John Carter: the new Blade Runner...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 17:12
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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:03 AM

Remember that dumb little Harrison Ford movie that made no money in its initial release?
Well, this is THAT IMHO.

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KWICKO

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:37 AM

Main difference being, I actually wanted to see that other one.

This one looks insipid.

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:44 AM

Heh heh, and Iraq looked like they had WMD.

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ANTHONYT

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:52 AM

Hello,

70 million overseas. If this thing is going to break even, it's going to have to do it on the basis of foreign box office.

I think if more people knew what to make of it, they might prefer it to The Lorax.

--Anthony

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RIONAEIRE

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:27 AM

The Lorax looks soooooooo dumb. Of course if you have little ones it makes sense, but looks boring and doesn't seem to resemble the book.

I can't figure out why John Carter is rated PG-13, there's nothing in there that's too scary or provocative or fowl. Why not just rate it PG? There were a bunch of little kids in there when I went, so why not have it PG.

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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:52 PM

Some of the violence is fairly intense...

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ZEEK

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:13 PM

I know this is probably a nerd cred disaster, but I've never understood the Blade Runner love. It's entirely possible that I just haven't dissected it enough to get a lot of hidden meaning or something. I first saw it in college in the early 2000's. It just seemed like a neat little take on prejudice to me. I didn't think it was earth shattering though.

So what's John Carter's hook? It looks like space conan or something. Some trailer showed like 1900's looking Earth where a dude was missing. I don't picture a sword wielding barbarian coming out of the 1900's. Is it super spoilery to explain how that all fits together?

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:32 PM

The hook is that it *DOES* all fit together.
YOU REALLY SHOULD JUST SEE IT.
That & Avengers are this year's must-sees IMO.

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STORYMARK

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:48 PM

Not to say that the audience for this wont grow over the years.... but it being the new Blade Runner - not a chance.

Much of what has kept Blade Runner alive for film lovers is the visual style, which influenced countless films in the decades since. Carter.... doesn't really do anything all that original visually.

If anything, its the new Waterworld - a movie they spent more than they should have on, which had terrible buzz leading up to release, but just barely squeaked by financially, and years later, some people flasly call it a huge flop, while others say "It wasn't that bad".

Note to self: Come up with some pity-baiting sig line so everyone sees how persecuted poor wittle me is. Then I can be just like Rappy!

ZEEK

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Much of what has kept Blade Runner alive for film lovers is the visual style, which influenced countless films in the decades since.

Well that explains why I don't get it. I'm no film student and I don't have an eye for visual style.

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