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Here there be spoilers for JOHN CARTER and A PRINCESS OF MARS.
I saw JOHN CARTER in its opening week with two friends, which, I’m sad to say, was apparently an uncommon occurrence. Many didn’t see JOHN CARTER, and yet, I and my friends found it to be an utter delight. It was exciting, funny — “I hear you’re INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS” — and most of all, wondrous. The world of Barsoom was so palpable to me it haunts me more than two weeks later. Everything in that world felt so lived in and old. I’ve been unable to get the film out of my head. People harp on about it costing two-hundred and fifty million dollars, but by God you see every penny on screen. The last time I was so drawn into a fantasy world was Middle-Earth in the Weta LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.
It’s a joy.
“Really?”
That’s the question I’ve been asking myself. The furor has started to somewhat settle on the BEFORE WATCHMEN announcement, but it is merely the calm of the storm, no doubt the next bit of new information either way will kick the comics community into a frenzy of… well, frenzy I guess. But before that happens, I felt I should actually point out the other side of the argument, because while I am still somewhat dismayed at the idea of continuing WATCHMEN, I am just flabbergasted by the three main reactions from those not involved in the project.
“Why?”
This is most likely the first question that not only went through the head of every fan of WATCHMEN upon hearing about BEFORE WATCHMEN, but by their own admission, the same question that was asked by the writers of the upcoming mini-series.
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