Now this makes me nervous... and conflicted.....

"Disney Sets Sail for Pirates of the Caribbean Sequel! Source: The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday, July 16, 2003

With Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean doing extremely well at the box office, the studio is already talking of setting sail on a sequel to the feature.

In anticipation of the film's success, Disney had made sequel arrangements with such key cast members as Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, as well as with the behind-the-scenes duo of producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski.

The studio has also begun talks with "Pirates" writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio about drafting a sequel, though no specific story line has yet been set."

My adoration of this movie is fighting with my hatred of Hollywood sequels. Don't get me wrong; for me this movie is on par with Lord of the Rings. But unlike LotR, this works well as *one* movie. And Hollywood is notorious for screwing up a good thing. I don't know whether to root for another episode of Captain Jack Sparrow or pray for the entire sequel idea never to come to pass so I can bask in the joy of the original, knowing it survived Hollywood unscathed. The world conspires to make me make difficult decisions tonight, but I think I've got to lean towards a 'leave it alone' attitude. Don't mess with a good thing. And if they do.... well just please don't let them screw it up. Please. But look, if the same director and stuff came back.... there is hope. Right?

Sequels. The spawn of evil. Well, mostly, the occasional sequel rocks. *crosses fingers that this will be one of those times*

Clo

............bored............

Yeah, I've hit a point where I want something to do..... and I have stuff I *could* do.... but I don't really want to do any of it. It's not laziness, it's just I've done some of most stuff today and I want something different to do. Okay, so maybe it's a tiny bit of laziness.

I thought I wanted to write vampire-fic but it's turning out to be unvampiric right now. Though if I carry on I might get somewhere. That's if I don't fall asleep first.

Keele tomorrow. I don't really know why I'm bothering since they aren't doing the course I want.... only I want something to compare to Lancaster which is where I really want to go. I had the scary thought last night that I got two As and a B for the subjects I'm doing next year.. that's half my grade already. If I get up to three As I could get in anywhere, like Oxford or Cambridge (I know that's improbable, but let me muse here) And I could go be all posh and stuff.... then I had the reassuring thought that I'd never get through the interview and went happily back to my Lancaster-aim. I'll be happier there anyway. ^__^ Bring on the Creative Writing!

My brother bought a new digital camera today. It's all small and shiny. Unfortunately he's run off to Andrew's with it so I haven't had a chance to play with it yet. :-( Still, plenty of time. I love digital cameras. ^__^

Back to the vampires, or maybe I should give up and go draw. Whatever.

Clo