Have you rewatched Treasure Planet lately? Did you have the PlayStation 2 game? Let me know in the comments below—and don’t forget to hoist the solar sails. 🏴☠️✨🛸
In an era of photorealistic CGI sludge, the hand-drawn energy of Jim’s messy red hair and Silver’s shifting metal plates feels alive. It took risks. It gave us a Disney hero with daddy issues, a villain who wasn't really a villain, and a literal planet that explodes into a supernova.
John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls wrote the theme, “I’m Still Here (Jim’s Theme).” Listen to the lyrics: “I am a question to the world / Not an answer to be heard.” That is the anthem for every kid who felt lost and misunderstood in the early 2000s. It’s raw, angsty, and acoustic. It doesn't sound like a Disney song, and that’s why it works. Planeta del tesoro de Disney
This Silver is a hulking, steam-punk monstrosity of metal and meat. He has a cannon for an arm, a telescopic eye, and a knife that flips out of his fingertips. He should be terrifying. But he feeds Morph (the pink blob pet) crackers. He cooks Jim eggs in the morning. He teaches Jim how to rig a sail.
They blended 2D traditional animation with revolutionary (for the time) 3D CGI backgrounds. The result is breathtaking. When Jim Hawkins catches a solar flare on his solar surfer, the movement feels fluid and dangerous. The massive port of Crescentia—a space station that looks like a Tatooine cantina mixed with Venice, Italy—is a visual feast. You feel the rust, the salt, and the vacuum of space simultaneously. Let’s talk about the protagonist. Jim isn't a prince. He isn't a chosen one. He is a rebellious, angry, fatherless teenager who gets his adrenaline fix from "sky-surfing" on restricted utility beams. Have you rewatched Treasure Planet lately
His arc is painfully real. He craves adventure to fill the void left by his dad, but he has no trust in male role models. Enter John Silver. The relationship between Jim and Silver is the heart of this movie. It’s not a hero/villain dynamic; it’s a fractured father/son story.
Let me paint you a picture. It’s 2002. You walk into a movie theater expecting the usual Disney formula: a princess, a plucky sidekick, and a happy musical number. Instead, you get a punk-rock cyborg, a solar surfer, and a spaceship that looks like a 18th-century galleon. 🏴☠️✨🛸 In an era of photorealistic CGI sludge,
But directors Ron Clements and John Musker (the duo behind The Little Mermaid and Aladdin ) didn’t just slap spaceships onto a period story. They invented a new genre:
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