Category: Other Stuff
Here’s a link to a Legend of Tarzan article with a twist
TweetHere’s a media post on the Legend of Tarzan trailer that is like many others — except that in the body of the article, the author has picked up and […]
Cinelinx: “Will the Legend of Tarzan Get It Right?
TweetWriting at Cinelinx, Rob Young asks the reasonable question — Will Legend of Tarzan get it right? “Tarzan movies have been plentiful but good Tarzan movies are a lot harder […]
Cinema Blend, First Showing, and Collider Review the Legend of Tarzan Trailer
TweetFirst Showing, Cinema Blend, and Collider are all significant movie tracking sites who are instrumental in shaping the buzz for a given film. Following are their reviews of the Legend […]
Legend of Tarzan: Dec 11 Press Roundup
Tweet Alexander Skarsgard goes shirtless with Margot Robbie in Legend Of Tarzan The Times (subscription) – ?2 hours ago? But next summer’s The Legend Of Tarzan looks set to be a […]
First Unofficial Legend of Tarzan Fan Poster Appears Online and It’s Awesome
TweetAt the moment I’m posting this even though it’s a bit of a mystery. Obviously — it’s branded www.gerardo-moreno.com but I went to the site and couldnlt find it there. […]
Is the Legend of Tarzan Trailer a Surprise Hit? What Do the Numbers Tell Us?
TweetIt’s now 38 hours since Warner Brothers released the trailer for Legend of Tarzan, and during that time, data monitoring tells a very interesting tale, the core storyline of which […]
Legend of Tarzan: 10 Trailer Reaction Videos
TweetFor those who don’t know — doing “Trailer Reaction” videos is popular on YouTube and it’s fascinating to watch. I just chose the first ten I could find. I did […]
More Skarsgard re TARZAN: On “integrity,” “character,” and how the “beast inside” slowly comes out
TweetThe upcoming release of Diary of a Teenage Girl with Alexander Skarsgard in a leading role is producing a flood of quotes from Skarsgard about that film — and a […]
Saturday Evening Post Says Tarzan is the First Superhero — and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Creation of Him Marked a “Major Turning Point”
TweetA Saturday Evening Post article by Jeff Nilsson under the title How Tarzan’s Author Did it All Wrong and Got it All Right makes a major good point and one […]
Now THERE is some Rocket Science; Watch it Land
TweetJeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s rocket has done something we’ve only seen in sci-fi — land. One of the most exciting things in space travel seen in a long time. […]
Margot Robbie Gets a LIttle Friendly Press for Tarzan
TweetIt’s not exactly a major breakthrough, but Margot Robbie has managed to create a minor bit of positivity by posting on her Instagram a video of her swinging on a […]
New Star Wars – The Force Awakens Trailer Logs 21 Million Views in First 24 Hours (Updates)
Tweet(I started this post 15 minutes after the trailer debuted….scroll down to see how fast it’s risen to 21 Million views.) The Star Wars — The Force Awakens trailer was […]
George R.R. Martin on our Long Obsession With Mars
TweetGeorge R.R. Martin, author of Game of Thrones, has written a lengthy and evocative article in The Guardian on the fascination that he, and we, have felt for Mars for […]
Interesting Anecdotal Evidence that John Carter is Gaining Cult Status
TweetIt’s been awhile since I’ve weighed into the universe of “Defending John Carter” … and so it was a real treat to come across this post and read the comments, […]
Robert Abbett’s Stunning Dejah Thoris
TweetMy first exposure to A Princess of Mars was the Ballantine paperback edition, whose cover was graced with a painting by Robert Abbott which, reproduced as it was in a […]
John Carter, George Custer, and Edgar Rice Burroughs by Thomas R. McGurk
TweetI am pleased to report that there has been another Thomas R. McGurk sighting. Our 82 year old Burroughs interlocutor has appeared once again, surfacing briefly via a friend’s email […]
Wired: Why Fan Trailers Are Often Better Than the Real Thing
TweetAngela Watercutter of Wired.com got in touch a couple of weeks ago and said she was doing a story about fan trailers and would like to talk about the John […]
Man of Steel Scores $125M Opening Weekend in Spite of John Carter-ish “Rotten” Critics Rating
TweetMan of Steel fans are basking in the glow of a $125M opening weekend, achieved in spite of a 57% “Rotten” rating from critics, while John Carter fans are shaking […]
10 Reasons Why Marvel Fans Don’t Like John Carter — Ian Boucher
TweetIan Boucher has written a comprehensive article in What Culture taking on the issue of why Marvel Studios fans don’t like John Carter. I won’t steal his thunder by going […]
Astronaut ‘Picker Chris Hadfield is my newest hero . . . .and his music video may be one of the best ever
TweetAs a one-time quasi-professional guitar picker who gave up doing it professionally several lifetimes ago (er ….. that should be “failed to make it professionally”) but has tried to keep […]
Of Deserts and Dead Sea-Bottoms by Lisa V. Tomecek
TweetLisa V. Tomecek is is the author of the upcoming novel Oath of Blood and is a friend of Edgar Rice Burroughs, The John Carter Files, and assorted denizens here […]
John Carter, Stanton Style — an Epic Poem by John “Bridge” Martin
TweetJohn “Bridge” Martin, one of the great stalwarts of the Burroughs Bibliophile universe, has shared with us “John Carter, Stanton Style” an epic poem that is as vivid and engaging […]
Cinema Pots: Who’s Superman’s Daddy? (Hint: Vir-geeen-ya)
TweetOver at Cinema Pots, blogger RoughStoneRolling has taken a shot at explaining to those-who-do-not-know just who it is that is the literary Daddy of Superman. He starts out by quoting […]
Man of Steel 360 : A Few of the Stories Posted to Date
TweetAs many of you know, John Carter Files now has a doppelganger site, Man of Steel 360, reflecting our adoption of the Last Son of Krypton on the grounds that […]
The John Carter-Man of Steel Connection: “I was a superman” — John Carter
TweetAs the release date for Man of Steel approaches, I’m thinking more about the John Carter and Superman connections. Jerry Siegel made clear in his remarks on the 45th Anniversay […]
Thomas R. McGurk, 82, on How Edgar Rice Burroughs Inspired one man’s long and colorful life
TweetA few months back a random comment appeared on a back article and caught my attention to the extent that I blogged about it. The commenter was Thomas R. McGurk, then 81 […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars: The Jesse Marsh Years
Tweetby Robert Sodaro for The Examiner Just about a year ago Disney released, and then inexplicably disowned, the film John Carter, which successfully, beautifully, and faithfully translated Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ extra-planetary swashbuckling […]
The Unpopular Opinion: John Carter — by Alex Maldy
Tweetby Alex Maldy via JoBlo.com Just over a year ago, Disney had two big budget movies coming out that was a big risk for the studio if fans did not […]
Jerry Siegel Cites Both Tarzan and John Carter as Key Influences in Creating Superman
TweetBy now those who have been following John Carter are pretty well aware that Jerry Siegel cited John Carter as a key influence in his origination of Superman. But I […]
Will Man of Steel Fan Trailers Equal the Work by Fans for John Carter? Here’s one excellent one
TweetWe all recall that fan trailers became a significant part of the story during the rollout of John Carter — will the same thing happen with Man of Steel? On […]