[verga]

Stupid to just name the movie after somebody’s name? I mean if the movie was just called “Indiana Jones” instead of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” who would have seen it? Who the heck is John Carter? Sure the people who read the books know....but outside of that?

The reasoning was that the last 3-5 movies with "Mars" in the title flopped like fish out of water.

For the record I jsut got back from seeing John Carter, and enjoyed it. I am 1/3 of the way through the first book so i can't say how well they stuck to the original by ERB.

[dfwgator]

Mars Attacks! was great, though.