# finally a summer movie I can get excited about (Pirates 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-summer-movie-i-can-get-excited-about-pirates-4/564337 "2010-12-16T05:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-summer-movie-i-can-get-excited-about-pirates-4/564337/21 "2010-12-16T18:43:34Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Ian McShane as Blackbeard is a brilliant piece of casting. If it’s more in line with the first POTC, this movie could be very good. Pirate zombies, hell yes! > Better save $18 so your friend can see it too. 😉 But you won’t need to save up to pay for popcorn! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-summer-movie-i-can-get-excited-about-pirates-4/564337/22 "2010-12-16T19:02:19Z")
I read somewhere that they’re hoping that this will be the first of a second trilogy. And of course they’re hoping for as much success as with the first one. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-summer-movie-i-can-get-excited-about-pirates-4/564337/23 "2010-12-17T02:47:46Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Ian McShane as Blackbeard is a brilliant piece of casting. When I first read about this about a month ago I thought they were talking about Mike McShane… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-summer-movie-i-can-get-excited-about-pirates-4/564337/24 "2010-12-17T03:07:46Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Remember to save an extra fiver to tip the ticket ripper. Nice. And remember some extra money to buy your mental girlfriend’s physical boyfriend a ticket, too. I mean, you wouldn’t want to be weird. I see PSXer, his friend, his mental girlfriend, and her physical boyfriend all watching Pirates 4. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-summer-movie-i-can-get-excited-about-pirates-4/564337/25 "2010-12-17T04:44:57Z")
The sequels were a complete mess, I think I’ll have to skip the fourth thank you ver-- wait, IAN MCSHANE AS BLACKBEARD?!! I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-summer-movie-i-can-get-excited-about-pirates-4/564337/26 "2010-12-18T13:38:23Z")
> [@Darth\_Sensitive](#): > > I was wondering if they had already cum out with Pirates 3, but you seemed to have cleaned that issue up. > > I’m just not penetrated by the idea of a 4th Jack Sparrow flick. While I see what you did there, I don’t know why. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-summer-movie-i-can-get-excited-about-pirates-4/564337.md?page=1)