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

[potboy.livejournal.com]

The naval uniforms in PotC #1 were a lot more authentic too (not right, but more so). Also I notice that they got the Union Flag right in #1 but wrong in #4. So I assume that they had different props people altogether this time around.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I bow to your expertise, since I know nothing about RN, but I can believe anyway that people just seemed to care more about the authenticity then. (They also wisely stuck to nonspecific details, such as not using a monarch's name or identifiable event aside from the location still being known as "Port Royal.")