[SFRA-L] John Carter [sort of "of Mars"] redux

[Damien Broderick]

On 3/26/2012 6:01 PM, Richard Erlich wrote:

> One theory (or guess) I saw on line suggests that Disney had gotten
> burned on MARS NEEDS MOMS (2011) and recalled the bad success of even
> the respectable Brian De Palma MISSION TO MARS (2000) — and decided to
> downplay the Mars angle.
> There really is the rule in psychology of "Twice is always," so the
> theory/guess isn't totally implausible. Anyway, it's a definite fact
> that there's a rumor that the Martian omission was carefully calculated.

Apparently so. What's more--

Malcolm Edwards remarks:

 >This fan trailer seems to me to do the job better than any of Disney's:

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzPVYy7LHIo>

and yes indeed. Splendid approach! If only... even now...

Damien Broderick