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Black Sails
« on: April 10, 2017, 11:48:27 am »
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love the show, am about to start binge watching the 4th season and looking forward to it.

They're doing this crazy thing where they are not dragging a show out for endless amount of seasons, I dunno if that's because of ratings or what but personally I think it's great because the show will end on a high! (as I've heard the last season is brilliant)

Any fans?
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Re: Black Sails
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2017, 12:13:48 pm »
I hate meself for watching it, it's trash tv...as I've said before in the tv thread...I liken to Spartacus....it's just Spartacus At Sea.

And yet...I've seen every episode. ;D
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Re: Black Sails
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2017, 01:20:17 pm »
Ahhhhh I loved Spartacus too!

don't hate yourself....these shows are great buffers to the slow burners. Gotta mix it up!
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Re: Black Sails
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2017, 02:17:46 pm »
Yeah love it too (same with Spartacus) but agreed it's like trash TV! Binged watched part of the 4th series last week and prob get the rest done tonight.
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Re: Black Sails
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2017, 02:47:11 pm »
So is this full of massively over the top violence and gore with loads of friggin in the riggin?
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Re: Black Sails
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2017, 05:00:51 pm »
Quote from: redk84 on April 10, 2017, 01:20:17 pm
Ahhhhh I loved Spartacus too!

don't hate yourself....these shows are great buffers to the slow burners. Gotta mix it up!
Joking aside, season four is really good. There's loads of moments between Flint and Silver that I loved, some great script writing, especially in the conversation that the two have in the final episode. It's obvious how it's going to end from halfway thru the season...but, it still worked.

There's loads of the things we come to love in the season....and it ends properly tying up all the stories. It's been a decent four seasons I think.

Going to be interesting to see what Starz can come up with next. Black Sails was a decent replacement for Spartacus, hopefully they can repeat that feat.
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Re: Black Sails
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2017, 11:16:48 pm »
Really missing this series. It was an excellent romp from start to finish.

The theme music by Bear whassisname is a constant earworm... given that I wasn't too keen when actually watching the show.
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Re: Black Sails
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2017, 11:55:32 pm »
I loved the show.

The only thing that annoyed me was the American accents.

Not a single west country accent in sight. when most of the classic Pirates came from Devon, Cornwall, Somerset etc.

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Re: Black Sails
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2017, 12:38:08 am »
Quote from: Trada on April 10, 2017, 11:55:32 pm
I loved the show.

The only thing that annoyed me was the American accents.

Not a single west country accent in sight. when most of the classic Pirates came from Devon, Cornwall, Somerset etc.
Didn't the psycho captain in S2 have a bit of a curnry accent? I was happy suspending disbelief. One of the things I loved was the interweaving of historical characters such as flint, teach and Rackham with the central character of long John silver.
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Re: Black Sails
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2017, 06:48:26 am »
Quote from: a fuckin idiot on April 11, 2017, 12:38:08 am
Didn't the psycho captain in S2 have a bit of a curnry accent? I was happy suspending disbelief. One of the things I loved was the interweaving of historical characters such as flint, teach and Rackham with the central character of long John silver.

I just thought Capt Flint was close to Silver because it was the name of his Parrot in the books and it was a play on that..
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