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John Carter (of Mars)

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    #32
    Zubeneschamali
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    Sticky Romance wrote: »
    The entire trailer reminded me of the rubbish arena/coliseum scenes from Attack of the Clones.

    The entire rubbish arena scene in Attack of the Clones reminded me of John Carter.


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    #33
    quickbeam
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    I hope it does well. It looks good, and seems to be generating good buzz.


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    #34
    constitutionus
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    ive a feeling this'll bomb but not due to anything in the film.

    it just doesnt seem to have gripped people.

    ill be going along though as i like these kinda affairs. im not au fait with the lore behind john carter though i did hear of the name "john carter of mars" before.

    kinda confused as to why they didnt go with the full title.

    i mean its obscure enough as it is.


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    #35
    paddy kerins
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    constitutionus wrote: »
    ive a feeling this'll bomb but not due to anything in the film.

    it just doesnt seem to have gripped people.

    ill be going along though as i like these kinda affairs. im not au fait with the lore behind john carter though i did hear of the name "john carter of mars" before.

    kinda confused as to why they didnt go with the full title.

    i mean its obscure enough as it is.

    I think they thought it was a little too Sci-Fi for the general audience


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    Sad Professor
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    A lot of films about Mars or with Mars in the title have flopped. The Red Planet, Mission to Mars, Ghosts of Mars and more recently Mars Needs Moms. Of course, the reason for this probably had more to do with the fact that those films sucked, but this is Hollywood we're talking about. Mars is basically considered box office poison. If this flops as well then that's pretty much the end of films about Mars for the next 20-30 years.


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    #37
    Mickeroo
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    Must say the reviews are looking very positive for this so far. Maybe the curse of mars movies might be broken? Who knows, if this doesn't bomb someone might try make another Don Quixote movie :P


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    #38
    FlashD
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    That a terrible title for a film........ 'John Carter'.

    Can't say myself I have ever heard of the character.


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    #39
    krudler
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    A lot of films about Mars or with Mars in the title have flopped. The Red Planet, Mission to Mars, Ghosts of Mars and more recently Mars Needs Moms. Of course, the reason for this probably had more to do with the fact that those films sucked, but this is Hollywood we're talking about. Mars is basically considered box office poison. If this flops as well then that's pretty much the end of films about Mars for the next 20-30 years.

    All had Mars in the title, Total Recall: set on Mars, not in title, huge hit, you might be onto something...


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    #40
    Kinski
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    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Must admit I'm rarely convinced by live action films that are almost entirely occupied by CGI characters. Looks like the kind of film I'd rather see animated TBH!

    I'd usually agree with you on that, but I think the CGI looks pretty good in this one.


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    #41
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    Is this actually being billed as a Pixar movie? Any poster/trailer I've seen has it listed as just Disney, rather than Disney Pixar.


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    #42
    Mickeroo
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is this actually being billed as a Pixar movie? Any poster/trailer I've seen has it listed as just Disney, rather than Disney Pixar.

    Nah its not a pixar film, there's just a lot of pixar heads involved in it i think.


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    #43
    al28283
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    awesome movie with decent characters, not too different from the book. I recommend it


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    #44
    Mickeroo
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    al28283 wrote: »
    awesome movie with decent characters, not too different from the book. I recommend it

    How have you seen it already? Preview screening or what? Jealous.


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    #45
    al28283
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    Mickeroo wrote: »
    How have you seen it already? Preview screening or what? Jealous.

    it's a work thingy, I saw it a while ago before it was finished. Worth seeing in 3d


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    #46
    WatchWolf
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    It looks like ****e, but got a 5/5 from Movies.ie. Must check it out.


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    #47
    Sad Professor
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    I'm seeing a lot of lukewarm reviews.


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    faceman
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    I still don't get the attraction here. I'd never heard of John Carter until the trailer was released.


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    #49
    Zubeneschamali
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    faceman wrote: »
    I still don't get the attraction here. I'd never heard of John Carter until the trailer was released.

    How about Carson of Venus?

    Pellucidar?

    The Land That Time Forgot?

    You've at least heard of Tarzan, right?


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    #50
    constitutionus
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    well from what i can see its....

    .."tarzan innnn spaaaaaacccce ! "

    :)

    TBH its the only thing piquing im interest this week and dont really expect much from it so ill be going along with that attitude.

    probably means ill enjoy it immensly.


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    #51
    Zubeneschamali
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    constitutionus wrote: »
    .."tarzan innnn spaaaaaacccce ! "

    Other way around: Tarzan is John Carter in The Jungle Book.


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    #52
    Zubeneschamali
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    Thread crossover: given that this weeks top ten are all rotten tomatoes, does the fact that JC is opening as the only Fresh blockbuster mean it has a chance to beat the advance negativity and post a good weekend?


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    mike65
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    faceman wrote: »
    I still don't get the attraction here. I'd never heard of John Carter until the trailer was released.

    Which is why this will bomb. "Fanboys" can't make this a success.


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    #54
    Mickeroo
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Which is why this will bomb. "Fanboys" can't make this a success.

    probably true unfortunately. Good word of mouth from those who do go and see it this weekend could make a fair bit of difference though. doesn't happen very often these days that film would recover from a bad opening weekend though.


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    The Asylum may make dreadful crap but they know how to market a film, something that the makers of John Carter need to learn.

    Every trailer for John Carter should have made use of Avatar, they should have used the fact that Avatar was inspired by the John Carter series as their main selling point.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsawq3PBMms


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    #56
    faceman
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    Zubeneschamali wrote: »

    How about Carson of Venus?

    Pellucidar?

    The Land That Time Forgot?

    You've at least heard of Tarzan, right?

    Ah Tarzan. On Mars with no yodelling?


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    #57
    Kess73
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    faceman wrote: »
    Ah Tarzan. On Mars with no yodelling?

    "In space nobody can hear you singing an extended note in a manner which rapidly changes pitch" does not quite work as a tagline. :)


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    #58
    That_Guy
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    I keep thinking of Howard Carter everytime I notice the trailer or the posters about the place.

    Remember thinking to myself when I saw the trailer, "Wow, he's come a long way since discovering Tutankhamun's tomb"

    :pac:

    Massive budget for this film. $250 million. :eek:


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    #59
    mike65
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    Martian Mummies on the rampage - I like.


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    #60
    That_Guy
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Martian Mummies on the rampage - I like.

    I think we're on to a winner Mike.


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    #61
    Zubeneschamali
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Martian Mummies on the rampage - I like.

    That's Carpenter's sequel to Ghosts of Mars, right?


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