I read the Edgar Rice Buroughs Barsoom books as a kid and recently through the magic of e-books on my mobile I re-discovered them. Imagine my delight when, just after reading Princess of Mars I discovered the trailer for the up coming film. (The trailer on YouTube)
The Barsoom books are pure pulp Sci-Fi and I love them. Total fantasy, we have visited Mars and it appears to be a dead world, but nonetheless a wonderfully colorful and heroic set of stories that tend to be boy meets girl, falls in love and then loses girl to then find her and lose her, find her, lose her until finally there is a huge fight and it all turns out well in the end.
The world Buroughs created is full of culture, heroism and slaughter. The characters are rich and believable and the wild animals that inhabit the planet are as ferocious as the dying planet itself.
If you are a geek then this is probably a more anticipated film that Star Wars ever could be. It is like the Lord of the Rings films as it brings to life a wondorous world that has only existed in our minds eye up to know. I reall cannot wait till March 9th
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