Birds Twitters Defense of “John Carter”

John Carter is getting hit like a pinata these days.

Now director John Stanton has taken to Twitter to defend the movie.  And he’s got some help from friend and fellow Pixar alum, Brad Bird.

“The showbiz press complains about big-budget sequels & remakes, but when a big NEW film like JOHN CARTER arrives, support is nonexistent,” Bird tweeted.

The statement provoked several replies and further comments from Bird’s followers that he took the time to respond to. He clarified that he wasn’t talking about “press” so much as “the industry prognosticators who bagged on Ratatouille, Wall-E & Up before they came out,” and claimed that “The loudest complainers about JC haven’t seen it!”

He also echoed the common sentiment these days that Disney isn’t promoting the flick right, and offered up a buzz phrase of his own:

“Epic sci-fi fantasy from the creators of TARZAN and FINDING NEMO.”