The JCoM series was the first books I read when I was in Junior High and next to the R.E.H. Conan series it is my favorite. I was reading them with the original Frank Frazetta covers so that tells you how old I was at the time. Needless to say it is a project that I would rather they not even attempt if they are not going to do it EXACTLY like the books are written. There is too much in the series that if removed from the film would make the overall story either too campy or non believable. This series is my LoTR, so like that movie it must be adapted as well if not better then the Ring Movies were.

As for casting my choices for John Carter would have to be Thomas Jane, or Clive Owen, the Rock is ok but he is not John Carter who was a solider in the Southern Army. Here is the description of him from the book:

Carter stands 6?2? tall and has close-cropped black hair and steel-gray eyes. Burroughs portrays him as an immortal being. In the opening pages of A Princess of Mars, the author reveals to the reader that Carter can remember no childhood, having always been a man of about thirty years old. Many generations of families referred to him as “Uncle Jack,” but he always lived to see all the members of the families grow old and die, while he remained young.

His character and courtesy exemplify the ideals of the antebellum South. A Virginian who served as a captain in the American Civil War, he strikes it rich by finding gold in Arizona after the end of hostilities. While hiding from Apaches in a cave, he seemingly dies, and leaving his inanimate body behind is mysteriously transported by a form of astral projection to the planet Mars, where he finds himself re-embodied in a form identical to his earthly one. Used to the greater gravity of Earth, he is much stronger than the natives.

As for it having a rating of PG-13, well 300 did well with their use of bare costumes and I hope they take a hint from that one and realize that trying to stick with that rating will hamper the story. As for the FX side I am sad that Stan Winston is no longer with us as he would have been my choice for the person to design the Thark costumes as well as the other new creatures that will be introduced. Stan was always able to make his creations look not of this world but still be believable.

His character and courtesy exemplify the ideals of the antebellum South. A Virginian who served as a captain in the American Civil War, he strikes it rich by finding gold in Arizona after the end of hostilities. While hiding from Apaches in a cave, he seemingly dies, and leaving his inanimate body behind is mysteriously transported by a form of astral projection to the planet Mars, where he finds himself re-embodied in a form identical to his earthly one. Used to the greater gravity of Earth, he is much stronger than the natives.

The JCoM series was the first books I read when I was in Junior High and next to the R.E.H. Conan series it is my favorite. I was reading them with the original Frank Frazetta covers so that tells you how old I was at the time. Needless to say it is a project that I would rather they not even attempt if they are not going to do it EXACTLY like the books are written. There is too much in the series that if removed from the film would make the overall story either too campy or non believable. This series is my LoTR, so like that movie it must be adapted as well if not better then the Ring Movies were.

As for casting my choices for John Carter would have to be Thomas Jane, or Clive Owen, the Rock is ok but he is not John Carter who was a solider in the Southern Army. Here is the description of him from the book: