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DeppInTheHeartOfTexas
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Post subject: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue  Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:37 am |
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Ch. 12 - What did you think of Jack's plan to rescue Shabako from the plantation?
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:42 pm |
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I thought it was brilliant. Risky, but brilliant. Showed a glimpse of the future Jack.   I always chuckled at the hanging scene in COTBP, when the guy was reading all of the charges against Jack....impersonating a cleric in the Church of England, etc. Then in OST, he impersonated the judge at the beginning. He was the native chief in DMC. It was a well conceived and thought out plan. Of course, with Jack's luck, I was waiting for something to go hilariously wrong. 
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 3:09 pm |
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Very cleverly done and I knew he'd get away with it! 
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:08 pm |
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:12 pm |
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Yes, I loved it.
What's really cool to me is how well Anne was able to capture the essence of the Jack we know from the movies and move that guy back in time so the qualities we expect are there, sometimes in their infancy, but present enough that we can always say "how typical". That's the challenge of taking an existing beloved character that is very well known to your audience and building your story, your variations, on that structure. Yes, what exists already is a good guide or a measuring stick but it isn't easy to write within 'the canon' so to speak. You've got to study your guy quite a bit, everything from gesture to dialogue to internal reflections he might make. How much of the grown man is likely to be present in the young man? It can't all be there because the Jack we know is a product of his experience.
I won't go further as then I would collide with another very large question that is bound to be asked in the future.
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:47 pm |
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fireflydances wrote: I won't go further as then I would collide with another very large question that is bound to be asked in the future. Aye! You'd be guessing right about said question.
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:52 pm |
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fireflydances wrote: Yes, I loved it.
What's really cool to me is how well Anne was able to capture the essence of the Jack we know from the movies and move that guy back in time so the qualities we expect are there, sometimes in their infancy, but present enough that we can always say "how typical".  I thought Ann captured all of their personalities quite well. And I'll leave the rest for said future question.
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:52 pm |
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SnoopyDances wrote: I thought it was brilliant. Risky, but brilliant. Showed a glimpse of the future Jack. I always chuckled at the hanging scene in COTBP, when the guy was reading all of the charges against Jack....i mpersonating a cleric in the Church of England, etc. Then in OST, he impersonated the judge at the beginning. He was the native chief in DMC. It was a well conceived and thought out plan. Of course, with Jack's luck, I was waiting for something to go hilariously wrong. His smile always make me  when that charge is read. Oh, to know what he did! The mind wanders........
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:10 am |
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Liz wrote: fireflydances wrote: I won't go further as then I would collide with another very large question that is bound to be asked in the future. Aye! You'd be guessing right about said question.LOL! I'm waiting for that "said question," too. I have an "I wonder" question to put forth... but I'll be patient! 
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:47 am |
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Thanks everyone for your patience! I could just see Jack in this scene, it was a perfect scenario for him. Well done!! 
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -
Wow! What a ride!
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:12 pm |
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I think in this scene Ann captured the wit and clever mind of Jack. Of course we see that because of the POTC films. But really showed the personalty of the Capt. I too smile when I think of his mischievous ways.
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:58 pm |
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I had such fun writing the scene where Jack ate dinner with the plantation owner and his family, bragging about his exploits on the hunting field. I actually giggled out loud a few times, I had so much fun.  -Ann
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:25 am |
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I thought it was clever and daring, he knew enough about the society to make it work. It fit with the style of Jack as we know him from Curse of the Black Pearl.
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Liz
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Post subject: Re: TPOF Question #9 - The Rescue Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:31 am |
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ac crispin wrote: I had such fun writing the scene where Jack ate dinner with the plantation owner and his family, bragging about his exploits on the hunting field. I actually giggled out loud a few times, I had so much fun. -Ann 
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again. Good catch, 
