early POTC fandom

[veronica_rich]

So metalkatt, dahlianna, and I are watching CotBP (the first POTC movie) again. (Well, D is mostly watching "Supernatural" on her computer, but she's in the room.) And it started me remembering things in the very early fandom 8 years ago - things we now take for granted or are old hat, that were just getting started then.

For instance - does anyone else remember the little wordplays that resulted in phrases like "Dr. I Am Disinclined to Acquiesce to Your Request" (i.e., another name for the movie "Dr. No")? Or even where that list got off to? There were a bunch on it. What else do you extreme old-timers remember from the VERY early days of this fandom?

(Also, Jack looks much less stylized here; his outfit and look is more practical and "worn-in" and looks comfortable. In OST he's got more eyeliner and eyeshadow drawn on, his costume is more elaborate - it doesn't look like a costume here - and he looks more comfortable overall in this one. The costumes in this one seem more like clothes on everybody, too. Did Penny Rose just kind of give up?)

Comments

[ellie-pierson.livejournal.com]

The one thing I always remember from the first movie is the first sword fight between Jack and Will. Jack taking the time to stroke the blade of his sword along Will's. The very first time I saw it I didn't think anything of it, but then after you put the slash glasses on, it is terribly suggestive.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Those are character details, not choreography - the sword sliding, etc. Rob Marshall does choreography. Yes, the first movies were choreographed too - you have to do that when there are sharp blades involved, or someone gets hurt - but even with the acrobatics in the rafters and such, I liked those scenes for the character development more than the modified dancing and stunts.