Barsoom

 

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The first of 13 books introduces us to John Carter, a Civil War vetern, that one day wakes up on Mars. The Martians refer to their planet as Barsoom and John meets two different races on the planet service the more alien Tharks and the more humanoid Heliumites. John learns that since his muscles are used to the more dense gravity of Earth he is sort of a superman here on Mars. The story is fun if a little sexist in parts due to its age being first published in 1912.

Princess of Mars (2009)

They modernized this version. Instead of the Civil War, this John Carter is from the Afghanistan conflict. When he is wounded he is teleported to Barsoom which in this version is not Mars but a planet in the Alpha Centauri stellar system. The story then proceeds pretty close to the original book.

John Carter (2012)

A more direct adaption of the original book but with an explanation for how John got to the planet that makes so much more sense than one day I woke up on Mars. They were setting this up for a franchise but since it was a bomb, Disney decided not to continue. I am disappointed about this because I really enjoyed the movie. Personally I think it was poor marketing on their part. 1. Their major tagline was “a movie a hundred years in the making.” 2. It was released the same weekend as the Hunger Games. 

Queen of the World by LuthienTauriel

 

One of mine. This takes place after the events of the movie Jupiter Ascending. It is essentially an epilogue where Caine and Jupiter get married. Just a little bit of fluff, but one I enjoyed writing. Just so you know I have recently increased my privacy settings on my fanfic page to cut down on the people who are trying to scam me into paying for fan art that I have not commissioned.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56116738/chapters/142539508

X Men: The Animated Series (1992-1997)

 

To be honest I don’t remember a lot of this series. I just remember that this was my first introduction to the X Men and that I really liked Storm. I need to rewatch it and I suggest everyone else does too! 

Megamind (2010)

 

Megamind is an alien who was sent to earth as a baby. He landed in a prison where he was raised by the inmates there and begins a life of crime. When his arch nemesis Metro Man seemingly dies, Megamind tries desperately to find another arch nemesis to defeat him but it doesn’t go well. Megamind needs to figure out if he has what it takes to be the hero for once. 

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

 

The story starts in 2011 when they find Steve Rogers’ frozen body in the Arctic. The story then proceeds to introduce us to Steve. A scrawny young man with asthma who dearly wants to go to war because he doesn’t like bullies. I loved how they made it the 1940’s and then proceeded to play with Steve’s outdated ideals for the rest of the franchise. Really one of the best of the Marvel films. 

Voyagers (1982-1983)

 

In 1982, time traveler Phineas Bogg accidently teleports into the home of Jeffery Jones’ home. Bogg’s job is to fix history and restore the timeline when things go wrong. Bogg loses his guidebook that tells him how history is supposed to go so Jones, whose father had been a history professor, ends up traveling with Bogg and helping to correct history because he knows what’s supposed to happen. It was a great show and really ended far too soon. 

Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

 

This show takes place about six years after the events of Revenge of the Sith and stars Ewan McGregor once again as Kenobi. Kenobi at this point is a very broken man. He can’t reach his master. Owen and Beru won’t let him within ten feet of Luke. And he believes he killed his brother (and he kind of did and kind of didn’t). But then Bail contacts him and tells him that Leia has been kidnapped which forces this old Jedi master to leave Tattoine and perhaps find himself in the process…

There are rumors of a second season, but nothing currently set in stone.