[project1dev] Re: new monkey island games
- From: Matthew Freeland <mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:42:24 -0700
I'm going to try and get through this entire email without typing gayed.
Aww shit.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Chris Sherman <cshermandesign@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I loved emperors new groove, patrick warburton as cronk = awesome
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry
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> *From*: Alan Wolfe
> *Date*: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:38:41 -0700
>
> *To*: <project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Subject*: [project1dev] Re: new monkey island games
> I wonder if disney's original motive was to get the kids interested in the
> stories by giving them a "teaser" via cartoon movie so then they'd go read
> the books.
>
> if so, now disney just hijacks a story, rewrites it and calls it good i
> guess...
>
> btw anyone ever read bambi? it's basically the same story as sidhartha, but
> with animals instead of people lol. it's also only like 200 pages, a small
> paperback, not a big hulking book like you'd think :P
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:29 PM, <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I kinda liked the movies :P but yeah, they were clearly derivative of
>> monkey island (particularly the first two) they should have thanked the
>> monkey island devs for the inspiration. I actually am bummed cuz any MI
>> movie that comes out will have to avoid a lot of the things pirates of the
>> carribean stole otherwise THEY will be labeled cheap rip offs (lol)
>>
>> Screw you disney!
>>
>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>
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>> *From*: katie cook
>> *Date*: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:21:58 -0700 (PDT)
>> *To*: <project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Subject*: [project1dev] Re: new monkey island games
>>
>> I think Pirates would have been pretty cool IF Disney didn't head the
>> project...
>>
>> Johnny Depp can sure be cool, but the movies are F*&%ing retarded, IMO =>
>>
>> --- On *Mon, 6/15/09, Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [project1dev] Re: new monkey island games
>> To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 2:19 PM
>>
>> Speaking of Monkey Island and Disney. I once read somewhere that Pirates
>> of the Caribbean 2 and 3's story were ripped straight from Monkey Island.
>> The Monkey Island creator was all upset because they gayed up his vision and
>> didn't give him credit.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Alan Wolfe
>> <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> i watched a youtube interview w/ the original game designer of monkey
>>> island
>>>
>>> basically he had a storyline setup (there was an actual secret of monkey
>>> island and the secret was going to be revealed) and i forget why but he no
>>> longer works with those guys and they kinda went off on their own path
>>> without him.
>>>
>>> kind of like disney gaying up every story they can til the original is
>>> long forgotten.
>>>
>>> booo
>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Matthew Morgan
>>> <MMorgan@xxxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=MMorgan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> That’s whack=-/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* eric drewes
>>>> [mailto:figarus@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=figarus@xxxxxxxxx>]
>>>>
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2009 2:01 PM
>>>> *To:* Alan Wolfe; Matthew Morgan
>>>> *Subject:* new monkey island games
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> man i read about the new monkey island games and remakes of the
>>>> originals before seeing the screenshots and was sooooo excited, i had in my
>>>> mind lush hand drawn art and instrumental music, etc... basically total
>>>> awesomeness...
>>>>
>>>> i checked it out over the weekend, its 3d and the art design looks
>>>> terrible, guybrush looks really lame. i am totally crushed :( heh
>>>>
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