Arrr! Quite a busy week I’ve had and so much to post about too. I’ll try to get all this in now over the next couple of days.
Let’s begin with the fun little “holiday” of imitating pirates from the movies even though they probably didn’t talk in such a manner. Most of the blame or credit goes to an English actor Robert Newton. I read a book that discussed the truth on pirates, namely the ones who plagued European ships from during the 17th and 18th centuries, and the author blames Newton, Douglas Fairbanks and Robert Louis Stevens on the misperceptions.
Normally, Somara and I have seafood or go to Long John Silvers. Recently, we have accrued too many leftovers from other meals so we don’t want to waste those items. Maybe we’ll go on her upcoming birthday; kill two birds with one stone.
Last year we were in Las Vegas to celebrate our birthdays (one late, one early), our anniversary (very late) and the pirate thing. Oddly, the casino Treasure Island which now goes by the moniker “t-i” doesn’t bother to participate. I felt they were missing out on a cool opportunity and with the economy currently in the crapper, the MGM corporation needs all the help it can get. We did manage to catch the Sirens show. I thought it was rather lame and not worth explaining the threadbare (literally) plot.
Besides our meal, the debate will be which DVD to watch. My vote is with Muppet Treasure Island over Pirates of the Caribbean. Now that I think about it, there aren’t many solid contemporary movies involving pirates. In the stinker bin:
- Cutthroat Island
- Pirates starring Walter Matheau
- Hook
- The Pirate Movie
- That turd with the Veggie Tales in it
- Treasure Planet
To counter the above, these are the stretches of being any good:
- Yellowbeard
- Pirates of Penzance
- The Ice Pirates
There were a slew made in the Thirties and Forties, namely one starring Bob Hope which makes it an automatic winner.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Arrr!