Which version of

SS Satan's Sin Member Imperial Beach, CA Joined: Jun 13, 2004 Posts: 729	SS Satan's Sin Posted posted on Sat, Jul 17, 2004 11:52 AM I must truculently insist that the Brando version is the best. Yes, the Mel Gibson version is more historically accurate, but so what? Bounty is about Big Conflict and Big Love in the most exotic South Seas setting there is, and the Brando version serves up great heaping dollops of this throughout. Whereas the Gibson version is, in my opinion, kinda pokey ... It's like someone coming to your back yard and pointing at your tikis and saying "these are not authentic Polynesian tikis." And we all know the answer to that. Brando's version of Fletcher Christian is like that -- something that's started off historically real and then gone through a reinterpretation, in this case by one of the greatest and most crazy actors of the 20th century. And here is something (from an earlier string somewhere) to print out and put in a place of honor near your tiki bar: and btw, this is a British naval lieutenant's uniform, which Christian never was. The way he was attired in the Gibson movie is authentic. The above picture is false and inaccurate. But if the above picture is not the supreme personification of South Seas fun n' games, I'd like to know what is.

I must truculently insist that the Brando version is the best. Yes, the Mel Gibson version is more historically accurate, but so what? Bounty is about Big Conflict and Big Love in the most exotic South Seas setting there is, and the Brando version serves up great heaping dollops of this throughout. Whereas the Gibson version is, in my opinion, kinda pokey ...

It's like someone coming to your back yard and pointing at your tikis and saying "these are not authentic Polynesian tikis." And we all know the answer to that. Brando's version of Fletcher Christian is like that -- something that's started off historically real and then gone through a reinterpretation, in this case by one of the greatest and most crazy actors of the 20th century.

And here is something (from an earlier string somewhere) to print out and put in a place of honor near your tiki bar:

and btw, this is a British naval lieutenant's uniform, which Christian never was. The way he was attired in the Gibson movie is authentic. The above picture is false and inaccurate. But if the above picture is not the supreme personification of South Seas fun n' games, I'd like to know what is.

Post #102298 by Satan's Sin on Sat, Jul 17, 2004 11:52 AM