John Carter

[beckyh2112]

Eeeeee! I went to see on its opening weekend Saturday, and it still fills me with so much glee. Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series has always been one of my absolute favorite sci-fi adventure stories. Some of the previous takes I've seen just made me grit my teeth, but Disney had the budget to do it well and the desire to do the same. Plus, we

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[jedibuttercup]

I have to confess, your excitement over the approach of the movie led me to buy the first book. And devour it. And watch the movie.

.... And order the second book. *checks Amazon shipping status*

.... *ponders next year's Yuletide categories*

[beckyh2112]

Eeeeeeee! EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! *flails happily* I would love to write Barsoom for Yuletide!

[weirdlet]

Agreed on all counts- unfortunately, it's sounding like they wasted their 100 million dollar advertising budget and it's a record loss for the studio.

God I love the Tharks.

[beckyh2112]

D: D: D:

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There are no words for how very sad that makes me.

[weirdlet]

Me, too. Mostly I just can't understand their complete fail at advertising this film.

[beckyh2112]

Eee! Apparently foreign releases and disc pre-orders have gotten Disney their money back, so there is room to make a profit and a sequel :D