Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

[Lonemagpie]

Disney have announced that's the title of Pirates 4. People are now wondering if the plot will have any relation to the Tim Powers book of the same name (which is about pirates searching for the fountain of youth in the Caribbean...)

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-9-11-and-the-title-of-the-new-pirates-of-the-carribean-movie-is

 

[Dream]

What an odd title. Still much better than something like The Phantom Menace I guess.

 

[T'Baio]

I really like the title.

I just hope stranger tides carry with them a coherent plot. It'd be a nice change of pace after the last two.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

It's a nice title, although I was hoping for "The Scourge of the Spanish Main."

 

[Galactus]

What an odd title. Still much better than something like The Phantom Menace I guess.

Phantom Menace was a good title.

 

[Greg Cox]

If it's not based on the Tim Powers novel, it's odd that they're using the title of another supernatural pirate yarn . . . .

 

[Dream]

If it's not based on the Tim Powers novel, it's odd that they're using the title of another supernatural pirate yarn . . . .

I'm still surprised that none of the other big studios have tried cash-in to the recent pirate craze by making their own big budget pirate movie. It's like they don't even want to risk it. It would have been nice to see other pirate movies made besides the Pirates of the Caribbean movies these last few years.

 

[Dar70]

If it's not based on the Tim Powers novel, it's odd that they're using the title of another supernatural pirate yarn . . . .

I'm still surprised that none of the other big studios have tried cash-in to the recent pirate craze by making their own big budget pirate movie. It's like they don't even want to risk it. It would have been nice to see other pirate movies made besides the Pirates of the Caribbean movies these last few years.

Maybe they know it wont be as big a hit. Many moviegoers would probably want to see fantasy based pirate movies rather than a straight up film. If they did a fantasy based film it would be constantly compared to POTC. So its probably better to leave well enough alone.

 

[Middle Earther]

Well, I've only liked the first one so far. I hope they can do something better in #4 than in the last two.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

I suspect all of the other studios were scared off by the fact that water movies are notoriously expensive. You can't make a cheap cash in on something so rediculously expensive.

Plus, Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World came out the same year as the 1st Pirates of the Caribbean and I don't think it did too well.

Mostly it seems like softcore porn is the only field that has tried to take advantage of the craze.

 

[Galactus]

Has there ever been another successful pirate movie? I can't think of a single one?

 

[Morpheus 02]

If it's not based on the Tim Powers novel, it's odd that they're using the title of another supernatural pirate yarn . . . .

I'm still surprised that none of the other big studios have tried cash-in to the recent pirate craze by making their own big budget pirate movie. It's like they don't even want to risk it. It would have been nice to see other pirate movies made besides the Pirates of the Caribbean movies these last few years.

You mean SyFy hasn't done a direct to DVD/TV ripoff yet?

 

[Dream]

Has there ever been another successful pirate movie? I can't think of a single one?

All the big pirate movies that have been made in the last 30 years have bombed or disappointed at the boxoffice. Most famous was probably Cutthroat Island which killed the production company that made it. The POTC movies have been the only ones that have done well.

 

[Broccoli]

If it's not based on the Tim Powers novel, it's odd that they're using the title of another supernatural pirate yarn . . . .

I'm still surprised that none of the other big studios have tried cash-in to the recent pirate craze by making their own big budget pirate movie. It's like they don't even want to risk it. It would have been nice to see other pirate movies made besides the Pirates of the Caribbean movies these last few years.

You mean SyFy hasn't done a direct to DVD/TV ripoff yet?

The Asylum has.

 

[Lindley]

Mostly it seems like softcore porn is the only field that has tried to take advantage of the craze.

No, hardcore has as well.

I know because Carnegie Mellon showed that version in its second-run theater one time.

 

[bryce]

Wasn't there some scuttlebutt about #4 taking a sci-fi turn...?

"On Stranger Tides" could fit with that.

Maybe referring to...sailing the sea of space...???

Just sayin'...

 

[Skywalker]

Wasn't there some scuttlebutt about #4 taking a sci-fi turn...?

"On Stranger Tides" could fit with that.

Maybe referring to...sailing the sea of space...???

Just sayin'...

That would kill the series for good.

 

[Gaith]

I'm still surprised that none of the other big studios have tried cash-in to the recent pirate craze by making their own big budget pirate movie. It's like they don't even want to risk it. It would have been nice to see other pirate movies made besides the Pirates of the Caribbean movies these last few years.

Quite. There have been recent rumblings of a Spielberg-Crichton pirate flick, though.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

"...And unmoor'd souls may drift on stranger tides
Than those men know of, and be overthrown
By winds that would not even stir a hair..."

William Ashbless

 

[Aragorn]

So they're holding off on Pirates of the Caribbean Origins: Jack Sparrow for the time being?

You mean SyFy hasn't done a direct to DVD/TV ripoff yet?

You realize those cheap ripoffs on SyFy aren't made by them, right?