Showing posts with label Dejah Thoris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dejah Thoris. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

John Carter Movie Concept Art - DVD/Blu-Ray Release Today

John Carter now on DVD/Blu-Ray. 
So enjoy a gallery of some great concept art for the film.


Various Dejah Thoris concepts from the Art of John Carter Book

Thark & Woola by Michael Kutsche

Airhips & Vehicles by Ryan Church

Despite some really harsh "fan rage" on my part when viewing the preview footage and images, I actually ended up liking John Carter. It's often frustratingly flawed - but it is a good humored fantasy adventure, with some real iconic Pulp moments, featuring two very appealing leads, cool looking "Green Martian Aliens", and some really fantastic looking battle airships. I'm still not a fan of the "realistic" visual style choices that often leave the movie feeling too Earthbound or worse too Star Warsy.
It's really sad and very surprising it did as badly as it did in theaters (even with Disney's odd mismanagement), hopefully it will see a new life in Home Entertainment.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

John Carter of Mars - Retro Pulp Style by Francavilla

A cool faux Pulp Cover fan art tribute piece from Francesco Francavilla.
 He also did a series of actual covers for the Warlord of Mars prequel comic set in Barsoom's distant 
past published by Dynamite. See the all the covers here.


Thursday, March 8, 2012

My Favorite John Carter of Mars - Michael Whelan's Covers

The Book Covers of late 70's through the 90's. 
I was already a huge fan of Michael Whelan's Sci-Fi & Fantasy Art when these images combined with 
delving into the Pulp roots of Star Wars drew me into reading the series.

John Carter - Film Clip & Featurette Festival

Here are a Thoat-load of preview clips and featurettes for John Carter - Opening Tomorrow March 9th.

Three Featurettes ...







...and Three Scene Clips...





While I'm still deeply disappointed by the color drained and less than fantastical visual designs revealed so far, I will be seeing the movie and giving it a chance. I  was surprised  to find myself enjoying the attitude of the recent 10 minute clip setting up John Carter on Earth - shared previously here. Although, it concerns me a bit that I may enjoy the Earth part better than the Mars part...and that I may find myself wishing that Carter continued his adventures with that Custer-looking fellow. In any case, I'm hoping it will deliver some Pulp inspired fun even if won't be the John Carter of Mars I might have imagined.

... and Oh, The Woola Clip.


Just for the record I really dislike Woola's Disney make-over. The So-Ugly-He's-Cute-ification is just too obvious and probably the biggest example of how they played it safe with their design choices. Woola's charm was derived from the contradictions in his description - a beast of  ferocious, monstrous, and vaguely reptilian appearance but with the playful manner and loyal disposition of beloved dog.

John Carter of Mars - Iconic Frazetta Covers

More classic Frank Frazetta John Carter art at this excellent site.