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

[starrdust411.livejournal.com]

I believe at Hollywood Studios they have (or had) some of the costumes from the third movie. If I remember correctly it was Elizabeth's pirate king outfit and Sao Feng's costume. These costumes were placed among Vader's suit from the original Star Wars and the White Queen's battle outfit from the first Narnia movie and I feel like it shows how the series became more fantastical over time since the costumes didn't seem out of place among them. I don't know how historically accurate the costuming was, but it does feel like they started caring less about the period and more about coolness after a while.

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

The early stuff was pretty historically accurate, AFAICT.