• Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      John Carter suffered from an awful title.

      “Princess of Mars,” would have resonated better with marketing. And is actually one of the book titles.

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        2 months ago

        I agree, but Dianey was desperate to create a new franchise. It was their response to Iron Man and the anticipated success of the MCU.

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      2 months ago

      Neither of those movies were really all that terrible. I enjoyed John Carter. But clearly they didn’t connect with audiences.

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      I must be on my own. I know John Carter flopped phenomenally, but I really liked it. Thought it was a great movie. Was very annoyed when I found out that there may never be a 2nd. Even if there was, at this stage it is very unlikely to be the same cast. IIRC, a lot of the blame was on Disney marketing. But IDK about these things.