John Carter
Randomness:
I dunno. I sorta loved John Carter. It wasn’t a flawless interpretation of A Princess of Mars, but it was hella fun anyway. I laughed a great deal more than I expected to, which was nice. I cried a little, too, but I *always* cry during movies.
Also, Caesar and Marc Antony! WHAT. I totally need to rewatch Rome now.
If I see one more reviewer say that John Carter is derivative of Star Wars or Avatar or Indiana Jones or whatfuckingever, I’m going to find a way to fly out to each of them and beat them solidly about the ears with every single book in the Barsoom series.
Image from Robert Abbet’s cover illustration for the 1963 Ballantine edition of A Princess of Mars.
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