View Full Version : TMIMCACT!!! (The Monkey Island Movie Concept Art Compilation Thread)
So these were all the concept art drawings I could find of the cancelled MI movie (may you R.I.P.).
PLEASE tell me that I missed some! :P
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/Curse.jpg
http://miwiki.net/images/Movie2.jpg
http://miwiki.net/images/Movie1.jpg
http://miwiki.net/images/Movie3.jpg
This movie would've been awesome if it were animated in the same style as these drawings (with some Bill Tiller-esque quality, of course! :P)
So what do we know of the story?
What could the plotline have been, based on these drawings? It's not taken out from any of the games for sure...
Marzhin
08/19/2009, 01:18 am
Yes, there are some more :)
Have a look on Steve Purcell's blog, in the "Pirates" category... http://spudvisionblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Pirates
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/707/captain200.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/i/captain200.jpg/) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/captain200.jpg/1/w410.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img291/captain200.jpg/1/)
And the penultimate line in Tony Stacchi's portfolio : http://www.stacchi.com/folio/
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/4809/scumbar2.jpg (http://img33.imageshack.us/i/scumbar2.jpg/) http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/scumbar2.jpg/1/w856.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img33/scumbar2.jpg/1/)
Ah, how I wish there was an artbook with all those wonderful drawings...
Awesome! It's interesting to see that the human LeChuck idea existed before ToMI.
fwed1
08/19/2009, 02:47 am
If you want to know the plotline it would have been very similar to Pirates of the Carribean.
If you want to know the plotline it would have been very similar to Pirates of the Carribean.
Yeah, I've heard that, but that's just a rumor, no?
If we compare the concept art drawings to the POTC plotline, there are close to none similarities. (except the skeleton horde and the side-kick monkey)
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/Crewman.jpg
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/EMF.jpg
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/Guy.jpg
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/Registry200.jpg
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/Ship200.jpg
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/TheDeal.jpg
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/Rally.jpg
..
Haggis
08/19/2009, 03:57 am
Awesome! It's interesting to see that the human LeChuck idea existed before ToMI.
I wonder if Tales of Monkey Island has incorporated some ideas from the Monkey Island movie...
I guess we'll never know.. :/
jortlaban
08/19/2009, 04:25 am
So what do we know of the story?
What could the plotline have been, based on these drawings? It's not taken out from any of the games for sure...
want to know the movie plot/outline/story....
Watch the second and third PotC movies, the script for the MI movie was interwoven with the two by the script writer (Ted Elliott)
(At least thats what I've heard on several fora/topics).
Basicly, Ron Gilbert feels the same way too,
http://grumpygamer.com/8123463
Basicly, Ron Gilbert feels the same way too,
http://grumpygamer.com/8123463
Yeah, but he feels this way because the first POTC movie basically had the same plot as SoMI; A bunch of ghost pirates kidnaps the governor's daughter, and its up to pirate wannabes to save the day. Also.. The second movie had elements like Davy Jones (who kinda looks like LeChuck), cannibals and a voodoo lady. The resemblance is spooky, and I completely understand his reaction.
There is no proof that they took the story line from Monkey Island - The Movie (which is a completely different project), and transferred it to the POTC trilogy? That is just a rumor.
Haggis
08/19/2009, 09:00 am
There is no proof that they took the story line from Monkey Island - The Movie (which is a completely different project), and transferred it to the POTC trilogy? That is just a rumor.
Well, it's a bit more than just a rumour, because the person who told us at WMI had inside knowledge. See also this article (http://www.miwiki.net/Monkey_Island_movie).
I'm sorry, but if this is the only "proof, I'm not entirely convinced of this.
Just because he co-wrote on both projects, doesn't mean that the POTC plot = Monkey Island The Movie plot. I'm sure he drew with him some influences here and there, but thats about all we can assume.
And judging from these drawings, there are plenty of characters and scenarios that differs from the POTC series.
Farlander
08/19/2009, 11:49 am
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/Guy.jpg
I wish Guybrush in CMI looked like THAT one. I really, I really do not like his CoMI design, to be honest.
MonkeyMania
08/19/2009, 02:49 pm
I wish Guybrush in CMI looked like THAT one. I really, I really do not like his CoMI design, to be honest.
That style doesn't really match his personality.
Secret Fawful
08/19/2009, 03:16 pm
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/TheDeal.jpg
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//Public/Rally.jpg
..
These two are my absolute favorite. I had not seen them before; thanks for posting them.
prizna
08/19/2009, 04:23 pm
I wish Guybrush in CMI looked like THAT one. I really, I really do not like his CoMI design, to be honest.
Guybrush looks to serious in this one.
