User blog comment:Captain Josh Samsorrow/Plot Ideas for Pirates 5/@comment-121.221.75.24-20110527094807

This is laughable.. You completely lost me after you said "the old characters are reintroduced" Let me clarify: 1. The old characters were KILLED by Blackbeard. Except Barbossa. As for the monkey, it was immortal, as proven in the second movie. That's the only thing that'd come back. Plus, none of the old actors want to come back nor will Disney ever want them back. 2. Barbossa isn't stupid enough to partake in the Curse of Cortez again! Nor would his crew, who are now blackbeard's crew. Anyway, the isle with the gold is well sunken and gone. Besides, this would get the worse review ever. You don't just repeat a plot like this!! Ugh. 3. Turner is immortal and gone. His actor Orlando Bloom won't ever come back, either. 4. Why would the king plea to Jack Sparrow? He wants him dead! Gahh and tooo many plots. 5. The mermaids won't EVER go back to Blackbeard. He attacked them and kidnapped one of them, after all. You mad? It is impossible for any old bad guys to be resurrected. Blackbeard's soul is claimed (pirate hell or something?) and Davy Jones is forever with Calypso. He can't come back. 6. A massive world showdown? Maybe for a cartoon, but that idea is the most unrealistic I've ever heard. Bringing the devil into pirates would instantly kill it.. I mean no one can match the devil, not even Jack and his wittiness. If he could stand against the devil that would be ridiculous. And people would make Chuck Norris puns.

So that sums it up. Nothing is even close to the cards. Usually I appreciate a vast imagination but this is sort of ruining...

If it were up to me these would be the plot lines of the fifth movie. An interview with Geoffrey Rush even evidences some of this:

~The power Barbossa has sort of gets to his head... I'll use your first couple ideas, which I've heard many other places as well (I honestly thought you were kidding past that point). ~Angelica goes after her ship, joining an unsuspecting crew to use to get there. She plans to overthrow the captain's position (kind of like mutiny) in that ship. She doesn't want to just kill Jack with the voodoo doll, she wants to see him taken down and get the satisfaction from that. ~Angelica pursues Barbossa what learns the Greek god Triton wants his sword back and is giving warnings he'll strike harshly and so charts a course to make it to Atlantis. Jack, figuring out how to free his ship from the bottle, starts sailing again. He gets a bit 'bored'.. Nothing much to do. He decides to secretly make port at an English bay nearby... When he just so runs into the Spanish who think they're rough n' tuff enough to begin invading England. Jack manages to quickly escape, but his ship is greatly damaged. Plus he is in need of a crew. He stops at another bay (soon to be invaded) in search of reparation and a crew. He learns of a ship dropping anchor in a few days and so stays and waits for them to arrive. He plans to disarm their boat so they must board his. They arrive, and Jack's plan is successful.. Except, the Spanish have tracked them and come and strike! They weave their way out of this one, just, and carry on sailing. Jack learns the King of England is after him, wanting his help. Jack doesn't go to the English and carries on. The king sends out a small portion of the fleet after him, while defending his country with the rest. ~Jack seeks to meet up with Barbossa. He learns from the English he's going to Atlantis. On the way he is attacked by a powerful ship he narrowly escapes from. It's Angelica. The ship chases Jack throughout the journey, meeting him as he's arriving at Atlantis with Barbossa. There are some monstrous creatures here like eels. ~They explore Atlantis (there are lots of confusing puzzles, traps, and games), encountering a variety of monstrous creatures Triton has spat out in his fury. Barbossa uses the sword to defend himself from the almost unstoppable creatures, which keep persisting to the end. He returns it, afraid his life will be claimed or he will be cursed. Nothing happens. As they leave though, unsuspectedly, a tidal wave begins to form around Atlantis and there's an earthquake in the water. Barbossa and Jack fear it's the end, but it's not. It's then they discover the attacks are being directed at ships outside the perimeter of Atlantis. This includes the English. The ships are knocked out. Barbossa and Jack cheer and begin sailing away from Atlantis. Triton's activity could be merciless. He's decided to let them be as the sword has been returned after being taken from mere mortal Blackbeard, but he could retaliate. On the way back, they're stopped by a few Spanians. One ship includes the king himself aboard. Angelica who was thought to be dead then reveals herself in Barbossa's crew. She had an excellent disguise. She phased out from her original ship earlier, still sending her crew out to follow Jack to Atlantis. She left a First Mate in charge. They were all killed by Triton. She holds a knife to Jack's voodoo doll, threatening to kill him. Jack crosses ships to Angelica. There she orders him to send the Black Pearl to Spain and surrender. She became a Spanish representative. She decides not to do away with him, but does mark him threateningly. ~The crew are not harmed by the Spaniards who know Angelica is on board. Jack is handed over to the king. The king then orders his crew to betray Jack and Angelica. But suddenly, the ships are held up.. But by who?!? Well, the small fleet Jack had retrieved with the bottles! He'd left them in safe hands on the Pearl with the new crew, and it turns out one person who was on board was a witch doctor and found out how to resurrect the ships.. Unfortunately it was only temporary, though, as he missed some ingredients, and the ships would banish shortly. The Spanians are confused as to how the ships rose out of nowhere. They are in fact empty, but the flags are raised and the cannons pointed towards the Spanians. Jack orders the Spanians to lower all weapons or be obliterated. He makes up lies and threats about the weaponry, and says they're all 'mates' of his. And they're immortal. The Spanians don't lower weapons, as the ships don't seem to fire or respond or even move much. On the Black Pearl one deck mate dives in and unsuspectedly swims over to the unoccupied ship and finds and fires a loaded cannon (with a very powerful blast) just as the Spanians are firing. The blast strikes the ship with the king, and is a very good shot, wiping out a deal of the crew and injuring the king. Angelica and some guards are knocked down. Jack retrieves the Voodoo doll and runs out to the Black Pearl awaiting him (in a dinghy) as the Spanians are stunned. The King orders firing be halted for a minute as he's at direct risk. The Spanians ship turns a little then fires at the ships expect the Pearl and Queen Anne's Revenge. The Pirates rebel against the Spanians and though quite a few are killed manage to get them off their ships. The Black Pearl starts to take off. The crew member finds an explosive in the ship he's in. He arms it, ready to throw towards the enemies, but is shot and falls to the ground with the explosive. It explodes and triggers other nearby explosives. The whole ship blows, striking the Spanians bad. The Pearl takes off as the Queen Anne's Revenge lags behind a bit. ~Suddenly, a large tidal wave wipes out the Spanians. Jack watches in horror thinking Barbossa has died, too, but sees he was protected by the Greek god! Or maybe it was just not designed to strike. Anyway, another one is predicted to be on its way so they make sail. The Spanians have drowned, but Angelica is shown to be alive, floating on a plank of wood. It's unknown whether she will survive longer or not. ~The Spanians learn of their king's death and this greatly effects them. It was the king's idea and command to start war on England and other countries. The war is withdrawn to mourn the king and be more peaceful. This gives England time to recover and improve their defenses, and also plan retaliation even on the weakened Spanians. ~And so, Jack's bottled fleet melts away, Barbossa still runs the Queen Anne's Revenge, but without the power of the sword, and Jack and his crew are in the Pearl.

Possible 6th would be Angelica being rescued by the Spanians again and joining with them for more sweet revenge... That's all I got. Hopefully not overkill.