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Good movie! I recommend it. A bit of a departure for Martin Scorsese, but not as much of one as you might think. The bits of ancient movies and re-creation of ancient movies is pretty phenomenal. And the kids who play Hugo and Isabelle are terrific (the boy is set to play Ender Wiggin according to IMDB(!).
As we were coming out of the theatre one of the preview posters for coming attractions caught my eye. It is a large orange poster - and the tag line reads "Lost In Our World Found In Another" and there is this (half naked) man figure in the foreground and a a bunch more indistinct figures in the back ground.
It took me a minute of standing there picking my brain to figure out why that name was familiar. Disney has made the Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars series into a movie.
I've not read the Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars (Barsoom) series so that I even knew what this was referencing even obliquely was a major win for the trivia in my head. It took me until this morning to follow the thought train to even know how I know that.
I was introduced to John Carter indirectly via Robert Heinlein's work. Especially the first Heinlein book I read "The Number of the Beast" (bad bad BAD place to start reading Heinlein, IMO because it references so much of his other work - kinda like he fanficced all his other books, and all the books and authors that might have inspired him).
I think maybe I'll check out the Project Gutenberg copy of "A Princess of Mars" which is the first in the Barsoom series. It was written in the nineteen-teens so I expect it to be pulpy, and swashbuckling. Could be fun!
BTW - Merry merry to all who celebrate any kind of holiday or festival or celebration here are mid-winter time!
As we were coming out of the theatre one of the preview posters for coming attractions caught my eye. It is a large orange poster - and the tag line reads "Lost In Our World Found In Another" and there is this (half naked) man figure in the foreground and a a bunch more indistinct figures in the back ground.
It took me a minute of standing there picking my brain to figure out why that name was familiar. Disney has made the Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars series into a movie.
I've not read the Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars (Barsoom) series so that I even knew what this was referencing even obliquely was a major win for the trivia in my head. It took me until this morning to follow the thought train to even know how I know that.
I was introduced to John Carter indirectly via Robert Heinlein's work. Especially the first Heinlein book I read "The Number of the Beast" (bad bad BAD place to start reading Heinlein, IMO because it references so much of his other work - kinda like he fanficced all his other books, and all the books and authors that might have inspired him).
I think maybe I'll check out the Project Gutenberg copy of "A Princess of Mars" which is the first in the Barsoom series. It was written in the nineteen-teens so I expect it to be pulpy, and swashbuckling. Could be fun!
BTW - Merry merry to all who celebrate any kind of holiday or festival or celebration here are mid-winter time!
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