The film is based mostly on Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars, the first of an epic 11-part series of science fiction pulp novels set on our red planet neighbor. ![]() In fact, in an opposite trajectory, we wouldn't have Avatar or Star Wars without John Carter. An entire generation of either uninformed, uneducated, or youthfully ignorant viewers are going to call it an Avatar knockoff or a Star Wars wannabe when nothing could be further from the truth. That's the thing people are not going to appreciate about John Carter. ![]() ![]() Something appearing unique always has an inspiration or influence from the past that was the creative spark towards the new twist of the present. Few things are entirely new in any Hollywood genre. The most important thing one can do to avoid youthful ignorance is to learn and know one's influences. ![]() Simply put, without a little investment in discovering or investigating the past, the youth of today likely know very little of the generation before them. Not to start on a soapbox right of the gate, but the topic of "youthful ignorance" keeps popping in my mind and begs to be discussed with the release of John Carter from Walt Disney Pictures.
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