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Title: John Carter of Mars!
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Published: Mar 17, 2012
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Post Date: 2012-03-17 13:38:50 by Turtle
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Poster Comment: The first novel I ever read was Edgar Rice Burroughs' "A Fighting Man of Mars." Although this is called "John Carter" it is clearly the first novel in the series, "A Princess of Mars." It took a long time for SFX to get this good. And while I rarely go to the movies these days I am going to see this.
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BTW, that goofy animal that looks at John Carter at 1:14 is Woola, a Martian dog. I can't believe I know this stuff. "You shall have fun, no matter what you do." -- Turtle
So is she, in fact, incomparable?
Ron Paul says he WILL free non-violent drug offenders. I read them all too Turtle, and I saw the flick with my son. I know it's a box office bomb, but it was well worth $6.00 to me to escape reality for 2.5 hours.
I read "A Fighting Man of Mars" 20 times when I was 12, until my copy fell completely apart. "You shall have fun, no matter what you do." -- Turtle
Uh oh. Ron Paul says he WILL free non-violent drug offenders. So did they fuck it up beyond recognition or is it o.k.?
Ron Paul says he WILL free non-violent drug offenders. Hey stranger! Did you see "American Gangster"?
It turns out there were eleven. I don't recall reading that many, but then again, it was many moons ago.
I am interested only in the fighting and SPX. "You shall have fun, no matter what you do." -- Turtle
It's just ok, but I went in with low expectations. If you do plan to see it, I'd watch it on the big screen. The special effects, much of which weren't needed, will be lost on DVD.
Nope. Last movie I saw was about the Power Rangers. Hey, you never answered my banjo question. Ron Paul says he WILL free non-violent drug offenders. I've read them all (except the last one which I believe was patched together after his death) multiple times. Good memories. Woola his dog. His loyal friend Tars Tarkas. And of course The Incomparable Dejah Thoris. I remember the Martians were cruel to Woola and when Carter was nice to it, it was patheticially grateful to him for the rest of its life. I was, however, a bit disturbed to find Dejah Thoris laid eggs. "You shall have fun, no matter what you do." -- Turtle
Cripes O_I, you nailed those names w/o Google? My wig is off to you, sir.
Oh, I just loved those books as a kid - I've read most of them two or three times including the comic book ones. And I'm blessed with a good memory, but thanks. I've also read maybe the first ten Tarzan books and the immortal Lord Greystoke a.k.a. Tarzan of the Apes. A lot of reprints of the Golden Age of Science Fiction came out while I was growing up - in my grade school years and on into my teens so I've read a lot of the classics of the genre - including the novelized stories of "The Shadow" - Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha. The novels were actually much better than the radio program. And of course one could not leave out the prototypical superman - "The Man of Bronze" - Doc Savage. I was, however, a bit disturbed to find Dejah Thoris laid eggs. Well, Burroughs did a lot of his early writing during "The Mauve Decade" and so had to skirt the subject of sex very obliquely. The prudes and fundies would have wanted his head otherwise. I've always thought it was an interesting contradiction with the supposed Christian Fundamentalists that no matter how much blood of innocents gets splattered across the toob or in print and they are just fine with it. Mention sex and they are up in arms and ready to string people from trees - after they've been drawn and quartered of course. You sure do have a good memory, and yes on Tarzan. I read them with great pleasure. Johnny Weissmuller gave Tarzan justice on early TeeVee, but I'm dating myself heavily with that reference :)
My humblest apologies. Was it in a PM or open post? Ask again and I promise to do better. : )
You would have really dated yourself if you had claimed to have seen him in first run movies. I think for that we need Cyni. It was PM.
Ron Paul says he WILL free non-violent drug offenders. Gone, sadly. What was the question?
Just saw it with the wife. Thumbs up! "We are eternal." "We don't cause the destruction. We feed off it." "So it is with every host." Ron Paul says he WILL free non-violent drug offenders. I've inherited my grandpa's 1928 Vega Vox III. What can you tell me about it? I'd like to get it restored, appraised, and then I'd like to learn to play it. It needs some work, but my neighbor who can play tells me it has a "fat sound." Ron Paul says he WILL free non-violent drug offenders. Glad you guys liked it and I agree!
That's a badass instrument to inherit, my friend. Can you post some pics of it for me? I have a luthier friend that makes/fixes high dollar banjos that's an expert on the topic. I'll show him the pics and then get back to you.
Pic links in your mailbox.
Ron Paul says he WILL free non-violent drug offenders.
#2. To: Turtle (#0)
Ron Paul says he WOULD HAVE voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
#3. To: Turtle (#0)
#4. To: Jethro Tull, Prefrontal Vortex (#3)
I read them all too Turtle, and I saw the flick with my son. I know it's a box office bomb, but it was well worth $6.00 to me to escape reality for 2.5 hours.
#5. To: Turtle (#0)
Multiethnic Social Engineering Dreck Fest. All the bad guys are so white they're albino. All the hotties are Hispanic. The Hero could pass for either and so is 'inoffensive as immaterial'. And all the blather comes about as 'do the right thing to save all of us' nonsense.
Ron Paul says he WOULD HAVE voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
#6. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
Ron Paul says he WOULD HAVE voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
#7. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#5)
Multiethnic Social Engineering Dreck Fest.
#8. To: Turtle (#4)
The turning point for Burroughs came in 1910, when he began writing for pulp magazines. A story called Under the Moons of Mars, which introduced the hero John Carter, was his first professional sale, published in 1912. All of Carter’s adventures were published in book form in 1917 as A Princess of Mars - the series eventually swelled to eleven titles. Burroughs’s other popular series included the Carson of Venus books, Pellucidar, and The Land that Time Forgot.
#9. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#5)
Multiethnic Social Engineering Dreck Fest. All the bad guys are so white they're albino. All the hotties are Hispanic. The Hero could pass for either and so is 'inoffensive as immaterial'. And all the blather comes about as 'do the right thing to save all of us' nonsense.
#10. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#6)
So did they fuck it up beyond recognition or is it o.k.?
#11. To: bluegrass (#7)
Ron Paul says he WOULD HAVE voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
#12. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
#13. To: Original_Intent (#12)
Woola his dog.
#14. To: Original_Intent (#12)
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#14)
#16. To: Turtle (#13)
I remember the Martians were cruel to Woola and when Carter was nice to it, it was patheticially grateful to him for the rest of its life.
#17. To: Original_Intent, 4 (#15)
#18. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#11)
Hey, you never answered my banjo question.
#19. To: Jethro Tull, Cynicom (#17)
You sure do have a good memory, and yes on Tarzan. I read them with great pleasure. Johnny Weissmuller gave Tarzan justice on early TeeVee, but I'm dating myself heavily with that reference :)
#20. To: bluegrass (#18)
Ron Paul says he WOULD HAVE voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
#21. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#20)
#22. To: Turtle, Jethro Tell, bluegrass (#0)
Ron Paul says he WOULD HAVE voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
#23. To: bluegrass (#21)
Ron Paul says he WOULD HAVE voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
#24. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#22)
Just saw it with the wife. Thumbs up!
#25. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#23)
#26. To: bluegrass (#25)
Ron Paul says he WOULD HAVE voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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