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Re: John Carter of Mars, or what could have been for animation

Pete A Griffith — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:48:19 -0000

Well James I would rather not see a pale imitation of JCWoM than a Disney-fied version of it ala the Little Mermaid and all the other stories they changed the look and feel of over the years. You can't comprismise on a story and then expect to see the book you have love for years to be a film you recognize. Once they start cutting parts or chaning the look of the characters then the entire theme is compromised. Look at all the bad movies they made from Comics that failed and then look at the new IronMan where Marvel stood their ground and said no we are doing it the right way.

Re: John Carter of Mars, or what could have been for animation

Bob Statzer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:20:59 -0000

Just a couple of quick corrections: According to the late Bob Clampett, himself, he approached Burroughs in 1934 or '35 about this, not 1930. And Warner Bros. were not involved, even though Clampett was working for the studio at the time. Clampett wanted to become an animation director and didn't feel WB was ever going to give him the chance. His hope was that the John Carter cartoon would be his ticket to a better career, and it was MGM that took an option on the Clampett/Burroughs project. (That video is taken from the Image DVD release of Bob Clampett's BEANY & CECIL, which is packed with rare extras, including more artwork and notes on the John Carter cartoon. Try to track down a copy, if you can.)

Re: John Carter of Mars, or what could have been for animation

James — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:23 -0000

Peter I do worry that a Pixar and by extension Disney wouldn't give the movie it's true justice, not like some of the other directors mentioned.

I just worry Pixar won't go for it, but then if they made this friendly for kids and adults (re: The Incredible) I'd be okay with that since there isn't enough awesome sci fi for kids these days. Stuff to get them excited about the genre and movies and adventures, etc.

Re: John Carter of Mars, or what could have been for animation

Pete A Griffith — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:30:11 -0000

But will Pixar keep it authintic to the books. Remember that the books had the characters in harnesses for the men and the women were topless most of the time. How is Pixar going to do that with compromising the look and feel of all of Frazetta's artwork that has inspired so many to pickup the books all those years.

Re: John Carter of Mars, or what could have been for animation

Captain CPA — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:28:28 -0000

FYI, the Orson Welles/Batman project was an April Fools Day joke from the Ain't It Cool website a few years ago.

Re: John Carter of Mars, or what could have been for animation

James — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:19:12 -0000

Thanks man. I had no idea. I just remembered reading about it and thought of it when I came across this video. Makes me wonder now if this video is a hoax of some sorts...

Re: John Carter of Mars, or what could have been for animation

SCassidy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:25:29 -0000

The Orson Welles-Batman film is a hoax that was thought up by the comic book writer Mark Millar. Just FYI.