The Matrix (1999)

 

Sometime during the 21^st century, humanity lost a war with an artificial intelligence that started harvesting humans for their bioelectric energy. Humanity lives within the Matrix, a vast computer program which is made to resemble 1999. Our main character is Neo who is rescued from the Matrix because Morpheus, the head of the resistance, thinks he might be “the One.” The person prophesied to liberate humanity. The first of four movies, this is the only one I have seen. It is a decent story if a little weird.

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!