Three seasons, Apple TV+ The third season of Apple’s Isaac Asimov adaptation Foundation settles into cutting-edge filmmaking and beautiful colour design, quickly becoming compelling – if flawed – viewing. Foundation’s premise remains recognisable from Asimov’s books. In the far future, Hari Seldon, a mathematician, hits upon a method of accurately predicting the long-term future andContinue reading “Foundation Season Three: The Mule Rises, Dynasties Fall and Colour Palettes Riot”
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Lost on a Bloodless Barsoom: How Disney Butchered John Carter
Did Disney’s wildly expensive failure pave the way for a stronger vision of Dune? Many Marvellous Misfires What do The Marvels (2023), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), and Cinderella (2025) have in common? Three films. Three franchises. Three expensive Disney flops. Such financial disasters are sadly nothing new to Disney. In 2012,Continue reading “Lost on a Bloodless Barsoom: How Disney Butchered John Carter”
Revisiting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom
John Carter reminds us how to deal with death cults. By Lee Russell Wilkes Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp fantasy John Carter series influenced everything from Crabbe’s Flash Gordon to Cameron’s Avatar and Herbert’s Dune – every chapter reveals a new world of wonder, kept moving with unending shameless cliffhangers. The story is told in aContinue reading “Revisiting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom”
Lee Russell Wilkes 