[allmendream]

I think the (silly) reason there is no “Mars” in the title is that the last 10 movies out of Hollywood with “Mars” in the title sucked and were total box office bombs.

That being said - I think “A Princess of Mars” is a perfectly cromulent title - and they should have stuck with it.

[Ransomed]

I got curious and looked it up last night as to why they changed the title. I actually found that they changed it twice! The director has stated that he thought no boys would go and see a movie with ‘Princess’ in the title. I reckon that the term has become a tad more frilly and pink laced since the days of ERB, but come on. So then it was going to be ‘John Carter of Mars’ but then the director thought no girls would go and see it, since girls hate planets and scifi or something. So now it is simply John Carter.

Freegards, cleaned limbed fighting man #456t out