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PirateHaunter	The Black Swan	Lead	[-]
Posts: 360 (06/15/09 11:57:39) Pirate of the Puget Sound Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I just saw the 1942 swashbuckling adventure "The Black Swan" featuring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara. What a great pirate movie! Full of rascals, scoundrels, villains, and damsels, this film surely looks like it provided a large dose of inspiration for both Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction as well as the movies. Elizabeth Swann borrows traits from Maureen O'Hara's character, Jack Sparrow from Tyrone Power, Joshamee Gibbs from Tom Blue, and even Barbossa's character has traces of the villian, Captain Leech. Although it lacks lavish sets, presumably because it was filmed during WWII, it makes up for this with sword fights, broadsides, and a good dose of humor. The banter between Lady Margaret and Captain Waring invokes images of Captain Jack's salacious remarks to Elizabeth in the first two films. If you haven't seen this classic, I recommend it. You may see the PotC attraction and rides in a different light. "It be too late to alter course, mateys..."
ghost1000		#1	[-]
Posts: 5383 (06/16/09 06:31:54) Admiral of the Black Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks for the review. I'll see if I can check it out. ~~~~~~~*~ --Rita
ghost1000		#2	[-]
Posts: 5384 (06/17/09 12:04:19) Admiral of the Black Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Black Swan is on the Fox Movie Channel on June 29 7:15-8:45am. I have it set to record. ~~~~~~~*~ --Rita
PirateHaunter		#3	[-]
Posts: 364 (06/17/09 23:33:24) Pirate of the Puget Sound Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Let me know if you liked it. (I'm finding that Yuku's Insert smilies and Insert image functions no longer work since switching to IE 8. Though I can insert smilies from below. Anyone else experience the same glitch?) "It be too late to alter course, mateys..."
BartholomewRoberts		#4	[-]
Posts: 2107 (06/18/09 12:41:20) Thar be squirrels ahead Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	IE8 is too new for my liking!
PirateHaunter		#5	[-]
Posts: 366 (06/18/09 23:40:43) Pirate of the Puget Sound Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Sometimes I long for the simpler days of Netscape Navigator (minus the dial-up connection, of course). "It be too late to alter course, mateys..."
leia214		#6	[-]
Posts: 1 (06/22/09 15:25:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	ghost1000 wrote: The Black Swan is on the Fox Movie Channel on June 29 7:15-8:45am. I have it set to record. Thanks for the heads up!! +++++++ I've marched in the DHS Star Wars Weekends parade!
BartholomewRoberts		#7	[-]
Posts: 2111 (06/23/09 13:40:57) Thar be squirrels ahead Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Okay. For homework, everyone watch "The Black Swan" Monday night on the Fox Movie Channel.
ghost1000		#8	[-]
Posts: 5398 (07/01/09 08:14:14) Admiral of the Black Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I watched The Black Swan and enjoyed it very much. And I note that Tom Blue had some traces of Gibbs, but I didn't notice any of the other characters. But then again, I'm not that proficient in recognizing character-types in other movies. ~~~~~~~*~ --Rita
golden redhead		#9	[-]
Posts: 2325 (07/02/09 04:58:17) Moderator Mysterious Marauder Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	PirateHaunter wrote: Sometimes I long for the simpler days of Netscape Navigator (minus the dial-up connection, of course). Some of us still have dial-up, pal.... I'll look for the movie you recommended on Netflix... 1974 - 1983 day trips to WDW1992 WDW offsite 1994 Contemporary1997 WDW offsite1997 Polynesian1998 DL PAC 1999 DLH 2000 Port Orleans & Coronado2001 WDW offsite * 2002 DLH 2002 WDW Happy Haunts Ball2003 Port Orleans/Riverside* 2003 WDW Happy Haunts Ball * 2004 Star Wars Weekends * moved to Orlando July 2004 * 2006 DVC Member * 2006 DLR * 2007 Vero Beach * 2007 Pirates Event & OKW * 2007 VWL * 2008 GCH * 2009 BLT aka doombuggy Lives on East Coast time
PirateHaunter		#10	[-]
Posts: 377 (07/03/09 10:58:38) Pirate of the Puget Sound Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	golden redhead wrote: Some of us still have dial-up, pal.... I'll look for the movie you recommended on Netflix... Oh, does Netflix have movies on VHS tapes??? "It be too late to alter course, mateys..."
BartholomewRoberts		#11	[-]
Posts: 2116 (07/05/09 09:22:50) Thar be squirrels ahead Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	PirateHaunter wrote: golden redhead wrote: Some of us still have dial-up, pal.... I'll look for the movie you recommended on Netflix... Oh, does Netflix have movies on VHS tapes??? Yea! And I think on 8-Trac too!

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