• Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip
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      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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      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.

      • Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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        Don’t worry brother, I still go back and watch waterworld. I like oceanscapes and post apocalyptic settings. Esthetic can be enough for me.

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      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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          Yeah, I was upset they didnt continue John Carter, it was just a fun zany scifi movie. I think it was the advertising that killed it, but if they had stuck with it I think it could have done well.

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        It’s the name and the power concept, all around bland and forgettable. Feel like that movie was a passion project of a book fan.

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      I did some digging and apparently Waterworld somehow broke even. I remember a lot of the hype around the film at the time was wanting to see if it was really as bad as people said it was.