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1/21/2013  Last year Disney rolled out John Carter, a movie
based on the beloved books written by Edgar Rice Burrough. The
film was not only a critical disappointment, but a financial one
too loosing Disney millions of dollars. Actor Mark Strong, who
played Matai Shang in the film, was on The Kermode and Mayo Show
where he offered up his opinion as to why the film failed.
Strong also went on to say that he enjoyed the film. Check out
the full quote below.  "Well I really liked it, and I thought
people were really harsh on it. It suffered from the fact that
we have seen everything in it before. It was written at the turn
of last century, and every thing Star Wars, Star Trek, even
Tarzan all comes from it really. The idea of science fiction, he
(Edgar Rice Burrough) was the granddaddy of it all really. So
there was nothing in there that really surprised anyone, and it
looked a bit dated. I really enjoyed it, my kids enjoyed it, and
people I know enjoy