That said, I still think the movie needed about 75% less falling over and having things drop on Wall*E's head. That shit got tired about twenty minutes in.

Xiphos

Barsoomian women? Zemanova or Baird-type women, please. Cast them in that pneumatic fashion and they won't even HAVE to be nude. Although it would be nice...

Bring it, as they say, on.

Crudup is a dead ringer for the John Carter as portrayed in the Michael Whelan paperback covers, he's physically in great shape, is not too well-known and has the acting ability. He's perfect for this.

I'm assuming that all the women will get the metal bikini route, reminiscent of slave girl Princess Leia. They should look towards the Marvel Comics series, which is at most PG-13, for inspiration. Here is a sample of the comic artwork: http://tinyurl.com/cc82k2

Really Jazz, hopefully you'll look back and be embarrassed. The "first steps" wobbling of the people at the end escaped you (with the toddlers in the same damn shot)? Really?! And in a movie that's already established that robots can fall in love (and like to play around the jets of a spaceship)? Ever heard of internal and emotional logic? Visual analogies? Do I need to bring up the AT-AT Empire example yet again? Jesus!

I liked "Wall-E" and "Nemo" so I have faith in Stanton. I think he can craft a good story. (Clearly some people here don't like fables and demand logic for every second of film. Those people must like non-fiction exclusively. Which is their right, but kind of sad.) Hopefully Stanton can gear the film up to the adventurous/fantastic tone it needs. Less whimsy and more thrills.

Man, I used to devour those books in 8th grade. My father and his father read ERB, so I inherited their motley collection of books. Old editions, Frazetta covers, a few odd paperbacks from Ace and Ballentine. Frazetta's images were always my favorite, but I'm curious to see how this film will look. I'm half-envisioning something with the gorgeous look of "Kingdom of Heaven" (though I hope it's nowhere near as boring and soul-less as that film).

Stereo 3d makes cuts between long shots and closeups really disconcerting as the rapid jump in depth takes time to recover from and can be very distracting (and like after a big laugh, you need to take a beat or the next bit is lost). There's a lot more visual info for the brain to readjust to. So basically 3d needs to ironically incorporate more lateral than z-depth movement, soften the edits and lengthen the individual cuts. However it IS more immersive, the application for stop-motion is obvious, and even if the pace is slower you can do things in a single cut that would otherwise take multiple lenses and shots to achieve in 2d.

So yep it's going to take years to develop its own language (and that's where the whole B&W to Colour thing IS a good analogy) beyond ludicrous "comin' atcha" goofiness. But all this cutting-off-the-nose-to-spite- the-face fanboy garbage is just embarrassing.

Humans as gelatinous green blobs??? And excuse me for missing the "peach fuzz"... a little TOO subtle, I guess. Next time, I'll just rent THE LORAX. At least that was entertaining and had a coherent message.

This also goes for Conan, but that's another matter.

I don't hold out much hope for Ratner's new movie.

On that note, if you're not addressing me then don't fucking begin your post replying to/arguing with a statement I'd made ("The problem with 3d") and then halfway through reiterate "then again, I'm addressing Half Vader", you grammatically-challenged little man. "Depth and deep analogies" eh? You obviously learned to write from Harry, who shares the wisdom he wishes to share (I'm paraphrasing). Then again, you did make the all-encompassing statement "big = awesome" and follows the cooler-than-thou "Pixar sucks" kneejerk mantra/philosophy so... Funnier still is when you try to argue semantics when it comes to "immersive" and then back it up with the four-year-old literalism you displayed earlier

It's also hilarious that all your shilling for IMAX conflicts neatly with them being the biggest producer of stereo 3d SINCE the fifties. But I'd better stop now, because I can't compete with a mind that can summon the almighty insult "retard". That, and the uneasy feeling I may be feeding the former Animal Structure or whatever the thing's name was. Bye.