It's looks... Hmmn. Well, it doesn't look deep. But there are swords, and heroism, and epic music. (Which sounds like a weird choral/orchestral version of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir".)
Will it be good? No idea. But it's John Carter. Of Mars! How can I not give it a go? Besides, it'll be interesting to see Taylor Kitsch in something that's not Friday Night Lights. (I'm so used to seeing him with a football helmet dangling from his hand that I kept mis-seeing his weapons in this trailer.)
And, hey, all you producers out there, I think it's time for a remake of Tarzan. Seriously. I can't get enough of that stuff.
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John! EFFING! CARTER! I am amped, I don't care, John CAAAAARTER!
ReplyDeleteI am so there. It looks like they got the Look right at least. And, yeah, I think that is Led Zeppelin's Kashmir---which is so appropriate. Heavy metal for Martian metal.
ReplyDeletemordicai, Mark, as the Muppets might say: Yupyupyup.
ReplyDeleteI liked the shorter trailer better. It drew me in a lot more and really hooked me with its moody and mysterious atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly didn't hurt that for the short trailer they used Peter Gabriel's cover of "My Body Is A Cage" by Arcade Fire.
A song which is always in my ipod.
I certainly hope this movie is better than the Conan remake.
tranceptor, I couldn't bring myself to try the Conan remake. I admire your courage.
ReplyDeleteIt's Disney, so it will never have the nudity of Burroughs' Barsoom.
ReplyDeleteThe soundtrack quoted Kashmir, but it never resolved, and for that I'm supremely disappointed.
Andy, yes on the Kashmir. But I'm definitely okay without the John Carter and/or alien nudity :)
ReplyDeleteSo, um, Braveheart on Mars? Complete with blue facepaint.
ReplyDeleteclindsay, I hope we can skate by without the mooning scene...
ReplyDeleteThat 'blue facepaint' seems to be White Ape blood - he gets drenched when he kills it.
ReplyDeleteJC got blood covered a lot in the novels, nice they included at least one scene for the movie, even if they chickened out with the color.
Anon, yeah, I bet there's a study somewhere that shows that too much red reduces attraction in certain segments of the audience...
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