By: Regina Allen

Regina Allen — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 21:21:00 +0000

John Carter is not supposed to be a particularly attractive man, let alone a modern-day pretty boy. I do understand the potential to alienate a lot of to-day’s target audience if the main character isn’t the current pretty boy obsession but there’s more than enough supporting roles those guys could fill. John Carter is also supposed to be one of the few white-skinned people on Mars–for very specific and fleshed-out reasons. Let us not continue the Hollywood white-washing of everything by carrying over all these white actors to what could be a perfect HBO series idea (though I will acknowledge that this sentiment is the most likely to be ignored of all); it is actually a fantastic opportunity for diversification in casting–particularly if the series lasts long enough to introduce all the surviving races on Mars. I get, given the rest of your article, why you would suggest the actors you did for the project but let’s consider that also adds the risk of turning the desired new series into a GoT in space rip-off travesty. I would love to see the series done some justice (I strongly disagree with your opinion of the Disney film–I don’t think it even made sense on its own, let alone in relation to the books; there is a very long and reasoned tradition of sci-fi/fantasy authors specifically not addressing the mechanics of certain things/objects/plot devices, such as how John Carter is able to travel between worlds, and it is a tradition best left as it is, IMHO) and I really think the technology and ability are there, now, though I would very much prefer if the CGI were minimal and the dying practice of prosthetic art could be used.

By: River Phlegethon

River Phlegethon — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:36:00 +0000

I’m good with that.

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