Are you ready for a journey with treasure hunters, aliens and lots of dangers? Embark on Treasure Planet!
If you like special effects, mystery and LOTS of adventure, you’ll love seeing the cartoon “Treasure Planet”, which is available on the Disney+ streaming platform.
The film was inspired by the book “Treasure Island”, considered the greatest adventure novel of all time. The book tells the story of a band of pirates who do everything they can to find hidden treasure.
The design is a little different. Everything takes place in outer space. The pirates turned into weird alien beings. John Silver, the main villain, is a cyborg, half human, half robot. The ships are intergalactic and sail through cosmic oceans churned by black holes, supernova explosions and even a school of flying whales.
MYSTERIOUS MAP
The hero of the story is Jim Hawkins, a boy who lives on the planet Montressor. He works hard helping his mother, who owns an inn, and becomes radicalized by air surfing.
One day, a metallic globe with the treasure map of a famous pirate, who stole riches in a thousand galaxies, ends up in Jim’s hands. And it doesn’t take long for a gang to appear at the inn.
of outlaws who destroy everything trying to find the globe.
But Jim decides to find the treasure before the pirates do and rebuild the inn. With the help
of a scientist, he boards the space galleon piloted by commander Amélia towards the planet where the treasure is.
ALL ABOARD
During the trip, Jim works in the ship’s kitchen where he meets John Silver, a brutish guy who becomes his friend and even defends him from other rude crew members.
But soon Jim discovers that his friend has his own plans to get rich. From there, the suspense increases. Who will get the treasure? To know the end of the story, just watch. You will discover how exciting the life of a true wolf can be. Or rather, a space wolf.
MEET THE CREW
COMMANDER AMÉLIA
She is the one who gives orders on the space galleon. Despite her pretty face, she tends to be tough when making any decision and will have to face a mutiny planned by the crew of alien monsters.
BEN
This affectionate and chatty robot was abandoned on Treasure Planet by the pirate Flint. But first the bad guy ripped out one of his memory components, leaving him completely crazy. Jim realizes that BEN could be important in getting to the treasure. But where is the missing screw in the robot’s head?
DOCTOR DELBERT DOPPLER
If it weren’t for the support of this crazy astrophysicist, Jim wouldn’t have gone in search of the treasure. He is the one who finances and provides scientific support for the expedition. In the end, this committed scientist ends up living a devastating passion. Who will own Doppler’s heart?
JOHN SILVER
When he enters the scene, everyone’s hair stands on end. It doesn’t take much for the cyborg to use its mechanical arm against anyone who gets in its way. But he ends up softening when he meets Jim, showing that even villains have hearts.
MORPH
It looks like space slime, but it’s John Silver’s pet. It can take the form of any person or object and even divide into several equal parts. He’s cute and makes a funny pair with Silver, a guy who scares everyone.
JIM HAWKINS
He is 15 years old and is a determined and courageous adventurer, who is not afraid of frowns. So much so that it remains
friend of cyborg John Silver. When he’s not helping his mother at the inn, he enjoys air surfing on his jet board.
TREASURE OF LITERATURE
The film is based on the book “Treasure Island”, the most famous pirate story in existence, released in 1883. To write the novel Robert Louis Stevenson he mixed fantasy and real facts, some taken from his own travels at sea. He got the idea for this story when he drew a map of an imaginary treasure to distract a 12-year-old boy who was on vacation. Check out some similarities and differences between the film and the book.
Book:
- The treasure is buried on the spooky Skeleton Island.
- The inn is called Admiral Benbow.
- John has a parrot.
- Jim meets a man named Ben Gun.
- The ship is the Hispaniola.
Film
- The treasure is hidden on a distant planet.
- The inn is called Benbow Inn.
- John owns the mutant animal Morph.
- Jim finds the robot BEN on the planet
- The ship is called RLS Legacy.
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Source: Recreio
