalker saw the vast universe Lucas created, there’s not one scene of Carter condescending to the mechanics or bizarro nature of the world – Mars

Which is why Star Wars is fantasy and not science-based sci-fi action

Tonally, John Carter isn’t concerned with taking itself too seriously, though Stanton does take Carter, the other characters, and the world they exist in seriously.

Look at the final battles in Episodes I, II, and III, it’s all brooding. What child is going to take joy in seeing Anakin quickly having his arm cut off by Count Dooku at the end of Attack of the Clones or the horrifying sight of Anakin nearly burned to death in Revenge of the Sith? Lucas always said those films are for kids, but what type of kid enjoys that brand of emo adventure? All kids will have fun seeing Carter, a hero one can mildly get behind, try to save the girl. There’s no tears or emotional speeches in John Carter. Unlike Lucas, Stanton keeps the tone light.

And this is why this film could be a real hit and a major franchise in the 2010s.
How ‘John Carter’ Succeeds Where the ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Failed
There is a bunch more with every one of the 6 SW films used as examples.

 

[Professor Zoom]

Re: How ‘John Carter’ Succeeds Where the ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Failed

And this is why this film could be a real hit and a major franchise in the 2010s.
How ‘John Carter’ Succeeds Where the ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Failed
There is a bunch more with every one of the 6 SW films used as examples.

I think ultimately for this movie to be a hit, it's going to have to have legs. I have a feeling it's not going to have a big opening (not for a movie that cost 250 million dollars) but if it stays around long enough (ie, REALLY good word of mouth) then maybe it will be a major franchise.

But if it opens OK and then drops (and Hunger Games is opening soon) I don't think it will get a sequel.

 

[JD]

Damn, I just found out The Hunger Games also comes out this weekend. There's no way John Carter will stand a chance against that.

Nope. THG is released two weeks after John Carter.

Yeah. It just seems like it's coming out now because it already has more buzz than JCM...

I could have sworn I heard someone talking about it coming out Friday. I must have remembered wrong, or misheard them.