Question about
Muppet Treasure Island:
In MTI, (and I'm assuming this is in the original Treasure Island as well) Smollet allows Long John and pirates to go the island ahead of everyone and plan to leave them there for over a year hoping that the fight will be all out of them by the time they get back.
How in the world is this a good plan? The pirates go the island by boat, so they can escape just as easy and with the treasure.
After all that hard work and fighting pirates, Smollet and Jim let Long John escape with all the treasure, which seemed strange to give up the one thing they've been working for this whole movie, making this entire voyage completely pointless.