Black Sails -- Official Trailer
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Ohh, StarZ, I can watch it. Still waiting for a sequel to Monty Python's "Yellowbeard".
StarZ had a great small series called "Party On" that nailed the shallow, narcissistic show biz LA thing, great satire.
StarZ had a great small series called "Party On" that nailed the shallow, narcissistic show biz LA thing, great satire.
Watched the first episode and it looks promising.
Set in a complex, historically and ethnically rich period of piracy and West Indies commerce, the series opening has a few things you might expect and some others you might not.
An Ahab-like insanely possessed pirate captain, is intent on pursuing a Spanish galleon of gold amidst a milieu of charming bounders, opportunists, assassins, corrupt middlemen, and official British oppression. The sociopathy is not entirely mad dog, but interleaved by occasions of thoughtfulness and civilized reason.
Add the usual updating mixture of boy toys, nudity, foul mouthiness and zipless sex, and you have what looks like something that is not as cool and contemplative as Breaking Bad, but a few notches more legitimate than the Bee-movie splatterfest of Banshee.
Great scenery and photography. Scheming hooker and even some lesbian fu in the first episode.
The first episode builds the pilings for so many arcs that it may be necessary to watch it to figure out the subsequent episodes. It already has lots of teases and switchbacks.
Looks like fun!
Set in a complex, historically and ethnically rich period of piracy and West Indies commerce, the series opening has a few things you might expect and some others you might not.
An Ahab-like insanely possessed pirate captain, is intent on pursuing a Spanish galleon of gold amidst a milieu of charming bounders, opportunists, assassins, corrupt middlemen, and official British oppression. The sociopathy is not entirely mad dog, but interleaved by occasions of thoughtfulness and civilized reason.
Add the usual updating mixture of boy toys, nudity, foul mouthiness and zipless sex, and you have what looks like something that is not as cool and contemplative as Breaking Bad, but a few notches more legitimate than the Bee-movie splatterfest of Banshee.
Great scenery and photography. Scheming hooker and even some lesbian fu in the first episode.
The first episode builds the pilings for so many arcs that it may be necessary to watch it to figure out the subsequent episodes. It already has lots of teases and switchbacks.
Looks like fun!
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IMDb| Michael Bay’s pirate drama “Black Sails” is off to a good ratings start, becoming the most-watched series premiere in the history of Starz.
“Black Sails” drew about 850,000 viewers for its regular-timeslot telecast Saturday, and nearly 1.7 million watched the night’s combined telecasts, according to Nielsen.
Overall, more than 2.6 million watched the series premiere during its opening weekend on the network’s linear channels, surpassing the 2.6 million premiere-weekend tally last August for “The White Queen,” which had been the most popular new series/miniseries premiere to date.
“Black Sails” drew about 850,000 viewers for its regular-timeslot telecast Saturday, and nearly 1.7 million watched the night’s combined telecasts, according to Nielsen.
Overall, more than 2.6 million watched the series premiere during its opening weekend on the network’s linear channels, surpassing the 2.6 million premiere-weekend tally last August for “The White Queen,” which had been the most popular new series/miniseries premiere to date.
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I've seen it, it's a bit of a mixed bag at the moment I think. Wasn't really drawn into it. I'll give it a few more episodes to see where it's going.
I saw it, post 3 above for impressions. Must have been a forgettable summary.
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