Posted on 11/22/2018 1:40:23 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 25 sequels, several authorized books by other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized. The film version of Tarzan as the noble savage (“Me Tarzan, You Jane”), as acted by Johnny Weissmuller, does not reflect the original character in the novels, who is gracious and highly sophisticated.
I also reread Conan a year or two ago (complete Robert E. Howard on the Kindle, cheap) and it did hold up well. A few years back, I reread two Tarzan books, and sadly, they did not. Same with Doc Savage.
I have to admit I loved all of them 50 years ago.
Did you ever read Lord of the Trees by Farmer? It was a companion piece to The Mad Goblin, but the latter featured a version of Doc Savage. The two books told the same story from different points of view; I first found them together as an Ace Double. Fun stuff.
Loved it. Had an Indiana Jones feel for its time.
I did as well and still have sixty or so of the Doc Savage books.
I also have fourteen of Walter Gibson’s Shadow stories. Those hold up much better.
Maureen O’Sullivan in that 1934 thong must have had parents covering their kids’ eyes or sending them to the lobby for popcorn. Happened to me when Ursula Andress took it all off in “The Blue Max”.
The Catholic Legion of Decency was formed that same year and Hollywood took note. Coincidence?
Going to see a movie on the `C’ (condemned) list was a mortal sin. Naturally, Catholic kids like me went to see just why Brigitte Bardot in “And God Created Woman” was on the list.
Nope, but I was aware that Farmer did lots of pulp pastiches/expansions. The ace doubles were really cool, I have a handful of ones by the great Jack Vance.
Freegards
Campy but fun movie Doc Savage.
He was fiercely loyal.
The swimming scene from "Tarzan and his Mate"
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No movie every made has come anywhere even close to the novels.
anyone see the one with Chris Lambert? Was that close?
The books would be considered racist now. Tarzan said some mean things about the Natives!
The PC nonsense is everywhere of course now. ERB wrote highly readable entertaining books. Naturally he is condemned now by the Ministry of Truth representatives. What a load.
The Mucker was a character in 2 books, which somehow reminded me of the movie Citizen Kane and the character Gail Wynand from ‘The Fountainhead,’ or perhaps the Harold Robbins ‘A Stone for Danny Fisher.’
The concept of persons rising up against odds, in the streets is anathema to the mindless Progressives, with an agenda by now realized (by rational persons) as completely vile.
That sounds about right, for Farmer. Back when I used to read scifi (so long ago, I recall shopping for one of his in a tidy little bookstore in the Ledyard Building, downtown Grand Rapids, been gone so long, I think the area was still French speaking at the time). I think I wound up getting one of the World of Tiers novels, or maybe there is only one? And in the mid-1980s I read "Venus on the Half-Shell", which he wrote under the ps-nym Kilgore Trout.
Since they are alwayhs at a loss for good ideas, someone should film "Taming of the Shrew" with the original script (shortened for time, of course) but staged in the world of Tarzan, right down to the vines and wardrobe. Every #metoo hypocrite would be rendering services just to snag the lead role.
Y’know, I was just now greatly surprised, because I recall seeing the preview for the John Carter of Mars movie while waiting for another movie to start, and I see here that the movie was made *six* years ago. Guess I need to see movies more often. Or Hollywood needs to make better movies.
John Carter (2012)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/john_carter/
New ‘John Carter’ Movie Planned as Rights Revert to Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.
By Marc Graser
October 21, 2014 2:53PM PT
https://variety.com/2014/film/news/new-john-carter-movie-planned-as-rights-revert-to-edgar-rice-burroughs-inc-1201335891/
JOHN CARTER Rights Revert Back to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.; New Films Planned
by Adam Chitwood
October 21, 2014
http://collider.com/john-carter-reboot-disney/
Edgar Rice Burroughs used to own a big chunk of my hometown. Um, Tarzana, CA.
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