tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788538238831756834.post7815258826722836215..comments2024-03-27T21:47:42.148-04:00Comments on MONDO BIZARRO: Instant Trash: The Asylum's Princess of MarsAlec Pridgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06857871218588846213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788538238831756834.post-78155793512996046942011-01-03T19:40:17.506-05:002011-01-03T19:40:17.506-05:00Yeah, this movie was horrible. Can't speak at...Yeah, this movie was horrible. Can't speak at all for how closely (or not) it followed the books, but this was one of the dumbest films I've ever seen, even for the Asylum.<br /><br />The review already covers a lot of the crap in this film, but I would be remiss in not mentioning the most annoying part, to me. They go through a <em>lot</em> of trouble to establish very carefully that this is not Mars in our solar system, it is Mars 116 or something like that. They are very clear on this.<br /><br />And then, at the end of the film, the hero speaks of his wish to one day return to "the Red Planet." The Red Planet is a title used for Mars in our solar system, not some Mars somewhere else. Might the name be appropriate? Sure. I mean, the planet he goes to is all deserts and stuff, and certainly is...orange-ish. But the fact remains that he refers to the Mars he went to with the name commonly assigned to our Mars, which is just needlessly confusing and silly.<br /><br />Here's an idea. If you want to use "The Red Planet" and other "Mars" stuff so badly, just make the film take place on our Mars.<br /><br />I realize that's nitpicking, but it just really gets on my nerves when films do that.Robert Mohrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06743186445657692368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788538238831756834.post-5958931857357676362011-01-02T14:30:11.230-05:002011-01-02T14:30:11.230-05:00The jumping actually IS in the books. If I remembe...The jumping actually IS in the books. If I remember right, Burroughs says (through Carter's speculations) that Mars has a lower gravity that gives Carter super-strength and the ability to leap 40-50 feet in a single bound.<br /><br />That change at the beginning of the story sounds absolutely stupid, however. In the original book, Carter ends up going to Mars while on the verge of dying heroically trying to save a friend (who is not a traitor).<br /><br />I could be completely misremembering this part, but there's even a question in the original book as to whether Carter ever went to Mars, or whether the whole thing was a hallucination.<br /><br />I'm going to have to dig the books out and re-read them. :)Steve Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263633883997493518noreply@blogger.com