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The John Carter trailer.

MalkavianMalkavian
edited 2012-01-13 18:21:47 in General
MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

There's... a lot of skin showing in the movie...


and so I can't help but think of this whenever I see the trailer.


Comments

  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth

    I remember first seeing it with some friends when we were really high. I was of the opinion and I believe there was some consensus that the trailer looked like a parody of the concept of movies.

  • CountryPumpkinCountryPumpkin
    I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.

    I'm just mad that it's not called John Carter of Mars anymore. I think that it's a much better title. 

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    I think they should have Harry Pottered it and called it John Carter and The Princess of Mars.


     


    ^^Keep in mind, it's an adaptation of what many consider the proto-space opera.

  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    As someone who's never read the book, I can see why they didn't call it Princess of Mars, but John Carter of Mars does sound better than John Carter. :V
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    I kinda think it's kinda silly that people in the late nineteenth century were more willing to accept a story called 'A Princess of Mars' as a hyper-manly adventure with swords and exploding bullets but we can't.


    I mean the whole point of a princess is to be saved by a knight.

  • DonZabuDonZabu

    Is that Kashmir being performed by a choir?

  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    As an adult, I can accept it. But (correct me if I'm wrong), a big demographic for this that they're aiming for is younger boys, right? When I was younger, I wouldn't have gone to see a movie with the word "Princess" in it, no matter what, cuz it sounded like girl stuff, and that matters to kids.
  • HatterHatter
    Glaives are better.

    I watched the Princess Bride when I was six, and I remember preparing myself to dislike it after I heard the title. But, like the Court Jester, I was proven wrong. 

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    Well it's PG-13 but I think it'd be a mistake not to go for the female demographic because... you know... 50% of the population... and maybe it's because I  watched Xena a lot as a kid but I feel if you show shirtless John Carter sword fighting a lot in the trailer and showing the princess' purpose is to be rescued they'll dig it.


    Mostly it's an attempt for another Pirates franchise. Tron was a similar attempt.

  • HatterHatter
    Glaives are better.

    Ugh. I hate demographic pandering.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    In the original story John Carter's naked except for the ornaments he has from victories, as is Dejah. (the eponymous princess) As such, the skimpy outfits aren't really pandering so much as being as close to the story as they can without being rated NC-17


    Or were you talking about the title change?

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