tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post6738967805020810669..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: What I'm Seeing in the "John Carter" Trailertrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-35668350144496587112011-07-18T06:54:37.642-05:002011-07-18T06:54:37.642-05:00Great analysis! Specially about the Pixar approach...Great analysis! Specially about the Pixar approach to protagonists. I'm still hopeful that we'll get a good movie (maybe not a faithful one).Tzimiscedraculhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762161243138880483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-30800373897966645332011-07-16T04:56:54.111-05:002011-07-16T04:56:54.111-05:00I'm worried about any classic/pulp style chara...I'm worried about any classic/pulp style character (like Conan) being adapted to film, because men of action are just not well represented by movie writers today.. they are always softened/weakened somehow and given motivations not in line with the original stories. This probably has the best chance of being a good movie though, given the talent involved and the fact that Carter actually was motivated by feelings/emotions once he met Dejah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-20034114506309652012011-07-16T02:55:52.638-05:002011-07-16T02:55:52.638-05:00All I know is that I've been looking at the Gu...All I know is that I've been looking at the Gutenburg's Projects copy of Princess of Mars for a little while, and if nothing else, this is probably going to get me to get to reading it before the film gets out... <br /><br />I optimistically feel hopeful for the film, if for no reason than to introduce that Pulp Sci-Fi feel (and it seems that it will accomplish that) to a new generation, for I myself never really had that opportunity to really grock it.<br /><br />Maybe Space 1899 will also make a comeback. Who knows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-4329011975164155702011-07-15T23:26:59.819-05:002011-07-15T23:26:59.819-05:00I think that you have a good analysis here. I also...I think that you have a good analysis here. I also noticed that the Theosophical concepts on which Burroughs based the stories are pretty strongly highlighted in this trailer, from the statement about what Carter's coming is a "sign" of to the lyrics of the song playing. It really does seem, at the moment, as though the people making it care about the story and want to do it right. Certainly a big step up from the atrocious treatment that Robert E. Howard gets.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-30281979736980839812011-07-15T16:59:11.022-05:002011-07-15T16:59:11.022-05:00Kesher: Thanks!
Nemo235: I'm afraid I see Mic...<b>Kesher:</b> Thanks!<br /><br /><b>Nemo235:</b> I'm afraid I see <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_LP_YP0I7zZY/SsJEqZwx98I/AAAAAAAADPk/AoHfxI_Ojm8/s640/michael_whelan__a_princess_of_mars.jpg" rel="nofollow">Michael Whelan and his super-saturated colors</a>. This clearly isn't that, but I know my view is heavily tinged by what I saw in my high school library. <br /><br />I'm thinking there are going to be a lot of changes in this from the book. We'll see, of course, but I never really got a sense of brokenness in JC from the books. I did get a bit of him being adrift until he meets the princess, but that's a completely different vibe, I think.<br /><br />I'm pretty chill about such adaptations these days, so I'm looking forward to it. But I'm not expecting to see what I saw in my mind as I read those books reproduced up there on the screen. My expectations are an engaging story with lots of action and imaginative ideas, many of which will be lifted from books I loved back when.<br /><br /><b>WtD!:</b> You know, I must have read that interview as well, because I'm certain it's tinging my view of this trailer. Otherwise, yeah, I'm reading an awful lot into it. ;ptrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-33415319156202618022011-07-15T16:20:25.080-05:002011-07-15T16:20:25.080-05:00In an interview Andrew Stanton talks about his cas...In an interview Andrew Stanton talks about his casting the actor Taylor Kitsch in part on the basis of how he could convey the damaged quality he seeins in JC, so I think you're not mistaken in picking up on that idea. I don't know if the movie will end up being good, but the trailer suggests to me that it might be, which really is more than I can say that often recently.Welcome to Dungeon!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14346914156633328775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-35266703420444191462011-07-15T16:13:11.431-05:002011-07-15T16:13:11.431-05:00I try not to be to critical of movie adaptations. ...I try not to be to critical of movie adaptations. I used to get frustrated at comic book movies.<br />But I had to give that attitude up or else I was going to go nuts.<br />When a book or comic gets translated into another medium, it usually involves whole teams of other creators putting their spin on things. Not to mentions the fact that when each person reads the story they are imagining things in their own way.<br />When I think of John Carter, I see a Frank Frazetta painting. Not everyone would agree.<br />I think the best way to adapt a story to film is to have the original creator involved.<br />Look at the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, or 300. Out of the growing number of comic book movies, they are the closest to the original vision because the creators were involved.Timothy Paul Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279725399542404987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-85247642302339209052011-07-15T15:39:55.107-05:002011-07-15T15:39:55.107-05:00That was a spot-on analysis. Exactly how I felt!That was a spot-on analysis. Exactly how I felt!kesherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494262159858200847noreply@blogger.com