We’re busy working on the press kit for John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood and one of the pieces that been created is a transcript of the presentation I made at the Edgar Rice Burroughs Centennial Celebration — Dum Dum 2012 —…
Michael Sellers’ father died in 1972; he made this video in tribute, 40 years later, on Veterans day. The HD video is best viewed by clicking on the full screen icon.
Reprinted from The John Carter Files. One of the early advance readers of John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood has been Richard Lupoff, who has been following the saga of John Carter closely since the beginning. For those who aren’t familiar —…
When I was a senior in High School, I was a football player who was fortunate enough to be considered for scholarships by a handful of colleges, including Brown University in Rhode Island. I liked Brown . . . it was Ivy League…
Reprinted from MichaelDSellers.com The original post has been viewed by more than 1 million on MichaelDSellers.com and countless more on the more than 50 Philippine publications who reprinted the article. In all, there were more than 400,000 Facebook Shares of the article, which…
Today is the fourth anniversary of the death of John Stewart, the legendary songwriter who inspired me on more levels that I can begin to explain. He left us in 2008 but he’s not gone: his voice, his spirit and his ideas continue.…
Reposted from MichaelDSellers.com For Americans in 1901, the Balangiga Massacre in the Philippines was the 9/11 attack of its day — a shattering, out-of-the-blue assault (or so it was initially reported) on an unsuspecting U.S. Army unit that was “peacefully occupying” the port town…
Reprinted from MichaelDSellers.com The deep and mystical allure of fishing has been with me since I can remember. I’ve loved the mere presence of the ocean — I could stare at for hours, and be nurtured by it, and calmed by it.…
Reprinted from MichaelDSellers.com One of the great icons of Philippine film-making and a true friend of mine has died. Rufo Balicas is gone. Every time I hear some contrarian talk about how Facebook seems to be a waste of time I find myself…
Reprinted from MichaelDSellers.com Those fallen in battle on either side of a conflict always have a story, and most of those stories are quickly lost and soon forgotten. One story worth remembering of a hero who understood and honored his enemy is that of…
Reprinted from MichaelDSellers.com In America we have American Idol — but far more profound is Millions Poet, Abu-Dhabi TV’s equivalent competition in which contestants declaim poetry and vie for a five million draheem prize. This season an extraordinary Saudi poetess, Ayda Al-Jahani, has…
Reprinted from MichaelDSellers.com It’s a rainy Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles and I am beset by a mountain of problems, deadlines, tasks unfinished, things to worry about — you name it. But all day, ever since I heard the news that my boyhood…
It’s probably been at least 20 years since I looked at, or even thought about, the Muppet Movies, and today I stumbled across The Great Muppet Caper on cable and decided to watch for five minutes. I was hooked, laughing more than I…
Reprinted from MichaelDSellers.com “At the turn of the 19th Century, the United States declared war on Spain. This conflict brought them to another nation, halfway around the world, where they decided to stay. PHILIPPINES 1900″ Thus starts the trailer for John Sayles latest…
Reprinted from MichaelDSellers.com As I was watching Rupert Murdoch being grilled by British Parliamentarians, I found myself wondering idly who the sternly attractive Asian woman in pink was, sitting right behind him. I hadn’t followed Murdoch’s story well enough to know that she…
It’s July 4, 2010, and I’m continuing to reflect on Independence Day and what it actually means beyond hamburgers, hot dogs, and fireworks. Is there truly something to celebrate here, and if so, what is it?
When you live a life that involves striving for achievement, there is a danger that you neglect family and end up being so obsessed with your “quest” that you miss out on what are truly the most important things in life. I am…
What triggered this question was MCR coming on and saying maybe Taylor Kitsch’s John Carter should win a People’s Choice Award for “Whiniest Super Hero” . . . we’ve all been there, done that, as far as the argument about Andrew Stanton’s flawed…
From time to time I pop up here trying to coax comment insights from the denizens of JCF that address the issue of what made the writing of Edgar Rice Burroughs special and different in comparison to, on the one hand, other pulp…
This is a chapter from John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood. As introduction, I would just mention that one of the themes that the book explores is the role of the “influencer media” — those entertainment sites, and their readers/commenters, who follow…
I’m working on the DVD disk art for the ERB Centennial and I’m looking at an absolutely gorgeous 62MB Tiff scan of Robert Abbett’s cover art for Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ A Princess of Mars. It’s incredible how much better this looks than anything…
A disciple of J.Allen St. John, Franklin Booth, William Walcot and Norman Lindsay, Roy Krenkel was responsible for vividly evocative cover art for the ACE 1960’s Edgar Rice Burroughs paperbacks. For the gallery below I was able to get clean copies — no…
The burst of activity at Comic Con by volunteers of the Back to Barsoom John Carter Sequel Facebook Group has attracted a certain amount of attention, but while there seems to a certain “we admire their pluck”, many observers consider theirs to be a…
There have been recent comments here on JCF about how the adaptation of John Carter was handled by Andrew Stanton, Michael Chabon, and Mark Andrews and as I was writing some responses I realized that there is a good chapter in John Carter…
John Carter, more than almost any movie that I’ve seen in awhile, grows on you in subsequent viewings as small things that almost invariably strengthen the viewing experience “stick” on subsequent viewings. An example — the relationship progression between John Carter and Dejah…
In working on John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood , one of the things that was extremely important to pin down was — when and how did the “bloated budget” negative storyline begin, and how did it roll out? Ironically, The…
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