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Kathy Bates would be a great choice for Sister. I'm hoping they'll do a thorough job of sticking to McCammon's story instead of trying to reinvent it.

@@TheAtlanteanArchive it's a big book & nothing should be left out

I seriously doubt that the 1979 version will ever be vested. It's brilliant.

Yes, these books are amazing, especially when you consider that Burroughs is almost single-handedly responsible for creating modern science-fiction and space opera. I should be posting a review of "The Warlord of Mars" soon. I'm in the middle of some other projects at the moment, but I do plan on returning to the Mars series soon. I've heard good stuff about "Chessmen" as well, so it'll be interesting to see where that goes. I wish I had encountered Burroughs when I was younger. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@TheAtlanteanArchive Indeed, when first reading A Princess I was constantly thinking: 'oh, so that's where George Lucas got that from!'. - You're welcome, and I'll look forward to future John Carter videos :)

I'm really looking forward to it as well. Here's hoping they do it right!

Agreed. The opening is powerful, probably because of the bleak, imminent doom feeling that it conveys. McCammon does an excellent job of conveying the imagery of total destruction and societal collapse in this book. I can understand why you would take it in sections.

I need to get some of it myself.

It's definitely the better book.

This one has me excited, for sure. It's about time!

Thanks for the comments! I'm hoping that with McCammon himself involved in the project, they'll turn out something faithful to the novel. Of course, it also needs the right cast to carry the story. I hope you enjoy reading "Swan Song"! Like "The Stand," it's a hefty read, but the story and characters really draw you in and, unlike "The Stand" (in the opinion of many, anyway), it has a strong, satisfying conclusion. Happy reading!

It seems to have had that effect on a lot of people.

That's the last update I heard as well.

I'm not as familiar with the Seth material, but I did a quick search and found that there are references to lost civilizations in "Seth Speaks: the Eternal Validity of the Soul." This may also be helpful: nowdictation.com/q/atlantis/

@TheAtlanteanArchive omg, yur a TREASURE!' can we get '10 more' like you :) :) . . .

@@rundbaum Thank you!

I thought about that movie recently when Carl Weathers died.

I hope not.

Thank you! I will definitely be returning to Conan in the future.

I'm glad you enjoy them! Thanks for watching and commenting!

I feel the same way: excited but with reservations. Any adaptation needs to be very faithful, and I, too, would like to see it kept in the 80s. The casting also concerns me, as these characters have a strong presence in my mind.

My parents supported my reading but most other adults really didn't, especially when I was a teenager. I heard a lot of things about being a "daydreamer" and "too much in my head." All of this is kind of funny when you consider that most of the people I heard complaining about this usually spent a lot of time complaining about the antics of "normal" teenagers. LOL I'm glad that your experience was different! Thanks for commenting!

Thanks for watching and commenting!

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That does sound pretty funny. You don't come across that sort of imagery every day!

That would be consistent with what we've seen to date.

I’m starting to think that it’s not coming out at all. WB is playing with the die hard fans again. It’s April, and still no trailer or anything

@@Darian215 I don't get the trailer thing at all. It's weird.

@@TheAtlanteanArchive EXACTLY!!…it’s makes no sense to not put out a movie trailer, if it’s really coming out this year

I did a similar thing with the "Foundation" books. Another one was "Burnt Offerings," by Robert Marasco, which I read after learning that it was an inspiration for "The Shining." I never realized that there were novelizations of Flash Gordon, although I guess I shouldn't be surprised. How are they? I'll look up the Lesman saga, as I'm not familiar with it. Thanks for commenting!

@@TheAtlanteanArchive I remember that I wasn't all that taken with the six Flash Gordon novelisations, written under pseudonyms by Ron Goulart and Bruce Cassidy; I much preferred the novelisation of the Flash Gordon movie by Arthur Byron Cover - maybe with a re-read of them now, I'll find that I appreciate them more than I did in the late '80's.

Absolutely! Cover designs were always the first thing to grab my attention as well. As a teenager, I found myself wanting to read "Foundation's Edge" simply because of the cover. Once I found out that it was part of a classic series, I got the previous books and read them first. That one book cover sold four books altogether.

@Gpcavana819 That has to be a fun memory! Was this on a Channel 20 contest or something else?

It's also one of my top favorites, and one of the few books that I will actually say that I love. There's something truly special about it. It's one of those books that you don't want to end. I just finished what is probably my 10th read, and hope to do a review soon, although I don't feel like I can do it justice.

I'll let you know if I come across one!

Howard, Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith did a lot of research and adapted what they found in the creation of their worlds.

