In such a hurry
I should start by saying that I have read the entire miniseries already, so I know the overall strengths and weaknesses therein in this series. The main one as is shown here is the connection to the history of Mars. Over the course of my exposure to John Carter and his stories I have a kind of ambivalence to the fact that it involves a group of people that live on Mars. The concept is purely fantasy, but I feel like over the course of all the John Carter stories that Mars has become a place that it is not. For me this makes any drama like stories that occur there a little off the mark, but in terms of action or adventure I still find it to be a great setting. That having been said I also of course like strong female characters and Dejah Thoris fits the description of that (although her "costume" is kind of distracting at times.) In the end as her archaeological journey leads her to an abandoned city full of killer apes the action picks up and the drama which got her there dies down, which is for the benefit of the story here. I think too some will find the artwork a bit sloppy with missed perceptions but this does usually concern me much. In the end though with the action begun this series kicks into high gear.
