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muscles like this? posted:Those guys are probably Maroons, basically escaped slaves who lived out in the middle of nowhere. That's what i thought, but there aren't that many volcanic islands in the north/west atlantic. From where the Sargasso Sea is located, 20 odd days at sea drifting in the a clockwise... my money is West Africa.
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I'm just wondering how long it'll take Flint to meet back up with Vane. Seems like the island might be an episode or two of drama
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Rocksicles posted:That's what i thought, but there aren't that many volcanic islands in the north/west atlantic. Canary islands have Tenerife's volcano Pico del Teide (visited it meself), so maybe that if your theory is correct. 
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Feb 8, 2016 05:21
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Another amazing episode. Toby Stephens is so loving good as Flint. He's intense and unhinged and watching him slowly crumble is by far the best part of the season. Max and Anne dividing the gold was heartbreaking, too. And finally, finally we get shirtless Silver 
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CrazyLoon posted:Canary islands have Tenerife's volcano Pico del Teide (visited it meself), so maybe that if your theory is correct. Yeah i thought of that place, along with Cape Verde and the Azores, but they were active with slavers and the Portugese/spanish navy.
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Mouse Dresser posted:Another amazing episode. Toby Stephens is so loving good as Flint. He's intense and unhinged and watching him slowly crumble is by far the best part of the season. I honestly don't know, if me being able to consistently predict the exact next thing that Flint will do or say/rationalize this season is a good thing for me, lol. The moment those two men were put forth for the food stealing, I was like: "Flint's gonna kill them both, isn't he? Less mouths to feed that way and makes a point to everyone else." and yyyap. Though I gotta say, I loved the voice he used right afterwards and his expression - it was very much so the definition of insanity. CrazyLoon fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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Feb 8, 2016 06:17
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To say Toby Stephens is crushing it, would be a vast understatement.
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Feb 8, 2016 06:23
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I how this show never ends. It's been hands down my favorite show since like episode 3 of season 1.
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I am extremely conflicted about this show. The endless scheming over Nassau that never goes anywhere, the fact that every single character is an irredeemable monster (wait, has Billy stayed okay?) and you have literally no one to root for, there's no narrative throughline because you should want to see every one of these people hanged. Even Jack Rackham crossed a moral line in season 2 that made me hate him and let's not even get into that time Anne brutally murdered some random woman over nothing - god, that was so messed up and unnecessary. But on the other hand, ships and ship battles are really loving awesome and terrifying. And Black Sails makes them look real nice. There's no other show where I can watch two guys on a rowboat drag a live shark up by a hook and stab it furiously through the brain. Similarly, the tension of the scene where they boarded the trap ship last ep was brilliantly crafted. And even though Flint is just the loving worst (I really liked Gates, okay?!), Toby Stephens plays him with enough intensity that I find him INTERESTING to watch and naturally find myself WANTING to root for him, even when he was clearly in the wrong all the way back in ep 1 with the big bald guy. And in fairness to the showrunners, they seem to have improved each season, cutting down on the worst parts and expanding the good parts. I have some sympathy for them there too, because they can't really get away with an all-male cast like Master & Commander could, but it seems the only way to credibly write women into this vaguely historical pirate show is to have all the brothel-scheming and boring political-trading discussions. It's unfortunate for everyone. 
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I'm with you on basically everything, I've only kept watching the show out of severe boredom, they put the cart before the horse all this time to me. We've never had a reason to care about who won/controlled Nassau because they're all terrible people with shifting and often nonsensical motivations or loyalties. All of the characters were basically caricatures, Flint being ruthless, Silver being zany, Vane being Vane, Rackham being clever, etc. It wasn't until this season that we've had them doing anything other than stepping outside of those roles and I'm finding I like Flint and Silver and want the show to focus on them (and Teach) because I hate almost everything else about the show. I'm tired of Vane being a straight up Mary Sue, tired of the love triangle between three characters I don't give a poo poo about, tired of the scheming over an island I don't give a poo poo about. I do really like seeing Flint's downfall because his ruthlessness caused it, he killed or betrayed everyone close to him and now he's truly lost. I like finally seeing Silver's wackiness give way to him starting to actually care about other people because we know what it means in the end. Rest of it is hot garbage to me.
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Huh. I seem to be exactly the opposite. I didn't much care for Flint's gay backstory last season, and similarly this season for the (apparent) Vane-Blackbeard son-daddy issues. But the endless scheming is fun, and I love Rackham's crew.
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This show can do no wrong... It does lack lately the funny stuff like Tits, Tits, Fruit, Fruit and the hilarious gently caress Tent caper.
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Rocksicles posted:This show can do no wrong... You know the Blackbeard scene was the best joke in S1.
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Feb 10, 2016 19:10
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I dunno, muffs that hairy freak me out.
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Feb 10, 2016 19:23
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Well, Blackbeard is meant to be feared.
