Do u think its time for an animated series or a movie of Monkey Island
Ive been thinking about this for along time now, ever since Pirates of the Caribbean came out. Ive always wondered why nobody had even considered of doing either an animated series or an animated movie of Monkey Island. I think they can still do it, but I would pretty much want to see it as a 2D film.
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Because Pirates of the Caribbean came out.
Especially when it's an episodic release.
It could also be like a way to advertise the games
Kinda like the .hack anime series.
It must have the original cast of course.
Steven Spielberg Presents...
"Monkey Island: The Legend of Guybrush Threepwood"
Might as well look at a walkthrough.
Maybe after MI2:SE.
that would really be awesome
And another thing, if they were to create a series or a film, then they should not attempt to change the style of MI or dumb it down for the more mainstream audience. I would hate that.
For anyone curious about the first attempt...
...animated.
I actually played CMI from start to finish in front of my niece, she's 9. I had a save to skip the sword fighting up to Captain Rottingham but other than that I just played it through start to finish in a little over two hours. She really liked it and the game does play to a child. A lot of the time she had actually forgotten it was a game and it was fun to explain some of the easier puzzles to her. I might be able to do the same kind of stuff with TMI but none of the other Monkey games really play to a child like that.
As far as an MI movie for teens/adults though I was rolling in the aisles during Potc2. The Voodoo lady came onscreen for god sakes. I think strictly because of little things like that and in particular direct scene lifts (the dog jail puzzle from MI2 vs Jack in the holds with the dog) I don't think an adaptation would work anymore. I'd be extremely satisfied if there was a Monkey Island "hats off" or reference in the upcoming Pirates movie though, even if it was just a monocled cartographer.
Both MI2 and PotC1 took the dog/jail bit from the original PotC ride at Disneyland. There are probably other things from the ride that influenced MI, but I haven't been to Disney in so long it's hard to remember. Anyway, both were borrowing from the same source, rather than one borrowing from the other.
However, you may have a point in that people might not realize that, and think MI was copying from the PotC movies.
np: Thomas Fehlmann - Wasser Im Fluss (Gute Luft)
"On Stranger Tides", the rights to adapt it were bought to make POTC 4, as mentioned above.
I actually knew that one was from the ride which is why I picked it as an example. The Voodoo lady was not on the ride though
There's definitely a connection between the two mediums, it's just not publicly admitted to. Now that MI is having a revival it might become more apparent to more people though.
No, a Monkey Island film is a terrible idea, because proper one could not be made now. Monkey Island, as a film, should be a live action film shot in front of painted backdrops, like the Errol Flynn pirate films that Secret so happily takes inspiration from.
Thanks for the link! Most of those were new to me.
Interesting how similar one of the Elaine movie concepts (@30s in the video) is to the Tales of Monkey Island Elaine.
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Ooh, this one reminds me of Scar's awesome "Be Prepared" scene in The Lion King:
I didn't much care for the idea of a movie before, but now having seen the concept art I'm way sold on an animated one. Shame it's unlikely to happen.
Who's with me?
(Silence, as always happens...)