Captain Charlotte Savvy

I love the Dread Pirate Roberts (naturally) and I love Inigo Montoya even more ... but it's the Kid and the Grandpa that I like the best. They MAKE the movie, let me tell ya. "They're KISSING again. Do we HAVE to hear the kissing parts?" "You're sick, I'll humor ya. Okay -- 'When Buttercup received word that Wesley had been murdered by pirates --'" "Murdered by pirates is good." "She doesn't get eaten by the eels at this time." "Wuh ... what?" "Eh, I'm explaining to you what happens, 'cause you look a little tense." And my all-time favorite moment: "Who gets Humperdink, at the end? Is it Inigo, who?" "Nobody. Nobody gets him, he lives." "You mean he wins? JESUS, Grandpa, what'd you read me this thing for?!?" I love it I love it I love it. ;-)

It's remarks like these that give me hope that the sequels will have considerable merit, after all. Huzzah!

I'm not exactly sure why, but I get such delightful amusement out of this whole Eisner/Disney bit ... May Eisner be kicked outta there before he forces our "PotC" to jump the shark!

Oops ... you're certainly right about that! :) I guess I was just thinking of the stuff that Disney has full rights to, and that's why I left it out ... I mean, I know that even with the Pixar/Disney split, Disney'll still have their share of the profits (present and future) in "Finding Nemo" ... but I tend to think of "Finding Nemo" as a Pixar work, even though Disney owns rights to it as well. But, yeah. :) PotC is definitely my fav, of course ... but "Finding Nemo" was classic. I love the whale speech. ;-)

Means both, actually. And I have to say -- I'm all for the sequels (since they're bringing back the original cast AND the original writers of the script) and the merchandise (let's go with some Aztec gold already, c'MON!) ... but the TV series, live-action or animated, scares the you-know outta me. "Pirates of the Caribbean" has come to Disney at the worst possible time -- when they're in "financial crisis." (Which I assume means they're only making millions of dollars a year instead of billions ) PotC is Disney's biggest success as of late -- which means they're going to exploit it to the fullest extent. Quantity'll come over quality, and nothing can ruin a good film (or trilogy of films) like over-exposure and rotten tie-in productions. I, for one, won't be making any plans to watch the series when it comes out. 'Ere's hoping they just don't mess up the movie sequels while they're at it.

Wheeeeeeeeee my Captain Jack tricorne hat came in the mail yesterday!!!! (Courtesty of Excalibur Leather, bless them.) It's the second hat I've gotten from them; the first one had to go back, seeing as my head was too dang big to fit in the smaller size. But the second package was waiting for me when I came home yesterday . . . it's quite dark (though I got the brown and not the black), and comes out so far to the sides that it makes me look rather as if I've got a large black banana on my head, or maybe a plantain. I look like a complete and utter dork in it. Needless to say, I absolutely adore it!!! Hey, I've got a Sparrow-esque hat -- dorkiness doesn't bother me so much. *grins* I'll have to post pictures at some point, once I get the time to use me scanner .... :)

Couldn't say it any better. :) I think I read somewhere that the writers, in earlier drafts of scripts and characters, made it a point to say that Jack acquired the Black Pearl, THEN his crew. So pirates or no, it was still his ship -- he probably made that clear when he brought the new crew on board. For all the good it did him!

I'd kill ta go, but there's no way fer me to get across the coast and back this time o' year . . . so good luck to ye, Cap'n Slappy -- break a peg!

I noticed that Jack took one of the coins the first time I saw it, but only because the camera focused on it a little bit -- with the slow motion and so on. Will's expression, which sort of said, "What ARE you doing?!?" helped me notice it, too. Still, I didn't make the connection until Jack gets run through by Barbossa -- I had no idea why Jack had bothered to palm a coin, didn't think anything of it in terms of whether or not he'd be cursed too, and promptly forgot about the entire incident until skeleton Jack twirls the gold coin around his fingers and grins at Barbossa, "Couldn't resist, mate." And then I remembered the palmed coin, and it all clicked together . . . one of the neatest twists I've seen in a film for a long time. When Barbossa stabbed Jack, I thought the film was gonna kill poor Captain Sparrow off -- and then Jack falls back into the moonlight. Awesome moment. The entire theater audience -- myself included -- just sort of gasped out, "WHOOOAAAA . . ." Awesome moment. :)

