Fast-paced 'John Carter' a visual treat

Since Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel 'A Princess of Mars' was published nearly 100 years ago, his otherworldly tale story has been subsequently been reworked and riffed on by nearly every sci-fi book or movie to follow.

‘Star Wars’, ‘Dune’, ‘Avatar’ - sift through filmmaker interviews and it's easy to find threads tying their inspiration back to Burroughs. Which makes ‘John Carter’, the big-screen adaptation of ‘Princess of Mars’, particularly surprising. T