Radogol
08/19/2009, 05:14 pm
http://i32.tinypic.com/504mts.jpg
Ikzai
08/19/2009, 11:09 pm
The Guybrush in that painting reminds me of a pirate version of Alladin for some odd reason. Probably the monkey.
jortlaban
08/19/2009, 11:15 pm
Yeah, but he feels this way because the first POTC movie basically had the same plot as SoMI; A bunch of ghost pirates kidnaps the governor's daughter, and its up to pirate wannabes to save the day. Also.. The second movie had elements like Davy Jones (who kinda looks like LeChuck), cannibals and a voodoo lady. The resemblance is spooky, and I completely understand his reaction.
There is no proof that they took the story line from Monkey Island - The Movie (which is a completely different project), and transferred it to the POTC trilogy? That is just a rumor.
not the first, the second movie... the script for the PotC movies is done by the same guy who wrote the MI movie...
It has been said by one of the production team that PotC 2 and 3 is basicly the Monkey Island Movie
Zhadnost
08/19/2009, 11:19 pm
This still creeps me out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2sZDjVYVWw
Guinea
08/20/2009, 12:58 am
This still creeps me out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2sZDjVYVWw
While some of his interpretations are quite off, like the small guy being Wally just because he's small, he had some other cool stuff that made a lot of sense.
I really like the interpretation of Will = SMI Guybrush, while Jack = MI2 Guybrush.
Farlander
08/20/2009, 01:58 am
Guybrush looks to serious in this one.
Maybe he does. But still, he looks too goofy in CoMI.
The best Guybrush is MI2, IMO. Plus I like very much EfMI and ToMI Guybrush (EfMI one also has that cool red jacket :D )
Steve Purcell just added this MI movie concept art to his blog.
http://idisk.mac.com/ocka//public/Leviathan.jpg
Keep em coming mr Purcell! :D
Marzhin
08/27/2009, 06:03 am
There's a new artwork from the MI movie on Steve's blog, and it's amazing :
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7291/theendbfc.jpg (http://img11.imageshack.us/i/theendbfc.jpg/)
The filename is "The End"... So apparently the Monkey Island movie was going to end with LeChuck being swallowed by the Leviathan :eek:
Silverwolfpet
08/27/2009, 07:10 am
Hmmm... that's very...anti-climactic.
But the picture is superb!
coolsome
08/27/2009, 07:12 am
Hmmm... that's very...anti-climactic.
But the picture is superb!
but much less anti-climatic then it was a dream
Marzhin
08/27/2009, 07:28 am
Hmmm... that's very...anti-climactic.
It depends : maybe this scene was the climax of a terrible swordfight between Guybrush and LeChuck on the mast, while the Leviathan was trying to crush the ship... And Guybrush, in pure adventure game fashion, had actually to use his brains to make LeChuck fall rather than actually stabbing him...
By the way, it remains me a lot of how Davy Jones fall into the maelström at the end of the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie... I guess that's another proof that ideas from the MI movies were re-used in the PotC trilogy.
Farlander
08/27/2009, 08:50 am
If that's LeChuck, why the post with the pic is named "Tragedy"?
Haggis
08/27/2009, 10:23 am
If that's LeChuck, why the post with the pic is named "Tragedy"?
Because it's not LeChuck. I believe it was meant to be some sort of pirate captain, who was part of Guybrush's crew. Of course now after TMI we associate the fellow with human LeChuck.
Farlander
08/27/2009, 11:53 am
^
I kinda implied that :)
The newest artwork is definitely my favorite, even if it shows Guybrush as a more heroic character than usual.
Rather Dashing
08/27/2009, 09:41 pm
The newest artwork is definitely my favorite, even if it shows Guybrush as a more heroic character than usual.
How? He's not saving the day, he's watching helplessly.
A ridiculous character can actually go through real dramatic scenarios. See, for example, the final season of Moral Orel.
How? He's not saving the day, he's watching helplessly.
A ridiculous character can actually go through real dramatic scenarios. See, for example, the final season of Moral Orel.
Hmmm.. I just got that Peter Pan-moments-after-an-epic-heroic-fight vibe from it, I guess! ;P
LukeSW
08/27/2009, 11:57 pm
You know, as much as I love Bill Tiller's work - and I really do - no-one captures the Monkey Island visual aesthetic quite as well as Steve Purcell. If the movie had been made with this aesthetic (and if the games after MI2 had retained it, too) it would have been a wonderful thing to behold.
Hayden
08/28/2009, 12:44 am
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/4809/scumbar2.jpg (http://img33.imageshack.us/i/scumbar2.jpg/) http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/scumbar2.jpg/1/w856.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img33/scumbar2.jpg/1/)
Ah, how I wish there was an artbook with all those wonderful drawings...
Wow! I haven't seen this one before!
