First and Only Weekly Online Fanzine Devoted to the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs Since 1996 Over 15,000 Webpages and Webzines in Archive Presents www.cartermovie.com JOHN CARTER REVIEWS www.cartermovie.com/reviews THE FOLLOWING REVIEWS WERE COLLATED
IN 2012 WHEN THE FILM CAME OUT.
In 2022, on the 10th Anniversary
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A Princess of Mars ~ Publishing History | Illos | eText |
BLU-RAY
REVIEW: blu-raydefinition.com
Dave's
Geeky Ideas: John Carter - A Franchise That Can Be Salvaged
Michael
Sellers: John Carter: The Flop That Wasn't A Turkey I
Michael
Sellers: John Carter: The Flop That Wasn't A Turkey II
Planet
Wonder: What in the World Happened to the Wonderful Story of John Carter
of Mars
FaceBook:
Take Me Back To Barsoom! - I Want John Carter To Have A Sequel
Fredericksburg.com:
Stay on Mars, John Carter--and save me a spot: America can't even get to
Mars at the movies
Forbes:
John Carter's Trip to Mars is Finally Profitable
Huffington
Post: 'John Carter': China Box Office Surprisingly Strong
+ Yahoo! Interview 1: 'John Carter' Webmaster/Archivist Bill Hillman Talks New Movie
+ Yahoo! Interview 2: 'John Carter' Site Editor/Archivist Bill Hillman Compares Movie to Books
John Carter Files: John Carter: An Open Letter to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Richard Ross
Harvard Crimson: 'John Carter' Jumps High Amongst Sci-Fi Films
Film News: Taylor Kitsch Defends John Carter
Rolling Stone: John Carter Review
+ Yahoo! by Eric Shirey: 'John Carter, Warlord of Mars Omnibus' Provides More Adventure for Movie Fans
Yidio: Disney's "John Carter" A Surprise Hit Overseas
io9: The fact The Lorax is a hit and John Carter is a flop makes me want to stab everybody
Washington Post: Who’s to blame for Disney’s ‘$200-million’ bomb
Toronto Star: John Carter syndrome: Why big budget Hollywood movies are financial busts
Dawn Entertainment: John Carter Movie Review
Movie Crypt: John Carter Review : Disney Marketing
Box Office Magazine: 'John Carter' vs. Anthropologist
Sun Star: Libre John Carter
Wired: Disney's Mission to Mars
Orson Scott Card: John Carter Review
OMGN: John Carter Review
Real Bollywood: "John Carter" Loved by Russians
Schockmania: JOHN CARTER: A Blockbuster Lost In Space, Time And Multiplex
WDW Daily News: Disney Travels Through Space to Get to Mars
Entertainment Weekly: Taylor Kitsch: 'I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow.'
Den of Geek: Why John Carter is Star Wars for a new generation
Ain't It Cool News: Promotes Fan Trailer
Space Review: Fighting for Mars
MyWest Texas: Burroughs' John Carter inspired generations of authors, filmmakers, scientists
Paleopix: John Carter An Incredible Success
Galaxy Express: John Carter is from Mars, and Women Are Nowhere in Sight
Black and Gold Gazette: John Carter Review
Global Minute: John Carter Movie Review
Greg Bear: John Carter's Greatest Challenge
Sound On Sight: ‘John Carter’ translates Burroughs’s vision with integrity
Collider: Producer Jim Morris Talks JOHN CARTER, Pranks on Set, 3D, Easter Eggs, and a Lot More
Washington Post: Disney says ‘John Carter’ to lose $200 million, putting it among biggest flops ever
Investor Place: Disney Needs New Film Plan After Taking $200 Million Loss on ‘John Carter’
USA Today: Old-time radio and comics heroes burst back onto the scene
John Carter Files: It’s now clear – Disney has been treating John Carter like a hospice patient all along.
Huffington Post: Remembering Frank Frazetta, John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs
Sobriety Test Reviews "John Carter of Mars" - Welcome to the Big Screen. What Took You So Long?
Peninsula Clarion: John Carter Wild; but Worth It
Lorton Patch: Sci-Fi Fans: "Carter's" Calling!
