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John Carter (2012)
★ 6.4 · 6,063 ratings on TMDB
Lost in our world, found in another.
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
DirectorAndrew Stanton
The emergence reading
John Carter keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E13 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
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