Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Features, Shorts, Live-Action and Direct-To-Video
Post Reply
User avatar
AV Team
AV Team
Posts: 1819
Joined: March 27th, 2008

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Post by Dan » May 6th, 2017, 4:54 pm

Sean Rich, a weapons consultant and prop provider on a number of films including the Pirates franchise, was in town at one of the local comic shops for Free Comic Book Day and displayed some of the weapons used in the films. The one I best remember him describing was the one on the bottom right that Depp used in the opening of Dead Man's Chest.

(Lemme know if the image isn't showing properly)
Image

AV Forum Member
AV Forum Member
Posts: 9996
Joined: September 1st, 2006

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Post by Daniel » October 26th, 2019, 12:37 pm

Reboot in the works... again.

AV Forum Member
AV Forum Member
Posts: 5192
Joined: September 27th, 2007

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Post by EricJ » October 27th, 2019, 11:56 pm

Thought the fifth movie (which was supposed to be the "New trilogy") ALREADY gave it the "kick in the pants" it deserved.

User avatar
AV Founder
AV Founder
Posts: 25294
Joined: October 22nd, 2004
Location: London, UK

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Post by Ben » October 28th, 2019, 5:43 am

They need to do one that resolves several dangling plot points. Consistency, continuity or comprehensiveness has not been one of this series' strong points.

My guess is that Depp will be back. He’s been quiet of late, recuperating somewhere, and if he’s serious about sticking with acting, he’ll take a pay cut to make sure he’s in a big hit. Yeah, he has Beasts as a franchise, but that’s not really his thing, and now that Invisible Man fizzled out he’s still needing a franchise number two. If Pirates were to sail again, it’ll be at least a couple of years before it lands on screens, giving us a break from seeing him and an anticipation to see him and the character again.

AV Forum Member
AV Forum Member
Posts: 5192
Joined: September 27th, 2007

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Post by EricJ » October 28th, 2019, 6:58 am

Ben wrote:
October 28th, 2019, 5:43 am
My guess is that Depp will be back.
No, "Reboot" means "Start the franchise name from scratch, now that the actor's too old."

Although they probably may chicken out and take another try at a "Legacy-quel" where the original actor gets to write himself out of the series and train in his new replacement...The last attempt had Will Turner Jr., and if this attempt doesn't go straight to Disney+ streaming series, we'll likely be introduced to Jack Sparrow, Jr. (Illegitimate, of course.)

User avatar
AV Founder
AV Founder
Posts: 25294
Joined: October 22nd, 2004
Location: London, UK

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Post by Ben » October 28th, 2019, 2:34 pm

Well, I was going to suggest we might see Son Of Sparrow, but I don’t think they’re ready to go that route yet. And reboot hasn’t meant from scratch for a while now...that would wipe out most of the recent "reboots" that we have had, hence why some people have been trying to make that awful word "requel" stick.

AV Forum Member
AV Forum Member
Posts: 5192
Joined: September 27th, 2007

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Post by EricJ » October 28th, 2019, 8:02 pm

If you're thinking in computer terms, "Reboot" DOES mean "From scratch"--
Just that studios have gotten too nervous and backpedaling whether they want to make a movie that merchandises fans' love of the original classic films, or just wipe the slate clean so their, quote-fingers, "Remake" can be whatever the darn heck they want it to be, and still keep the lucrative audience-identified brand-name for future improvisations.

As a result, studios chicken out, and we get fish-or-fowl hybrids like the Ghostbusters (sequel?/remake?/franchise-reboot?), just as long as they can slap a well known corporate icon on a teaser poster, and a date underneath it without even a title.

AV Founder
AV Founder
Posts: 8201
Joined: October 16th, 2004
Location: Orlando
Contact:

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Post by James » January 3rd, 2022, 9:34 am

Yikes! Look at those 4K video and audio scores!

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Pirates- ... 35/#Review

User avatar
AV Founder
AV Founder
Posts: 25294
Joined: October 22nd, 2004
Location: London, UK

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise

Post by Ben » January 3rd, 2022, 12:14 pm

I’ve been following the run up to this release and the early word on this and a concurrently released Aussie five film collection has been along those lines from day one, with many saying they’ve just slapped the sub-standard D+ stream on a disc. Proof, again, that 4K isn’t always the be-all and end-all. The amount of transfers that I’ve gone back to the Blu-rays on is quite astonishing, and I still think player and projector upsampling can and does a better job because it has to work harder. And HDR really can go as bright as your display, so the "brighter brights" can only be so bright, with everything else dropping into darkness to achieve that. I like having the 4Ks in the event of a good transfer, but so many have been underwhelming — particularly those older titles that in theory should look amazeballs but are hampered by soft cinematography or rough filmstock inherent in the image — so I am glad that the Blu-rays are usually included.

Post Reply