After conducting a bit of research on various pirate movies, such as the Pirate of the Caribbean movies, I have found out that all of these movies have at least one connection to Treasure Island. Though I couldn't find any actual text stating that these movies obtained their ideas from Treasure Island, I can, however, show that in the movie Pirates of the Carabbean: Dead Man's Chest, not only did the protagonist, Jack Sperrow, recieve the black spot, but he also sailed to Dead Man's Chest. Although the storyline is completely different from that of Treasure Island's, It's shown that the geographical and physical features are both the same; especially the way those pirates act. Long John Silver is actually the most steryotypical version of a pirate because of the way he acted, talked, looked and because he had a parriot on his shoulder, just like the pirates in almost every pirate movie had. Back to the Pirates of the Caribbean topic, one piece of evidence that I think might help is the actual ride Pirates of the Carabbean. The reason is because there is a 31 star flag at the beginning of the ride, and I figure that because of this flag, this indicates that they may have gotten the idea of this ride from Treasure Island, but never really admitied it. What's your theory on all of this? Do you think these people actually made the ideas by themselves, or did they just rip off everything from Treasure Island. I may be wrong though, so if you can find some evidence of Disney actually admitting they used some ideas from Treasure Island, please post it under comments.
Pirates of the Caribbean (attraction). 13 Apr. 2010. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_(theme_park_ride).
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. 11 Apr. 2010. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_Dead_Man%27s_Chest.
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when i was reading the book I also noticed that pirates of the caribbean had similar themes as treasure island, and uses some of the same plot as treasure island.
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i agree, with what you say andrew, the concept of the book is very similiar to the pirates of the caribbean but, the story is different, but the characters is what we had discussed about being very similiar throughout our group meetings.
ReplyDeleteI always thought this when reading the book that pirates of the carabean was based on this book, even though i never saw the movie, i know the story and they seem so alike!
ReplyDeleteyay andrew!