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Like, woah

FuryFury
edited June 2010 in Tales of Monkey Island
I found this review on gamespot, and I was like woah.

Click on the video. The one that is just under the second paragraph.

http://au.gamespot.com/ps3/sports/planetminigolf/review.html

It sounds just like Monkey Island.

Comments

  • MonkeyManiaMonkeyMania
    edited June 2010
    Not really.
  • FuryFury
    edited June 2010
    MonkeyMania wrote: »
    Not really.

    But it's all piratey!
  • DaviesDavies
    edited June 2010
    Uhhhh.... tenuous at best I'm afraid.
  • elzbenzelzbenz
    edited June 2010
    They both have pirate themed elements.

    I believe the similarities end there, unless there is some location or character that is remotely a MI Reference/Ripoff, I don't believe them to have ANY sort of similarities at all. I kinda think almost any pirate themed book/movie/game would have fit these similarities easily.
  • FuryFury
    edited June 2010
    Well yeah. I see anything piratey and I'm like OOOO MONKEY ISLAND!
  • NeatNitNeatNit
    edited June 2010
    I don't see anything piratey at all about it.
  • Little WriterLittle Writer
    edited June 2010
    It's EMI's missing mini-game on Jambalaya! They switched it for the diving challenge at the last minute.

    (;))
  • The HighwayThe Highway
    edited June 2010
    A Minigolf Game =/= Monkey Island
  • DaviesDavies
    edited June 2010
    Oh my god, I just found this site and I thought of Monkey Island straight away...

    http://www.internetfilmrights.com/lawsuits-against-pirates-illegal-movie-downloading-sites.php

    ... freaky or what?! :eek:






    :p
  • GuineaGuinea
    edited June 2010
    Well, the MUSIC does remind me of MI.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited June 2010
    What other visions are you having?
  • DaviesDavies
    edited June 2010
    On a slightly related note...

    I was watching the Terry Gilliam film 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' (1988) on Blu-Ray yesterday (for the first time in 15 years or so) and I couldn't help but notice certain similarities between it and Monkey Island. I genuinely wonder if Ron Gilbert took some small amount of inspiration from the film when crafting his games.

    Here is the trailer for the film:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuqBKiKycbA

    And here's a brief clip from the start of the film (where some stage actors are performing the legend of Guybrush Thre.... uh, Baron Munchausen):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrMB1sWFqdU&feature=related

    You may note the leviathan, which later in the film you see happening from the REAL Baron Munchausen's point of view and I must say, the resemblance to Chapter 3 of TOMI is more than slight. In fact, once inside the beast, they find several old shipwrecks and a group of people who have lived within the creature for many years!

    If anyone can locate an extended clip of this scene on the net for all to see, it would be much appreciated :)

    Also, if they ever make a Monkey Island movie then Terry Gilliam would be perfect as director.
  • thatdude98thatdude98
    edited June 2010
    Davies wrote: »
    On a slightly related note...

    I was watching the Terry Gilliam film 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' (1988) on Blu-Ray yesterday (for the first time in 15 years or so) and I couldn't help but notice certain similarities between it and Monkey Island. I genuinely wonder if Ron Gilbert took some small amount of inspiration from the film when crafting his games.

    Here is the trailer for the film:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuqBKiKycbA

    And here's a brief clip from the start of the film (where some stage actors are performing the legend of Guybrush Thre.... uh, Baron Munchausen):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrMB1sWFqdU&feature=related

    You may note the leviathan, which later in the film you see happening from the REAL Baron Munchausen's point of view and I must say, the resemblance to Chapter 3 of TOMI is more than slight. In fact, once inside the beast, they find several old shipwrecks and a group of people who have lived within the creature for many years!

    If anyone can locate an extended clip of this scene on the net for all to see, it would be much appreciated :)

    Also, if they ever make a Monkey Island movie then Terry Gilliam would be perfect as director.

    That movie is made of WIN.
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