The books were a little samey, but that's not surprising given how many there are.
The Disney film... wasn't altogether terrible.
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jonbob loves you, Sun 1 Nov 2020, 13:20,
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I enjoyed the Disney film
assuming you mean John Carter or whatever they called it. It had a well told flashback b-story as I recall, and Mark Strong as the leader of the Therns..?
They did a very good job hiding that film from popular attention. Not sure why.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sun 1 Nov 2020, 14:14,
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Mark Strong was a Thenn
But as I recall the Thenns weren’t that in the books.
I think the film was overshadowed by something else at the time.
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jonbob loves you, Sun 1 Nov 2020, 14:39,
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I just googled and apprently Disney changed the title from Princess of Mars to John Carter of Mars to John Carter
supposedly because Princesses suggested girly Disney cartoons, and 'of Mars' was too close to 'Mars Needs Moms' which was another Disney flop.
This all sounds just stupid enough to be true.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sun 1 Nov 2020, 17:27,
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