{"id":12010,"date":"2012-02-25T16:44:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T05:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=12010"},"modified":"2012-02-26T09:46:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T22:46:38","slug":"visions-of-john-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/02\/25\/visions-of-john-carter\/","title":{"rendered":"Visions of John Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the day I read pretty well all the science fantasy of Edgar Rice Burroughs, from Tarzan, through the Pellucidar series and the tales of Barsoom &#8212; Mars &#8212; with its scantily clad Princess. Inevitably those of my generation (and possibly of later generations) imagined the muscular heroes, and in particular John Carter and his princess Dejah Thoris, in imagery based on the art of Frank Frazetta, as it appears on the cover of the 1970 edition of the first of the Barsoom books, <em>A Princess of Mars<\/em>, and the later <em>A Fighting Man of Mars<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-of-mars-frazetta.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12021 aligncenter\" title=\"john-carter-of-mars-frazetta\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-of-mars-frazetta-778x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-of-mars-frazetta-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-of-mars-frazetta-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/frank_frazetta_afightingmanofmars.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12023\" title=\"frank_frazetta_afightingmanofmars\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/frank_frazetta_afightingmanofmars-747x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/frank_frazetta_afightingmanofmars-747x1024.jpg 747w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/frank_frazetta_afightingmanofmars-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/frank_frazetta_afightingmanofmars.jpg 876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frazetta&#8217;s fantasy art, along with that of Boris Vallejo, provided a muscular, dynamically iconic vision of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, as his cover art also did for Conan the Barbarian (perhaps even more so).<\/p>\n<p>With the imminent release of the new Disney fantasy blockbuster <em>John Carter<\/em> (US-2012; dir. Andrew Stanton), which is due to open in Australia on 8 March, the current generation will acquire, I suspect, a new vision of Burroughs&#8217; characters &#8212; even if from the look of recent publicity there is a certain familiarity to it all (as there should be). Check out this latest poster, which ups the fantastical ante over previously released collateral:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-poster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12018 aligncenter\" title=\"john-carter-poster\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-poster.jpg 648w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-poster-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>Previous:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/John-Carter-New-Poster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12011\" title=\"John Carter New Poster\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/John-Carter-New-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/John-Carter-New-Poster.jpg 600w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/John-Carter-New-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stills below tell a similar story and the lush re-imagined familiarity of them makes me very keen to see the film. John Carter has been long overdue to make a big-budget appearance at the movies &#8212; one fitting Burroughs&#8217; neglected importance in the genre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lynn_collins_in_john_carter-wide.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12019\" title=\"lynn_collins_in_john_carter-wide\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lynn_collins_in_john_carter-wide-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-4-230212.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12014\" title=\"john-carter-4-230212\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-4-230212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-4-230212.jpg 640w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-4-230212-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-film-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12016\" title=\"john-carter-film (4)\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-film-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-film-4.jpg 610w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-film-4-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-film-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12015\" title=\"john-carter-film (3)\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-film-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-film-3.jpg 609w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-film-3-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12013\" title=\"john-carter-03\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-03.jpg 639w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-03-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12012\" title=\"john-carter-02\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-02.jpg 639w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-carter-02-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Tars-Tarkas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12020\" title=\"Tars Tarkas\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Tars-Tarkas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Tars-Tarkas.jpg 635w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Tars-Tarkas-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already seen them, check out the trailers and the following clips:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube pcV7aXL8txU]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube nlvYKl1fjBI]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube yeEMbPhgy64]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube 8CKtuwTiMt8]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube 7wB9QvguyPg]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube xOBGjm2QfzE]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the day I read pretty well all the science fantasy of Edgar Rice Burroughs, from Tarzan, through the Pellucidar series and the tales of Barsoom &#8212; Mars &#8212; with its scantily clad Princess. Inevitably those of my generation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/02\/25\/visions-of-john-carter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[126,4,30,93],"tags":[976,974,975,973,977],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12010"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12027,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12010\/revisions\/12027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}