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**Buehler445** · 05-08-2022, 10:55 PM

So my wife got a subscription to Starz because she likes Outlander. Don't bother. I caught 5 minutes and it's gayer than cum on a moustache.

So since she got it, I binge re-watched Black Sails. For those that haven't seen it's essentially a film-prequel to Treasure Island. Kind of a Long John Silver origin story. But it's got all the big names in it.

Anyway, I liked it a lot more when I saw it back when it was on weekly. I thought it did a lot of things right.

1. Jessica Parker Kennedy is hot as the surface of the sun. End. Holy shit.

2. There really wasn't a weak performance in the bunch. First time through, I wasn't in love with Charles Vane, Blackbeard, Jack Rackem or Hornigold. But watching them all in succession changed the dynamic. They were all really good. Especially Vane. He was just goddamned compelling. And Rackem was charasmatic as hell. I think the deal is it was a long enough time between seasons that some of the continuity of the story got fuzzy enough some of the stuff seemed out of place or inexplicable. This is my problem, not the story. It is a really goddamned good watch straight through. Flint, Silver, Eleanor Guthrie, Max, Vane and Rackem are all incredibly compelling.

3. Early on, I thought they leaned a little too hard into the calm understated exposition before the big scenes. It seemed tired. That is wrongheaded. They did a lot to lean on the crafting of a story being an important part of what they were trying to do. (Again, since it was a long time between seasons I probably missed it) But given the fact that they were tying it to a book, it was really kind of beautiful.

4. All the boat stuff was really good. I'm far from a sailor, so you could throw a lot of shit out there and I'd not know the difference. However, the little bit I do know, this show put a lot of nice detail in it. Between the rigging of the boats (most pirate movies don't have even close to enough rigging because its busy and hard to film around. But they put a lot of detail into the ship sets. It was really good. Also, the tactics they used at least faked me out. It was nice details they put in there. I was goddamned impressed.

Overall, it was a much more cohesive, compelling story on a straight though watch. If you subscribe to Starz for anything, watch it.

05-08-2022, 10:55 PM	#1684
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $-1325266	So my wife got a subscription to Starz because she likes Outlander. Don't bother. I caught 5 minutes and it's gayer than cum on a moustache. So since she got it, I binge re-watched Black Sails. For those that haven't seen it's essentially a film-prequel to Treasure Island. Kind of a Long John Silver origin story. But it's got all the big names in it. Anyway, I liked it a lot more when I saw it back when it was on weekly. I thought it did a lot of things right. 1. Jessica Parker Kennedy is hot as the surface of the sun. End. Holy shit. 2. There really wasn't a weak performance in the bunch. First time through, I wasn't in love with Charles Vane, Blackbeard, Jack Rackem or Hornigold. But watching them all in succession changed the dynamic. They were all really good. Especially Vane. He was just goddamned compelling. And Rackem was charasmatic as hell. I think the deal is it was a long enough time between seasons that some of the continuity of the story got fuzzy enough some of the stuff seemed out of place or inexplicable. This is my problem, not the story. It is a really goddamned good watch straight through. Flint, Silver, Eleanor Guthrie, Max, Vane and Rackem are all incredibly compelling. 3. Early on, I thought they leaned a little too hard into the calm understated exposition before the big scenes. It seemed tired. That is wrongheaded. They did a lot to lean on the crafting of a story being an important part of what they were trying to do. (Again, since it was a long time between seasons I probably missed it) But given the fact that they were tying it to a book, it was really kind of beautiful. 4. All the boat stuff was really good. I'm far from a sailor, so you could throw a lot of shit out there and I'd not know the difference. However, the little bit I do know, this show put a lot of nice detail in it. Between the rigging of the boats (most pirate movies don't have even close to enough rigging because its busy and hard to film around. But they put a lot of detail into the ship sets. It was really good. Also, the tactics they used at least faked me out. It was nice details they put in there. I was goddamned impressed. Overall, it was a much more cohesive, compelling story on a straight though watch. If you subscribe to Starz for anything, watch it.
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