Hayden
08/28/2009, 12:47 am
There's a new artwork from the MI movie on Steve's blog, and it's amazing :
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7291/theendbfc.jpg (http://img11.imageshack.us/i/theendbfc.jpg/)
The filename is "The End"... So apparently the Monkey Island movie was going to end with LeChuck being swallowed by the Leviathan :eek:
Ah, nice! I didn't know the leviathan had HANDS! I imagined that it would've had a snake-like body...
Qwazin
08/29/2009, 03:46 am
I don't think it's "The End" of the movie, I think it's just "The End" of LeChuck. Notice how he looks human in the picture? I'm quite sure he turns undead halfway through the movie.
Lennie Melvin
08/29/2009, 04:42 am
Okay, all these movie concept pieces are very nice n' all, but what we REALLY need right now is a Monkey Island movie.
Tacobob
08/29/2009, 09:50 am
LeChuck and his crew.
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3905/lechuckcrewz.jpg
Seen these? :O
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FbFu1YBZ-Hw/SvdDAysf-II/AAAAAAAAAdo/8u0B05FSPTo/s1600/MI-Beats.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FbFu1YBZ-Hw/SwWpXz0CDgI/AAAAAAAAAeI/eA5dZsOKE2s/s1600/Behemoth-sml.jpg
*speechless*
Scrawffler
11/24/2009, 12:05 am
Nice! I'd seen a few of these before but a lot of them are new to me! Purcell is beyond awesome. :D
guimero64
11/24/2009, 09:32 am
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FbFu1YBZ-Hw/SwWpXz0CDgI/AAAAAAAAAeI/eA5dZsOKE2s/s1600/Behemoth-sml.jpg
*speechless*
Seems like a big monkey made of monkeys... pirate god?
doodo!
11/24/2009, 09:45 am
Sorry everyone but he does my absolute favorite Elaines EVER!
lu_ming
11/24/2009, 10:06 am
My absolute favourite Elaine ever is this one:
964
I'm just madly in love with this woman. :p
Scrawffler
11/24/2009, 10:12 am
I think my favourite character design for Elaine is her TOMI one.
That's a nice picture of her, lu_ming! Who's the artist?
lu_ming
11/24/2009, 10:24 am
I don't remember, actually. I downloaded it some time ago from the SCUMM bar fan art section. I've a lot of works of this artist on my PC but I'll be sunken if I can remember his name. And what's more, I apparently can't enter the SCUMM bar for some reason right now. If you want, go take a look yourself. You'll recognize his works from his signature: that kind of double L sign in the bottom left corner of the picture. In fact, I think his name begins with L. That's all I can do, I'm sorry. :(
damaper
11/24/2009, 10:56 am
That's a nice picture of her, lu_ming! Who's the artist?
Jayel/Dan Lee
Farlander
11/24/2009, 12:05 pm
...........
Holy... that's an absolutely astonishing Elaine.
I think the following New Year midnight I'll wish her to become a real person.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pKRXSJ52tPM/SsfG8H2hJaI/AAAAAAAABWQ/Cf-4oCDPap8/s1600/Monkey%2BIsland%2BTribute.jpg
Giant Tope
11/25/2009, 04:20 am
Holy snaps in a bucket. I think the only thing that majorly bugs me is how remarkably close that ship is to land, but man. Wow.
lu_ming
11/25/2009, 09:02 am
Jayel/Dan Lee
Exactly. Thank you.
Here's another pic of Elaine by the same artist.
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TomPravetz
11/25/2009, 09:07 am
Holy snaps in a bucket. I think the only thing that majorly bugs me is how remarkably close that ship is to land, but man. Wow.
French-made ship. Not a very deep keel. :D
zammap
11/25/2009, 09:21 am
really big image
desktop!
Thriftweed Fancy Pants
11/25/2009, 10:10 am
desktop!
"
(ditto mark)
doodo!
11/25/2009, 10:38 am
BEAUTIFUL! ALL of her! More love to Elaine!
Admonisher
11/25/2009, 03:40 pm
Holy snaps in a bucket. I think the only thing that majorly bugs me is how remarkably close that ship is to land, but man. Wow.
I'm also a little bothered about how tiny Guybrush looks in comparison to LeChuck and the other zombie pirate. Heck, he looks about the same size as the monkey! But there's no question the artwork is incredible!
Oh ... and we seem to be getting off-topic. There's another thread all about our favorite MI fan art (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8711).
Wolfstar27
12/02/2009, 03:16 pm
I wish Guybrush in CMI looked like THAT one. I really, I really do not like his CoMI design, to be honest.
i totally agree you, i never liked the lanky look of guybrush, he sort of looked off, my favourite Guybrush design is from Monkey Island 2 with the beard and blue coat, im warming up to the tales version aswell
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