The big 'Hollywood' budgeted movies start with John Carter.
I grew up loving these books. Never thought the books would get made in to a quality movie. When I heard that they were starting production five years ago, I was dreading that they would destroy story while not being able to capture the epic grandeur of the visuals and audio that ERB (slang for Edgar Rice Burroughs) had detailed with in his heroic fantasy science-fiction series from over a hundred years ago.
But money and technology can cure (or create) a lot. My understanding is that those making John Carter also have the love for the books that I (like many others) have. We shall see. They are spending top dollar on this production.
There is also a poll on this forum seeking to categorize taste (by us) on IndieTalk. If those numbers are accurate -- I guess many of us will be rushing off to see John Carter when it hits the theaters. I hope it is to ERB's books that LOTR was to J. R. R. Tolkien...
Here is an article and a visual/audio taste --
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22/john-carter-producers-on-budget-rumors-creating-mars_n_1293248.html
I grew up loving these books. Never thought the books would get made in to a quality movie. When I heard that they were starting production five years ago, I was dreading that they would destroy story while not being able to capture the epic grandeur of the visuals and audio that ERB (slang for Edgar Rice Burroughs) had detailed with in his heroic fantasy science-fiction series from over a hundred years ago.
But money and technology can cure (or create) a lot. My understanding is that those making John Carter also have the love for the books that I (like many others) have. We shall see. They are spending top dollar on this production.
There is also a poll on this forum seeking to categorize taste (by us) on IndieTalk. If those numbers are accurate -- I guess many of us will be rushing off to see John Carter when it hits the theaters. I hope it is to ERB's books that LOTR was to J. R. R. Tolkien...
Here is an article and a visual/audio taste --
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22/john-carter-producers-on-budget-rumors-creating-mars_n_1293248.html