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[permetaform]

So, ya'll realize that Dead Man's Chest was reaaaaaally thorough in their research?

And like, th_nightengale meta'ed really much a lot about that dice game, Perudo, they were playing, it's historical accuracy, and how it relates to characterization of Will, [spoiler character], and [spoiler character].

Her post is here: so about them dice...

And we're pretty sure as to the dice-faces and to the bets that actually occured in the game, seeing as we've watched the game five times already (::covers eyes:: I know, shaddup), and took paper notes.

In other news, PotC:DMC looks REALLY FUCKING AWESOME on digital projector.

That is all.

::attempts to go wade through comments from potc:dmc race and meta post::

Comments

[permetaform]

aheh ::is crazy pirate fan for seeing it so many times::

whoa, pirates!monopoly? ::boggles::

Hee! I think I have a fondness still for PotC:CBP as being the first movie I saw, but I love the way that the world was expanded so consistently and so well by the second movie. I can't WAIT for the third!

[iapetusneume.livejournal.com]

If I had more reliable transportation, I probably would have seen it more times by now. That and my schedule does not mesh well with my friends', and this is SUCH a movie to see with a friend.

Pirates!Monopoly looks awesome. Among other things, there's Ships instead of Railroads and Tia's place is Boardwalk.

I can't decide whether I like the first or second better - I think the "new shiny" aspect of DMC is influencing my thoughts, so I'll wait to calm down before passing judgment. In the meantime, I will just say that I love them both. And I couldn't wait for the third even before I saw the second, but now with Teh Evil Cliffhanger it's more like a need than a want.

[permetaform]

HEE~! yes it is.

o.0 ::WANTS::

I understand my love for the second one more now, and I think it's because all the characters are "progressing", it's a movie of change, and??? It's Dead Man's Chest: The Search For Jack Sparrow

Which is a meta for another day...

[iapetusneume.livejournal.com]

http://www.usaopoly.com/ttp/MONOPOLY-reg-Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-Collector-s-Edition/products_id/191.html?osCsid=12040d940ff54d13d8c2ef097b6fb192

I wish there was a better picture of it, but that'll give you an idea of what it looks like.

I can't remember where I read it (it might have been in your journal - I wouldn't be surprised if I did) but someone mentioned that PotC watches a lot like the original Star Wars trilogy. A New Hope one ended in such a way that could have been fine to stop the story. The battle was fought and won and there was much rejoicing. There was still room for more story, but it didn't end feeling like you were jipped. Curse of the Black Pearl was like that too. I think one reason I didn't feel the urge to read any fanfic for a long time was because of that. It made one think but not in the way that screamed "plothole!" like many other movies or books do. It's for that reason that I honestly wondered how they were going to make it work. But since this IS Pirates, I'm not surprised that they did.

Continuing with the analogy, Dead Man's Chest and Empire Strikes Back both took a dark turn. We see now that the story is not as simple as we thought (though to say that either movie was simple in general would be an insult, I think), and that if you leave things as they are they'll just go to shit. And Jack isn't the sort that would sit around and wait for his fate to come to him, as was seen in the movie. He's going to fight with everything he has in only the way that Jack can.

And this isn't really as in depth as I could get, but I could possibly make more similarities once I see the movie again. In the meantime, I will just sit back and be amused at the concept of compairing Jedi to Pirates. ♥

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Hee! you should post that as meta or something!