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Post by Applelight Limited on Oct 21, 2014 16:28:19 GMT
I'm more curious about how the heck the Coachman manages to keep the racket going. I mean, running the place must cost a ton, and he pays Honest John and Gideon a stupid amount of gold just bring Pinocchio over. Is the donkey market in this setting so lucrative that he can afford to run a free amusement park that literally gives away food, tobacco, and booze? That's actually a good point. Are donkeys really that lucrative?  |
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Post by Mezzaphor on Oct 21, 2014 16:56:54 GMT
Theory: the island is magic and existed long before the coachman started taking advantage of it. For anyone who sets foot on it, the island creates whatever they want, and if their heart is less than pure, the island turns them into a thematically appropriate animal as punishment. So the coachman doesn't have to build the amusement park -- the park just spontaneously comes into being when a boatload of rowdy boys shows up.
Corollary theory: the island is also giving the coachman what he wants -- a source of money. Because he stays on the outer edge of the island, he gets less exposure to its magic. But those smaller doses are building up over the many trips he's made...
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Post by CorvusAtrox on Oct 21, 2014 17:18:50 GMT
I was going to make a crack that that means the Coachman is pure evil, but you covered that.
Could also explain those Shadow Creatures, if they transformed thanks to the island as well.
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Post by japaneseteeth on Oct 21, 2014 17:41:29 GMT
I've also heard a theory that the Coachman is the evil counterpart to the Blue Fairy; she rewards good kids, and he punishes the bad ones. It fits right in with the "Pleasure Island is magic" theory and explains why he looks like a demon in Corvus' avatar.
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Post by japaneseteeth on Feb 9, 2015 2:20:55 GMT
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Post by Mezzaphor on Feb 9, 2015 3:18:48 GMT
Yeah, there could have been a racist caricature black centaur attending to all the white centaurs.
Oh, wait, there was. Disney's just been trying for decades to make us all forget that ever happened.
Maybe it's like the theater in Shakespeare's day, and all the female ostrich roles are played by male ostrich actors.
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Post by japaneseteeth on Feb 9, 2015 3:40:05 GMT
I actually tried to find a youtube clip with Sunflower in it, but I couldn't find one with above "This video was shot with a potato" video quality.
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Post by Applelight Limited on Feb 9, 2015 14:18:34 GMT
''You know, it's kinda hard to read the music with this lighting'' That made me chuckle.  |
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