Why the mainstream?

[veronica_rich]

Many of us reading this right now are obsessive little fangirls (and some fanboys) - let's face it, we wouldn't belong to a POTC LiveJournal community if we weren't. We are probably the type who are or have been fans of "Star Trek" or "Star Wars" or various and sundry other sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal (Helllllllo, Mulder!) franchises over time. We're considered "fringe" and outside the mainstream.

Fair enough. I've been that way since 1992, LOL.

My discussion question today is this: What about those people who are NOT going to see POTC or its sequels in theaters 5 or 10 times for discussion and analysis and fanfic-writing points? "Dead Man's Chest" has raked in over $500 million worldwide in only 17 days; by comparison, "The Da Vinci Code" has only taken in about $525 million during its entire run so far - and THAT was a highly anticipated, controversial movie.

Why do you think "mainstream" people are seeing this movie? And do you think it's making its money mostly off of us "fringe" diehard fans, or are there more people just going to see this than normally go see movies, period? Is it because all ages (including little kids who probably shouldn't be in the theater) are going to it? Is "Pirates," in fact, the new "Star Wars?"

Or do people just really love Keith Richards THAT much? ;-)

Comments

[captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com]

Sorry I didn't get this reply to you before. Basically, the gist of the intro to the skit was that if Disney and mainstream America really wanted "realistic" pirates, they would be okay with pirates being gay because, after all, these guys were at sea for months if not years at a time and had nobody but each other to turn to especially since women were considered bad luck at sea. So, we launch into the skit featuring Carlos as Captain John Swallow (complete with eye-liner and braided wig) and Tracy Morgan as Captain Black Cawk--the "bad guy." The plot (such as it was) basically went like this: a young sailor finds the buggery aboard the pirate's ship unacceptable so he grabs a rock (a rock? Why not a cannon ball?) and throws himself overboard (nod to "Master and Commander" I suppose). Before he does, he curses the crew to be forever "married" to the person they last had sex with until Swallow can convince the spirit in Davy Jones' "closet" to come out. The punch line is that the spirit in the closet is the spirit of the young sailor and they settle on the coast where they find the closet and name the settlement after the sailor: Sam Francisco. Yeah.

I had similar thoughts. In fact, the design of one of the folders and notebooks actually made me think of a romance novel cover. Quite adorable, really.:)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Something I've wondered about Jack Sparrow is if he truly likes men or if he just likes them because they're convenient to his lifestyle, if he wants regular sex and blowjobs. I wonder if he was that way before piracy or sailing, I mean ...