The Modern Pirate

United States
April 22, 2009 8:29am CST
Pop culture has romanticized pirates through stories such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Captain Hook. However, in recent pirate attacks in the news, it is clear the modern pirate is nothing like the Hollywood pirate. Do you think the modern pirate will be romanticized in the same way the pirates of antiquity were? Will pirates become taboo?
8 responses
• United States
22 Apr 09
These people are just bad guys. they are not at all like the ones in the movies. I hope people know that being a pirate is not like in the movies.
• United States
23 Apr 09
The ones in the movies were also merely armed thieves on boats, just like the modern pirate. The only difference is one is romanticized and the other is not. The question is why?
@XSINGH (1)
• France
23 Apr 09
I Don't think that that the modern pirates will be portrayed in a similar way as that of the Pirates from the age gone by. Simply because the modern day pirates prays on the people who are responsible in recreating the image of what a modern day pirate is.
@sergedan (767)
• Romania
23 Apr 09
And I actually thought pirates were fun guys with a temper. Damn this pop culture you are referring to!
22 Apr 09
I seriously doubt the modern pirate will be romanticized or at least not in our life time. But maybe in many years to come there will be movies about this current bout of piracy and no doubt there will be some family friendly pirate movies. Goodness knows how they will do it but the powers at B in Hollwood have for years managed to romanticize ruthless villians.
• United States
22 Apr 09
I really dont have a answer for that one but i think the modern day pirate is way different then the ones in the movies. But back i in the day pirates were like the ones in the movies.
• India
23 Apr 09
When i watch them (Pirates) in movies i reallly loved tehm, but these modern pirates looking so dangerous. I don't know weither these pirates are changed their way or in teh film tehy are whoed pirates in a good manner ?
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
22 Apr 09
Lets hope not because that would suck. I love the classic pirates with there cool pirate ships and there cool logo these pirates are just bums and they dont even dress like pirates to begin with. They better not change the whole pirates thing because I would be pissed if they did.
@egdcltd (12060)
22 Apr 09
The old pirates weren't anything like the Hollywood pirates either. Time and distance are always useful if you want to romanticise something.