It may seem strange now, but there was a time when advanced life on Mars was a serious scientific contention. Supposed canals on the red planet's surface filled the imaginations of academics and entertainers alike with exotic alien societies, incredible technologies, and of course, lots and lots and lots of Martian hotties eager for the company of big, strapping Earthmen. That's how we came to have a crop of Mars fiction in the late 1800s to early 1900s, one of the more successful being Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars, a 1912 book adapted one hundred years later into the 2012 film John Carter under the direction of Andrew Stanton. This ambitious would-be trilogy opener is most well-known for one thing: failure. Thanks to a massive budget, limited marketing campaign, and lukewarm reception, John Carter lost as much as two hundred million dollars and ended or set back multiple careers by the time the damage was assessed. But have time and distance elevated the movie like a mighty leap in the weak gravity of nostalgia? Or do the oceans of fun and adventure remain desiccated by the scorching heat of boredom and convoluted worldbuilding? By Issus, start the episode to find out!

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