It’s a real pity. I read all the John Carter books when I was younger, and you could say that I’ve been waiting all these years for someone to make the movie. I’ll probably go see it anyway, mainly because I have enjoyed other movies that were panned by the critics in the past and my grandsons really want to go. Even though I will acknowledge that Dune and Starship Troopers were terrible movies, I have enjoyed watching them both several times.
Carson Napier of Venus was another good Burroughs series.
Get the SCIFI Channel mini-series “Dune” and “Children of Dune” DVDs
Much better than the movie (I know, it’s SciFi Channel, but they really do follow the books better.)