Category: ERBDOM
Legend of Tarzan: How a Key Change in Jane Porter’s Backstory Helped Drive the “No-Damsel” Storyline
For a few months we’ve been hearing that Margot Robbie’s head-butting “Jane” is no “damsel-in-distress” — but then again, in the trailer, we see that she’s a captive of Captain […]
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As He Started Developing Legend of Tarzan in 2003, Weintraub wanted ERB’s “Ferocious and Wild” Tarzan
Since coming across the reference to the first Legend of Tarzan script being based on Return of Tarzan and Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, I’ve been scratching around trying […]
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Tarzan as a Demigod of the Forest? ERB’s Favorite Description and What it Reveals
Much has been made of Tarzan as the prototype for what would become the Superhero in the pulps and comics. “Without Tarzan, there could be no Batman” is one way of […]
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The very first draft of Legend of Tarzan was based on . . . . .
According to IMDB’s trivia for Legend of Tarzan, the following is a true fact: The very first draft of the film was loosely based on two original Edgar Rice Burroughs novels […]
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Pop Culture 101: When the Beatles Landed in America, “Tarzan” ruled the Bookstores
So, okay, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan books were all the rage in 1912 to the 1940’s. That’s pretty cool, as far as I’m concerned. But when I find myself saying that to millenial […]
