Well ... THAT'S only six months, right?! I thought they were releasing PotC 2 in July 2006, and then PotC 3 in December 2006 or January 2007 or something like that ... or am I wrong?! (I HOPE I'm not wrong. PotC films work best, in my opinion, as Summer movies ... but I'd hate to wate so long to find out what happens next after 2 is released!!)
Either way ... I am VERY glad to have PotC 1 on DVD, because I KNOW I could go that long without my Jack Sparrow ...
I've thought about that. I read somewhere that Johnny had the real tattoo done to face the other direction because you're always supposed to get a tattoo going _towards_ you -- the way they did Jack Sparrow's tattoo in the film, the sparrow was flying away from him, and so when Johnny had the actual tattoo done, he made sure to get it in the right direction. They're either cover the tattoo (which would be difficult, I imagine) or just make sure that his arm stays hidden during filming, which would be much easier if you ask me ...
Or, they could always leave the tattoo as in and not fuss about such a very small continunity error ...