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New John Carter Story Trailer With Rant

Brian Logee

Dec 9, 2011

The new trailer for John Carter is here:

I have read a couple sad reviews of the trailer from people who have never read the books, so I thought I would take a moment to respond.

While I am not yet convinced this is going to be a good or great movie, I take umbrage with the people who are saying that this movie is a knock off of Star Wars and Avatar...

The first Barsoom book was published in 1912. That is all that needs to be said. The books came first, and the movies that came after it inherited themes and imagery from it. I know it is a lot to ask from internet folk to get their facts straight, but they need to do it.

I hope the film benefits from the technology used in Star Wars and Avatar, that will only make it a better movie, but that does not mean it copied them unless the filmmakers went off script.