Pirates of Caribbean logic question MAJOR SPOILER

[Umbran]

They've killed Bambi's mom, Lilo's parents, Cinderella's mother, Mr. and Mrs. Tarzan, and Mufasa, just to name a few. No parent is safe from Walt Disney's evil clutches!

....and, to follow up on kingpaul, I note that The Lion King was an (at best) thinly veiled Hamlet, so they aren't really responsible for Mufasa - blame that on Shakespeare.

And Lilo's folks were dead when Disney found 'em. The forensics report on the possible sabotage on the car's brakes was inconclusive, so you can't prove anything!

 

[WizarDru]

....and, to follow up on kingpaul, I note that The Lion King was an (at best) thinly veiled Hamlet, so they aren't really responsible for Mufasa - blame that on Shakespeare.

Or, if you're like me, you'd call it a thinly vieled Jungle Taitei, a.k.a. Kimba the White Lion. (without the Jet Packs. ).

Same goes for Bambi, of course. Remember that it, and Dumbo, were based on books. Disney only has a handful of material that they can claim was actually their own ideas, ultimately, as good as their treatements may or may not be.

Like it or not, removing one or more parents makes a quick shorthand for conflict and drama in a story...it makes love interests easy to set up (i.e. the Parent Trap), makes inter-family conflict fast and understandable (and ultimately repairable) and lowers the amount of characters needed in the plot (it's much easier to occupy one parent than two).

 

[MaxKaladin]

Like it or not, removing one or more parents makes a quick shorthand for conflict and drama in a story.

One of the people in my gaming group is an author who writes young adult books and she tells me one of the the first rules of her genre is "get rid of the parents" as this clears the way for the kids to do things.

 

[Enchantress2]

Here are my thoughts. Hold on tight.

First of all, I LOVED this movie! Depp is wonderful! Everyone must sing his praises! Definitely smell a sequel coming on, and I couldn't be happier. I knew that it was gonna be cheesy in some parts ever since I saw the trailer. "They've taken Elizabeth, we MUST save her!" Oh, please...

Fav. quotes and scenes:

"But why is the RUM gone??!!!

Any scene with Depp in it counts as a favorite, even if he wasn't the center of attention, he just stole the show.

"I don't think I deserved that."
"I may have deserved that."

"Elizabeth, darling, I'm so sorry, but it would never work out between us."

"Stop blowing holes in my ship!"

"PARLET!"

And many, many more but my brain hurts to remember them all.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

Which still begs the question no one's asked: Why Turner blood? Is it because his was the last coin to be returned? Is it because he was the only one who felt genuinely remorseful for taking the treasure in the first place?

Easy. The answer lies in Captain Sparrow cutting himself before he threw the coin to Will.

Everyone who stole a coin had to put it back and pay a price in blood. So as the other coins were returned we can assume each one of the pirates cut himself and bled into the chest as his payment.

The reason they needed Will's blood was because they didnt have his father and his was the last blood not in the chest.

 

[Enchantress2]

Easy. The answer lies in Captain Sparrow cutting himself before he threw the coin to Will.

Everyone who stole a coin had to put it back and pay a price in blood. So as the other coins were returned we can assume each one of the pirates cut himself and bled into the chest as his payment.

The reason they needed Will's blood was because they didnt have his father and his was the last blood not in the chest.

I think that was one of the best explanations in the whole thread. Bravo!!!