+ National Enquirer: John Carter Fans in Revolt! - (Media Conspiracy Accusations)
+ Forbes: 'John Carter' Fans Start Facebook Group Calling For Sequel
+ Featurette: Sound and Music of John Carter
+ Cinesite delivers "John Carter to Mars" and 3D cinema goers
+ National Post / ERBzine: Mars Attracts!
+ National Post Scott Van Wynsberghe: 135 years of Red-Planet mania
+ FX Guide: Behind-the-Scenes Filming Techniques
+ Movie Guys: Review - Open Letter to Andrew Stanton
+ JohnCarterFiles: 10 Things John Carter Fans Can Do Right Now to Help The Movie
+ Geek Files: Fans of John Carter campaign for sequel as Disney's Martian sci-fi epic tops UK box office, makes $100m worldwide
+ South County Mail: "John Carter" Leaps Off the Screen
+ The New Yorker: "John Carter," From France
Walton Tribune: ‘Carter’ no ‘Citizen Kane,’ but ...
Animation Magazine: The Red Planet Revisited
+ IMDB: Credits ~ Rating 7.5 ~ Fan Reviews and Discussion
+ The Age - Australia: Worlds of His Own - Chabon
+ Free Malaysia Today: All Hail John Carter of Virginia
Salt Lake Tribune: Living History: Utah red-rock country inspired Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars - Author lived in Utah in 1900s.
+ Variety: Navel-gazing follows 'Carter's' leap
Yorkshire Post: John Carter Review
Hollywood Reporter: 'John Carter' Debacle: Inside the Fallout for Disney (Analysis)
Long Island Exchange: John Carter Review
Vernon Morning Star: Reel Reviews: Red planet gives John Carter wings
+ Video Word Made Flesh: There’s plenty of life on Mars in Disney’s ‘John Carter’
+ Lubbock: Burroughs' Mars novels inspires action, romance in 'John Carter'
+ My West Texas: Burroughs' John Carter inspired generations of authors, filmmakers, scientists
FilmDrunk: Everybody Wants A ‘John Carter’ Sequel Except The People Who’d Have To Pay For It
Motion Pictures Editors Guild: The Other-Worldly "John Carter"
Chicago Tribune: There's Fun to be had in "John Carter"
Intermission Bristol: John Carter Review
Huffington Post: Traci Lords - A Princess of Mars - speaks out
Huffington Post: Taylor Kitsch: Star of 'John Carter', 'Battleship' Prepares For Superstardom, But He's Tired Already!
+ John Carter Files: John Carter and big-budget Schadenfreude, or how 100M gross in the first 3 days gets instantly labeled an iconic Hollywood flop
+ Ain't It Cool News: Harry's "John Carter" Review
+ Las Cruces Sun-News : 'Carter' thrilling and funfilled
+ The Yorker: Disney's "John Carter" Polarises Reviewers
MetroPulse: Disney Delivers Pulp at Its Pulpiest in Epic Sci-Fi Fantasy 'John Carter'
Wire: John Carter Review
Santa Barbara Independent: "John Carter" Review
SciFi Christian: Barsoom or Bust
Scott D Parker Blog Review: In Defense of "John Carter"
Empire: John Carter Of Mars - The Grandaddy Of Sci-Fi
Huffington Post: Mitt Romney of Mars
Geeks of Doom: John Carter Review
Forbes: "John Carter" Better than Avatar?
Forbes: "John Carter" Opens with $100 Million Worldwide
Forbes: Ignore the Critics - John Carter is Fantastic (Boris JC art taken from ERBzine sans credit)
ENews Park Forest: John Carter is a decent, literate, beautifully designed and technically incredible version
U of Nebraska Gateway: John Carter Lives
Seattle - The Stranger: John Carter: Pixar Brilliance in Human Form
Daily Finance: 'John Carter' of Where? Disney's Bad Marketing Mars Launch of a Fun Sci-Fi Romance
The New Yorker: “Nude. Silent. Mars.” How “John Carter” Could Have Triumphed
Hit Fix: Has ‘John Carter’ been a victim of the curse of the red planet?
