By now we all aware that John Carter will be known as the largest flop in history (for now), but this is unfortunately undeserved. John Carter might have not been the best movie of all time but it was a sincere attempt to recreate the wonder upon which early science fiction writers looked upon the sky, and to breathe life into a retro-futurism world. Unfortunately for Disney, and any fan of late-Victorian pulp fiction, the result is somewhat clumsy and despite 21st century special effects, it still feels antiquated.