So Stevenson himself did write this poem? Stupid question, maybe -- but me version of "Treasure Island" is missing the poem, so I'm curious. Either way -- bloody good verse, it is. :)

Sad to say, but PotC did not get nominated for an Oscar. Of course, Hell would have to freeze over before a movie such as PotC would get nominated for an Oscar, plan and simple. Action/adventure movies rarely get nominated for Best Picture; fantasy movies, almost never (a fantasy film, BTW, has never won the Best Picture award at the Academy Awards -- though the first two Lord of the Rings films were nominated, they didn't win). A movie like PotC -- an action/adventure AND fantasy film -- hasn't a chance. So no nomination. But I'm SO happy PotC won as Favorite Motion Picture for the People's Choice Awards. That really is, IMHO, the best honor a film can receive -- the Oscars are chosen by Hollywood people, but the People's Choice is voted on by, like, the actual AUDIENCES out there. So that's great. Now, 'ere's hoping Johnny Depp takes home the Golden Globe! :)

Same here, same here. Man, as if the world isn't taking PC-ness overboard (har!) enough these days . . . Sigh.

Heh . . . Superman jokes aside :) I think that's probably the case. I mean, not the lead bit *grins*, but the fact that the pirates had no way of "sensing" the wearabouts of the medallion until it hit the water. I imagine they simply hunted up and down the Caribbean for those 881 other pieces, in no particular order -- but it was the one that Bootstrap had sent away that seemed nearly impossible to find. Until 'Liz'beth was kind enough to fall into the sea for them, I mean. For some reason, they seemed not to want to be seen by Norrington's ship. I got that sense, anyway -- the Pearl was headed away from the ship Elizabeth and Co. were on. They might have thought that the medallion had sunk to the bottom of the sea and was lost, or something like that -- whatever the case, they seemed reluctant to show themselves to Norrington and crew. Also, there didn't seem to be any sort of "shock wave" sent out from Will floating with his medallion on top of that board. Beats the heck outta me as to why that would be the case -- but regardless, Barbossa and company just seemed to realize they were out-matched for the moment, and high-tailed it outta there. That's the sense I got of things, anyway. :)

Aye, lass, Happy Birthday! May the wind fill yer sails and the rum fill yer tankard. Have a great one!

HA!!! I love it!!! My favorite lines are between: >>We'll scuttle and buttle and fly a space shuttle...<< and >>We rattle and battle (soloist) "and I'm from Seattle..."<< Also pleased to see my most favorite line, "and really bad eggs," got to remain in the lyrics. *grins* Oh, that is quite wonderful. You ought to think about e-mailing to the blog of your close and personal friend, Dave Barry... he might be happy ta post it when he returns to blogging... Cap'n, I be a celebrator of Talk Like A Pirate Day -- planning on throwing a party this year for it -- and I be right honored to meet ye! Ahoy! :) *runs off to see updated ITLAPD website*

Ha-HAAA!! Thorr, I love it!

I've felt a draw to the sea since before I can remember -- we used to be a bit less landlocked than we are now, and the day trips we took to the seashore were the highlights of my childhood. So that, at least, is where the interest in the ocean started. Like every 80's lass, I fell in love with Disney's "The Little Mermaid" (you know, the film that put the Disney company firmly on their path to world domination), and was completely obsessed with all things ocean-related for a good handful of years, there. Then I read "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi (yes, THAT Charlotte Doyle ) and decided I was meant for a life at sea -- landlocked or no. *grins* As a young teen, I watched "Muppet Treasure Island" and "Hook" approximately fifteen million times each, and even watched the fluffy "Peter Pan" cartoon of Disney's (though, if nothing else, ya gotta admit that the chase scenes between Captain Hook and the croc are absolutely hilarious). And I've always, always, always been a fan of medieval times, sea history, Renn Faires, and all that sort of good history stuff. But despite all that, my interest in pirates did not begin until -- what else -- the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean" this Summer. I was hooked instantly, just absolutely obsessed. At a time in my life when I'm trying not to be scared of such absolute freedom and independence in the choices to make from here (hey, it's scary to be graduating from college -- awesome as it is to have appoximately six gazillion options open to me as to what I want to do with my life next, it's a bloody scary thing, too!) -- the love of freedom, adventure, and the unexpected in life, that a pirate like Jack Sparrow possesses, is inspiring to me. I like that, and can admire that. And so, that started my interest, with me reading everything I can get my hands on about pirates -- and, if most of the historical ones don't seem quite as . . . ah . . . original as Captain Jack Sparrow, then a lot of them (the non-psycotic ones, that is *grimace*) seem to embody that same sense of freedom and unexpected adventure. My sig quote pretty much sums up my feelings on that. :) So that's how my love obsession with pirates began. And I don't see it going away any time soon!