The New York Times: Ishtar Lands On Mars
Forbes: Why 'John Carter' Is Loads Of Fun & You Should Ignore Cynics Who Can't Have Fun At Movies
Hollywood Reporter: Analyst: Disney's 'John Carter' Write-Down 'May Not Be as Bad as Feared'
Revolution SF: John Carter of Mars Totally Rules
USA Today: Old-time astronomy takes ‘John Carter’ to Mars
Massachusetts Collegian: "John Carter" New for Disney; Old for Sci Fi
Moviefone: Weekend Box Office: John Carter Bombs in America But Is Saved Overseas... Somewhat
San Antonio Express News: Take Me to Your Leader "John Carter"
The Examiner: John Carter of Mars: Life Beyond the Screen
Locus: Barsoom Revisited, or Forewarned, Four-Armed: A Review of John Carter
MovieGuide: Every Planet Needs a Savior
Screen Rant: Director Andrew Stanton Talks About His Passion For ‘John Carter’
Schlock Mercenary: John Carter Favorite Movie of the Year
The Atlantic: John Carter Did Not Bomb
LA Times: ‘John Carter’ and the bright red history of Mars as sci-fi muse
LA Times: ‘John Carter’: Creating Woola, lizard-dog Lassie of Mars
+ Huffington Post: John Carter Review
BBC: John Carter Tops UK Box Office
The Guardian: John Carter sparkles in the Sunday sun
Barnes and Noble: A Dreamer of Mars: Edgar Rice Burroughs and John Carter
Tampa Bay Weekly: ‘John Carter’ delivers faithful cinematic reflection of Burroughs’ sweeping epic
Comics Beat: John Carter - Flop or Victim
Daily Aztec: Loyalty to Burroughs Leads to Mediocrity
Read A Princess of Mars at the US Library of Congress
Malibu Surfside News: "Tarzan" and "John Carter" Creator was the First Malibu Mayor (p. 18)
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Chicago Tribune: John Carter, star of Mars and movie screens, was born in Chicago by Jeff Long
Wired Magazine: Andrew Stanton Leaps
Disney: From Earth to Barsoom
Wired Magazine: Michael Chabon Attacks Prejudice Against Science Fiction
Louisville Courier-Journal: Before Tarzan and Superman there was John Carter
ABC: John Carter (of Mars) - Grade A-
Boston Globe: John Carter - Sci-fi goes back to its roots: ‘Carter’ does Burroughs proud
Huffington Post: Hisland and Herland: The Macho Mars of John Carter and Gilman's Feminist Utopia
Philly.com: 'John Carter': A cowboy is thrown into a swashbuckling sci-fi world
+San Francisco Examiner: Man on Mars | "Co-screenwriter Michael Chabon is most definitely an ace in the hole; the brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” and co-writer of “Spider-Man 2” knows a thing or two about interpreting pulp and comics. . . . And even though “John Carter” looks big and expensive, it enthusiastically remains a pulp story at heart, while “Avatar” wobbled between preaching and illiteracy — and fun wasn’t even a factor. . . . As it speeds along, “John Carter” celebrates the concept of adventure. Viewers will find it easy to join the celebration.
+ National Post: John Carter's Long Flight
+ Worcester Telegram: ‘Carter’ a rich adaptation of 100-year-old tale
+ The Cutting Edge: Century-old Sci-Fi Adventure Now an Action Film
+ India Daily News: Give this swashbuckling, silly space opera a chance.
+ Movie Pilot: Five Movies You Love That Would Not Exist Without "John Carter"
CBR: Tonight… or Tomorrow… But For Sure This Weekend… Just Do This For Me.
