John Norman? - Page 3

ATDrake · 01-05-2012, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by sabredog

Disney/Pixar are making a movie based on ERB's Princess of Mars called John Carter. The trailers look excellent, though they main characters are a bit overdressed

Eh, they should just let everyone walk around nude like IIRC (aside from weapons and jewelry, also IIRC) they're supposed to and rely on strategically placed cutesy cartoon sidekick animals and elaborate song-and-dance musical number acrobatics for the discretionary blocking shots.

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Originally Posted by sabredog

There were two lamentable movies made in the 80's based on the Gor series. I have both on VHS, picked up at a video stores bargain table, many moons ago.

I'm guessing they were both live action rather than animated. Cartoonishness makes potentially cheesy things considerably funnier and thus more entertaining, IMHO. Apparently at one point Dark Horse Comics was going to release a GN adaptation of Gor. I have no idea whether they ended up doing it or not.

sabredog · 01-05-2012, 08:26 PM

The Gor movies were live action, yes.

xg4bx · 01-06-2012, 12:06 AM

one of the movies was featured on mystery science theater, that tells me all i need to know about their quality....

http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/Outlaw

ATDrake · 01-06-2012, 12:37 AM

From the wiki page for Outlaw: "teleported by a rose quartz ... platinum blond midget friend..."

I'm making the O_o face again.

sabredog · 01-06-2012, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by xg4bx

one of the movies was featured on mystery science theater, that tells me all i need to know about their quality....

http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/Outlaw

That is one of 'em....

BTW, love the Avatar, where does that image hail from?

sabredog · 01-06-2012, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ATDrake

From the wiki page for Outlaw: "teleported by a rose quartz ... platinum blond midget friend..."

I'm making the O_o face again.

Certainly justifiable

PeterLewis1709 · 01-06-2012, 08:49 AM

I concur pretty much with what most people have said. The first three Gor books were ok, but got very tedious after that, and I read quite a few of them in my younger days. The films were dire and very typical of the fantasy genre of the 80s.

thanks to the wonder of ebooks I've now been re-introduced to some of favourite authors without the need to invest in the paper.

now currently re-reading A Princess of Mars some 30 years after first reading. with a long list of others waiting in the wings

morriss003 · 01-07-2012, 05:49 PM

Silly but entertaining

xg4bx · 01-08-2012, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by sabredog

That is one of 'em....

BTW, love the Avatar, where does that image hail from?

i've changed it but it was just from a google image search for "space opera".

MorganM · 01-13-2012, 08:33 PM

Well I finished the first book. Didn't like it. Won't bother to read the rest.

way8lifter · 01-17-2012, 04:17 PM

I read all but maybe 2 ..from the time I was 15 ..until about 22 ...once ..the series took an amazing turn ...I thought YEAH! now we are getting some palce...but no ..4 book later ..he still didn't ride the story line out ..even I as an 18 year old hormon riddle sex addict .. I used to skip about 50% of the " story" ...yes ,,,master ..will you beat me if I am a bad girl??:

anyway ...why not read ERB John Carter of Mars series instead??..better written...more fun ..public domain ..free down load

TheRailroadguy · 01-28-2012, 01:58 PM

Yes I have read several of these John Norman Gor books over the years.Frankly these remind me a lot of those old Roman/Greek movies that came out in the 50's and 60's,those that featured muscular male warriors and scantily clad women.

Also a few folks get John Norman confused with Jack Norman,similar names and yes, Jack Norman added to this name confusion by writing several books as part of his Gorean Club series.

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01-05-2012, 08:26 PM	#32
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,629 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	The Gor movies were live action, yes.

01-06-2012, 12:06 AM	#33
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	one of the movies was featured on mystery science theater, that tells me all i need to know about their quality.... http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/Outlaw

01-06-2012, 12:37 AM	#34
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	From the wiki page for Outlaw: "teleported by a rose quartz ... platinum blond midget friend..." I'm making the O_o face again.

01-06-2012, 08:49 AM	#37
PeterLewis1709 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 525996 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Device: Archos 101, Kindle 4NT	I concur pretty much with what most people have said. The first three Gor books were ok, but got very tedious after that, and I read quite a few of them in my younger days. The films were dire and very typical of the fantasy genre of the 80s. thanks to the wonder of ebooks I've now been re-introduced to some of favourite authors without the need to invest in the paper. now currently re-reading A Princess of Mars some 30 years after first reading. with a long list of others waiting in the wings

01-07-2012, 05:49 PM	#38
morriss003 Evangelist Posts: 438 Karma: 3409790 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maui Device: kindle	Silly but entertaining

01-13-2012, 08:33 PM	#40
MorganM Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 1089963 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra H2o	Well I finished the first book. Didn't like it. Won't bother to read the rest.

01-17-2012, 04:17 PM	#41
way8lifter Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle Fire	I read all but maybe 2 ..from the time I was 15 ..until about 22 ...once ..the series took an amazing turn ...I thought YEAH! now we are getting some palce...but no ..4 book later ..he still didn't ride the story line out ..even I as an 18 year old hormon riddle sex addict .. I used to skip about 50% of the " story" ...yes ,,,master ..will you beat me if I am a bad girl??: anyway ...why not read ERB John Carter of Mars series instead??..better written...more fun ..public domain ..free down load

01-28-2012, 01:58 PM	#42
TheRailroadguy Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 126 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Fire	Yes I have read several of these John Norman Gor books over the years.Frankly these remind me a lot of those old Roman/Greek movies that came out in the 50's and 60's,those that featured muscular male warriors and scantily clad women. Also a few folks get John Norman confused with Jack Norman,similar names and yes, Jack Norman added to this name confusion by writing several books as part of his Gorean Club series.