# Why do films about Mars flop so badly?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-films-about-mars-flop-so-badly/726378>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 28, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-films-about-mars-flop-so-badly/726378 "2015-07-28T10:21:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-films-about-mars-flop-so-badly/726378/61 "2015-08-01T04:33:08Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> \*As my high school English teacher insisted – talking about _The Red Badge of Courage_ – “Just because a character’s initials are JC doesn’t make him a Christ figure.”

Of course not. Julius Caesar’s career was about a century before the Nazarene’s. If there’s a Trope Codifier for “JC” it’s surely him and not Jesus of Nazareth. [/hijack]

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**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-films-about-mars-flop-so-badly/726378/62 "2015-08-01T16:29:29Z")

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> [@G0sp3l](#):
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> because it’s Angry.

I’ll watch “The Angry Red Planet” anytime.

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