John Carter of Mars

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Oooo... didn't know he was working on that.
I've never read the 'Lensmen' stuff, but I've heard a good bit about it, and I've been a JMS fan since Babylon 5.

The style of animation that he brought to the table, in Babylon 5, would work very well for a Lensmen series of movies. He's been shopping it around for a few years. Last thing that I heard was that the first was supposed to be released in spring of 2012, but I haven't heard anything recently. It was originally planned as a trilogy.

Don't go looking for the Manga version of Lensmen, if you want to enjoy this movie. They'll be nothing alike. The Japanese have a way of taking a classic storyline and twisting it beyond all recognition. When they do their own stuff, it's fine.

Originally Posted by Trip

The Star Wars story wasn't anything that special or original for the most part, hell you can try some of it to the bible if you wanted to, the thing that makes the movie classic is the innovation of cinematics in it really drove that movie. So busting Star Wars balls for the story is useless. That movie is classic. The Princess of Mars is classic for the book and the series that followed, the movie wasn't that special.

Star Wars was a western. Lensmen carries many of the same messianic elements as Star Wars. I'm still hoping that someone buys the rights to "Soldier, Ask Not" or "Tactics of Mistake", by Gordon R. Dickson.