Wall Street Journal: 'Carter': A Red Dwarf of a Martian Adventure
- Macleans: Skip "John Carter" Go Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Yahoo!: John Carter – The film that took 81 years to make - Cruise, Harryhausen, Favreau were all once involved
+Free Times: Hollywood Finally Films First Space Hero, "John Carter" (of Mars)
MTV: The Reviews Are In
Wired: Sheer Ambition Weighs Down
+SFX Presents the A-Z of John Carter
SFX: John Carter Review
Bloomberg: Walt Disney’s Costly ‘John Carter’ Fights Film Critics Along With Martians
CNN: Carter is a Sci-Fi Adventure
Roger Ebert: John Carter
+Big Shiny Robot: John Carter Review
Sword and Aliens Tale is Strange Fun
Rolling Stone: John Carter Review
-Tulsa World: John Carter Review
CNN: 'The Lorax' stands firm, 'John Carter' fumbles
USA Today: Ambitious 'John Carter' takes flying, gimmicky leap
Epic: John Carter ~ National Post
MetaCritic Review Collation
Disney Bets Big on Century Old SciFi Classic
Mercury News Review
John Carter To Barsoom and Back with Taylor Kitsch
Fast Paced Action
Why Did It Take 100 Years
JC Columbia Connection
John Carter Hits the Big Screen
Dippy John Carter
Globe and Mail: Two Hours of CGI-Enhanced Yawning
The Guardian: Review
John Carter Fails to Impress
LA Times: 'John Carter': Critics not over the moon for Mars action epic
John Carter Shows Its Age
- Monstrous Flop
0 Daily Herald - Provo, Utah: Flawed, ambitious 'Carter' cuts a wide (but not deep) swath
Carter Sends Morals from Mars
John Carter Gets a Little Lost On Mars
Movie review: ‘John Carter’ is a rousing science-fiction epic
Review » Burroughs’ classic feels modern and old-fashioned.
'John Carter' shoot had its ups and downs for Taylor Kitsch
The mega-budget adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel is ridiculously fun.
Taylor Kitsch Got Physical for the Role
John Carter 100 Years in the Making
John Carter 101: A Primer on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Warlord of Mars
‘John Carter’: Silly sci-fi fantasy isn’t out of this world, but it can be playful and down-to-Earth
John Carter Review - Den of Geek
Does John Carter Break the ERB Movie Curse
Absolutely Awful: Trash For Cash
Life and Mind of Edgar Rice Burroughs
John Carter finds Mars in Utah
Censoring John Carter
ERB's John Carter Inspired Generations ~ MyWestTexas.com
Guide to New Releases: John Carter ~ Thame Today
Taylor Kitsch in Guardian
What Happens Next? ~ Daily Mail
John Carter ~ EW Inside News
Taylor Kitsch Ripped ~ SFGate.com
Newsday: Bringing John Carter to the Screen
Film Review Online by James Dawson: John Carter Film Review
HitFix: 'John Carter' does pulp science-fiction right and on a grand scale ~ Andrew Stanton's live-action debut is giddy epic fun
SFGate: ERB Done Right - Wonders Never Cease
Digital Spy: "John Carter" Review
John Carter ~ Disney Insider
Taylor Kitsch in USA Today
ANDREW STANTON
John Carter Premiere in the UK
Boston.com: John Carter for Dimes or Millions
‘John Carter’: A devoted fan chronicles his own martian fascination
Interview: Andrew Stanton Talks ‘John Carter’
Disney Studios releases teaser for the BIG BUDGET John Carter of Mars movie!
Everything You Need to Know about Disney’s John Carter Movie
John Carter Files: Cameron: The idea with Avatar was for it to be "like John Carter of Mars — a soldier goes to Mars"
Taylor Kitsch: the next action hero
Hollywood bets $500 million on the raw star power of the Kelowna, B.C.-born actor
Slate: Can John Carter Make The Red Planet Cool Again?
PopSci: Creating the Mars of "John Carter
Vimeo: Sound and Music of John Carter
Another Fan-Made Trailer: The Adventure
John Carter Clip: Mars Best Friend
Carl Sagan Endorses John Carter
JC Clip: Woola Willl Follow You Anywhere
Bringing Alien Forms to Life in "John Carter"
Vulture: The Inside Story of How John Carter Was Doomed by Its First Trailer
Progress City USA: Walt Disney’s Ward Kimball’s John Carter of Mars and Beyond!
ERBzine: Heady Days for Edgar Rice Burroughs Fans: Avatar, ERB, and John Carter of Mars
Coming Soon: Interview with Andrew Stanton
Disney Vault: John Carter Artwork
Hollywood Reporter: Why an Angry Steven Spielberg Confronted Disney's Rich Ross at Dinner
TechDirt: 'Hollywood Accounting' Losing In The Courts
Amazon France: John Carter on Blu-ray DVD
Art of VFX: Sue Rowe discusses FX
John Carter Files: John Carter “What Really Happened?”: Exhibit A: Interview with Producers Jim Morris and Lindsey Collins
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