Gavin Grades The Movies  John Carter  If you're like most people
in Ameirca, you're saying to yourself, "What in the hell is this
John Carter crap I'm seeing on TV every ten minutes?"  Well,
I'll tell you real fast.  John Carter is based on a book series
written by Egar Rice Burroughs way back in 1912.  It's
considered the subject material for which ALL modern science-
fiction was based on.  It's a series that follows a Civil War
veteran named John Carter who is transported to Mars where he
aids in their own civil war.  If that sounds too nerdy for you,
then this movie isn't for you.  If you are still interested,
well, this might be the movie for you...maybe.  I consider
myself a sci-fi nerd to an extent.  I don't scoff at it and I
can feast on some pretty out there stuff.  When I heard they
were making the John Carter series into movies, I was
interested.  I never read the books, like basically everyone
still alive in America, but I had heard of them.  When I heard
that Disney was prepared to gamble with a mo