Naw, it was Ebert that I meant. :) 'Cause the guy did give it a smashingly good review: http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_review.../12/122405.html I do so love reading movie reviews *grins* . . . Anyways, I finally got to see this about a week ago, and wow . . . loved it. Absolutely loved it. No, of course, it's not "Pirates of the Caribbean" -- but it was a really great movie. Jason Issacs was absolutely smashing as Hook -- he played the role with a flair for the dramatic, but he didn't overplay it, either. And there's no denying he's gotta be the sexiest Captain Hook we've ever seen, heh heh . . . Wonderful movie. I enjoyed a Wendy that was given more to do than be rescued all the time -- and I also liked the fact that it ended with Wendy and brothers simply being returned home; because, if I remember correctly, the play -- I don't know about the book -- ends with Peter Pan coming back to take Wendy's daughter to Neverland, and I never really liked that. So yeah, it had my approval all around. Looking forward to it coming out on video!

I rather remember this series -- I can't remember any real specific episodes, but I can vividly remember watching it every so often when I was, oh, six or so. It came on bloody early in the morning, like six a.m. or something, but if I wasn't able to sleep in any later than that, I can remember plunking down in front of the TV to watch this rather odd but still neat cartoon about Peter Pan and the pirates. Never taped any episodes or anything like that -- which is really too bad, 'cause I never got to appreciate the fact that Tim Curry was providing the voice of Captain Hook . . . http://www.greatwarriors.net/jollyroger/ This is a rather neat-o "Peter Pan and the Pirates" site that I've found out there. The stories (fan fiction) is a bit too Mary-Sue-involved for my tastes, but apparently a lot of people out there really like it -- and if nothing else, the artwork is amazing. (The blonde girl running around in some of the shots is the site creator's original character; just an FYI. But her drawings are magnificent.)

Well, I was rather exaggerating -- I wasn't quite dropped on my head. What happened was, I was about four years old (I remember this vividly), and my father was tossing me up and down through the air, catching me in his arms each time, while I laughed with giddy childlike joy. My mother came into the room and stared at us for a moment before snapping at my father, "Knock that off! Put her down this instant before you drop her!" "I'm NOT going to drop her!" said my father, approximately two seconds before he dropped me. I landed in a heap on top of a magazine rack (one of those little wooden ones). My arm got a bit bruised, but all I did was wimper once or twice about it -- I sort of wanted to cry, but I was too busy laughing at my mother throwing an absolute fit at my father -- who, after frantically making sure I hadn't been hurt, could only smile sheepishly at my mother, who I think was trying to hurt him. It all ended well. Another time, when I was much older, I jumped off a swing without looking and landed on my face. But that is another story . . .

That site is _hilarious_ . . . and I want that doll! *grins*

The best I could do for you would be to send you the letter names of the notes for "A Pirate's Life For Me" -- that is, A through G, the literal letters. I know you're looking for *actual music* though, so if you can settle for just the notes' letters, let me know. ~~Capt. Savvy

I'm a huge fan of animated ducks -- Darkwing and Daffy in particular -- so I watched the rather mindless but still highly amusing "Duck Dodgers" new animated series rather religiously (once I found out of its existance, mind you). The pirate episode is class, my absolute favorite of those aired so far. Yes, watch it if you can catch it! The plots are as cliched as they come, but the writers realize this and mock everything they possibly can. I love it.

Hmm . . . *musingly* Miss Doyle, Miss Doyle . . . 'fraid I can't place the name . . . Bloody Jack, I believe I must learn, as you have, to keep these revelations to myself -- but then again, the disbelieving stares of me shipmates as they look at me in bewildered amazement is something I'd sorely miss. So perhaps I'll continue to share 'em as they come. *grins* Unfortunately, I don't even have the gasoline-sniffing excuse. Maybe my amazing revelations have something to do with being dropped on my head too many times as a small child. Or something to that effect.

Thanks so much to TalesOfTheSevenSeas and Trapper -- my mother will be especially pleased by "What Do We Do With A Drunken Sailor" since it's become her newest favorite song as of late! :) Thanks so much, guys. ~~Captain Savvy