Re: John Carter
Here's a little CPR to a dying post...
Watched this a few nights ago after a late shift. Was blown away to say the least.
I remember reading these stories over 40 years ago. Not a lot of detail but recall enjoying them, borrowing from a friend one at a time over a summer, read the whole series. Few years later did the same with the "Gor" series of books.
I then watched the special features, how it was made, and was struck by how derivative all the last century's swash buckling space adventures have been; that's true from Star Wars to Star Trek and pretty much everything in between.
Even Robert Heinlein paid homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs, like his contemporaries Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard were visionaries and masters of a craft which, although touched upon in previous decades of fiction story tellers, created worlds that were palpable and as fully encompassing of human mythos as any story teller since. And it only took 100 years for technology to catch up with imagination.
I watched this again last night with my son, 19, who I turned on to Sherlock Holmes' books this year after seeing the newer movies with him, and he enjoyed this movie as much as I.
Can't wait for the sequel(s).
