A Princess of Mars

[pokerfan]

You know, when I read those books, Traci Lords was the last person I had in mind.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5440512/a_princess_of_mars_gets_the_syfy_channel.html">'A Princess of Mars' Gets the SyFy Channel Treatment

Isn't this already out on DVD?

[Dr Morbius]

1. When I read those books, Traci Lords hadn't yet been born.

I wouldn't be surprised if the DVD release were to precede the cable TV broadcast. They make more money that way.

It was such a long time ago that I do not remember clearly, but the promo shows a spaceship hovering above a city. Was Barsoom high-tech? I don't remember it being a high tech society. Mayhap they've taken some liberties.

[pokerfan]

2. It's been so long I can't remember

but apparently, they did have floating ships:

I saw the cause of their sudden scurrying to cover. A huge craft, long, low, and gray-painted, swung slowly over the crest of the nearest hill. Following it came another, and another, and another, until twenty of them, swinging low above the ground, sailed slowly and majestically toward us.

Each carried a strange banner swung from stem to stern above the upper works, and upon the prow of each was painted some odd device that gleamed in the sunlight and showed plainly even at the distance at which we were from the vessels. I could see figures crowding the forward decks and upper works of the air craft. Whether they had discovered us or simply were looking at the deserted city I could not say, but in any event they received a rude reception, for suddenly and without warning the green Martian warriors fired a terrific volley from the windows of the buildings facing the little valley across which the great ships were so peacefully advancing. Instantly the scene changed as by magic; the foremost vessel swung broadside toward us, and
bringing her guns into play returned our fire, at the same time moving parallel to our front for a short distance and then turning back with the evident intention of completing a great circle which would bring her up to position once more
opposite our firing line; the other vessels followed in her wake, each one opening upon us as she swung into position.

All I remember is they were page-turners: and this happened and then this happened and then OMG this happened! Rinse and repeat.

Edgar's description of Dejah Thoris:

And the sight which met my eyes was that of a slender, girlish figure, similar in every detail to the earthly women of my past life....Her face was oval and beautiful in the extreme, her every feature was finely chiseled and exquisite, her eyes large and lustrous and her head surmounted by a mass of coal black, waving hair, caught loosely into a strange yet becoming coiffure. Her skin was of a light reddish copper color, against which the crimson glow of her cheeks and the ruby of her beautifully molded lips shone with a strangely enhancing effect.

I'm just not seeing Traci Lords...

[Old Troop]

3. Wasn't Tracy Lords born before the books were published?

[Lilith Velkor]

4. I should hope not - the first one was published in 1917.

[baldguy]

5. Actually, she's the First person I had in mind.

But the, I've always associated Frank Franzetta's vision with those stories.