I have to concur with the above comment re: the relationship of Flash Gordon to the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. I've written at length about this (start at the bottom and work your way up for the best understanding).
> the claim that Flash Gordon was created as a Barsoom clone seems improbable.** The prequel trilogy is much more than the original trilogy, but even that has many of the trappings that Carter set off (Burroughs lifted his stuff wholesale from earlier writers, but put his own twist on the material, which is what made it spark). > His belief that Star Wars was heavily influenced by Barsoom seems valid but overstated Both Verne and Wells are almost Victorian in their writing, and while it's fantastic through and through, Carter is arguably the first fully integrated modern action hero and (planet-bound) space opera. > What, you may ask, of Verne and Wells? Apparently they're either not influential enough or not "modern" by his reckoning. I generally agree with you on the book, however I feel I need to point out a couple of things.
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And she has the one good line in the film, when she spots her doppleganger making a break for it: "Stop me! I'm getting away!" But that's a pretty slim return on two hours plus of movie. Lynn Collins, who played the Princess of what shd have been the title, does a great Gemma Arterton impersonation.
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I loved the use of the old Led Zeppelin song "Kashmir" in the trailer - in fact, that's the main reason I decided to see the movie (in a typically wrongfooted move, it was left out of the actual film itself). It wasn't.īut hey, it wasn't a total loss. The general impression seems to be that the Powers That Be at Disney had a bad feeling about this one from early on but cd neither bring themselves to intervene and fix the problem nor to pull the plug, instead deciding to hope they were wrong and it might be a surprise hit. The studio cut their loses and announced a $200,000,000 'write down' just days after the movie debued. This one made a boatload of money - $280,000,000 gross - but they'd spent so much making and promoting the movie that this wasn't even enough to break even, leaving them at least $70 million in the hole. In the end it all came down to the expectations games: a movie that cost this much cd only be judged a success by Hollywood accounting if it made back double its costs. Burroughs' original title, UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS.
Hence A PRINCESS OF MARS became JOHN CARTER OF MARS which became just JOHN CARTER - as neutral and unevocative as they cd have come up with. (3) The target audience is 10 to 14 yr old boys. (2a) Besides, movies with 'Mars' in the title don't do well at the box office (a dubious maxim showing post hoc propter hoc because Disney had just released a flop called MARS WANTS MOMS) (2) You can't use the word 'Mars' in the title, because then no women will go to see it.
(1) You can't use the word 'Princess' in the title, because then no guys will go to see it. Apparently the logic went something like this: One thing I'd hoped he wd spend more time on was exploring the thought processes behind the idiots who were responsible for the film's title. The third of these is simply a truism, the first two shd make chills run up the spine of anyone who is a fan of a book being adapted.
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