tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post2683166782658857382..comments2023-04-11T07:38:19.055-04:00Comments on BC Refugees Blog: Books I Read: John Carter of MarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post-76312288626392095652012-04-06T13:36:13.194-04:002012-04-06T13:36:13.194-04:00I skipped the 3D because I usually find it too dar...I skipped the 3D because I usually find it too dark, but I loved JOHN CARTER also. Moreso than any Star Wars product I've seen in the last 30 years. (Though Allyn recommends LEGO Star Wars "The Padawan Menace", which I haven't had time to check out yet.)<br /><br />Worldwide, the film is actually <a href="http://t.co/nOJjJBav" rel="nofollow">pretty much breaking even at the box office</a>, and the Blu-Ray was #1 in <a href="http://t.co/sicU8u4j" rel="nofollow">Amazon science fiction preorders</a> last time I checked.Jeff Metznerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999238508906021766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post-75099345068501541782012-04-06T09:24:52.146-04:002012-04-06T09:24:52.146-04:00BTW, the movie was really good. I saw it in 3-D a...BTW, the movie was really good. I saw it in 3-D and the effects are awesome. Character portrayals are well done and faithful to the novels. This is not some campy send-up - - it's as good as the Star Wars films and generates a similar excitement. Too bad people aren't buying tickets to this and Disney is losing money - - I'd really love to see another film in this series.pghheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489405735995561809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597330685028834268.post-22824616434177579492012-03-11T13:53:22.090-04:002012-03-11T13:53:22.090-04:00Disney has also issued collections of the other bo...<i> Disney has also issued collections of the other books in the series but according to an Amazon review they don't include Burroughs' introductions, which are part of the fun.</i><br /><br />Nope, they're not there. I picked up the three volumes because I no longer have all the Barsoom novels and I liked that there was a nice uniform edition. So while it's nice that the stories are back in print, it's unfortunate that they're not definitive.<br /><br />I bought the first Disney volume despite having the first three in an illustrated hardcover from Barnes & Noble that's really nice; Thomas Yeates' illustrations remind me of Hal Foster, there's a nice introduction by Mike Ashley, and the Burroughs framing sequences are intact.<br /><br /><i> Oddly enough, Dark Horse also seems to have a reprint of these issues [reprinted in the Marvel omnibus]. I would stick to the Marvel edition, but there are reprints of DC's John Carter title and some earlier work by Jesse March at that link.</i><br /><br />Dark Horse's volumes shouldn't be available for sale any longer; they were supposed to withdrawn from the market last summer when their license expired.Allyn Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003708414795601298noreply@blogger.com