Oh I definately will! I've been an ERB fan ever since High School... and that was a long time ago!
I'm not sure how well the movie will follow the book though... not that it matters, the previews look awesome!
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."- John Stuart Mill Old Man of the House of Trolls Resident Hater God of Anger and Hatred. Mini Hate Machine
ERB also created Tarzan, and has a number of novels set on Venus as well as the interior of the Earth. I have read almost everything ERB has written. He is one o' my favorite authors.
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."- John Stuart Mill Old Man of the House of Trolls Resident Hater God of Anger and Hatred. Mini Hate Machine
Oh I definately will! I've been an ERB fan ever since High School... and that was a long time ago!
I'm not sure how well the movie will follow the book though... not that it matters, the previews look awesome!
I'm down too. I am also an ERB fan. I recently dusted off my copy of the first three mars books, and I have also read some Tarzan and Pellucidar. (I just did some work on a Pellucidar/Land of the Lost adventure setting.) From what I have seen, I think the movie will not stray too far off from the book. It definitely features a lot of the scenes, characters, cities, airships, creatures and the atmosphere generator from the first story. They are going to have to tweak the ending or use some stuff from the second book.
So if myself and others like the movie and there is a desire for a sequel, it is going to have to make a ton of money. It cost over 200 million and will need to make 700 million world wide to warrant a sequel. Unfortunately some preliminary research has not looked good. If the film makes 50 million or less it will be a failure, and if can get towards a 100 million it will be a success.
Here is a cool website with summaries of ERBs books.
