| Encouraged by the small number of corrections we continue the screenplay (http://www.tassos-oak.com/tempp/barsoomian.html) (p.s. "thoat" was Burroughs's word for the huge riding animal used by the nomadic Green Martians. Think trunkless mastodon with six legs.) Moments later Dotar Nors is dead and John Carter with bloody sword in hand is facing a circle of Green Men on thoats, when the Princess's air-yacht caroms off the top of the ridge behind them, passes over their heads, and scrapes to a crash-landing half a mile out on the plain. TARS TARKAS (to one warrior) ko fanta lo nu ta rivbi SUPER: Don't let him get away! you! prevent the event of that-one escapes (to the others) ko kankla .i lo damba cu rinsa .ei SUPER: Come! Battle calls! you! accompany-go. battle greets (obligation) The troop thunder off toward the crashed air-yacht. Carter shrugs and runs after on foot, able to go fast enough that his guard has to gallop to keep up. At the downed craft Carter finds Dejah Thoris and one remaining crewman at bay, fending off the Green warriors who can reach them. Carter leaps in beside her. More Green men are wounded and Tars Tarkas, deciding to cut his losses, fires his rifle into the air. TARS TARKAS ko rinju .i. ko sisti SUPER: Hold! Stop! (break here: a lengthy dialog starts next) |