John Carter (2012)

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Monkey

I just watched the trailer without audio. I agree 100% , I thought this was on Earth, in a desert setting. Absolutely nothing exotic about it aside from the space ships and scrawny green CGI guy.

Well, remember, this's also Pixar--The scrawny green CGI guy is one of the few effects they'd finished by the time the trailer had to be cut.
(And since it's now a Disney movie, we're lucky they told us THAT much in the first teaser.)

Also, does it help that I was morbidly curious to take a look at the official Asylum knockbuster version that came out earlier, back when they were trying to dodge with public-domain classics?:

(No, really, they thought they were ripping off Avatar!)

In the meantime, Disney has provided some helpful explanation ahead of time of Burroughs' Mars-verse:

[Show spoiler]

‪Disney's Mars & Beyond 2 of 6 - Mars in Pop Culture‬‏ - YouTube

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by detective392

Trailer. Awesome trailer and even more excited now. Just hope it's not another Prince of Persia in terms of BO.

Hmmm, not at all what I was expecting. It didn't get me the least bit excited for this. I am a Kitsch fan ever since FNL but he just seems as miscast to me here as Glyenhall did for Persia, and they both look dressed quite similar. Plus his co-star here is Lynn Collins who he was also in Wolverine in, and that movie left a bad enough taste in my mouth without the reminder of seeing the two of them together. I think I am definitely going to temper my expectations and just wait for a much better trailer cause that really did nothing for me.

[PS3-Playb3yond]

Just checked out the trailer and it looks interesting. I think it was him I saw jumping real high in the trailer, does he have powers?

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

Just checked out the trailer and it looks interesting. I think it was him I saw jumping real high in the trailer, does he have powers?

Yeah that was him, and I wondered the same thing. Or is it the lack of gravity on Mars?

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Yeah that was him, and I wondered the same thing. Or is it the lack of gravity on Mars?

According to Burroughs, it's the lack of gravity on Mars. Also helpful for strength.

[PS3-Playb3yond]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Yeah that was him, and I wondered the same thing. Or is it the lack of gravity on Mars?

I thought that too but...isn't there gravity in Mars?

Originally Posted by EricJ

According to Burroughs, it's the lack of gravity on Mars. Also helpful for strength.

There is gravity otherwise they wouldn't be on the ground, maybe it's much lesser than Earth's gravity and more than the moon's.....somewhere in the between.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

There is gravity otherwise they wouldn't be on the ground, maybe it's much lesser than Earth's gravity and more than the moon's.....somewhere in the between.

The internets told me this, ain't that some shit? So basically a 200 lb man, weighs as much as a 75 pound girl.

The equatorial gravity on Mars is 3.69 m/s2 or 0.376g (37% that of Earth). If you weighed 100 lbs on Earth you would weigh 37.7 lbs on Mars

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Monkey

I just watched the trailer without audio. I agree 100% , I thought this was on Earth, in a desert setting. Absolutely nothing exotic about it aside from the space ships and scrawny green CGI guy.

I was thinking the same thing too, however you have to remember that this is a teaser trailer and by the time the film comes out, Mars could end up looking similar to the ones from 'Mission to Mars' and 'Red Planet' with a little bit CGI and some lot of color grading applied to it.


And speaking of color grading, if any of the film makers involved in this one happen to be reading this thread, pleeeeease click on my sig below.



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[PS3-Playb3yond]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

The internets told me this, ain't that some shit? So basically a 200 lb man, weighs as much as a 75 pound girl.

I took Physics recently so I know gravity on Earth is 9.8m/s2. Unlike you, the internets ain't tell me shit.

[Ford]

I had kind of the same reaction that I did to the new Sherlock Holmes trailer. It just doesn't make me want to drive to the theater. I'm hoping future trailers for it will be better, because I do like the material and the actors. But it didn't have a "wow factor".

However, it did make me wish we could get a "J'onn J'onzz of Mars" movie.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

I took Physics recently so I know gravity on Earth is 9.8m/s2. Unlike you, the internets ain't tell me shit.

ohh look at mr college boy, somebody get this guy a degree, so he can um.......wait they used to get jobs right? Somebody get this guy a medal!

[PS3-Playb3yond]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

ohh look at mr college boy, somebody get this guy a degree, so he can um.......wait they used to get jobs right? Somebody get this guy a medal!

LOL! You forgot

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Well, remember, this's also Pixar--The scrawny green CGI guy is one of the few effects they'd finished by the time the trailer had to be cut.
(And since it's now a Disney movie, we're lucky they told us THAT much in the first teaser.)

Also, does it help that I was morbidly curious to take a look at the official Asylum knockbuster version that came out earlier, back when they were trying to dodge with public-domain classics?:

(No, really, they thought they were ripping off Avatar!)

In the meantime, Disney has provided some helpful explanation ahead of time of Burroughs' Mars-verse:

[Show spoiler]‪Disney's Mars & Beyond 2 of 6 - Mars in Pop Culture‬‏ - YouTube

Nice, I remember watching that a long time ago. Very cool, love those kinds of videos.

[Resettito]

SPOILER ALERT FOR JOHN JUMPING IN THE AIR:



Slashfilm specified that there is a scene where you see John Carter learning how to move (especially walk) on Mars, because of the obvious gravity difference, hence why he can do super jumps.



By the way, do watch the trailer with the sound, Peter Gabriel's cover of Arcade Fire's "My Body is a cage" is fantastic and makes it somehow special I think.

[The Big Blue]

Not sure what I was expecting but... this wasn't it.

Hopefully it's just a super crappy trailer.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by The Big Blue

Not sure what I was expecting but... this wasn't it.

Hopefully it's just a super crappy trailer.

Right there with ya Blue, my exact thoughts on both counts.

[scweb13]

You guys do realize that this story is nearly 100 years old right?
Not too much was know about Mars at the time and Edgar Rice Burroughs based Barsoom (Mars) on the idea that it was a dying world that was at one time similar to Earth. ERB thought up some fantastic ideas for Martian technology including an early form of GPS, flying ships, brain transplants and terra-forming factories.
The reason that most people aren't impressed seems to be that a lot of other movies have already borrowed from these Mars stories.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by scweb13

The reason that most people aren't impressed seems to be that a lot of other movies have already borrowed from these Mars stories.

Actually I'm not impressed by the fact that it just doesn't look good.

[Ford]

Originally Posted by Resettito

By the way, do watch the trailer with the sound, Peter Gabriel's cover of Arcade Fire's "My Body is a cage" is fantastic and makes it somehow special I think.

I'm glad you said that, I was wondering who that was singing. I thought it kind of sounded like David Lee Roth but I knew there was no way in hell that they'd use him!

[Moefiz]

That trailer sure has hell didn't make me want to go and see it....one of the worst big budget trailer I have seen in along time.