Questions about Pirates the He-Man movie and what became of that extended DVD of Kill BillSend your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkQuestion Is this the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie or are they going to make a fourth -- RussellFlickChick Id say the odds are good that there will be a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film but its not a sure thing Assuming that youve seen Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End and why would you be asking otherwise you know it sets up the possibility that Captain Jack Sparrow Johnny Depp and who knows who else will embark on a quest for the fountain of youth Involved parties have alluded vaguely to various possibilities in promotional interviews for Worlds EndProducer Jerry Bruckheimer told Australias Herald Sun that This is the end [of the current trilogy] but whether one of the characters or a couple of the characters continue on its
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Questions about motion capture animation -- is it cheating -- John Wayne PJ Soles and more Send your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkQuestion Ive been reading a lot about the behind-the-scenes technology used to created the tentacle-faced Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End and keep seeing the term motion capture But none of the articles have explained how its different from old-fashioned rotoscoping Can you enlighten me oh FlickChick -- BradFlickChick The difference is computers Rotoscoping is a process invented by animation pioneer Max Fleischer -- creator of Betty Boop -- in 1914 It allowed artists to hand-draw over motion picture footage of real subjects frame-by-frame so that the instantly recognizable weight and flow of real human motion was maintained while the specifics of the image could be changed to the animators
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Question I have two questions about Pirates of the Caribbean First Captain Sparrow and Miss Swann sing a song when theyre stranded on the island something about yo-ho and rum what is it And second where did the term Davy Jones locker come from I know it refers to the bottom of the sea but whyFlickChick The sea shanty Swann and Sparrow warble has a venerable history The first lines areFifteen men on the dead mans chestYo-ho-ho and a bottle of rumDrink and the devil had done for the restYo-ho-ho and a bottle of rumThey were penned by 19th-century writer Robert Louis Stevenson for his 1882 adventure novel Treasure Island a motherload of popular pirate lore and imagery Apparently Stevenson was inspired by a about legendary buccaneer Edward Teach c1680-1718 better known as Blackbeard who is said to have marooned a ship full of mutinous sailors on a tiny island popularly referred to as Dead Mans Chest and returned to find that most of them had slaugh
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You know, there really may be something to this whole karma thing. It’s almost too delicious to see J.P. and Ozzy knocked down a peg. Ozzy, mastermind of the Billy ouster, has done his best to keep himself in the game ever since the merge. He has been running around in the challenges like nobody's business, diving, swimming, doing whatever it takes to keep his group from going to tribal council. Back at camp he's hauling in fish left and right and making sure everyone knows it. Don't worry, Poseidon, they noticed. J.P., on the other hand, cluelessly set himself up for the fall. It's never a smart move in Survivor to let the tribe see you proudly doing nothing (wasn't that Billy's crime?). But to proudly do nothing and command the others from your perch? Uh-uh. Emperor J.P. surely wore no clothes. I'm so proud of the ladies (and Brad) for their sneak attack. With J.P. voted out, the women of Raro have wrested the power from their big, strong men, but Parvati may soon have her m...
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Pillaging an idea that worked (and then some) with Pirates of the Caribbean, Walt Disney Pictures is fast-tracking a big-screen adaptation of Disneyland's 51-year-old Jungle Cruise attraction, in which parkgoers encounter wild creatures during a riverboat excursion. No less than Smallville cocreators Al Gough and Miles Millar are in talks to pen the script. Teacups is next, you read it here first.
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