25: Paradise Lost for Pirates

Pirates of the Caribbean. In 2002 Disney decided to make a film based on one of it's theme park rides. The Country Bears was a box office flop, yet this did not deter the studio from continuing to mining it's rides for inspiration. The very next year, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl would become a monster hit, going on to inspire 3 more films with a 5th one currently in the works.  In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by the ladies of Educating Geeks, Alice Baker and Megan Calcote to talk about the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie. We discuss the shock of learning Disney was making a movie based on another theme park ride, the casting, the way the movie winks to the audience, the surprising depth of the story, the music, production value and why this should have been just one film.   Host Matthew Rushing   Guests Alice Baker Megan Calcote   Editor and Producer Matthew Rushing Richard Marquez   Associate Producers Norman C. Lao Ken Tripp   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Coordinator Will Nguyen   Chapters The Original (00:01:03) Really? Really? (00:02:32) Casting Pirates (00:07:36) Keira Knightley (00:15:15) Orlando Bloom (00:21:22) Geoffrey Rush (00:28:07) Winking Pirates (00:29:21) Story Depth (00:34:19) The Music (00:41:07) Production Value (00:44:00) As a Stand-Alone (00:49:11) Closing (00:55:38)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network!   Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep our shows coming to you every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm