The success of the 2005 film led to an even more ambitious sequel in 2008, Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge , which reportedly cost $8 million—the most expensive adult film ever made. This era of high-budget parodies eventually paved the way for the "mainstream-adjacent" content seen today on platforms like HBO or through high-end "SFW" (Safe For Work) versions of adult films edited for cable television.
If film offered a slow burn, television in 2005 was a flintlock pistol of rapid-fire pirate gags.
