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"Absolutely amazing... can I touch him?" 28 Jun, 2006 / Comments: 11

By elTee


On my daily trawl across the internet looking for information about Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest I came across this great report on the premiere of the movie.

What makes this one so cool? This video. It's Johnny Depp riding the updated Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, and you get to see some of the cool new animatics they've come up with. And, so that I can pass this off as Mojo news, you get to see the dog/jail/bone scene which is in the original Pirates movie, and some game LucasArts made back in the day. Day of the Tentacle or something.

Anyway the movie is out in like two weeks so clear your schedules and prepare for another elTee debunking of the "they ripped off Monkey Island!" forum thread. 5000 words? You got it.

(Although, I think this time there seem to be a hell of a lot more similarities than last time, and I'm not the only one - but then again I was the first one to go all mental saying that it would be Monkey Island: The Movie last time - until I actually saw the movie. Here, educate yourself.)

Source: IESB.net

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11 Comments

  • Melancholick on 30 Jun, 2006, 07:26…
    Man, poor Depp is really having a hell of a time exorcising the ghost of Thompson. The twitchy junky stuff when he's approaching the Jack-in-a-Barrel is comedy.
  • Aspasia on 29 Jun, 2006, 15:35…
    I remember seeing the dog/jail/bone animatronics when I was on the ride over 20 years ago at Disneyland. In fact when I saw the first PotC movie I remember reminiscing about that part of the ride.
  • jp-30 on 28 Jun, 2006, 20:09…
    Ron Gilbert: They ripped me off!
  • elTee on 28 Jun, 2006, 21:17…
    It does say that in the news post - unless I missing something...
  • jp-30 on 28 Jun, 2006, 21:38…
    Sorry. I didn't follow every link in the item...
  • Gabez on 28 Jun, 2006, 21:58…
    You're fired!
  • jp-30 on 29 Jun, 2006, 03:45…
    What if I took a 50% pay cut?
  • elTee on 29 Jun, 2006, 03:52…
    You're still getting paid???? REMI
  • Remi O on 29 Jun, 2006, 15:27…
    Dude, the checks are in the mail. (It never gets old! Never!)
  • Haggis on 28 Jun, 2006, 17:16…
    Didn't Grim Fandango have bones and a dog and a jail in it?
  • itchythesamurai on 30 Jun, 2006, 10:49…
    There was talk about a dog, and possibly some of the monsters were vaguely dog-like, but it was all separate and probably non-intentional.