Posted on March 12, 2012
By Sound On Sight Podcast
Sound On Sight Podcast
Mars. The Red Planet. It hasn’t inspired as many memorable movies as you might assume, but it is the indirect inspiration for Wall-E director Andrew Stanton’s first live-action feature John Carter, which sort of tanked at the box office this past weekend amidst much discussion of its questionable marketing and supposedly insane budget. Ricky D, Julian Carrington and Simon Howell are here to parse the space junk, as well as dredge up Paul Verhoeven’s awesomely sleazy Total Recall, which everyone is more or less required to agree is the best Mars-set movie ever made.
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Playlist:
Ash – “Girl From Mars”
Julia Holter – “Boy in the Moon”
The Men – “Turn It Around”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Disney, edgar rice burroughs, John Carter, Podcast, Total Recall
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The Sound On Sight podcast was launched in late 2008 from the ashes of a radio show titled, The Naked Lunch, a show which aired on CJLO, 1690 AM in Montreal. Our podcast is marketed principally towards students and genre enthusiasts, and typically features in-depth discussion and debate on contemporary film. Throughout the years, the podcast has been nominated one of the best film shows world wide by several outlets including, MovieMaker Magazine. 
I was lightly entertained with John Carter, but I generally have a problem with English-speaking aliens. And also when the aliens act like Earthlings, like in the arena scene.
I like Taylor Kitsch but he always reminds me of Tim Riggens or a stoner.
Ricky, I too categorize my DVDs not in alphabetical order, but either by genre, director or actor. If someone wants to find one of my DVDs all they have to do is ask. I know exactly where each one is located. :-)