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 (1946 film) regard to Welles's subtextual purposes." In his audio commentary for the 2013 Blu-ray release of "The Stranger", Wood calls it "an undervalued film" due to the absence of the "stylistic swagger" of "Citizen Kane" and "The Magnificent Ambersons". He regards Welles's third completed film as "deceptive and much more complex stylistically and thematically" than has so far been appreciated. The debut issue (July–August 1946) of the short-lived pulp digest "Movie Mystery Magazine" presented a novelized condensation of the screenplay for "The Stranger". A half-hour adaptation of "The Stranger" aired on CBS Radio's "This Is Hollywood" on December 7, 1946. Robinson