Has the popularity of Pirates passed?

[Obadiah Jib]

With the event of the POTC movies we saw a HUGE surge in the popularity of pirates.  Do you think that this has passed?  Are pirates becoming passe?  OR do you think the pirate passion is still all the rage?

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

I think the fad of pirates has passed.  The novelty is gone.  I think we'll still see that hardcores like you and me, but the "paper hat" pirates will be in far lesser numbers.

[Welsh Wench]

As long as there are boots and women who admire them, pirates aren't going anywhere. 

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

Then I'll never be without my boots again.  Well, under certain circumstances, I could be enticed to part with them temporarily... 

[renren]

I think I shall always be a fan of pirates, and love dressing as one!

[Brother Robert of Essex]

I can't imagine it ever really dwindling - it seems to me there are a VAST number of pirates at the fair, so much so I often wonder why they don't just go ahead and make a Pirate Faire!   It's a huge attraction for people, it seems.

I'm sure the fact these pirates don't suffer from scurvy or run you through with a sword to snatch your gold, helps a lot  

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

With the event of the POTC movies we saw a HUGE surge in the popularity of pirates.  Do you think that this has passed?  Are pirates becoming passe?  OR do you think the pirate passion is still all the rage?

You raise an interesting question here.

If the government has its way, the pirate image will be put aside for something less ethically threatening like maybe Capt Ron.

But as your fellow "Sea Dogs" have pointed out, there's a hard core group of you, who won't let the image of the freebooting swash buckler vanish without a fight, and for that you're to be commended.

Please do me one favor though......ask this question again in 2010 after the release of Russell Crowe as Robin Hood.....

[Lady Amy of York]

As long as there are boots and women who admire them, pirates aren't going anywhere. 

Amen to that, girlfriend !

[Carl Heinz]

Probably depends on the event.  Elizabethan events generally always had a number of privateers, seamen, and accompanying wenches.  RPFS and RPFN had a Sea Dogs troupe for a number of years.  It still exists and still sings at Northern.  (A nephew is a member.)  There are pirate festivals.

Tricorns were actually a bit later with referance to Elizabethan garb.

However, the adjustments made by vendors probably encourage it.

Did see fewer Captain Jacks this last year, but there was a truly stunning pirate wench and several others who were quite good. 

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

After visiting Bristol two out of the past 3 Sundays, it doesn't look like their popularity is waning at all.  There are as many as ever.

And later this summer, Captain Steve Dorset and Keeper of the Parrot, Redbird Annie Cardinal, both of the Ocean Motion, will visit the shire to plunder and have fun.   

[Blaze]

The fad-chasers will always come and go........ but the core guilds are still stable and in some cases steadily increasing.

(an observation from an RF.com newbie....... but a pirate for ages!)

[Capt Gabriela Fullpepper]

With the event of the POTC movies we saw a HUGE surge in the popularity of pirates.  Do you think that this has passed?  Are pirates becoming passe?  OR do you think the pirate passion is still all the rage?

OH BUT there is a NEW PoTC on the Horizan, Avast ye Thar be Cap'n Jack.

Once that happens Pirates will once again be the craze

[Blaze]

There will be 2 more POTC, but if I remember correctly Knightley & Bloom have opted out of at least the upcoming one.

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

Knightley opted out and Bloom won't be asked back, is more the case.  PotC 4 is in the Disney "pipeline"-- no script, no contracts, no schedule.  Depp is the only one committed so far.  So we have a while to wait.

And this comes from a dear friend who's worked in Disney's central casting for over 20 years.  She's never been wrong yet.

[MacKee]

Not as long as The Backyardigans sing...A Pirate Says Arrgh