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Apparently the green men can be 15 feet tall which doesn't work well when visualising interactions.

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The movie did make Dejah Thoris a super scientist and warrior, but in a way which felt a bit too blatant/heavy for a single character. Even if buying that, it doesn't make sense for the hybrid daughter Tara (in Chessmen story), who really should have abilities similar to Carthoris.

If a woman gets married against her will it counts forever and she cannot remarry.

Unlikely convergencies of characters, who simply stumble upon each other when the story needs it.

To die for you would be my greatest honour, but alas, I might be doomed to be eaten by sneering scientists who, while they have done much thinking have come up with nought of value after 8000 years. Oh, good sire, if I only could be a slave to a noble master such as you, who do not think too much but instead get things done by rushing into battle, sword held high.

Romanticised slavery, upper-classery and anti-intellectual notions in Carter's character and via convenient sock-puppets.

Writing style & plots gets real monotonous after a few books.

This way, I've 'read' hundreds of pulp sci-fi stories in recent years.

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As they were written a century ago, librivox had them for free in audiobook format, which suited me well as I can listen and draw at the same time.

There are some suspect moral ideas being peddled, and of course the omnipresent nudity.Ĭurious, I decided to read the books to see what was different.

The Grand exotic environments, creatures, battles, and even a simple thing like the mossy ground makes it expensive to shoot/render. The John Carter books are hard, if not practically impossible to translate more faithfully into a blockbuster movie. I also rather liked the design of the Tharks, and Woola's skull joint, and the general polish. carts us around to the various attractions. Carter, being a more passive hero, works as a vehicle which. In this regard I think John Carter does well. But then again, movies with strong plots can be a chore to rewatch. If there's a clear point to be made, 90-130 minutes is fine. I'm fairly convinced that most franchises would work better in the slower tempo allowed by the TV-series format. My theory is that a Martians (who are longlived) came to Earth once, producing this hybrid child, and maybe others. He's stuck at 25-30 with no memories from before. Carter is apparently already not quite human but the movie doesn't mention it.Lack of Princess Aura (Flash Gordon) type outfits.Carter can suddenly be overpowered and held by some dudes.We're three guys and we need to get various. Also their life-sucking motive appeared out of place. Zodanga alone would've sufficed as an introductory villain and I think the Therns were too invasive, introducing that super-weapon (to make other designs obsolete) so early. Whilst sci-fi & fantasy movies often fail to give the impression of larger communities, here I got that same vibe from the Therns instead. Then there was the magical shapeshifting, teleporting, nano-tech Therns.I'm thinking of Woola's speed, Carter's super-jumps, the massive walking city, the frail/noisy ship design, the whole white ape fight with the strange physics (also didn't like the white ape design.) A number of elements in the movie felt over-spectacular and unbelievable.Something didn't feel quite right about the movie though.

When the Disney movie came out I had all but forgotten about the plot and characters, except for the green guy and Carter's wide '70s boots. My first contact with John Carter was probably the late '70s comics.