tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670275505297605783.post5697547086848897524..comments2023-04-02T06:24:45.374-07:00Comments on committed: From The Asylum Library: Edgar Rice Burroughsinmate 977http://www.blogger.com/profile/07314328824206595285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670275505297605783.post-3237074118835003652011-06-10T15:05:31.815-07:002011-06-10T15:05:31.815-07:00Thanks for the ERB Crater on Mars link on my ERBzi...Thanks for the ERB Crater on Mars link on my ERBzine.com site.<br />Those interested in some of our Asylum features may want to visit:<br />ASYLUM'S PRINCESS OF MARS REVIEW:<br />http://www.erbzine.com/mag30/3033.html<br />LOBBY DISPLAY<br />http://www.erbzine.com/mag30/3033a.html<br />FOLLOW-UP ARTICLE<br />http://www.erbzine.com/mag30/3034.html<br />Princess of Az-Lium: A Mars Novel Serialized in 80 Chapters By Den Valdron<br />http://www.erbzine.com/mag31/3160.html<br />There's more if you want 'emBill Hillmanhttp://www.erbzine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670275505297605783.post-82633932326122208852011-05-22T14:25:01.526-07:002011-05-22T14:25:01.526-07:00Tarzan is terrific, but it's been done to deat...<em>Tarzan</em> is terrific, but it's been done to death. <em>Princess of Mars</em> is miserable, tho. I think it could make a great movie, but it would require a lot of rework and would basically just be riding the ERB name. There's no explanation for how John Carter gets to Mars. The plot is just him being trained to be the biggest badass among a whole race of badasses... And then the ending is no better than the beginning. It's just hand-waving nonsense akin to, but without the social commentary of, <em>A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court</em>.<br /><br />Hollywood has had pretty bad luck adapting 19th century science fiction, especially when a lot of casual racism (read <em>Dr. Doolittle</em>) has to be papered over.<br /><br />/serious faceTystohttp://www.tysto.comnoreply@blogger.com