@@TheAtlanteanArchive Indeed theosophy offers a rich world of fiction with Helena Petrona Blavatsky's The Secret Doctrine (TSD). TSD is supposed to be "spiritual archeology" and it mentions one primitive race of humans, the lemurs, who lived in the lost continent of Lemuria located between Madagascar an India. Indeed in Madagascar and India there are some animals called lemurs. Probably Blavatsky thought that it would be cool to imagine a lost continent as the bridge between both, and since these were remote lands in 19th century, and sea bottom was a mystery, then no one would fact check her. But then Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift which brought lots of resistance from scientists. After all it would render papers obsolete,band who was this Wegener, a simple meteorologist in Iceland to propose something expert geologists did not propose. After WWII when sea bottom was mapped in low resolution (one pixel is more than 3 miles wide) which we have today, it became evident Wegener was right. Under continental drift, India, once attached to Madagascar, moved to its current position. It means no lost continent. Also, there is a lack of interest of theosophy to visit Richat structure, a place in Mauritania that fits all the descriptions of Plato. 23 miles wide concentric circles, salt shows it had sea from water, mountains in the north, an opening to the sea in the south, and stones made of 3 colors that locals use to build houses today. You can see it in Google Earth. There is not such huge structure under the sea in the Atlantic or Mediterranean sea. Even with 3+ miles resolution you should see at least a blurry patch of these circles but no. There is nothing like that in sea bottom maps. Richat structure even shows signs of water flow in the sand and the wavy dunes you see in the bottom of a water flow. These dunes are miles wide, suggesting a truly cataclysmic water flow. TSD had its chance to find something science could not. Instead it went the path of fiction, and the universe loves to prove humans wrong. I understand followers of theosophy. TSD is such dense reading with unfamiliar jargon and names organized in a timeline of spirits and physical manifestations that outshines LOTR. But facts prove it is fiction. It would be cool to think that ancient ones buried pyramids to protect them from the evil corruption of pagan Turanian mobs that defiled sculptures and wall inscriptions to add sexual themes, and devastated civilizations. Probably franchises like Star Wars got inspired too by adding the Yuuzan Vong, the world enders civilization. But to be honest they seem too underpowered and primitive to face powerful Jedis. I understand why people want TSD to be historical. It is a great fiction book.

I've finished the first three books in the series and should be posting a review of the second (The Gods of Mars) shortly. In my opinion, "Gods" was even better than "Princess." I'm working on some other stuff at the moment ("Dune Messiah"), but will return to the Mars series in the future. Yes, "vanilla" is not a term I would apply to John Carter at all! He's pretty hardcore at times. Thanks for commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂

I would, too.

Yes, especially when you consider that he only lived to be 30 years old.

It's tragic that Smith has largely fallen into obscurity. I covered one of his short stories previously, but I need to get back to him at some point. Yes, I agree that the loss of his friends took a lot out of him (along with the loss of his parents). Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thanks for commenting! It's wonderful to see younger people discovering films from this era. Many of them were made on lower budgets, but they were often well acted and extremely atmospheric, with more of a storyline than we tend to get in films today. I personally think The Night Stalker is the second best vampire film ever made, following close behind Toby Hooper's "Salem's Lot." I grew up with Dark Shadows as well (although in reruns). Johnathan Frid was excellent as Barnabas Collins. Unfortunately, I only saw one or two episodes of the Night Stalker reboot. Thanks again for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Quite possibly!

This is why I continue to think that the executives believe it's not a good movie, despite King's praise for it. I just don't see them turning down the big dollars that a long-awaited Stephen King adaptation could bring them from a theatrical release otherwise. But then I see some of the garbage that does get released, that there's no way the studio could have thought was actually good, but they went ahead and released it anyway...and I don't know. Like you, I don't need or want another streaming service either. I see a lot of people signing up for a trial subscription just to see this movie and then canceling.

@@TheAtlanteanArchive King's opinion on what is and isn't a good movie is not a reliable indicator. My assumption is that it's got a lot of unpopular social commentary and even they know it will not do well. King and his social circles will praise it for catering to "modern audiences."

@markh995 I REALLY hope they left the social commentary and virtue signaling out of it. God knows that stuff has ruined enough already. From the cast listing on IMDB, they've given one character a sex change, but I don't know of anything else so far.

My pleasure!

I keep thinking that the studio doesn't believe that this is a very good movie, otherwise I don't see them turning down the big dollars that a long-awaited Stephen King adaptation could potentially draw. Maybe they're just outsmarting themselves, though, thinking that they'll increase subscriptions to Max. I could see a lot of people signing up for a trial subscription, just to see this movie, and then canceling afterward. As for the references to HBO Max, that's because this is the way it's referenced in the source articles.

Thanks for watching and commenting! The feedback is appreciated.

Thank you!

Thanks for commenting! I don't like the AI-voiced stuff. It sounds artificial, partially because it still isn't good enough yet to catch and convey nuances in tone. It just can't convey the qualities that a real person reading a story can convey, and that takes me out of the experience. I understand the convenience of using AI to a degree, especially in non-fiction works. But stories are a fundamental part of how humans communicate with one another, and I think they lose their impact when not told by real people. Writing stories, as well as reading or acting them out, is an art form that we need to maintain.