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etalian posted:You know the Blackbeard scene was the best joke in S1.  But yeah, in terms of a regular foci of humor, Jack remains pretty much the only bastion of it by this point. Other sources have all had poo poo done to them, that makes them a lot less cheery. EDIT: My favorite jokes are probably the certain individuals from S2...who SHALL remain nameless! CrazyLoon fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Feb 10, 2016 |
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Feb 10, 2016 20:13
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I love just about everything in this show. The plotting and scheming is great fun to watch and the actors all give good enough performances that I can forgive the occasionally hammy dialog. The only thing that can get a little grating is the Max & Anne drama but they're both hot so I can forgive it! 
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Rocksicles posted:This show can do no wrong... As someone who just recently watched the first 2 seasons, and is caught up on season 3, I am surprised by the lack of sex/nudity on this show given it's reputation. It doesn't even touch what a crazy orgy Spartacus was at times, but in all fairness nothing really does.
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I find the scheming a lot more interesting this season because Nassau's existence is now in question and the stakes are a bit more than "who will try to build a trade empire with pirates this week??" The first season was fine since they were all angling to get that Spanish gold, the most piratey of all schemes.
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nate fisher posted:As someone who just recently watched the first 2 seasons, and is caught up on season 3, I am surprised by the lack of sex/nudity on this show given it's reputation. It doesn't even touch what a crazy orgy Spartacus was at times, but in all fairness nothing really does. S1 may have overdone it a bit at times, but by S2 and right now it's pretty much fine IMO, since it actually tells the story well (Max explaining, why she still likes to be in a whorehouse, has just sound FX and yet it's very relevant, for instance). As for most of the debate on this subject, and most shows getting the 'too much sex/nudity' rep, I just consider it the usual hand-wringing and much ado about nothing, when it comes to any debate of 'too much sex on the TV'. Me, I'm kinda glad this show started out relatively unknown (and still kinda is), so I didn't have to go through dozens upon dozens of pages of: "Was it right Sansa got raped?" empty moralization over fictional characters.
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The only thing that is wearing a bit thin on me so far is Elenore and it's mainly because it feels like they are really steeeeeeeeetching for a reason to have her still be on the show. She's gonna wind up loving Woodes, somehow coming back into some sort of power over Nassau, and that will basically set the table for a rehash of season 1 where she's fighting for total control from Woodes in season 4.
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Just catching up, Hornigold just stepping out to give the parley. *farts* 'Tis season 3 and you have made me like, reluctantly, Eleanor Guthrie (worst actress on the show) and Max (Worst character on the show). Good stuff, long may this continue.
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The more Max talks the more I think "drat, when is Mary gonna show up and be Anne's new BFF?  "Which is sad because sometimes Max actually has good ideas but god drat the show just grinds to a halt whenever she's on camera.
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Feb 12, 2016 03:14
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I think Max is suppose to be Mary Read.
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1-800-DOCTORB posted:I think Max is suppose to be Mary Read. Yea, I get the sense that they took creative license with that role the most. TBH I don't mind it that much, but yeah...it just doesn't compare to the rest of the stuff that goes down in the show. Heck, the bits with Max have always been running almost entirely parallel to everything else that's going on ever since mid Season 1, rather than it being involved that actively, so the show just lurches to a stop through it. Hopefully that changes this season, since everything is about to be shaken up and re-ordered.
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I think it's a budget thing really, you can have your cool ship battles and storms but you also need 20 minutes of filler (or more) It's just a shame they basically make all the lady characters the filler with boring plotlines.
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1-800-DOCTORB posted:I think Max is suppose to be Mary Read. Yeah I've been getting that feeling too. I just wanna believe
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This show, just in life, shows that the lady parts are the best, but only to those that truly understand the lady parts in earnest!.................That being said, I wish any of them would have a payoff. BAZINGA!!!! But seriously, there needs to be something.................SEX WITH WOODES!.......but something.............
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Real talk, though, this show needs some drat Mary Read in it. This is like if you had a tv show about Old West bank robbers and had just Butch Cassidy by his lonesome.
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Glad you guys are liking this season 
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Nameless Pete posted:Real talk, though, this show needs some drat Mary Read in it. This is like if you had a tv show about Old West bank robbers and had just Butch Cassidy by his lonesome. Technically they don't start hanging out with her until the 1720 and this season is 1718
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Jst0rm posted:Glad you guys are liking this season Hello are you the coat maker?
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Feb 14, 2016 01:11
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He's a sound guy on the show.
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The sound is particularly good on the show, now that I think about it. Even the sound of The Coat.
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Now that you mention it, I vaguely remember sound being in the show. Keep up the good work, sound guy. Also that storm episode was wicked. I find most of the current going-ons inland, besides with Jack, to be horribly boring plot points.
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Sounds on the ships specifically right? Bro status.
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I've never read Treasure Island. Should I? Or should I wait until this series ends? I'm a hole digging uneducated pleb. I just want to be entertained!
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