On Stranger Tides escalates from there to closing mega-thrills so determinedly spiced that your palate is left almost jaded." Jack Adrian says that "Tim Powers has further refertilized the Sabatini swashbuckler," and describes the novel as a skillful blend of "high seas adventure with sorcery and black magic." Kim Newman based the name of a vampire in his "Anno Dracula" series on the main character of "On Stranger Tides". Ron Gilbert has been widely quoted that the "Monkey Island" series of adventure games was inspired by Disneyland's "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride. However, he stated in a blog that the ride was mainly
The Stranger (1973 film) The Stranger (1973 film) The Stranger is a television movie made in 1973 as a pilot for a new television series, but was never picked up by a network. It was directed by Lee H. Katzin. Film Ventures International, an independent movie production and distribution company rereleased "The Stranger" on VHS under the title Stranded in Space. As with other films rereleased under the FVI banner, "The Stranger"'s new opening credits featured footage from an entirely unrelated film, in this case the 1983 low budget science fiction film "Prisoners of the Lost Universe". While on a space mission, NASA astronaut